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92_HB5242

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 11-500 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-500) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)
 7        Sec.    11-500.  Definitions.   For   the   purposes   of
 8    interpreting Sections  6-206.1  and  6-208.1  of  this  Code,
 9    "first  offender" means shall mean any person who has not had
10    a previous  conviction  or  court  assigned  supervision  for
11    violating  Section  11-501, or a similar provision of a local
12    ordinance, or a conviction in any other state for a violation
13    of driving while under the influence  or  a  similar  offense
14    where  the  cause  of  action  is  the  same or substantially
15    similar to this Code or any person who has not had a driver's
16    license suspension for violating Section  11-501.1  within  5
17    years  prior  to  the  date of the current offense, except in
18    cases  where  the  driver  submitted  to   chemical   testing
19    resulting in an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or any
20    amount  of  a  drug,  substance, or compound in such person's
21    blood or urine resulting from the unlawful use or consumption
22    of cannabis listed in the Cannabis Control Act, a  controlled
23    substance  listed  in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
24    or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating
25    Compounds Act  and  was  subsequently  found  not  guilty  of
26    violating  Section  11-501, or a similar provision of a local
27    ordinance.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-43, eff. 7-2-97; 90-779, eff. 1-1-99.)

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