Public Act 098-0178
 
SB1871 EnrolledLRB098 10252 MLW 40416 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 6-201, 6-306.6, 7-214, 7-303, and 7-316.1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-201)
    Sec. 6-201. Authority to cancel licenses and permits.
    (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to cancel any
license or permit upon determining that the holder thereof:
        1. was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder;
    or
        2. failed to give the required or correct information
    in his application; or
        3. failed to pay any fees, civil penalties owed to the
    Illinois Commerce Commission, or taxes due under this Act
    and upon reasonable notice and demand; or
        4. committed any fraud in the making of such
    application; or
        5. is ineligible therefor under the provisions of
    Section 6-103 of this Act, as amended; or
        6. has refused or neglected to submit an alcohol, drug,
    and intoxicating compound evaluation or to submit to
    examination or re-examination as required under this Act;
    or
        7. has been convicted of violating the Cannabis Control
    Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or
    the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act while that individual
    was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For
    purposes of this Section, any person placed on probation
    under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410
    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of
    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
    shall not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty
    of this offense, while in actual physical control of a
    motor vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record
    by the judge that this offense did occur while the person
    was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order
    the clerk of the court to report the violation to the
    Secretary of State as such. After the cancellation, the
    Secretary of State shall not issue a new license or permit
    for a period of one year after the date of cancellation.
    However, upon application, the Secretary of State may, if
    satisfied that the person applying will not endanger the
    public safety, or welfare, issue a restricted driving
    permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle
    between the petitioner's residence and petitioner's place
    of employment or within the scope of the petitioner's
    employment related duties, or to allow transportation for
    the petitioner or a household member of the petitioner's
    family for the receipt of necessary medical care, or
    provide transportation for the petitioner to and from
    alcohol or drug remedial or rehabilitative activity
    recommended by a licensed service provider, or for the
    petitioner to attend classes, as a student, in an
    accredited educational institution. The petitioner must
    demonstrate that no alternative means of transportation is
    reasonably available; provided that the Secretary's
    discretion shall be limited to cases where undue hardship,
    as defined by the rules of the Secretary of State, would
    result from a failure to issue such restricted driving
    permit. In each case the Secretary of State may issue such
    restricted driving permit for such period as he deems
    appropriate, except that such permit shall expire within
    one year from the date of issuance. A restricted driving
    permit issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation,
    revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like
    manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued
    hereunder may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except
    that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or
    ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be
    deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or
    cancellation of a restricted driving permit. The Secretary
    of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a
    restricted driving permit, require the applicant to
    participate in a driver remedial or rehabilitative
    program. In accordance with 49 C.F.R. 384, the Secretary of
    State may not issue a restricted driving permit for the
    operation of a commercial motor vehicle to a person holding
    a CDL whose driving privileges have been revoked,
    suspended, cancelled, or disqualified under this Code; or
        8. failed to submit a report as required by Section
    6-116.5 of this Code; or
        9. has been convicted of a sex offense as defined in
    the Sex Offender Registration Act. The driver's license
    shall remain cancelled until the driver registers as a sex
    offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration Act,
    proof of the registration is furnished to the Secretary of
    State and the sex offender provides proof of current
    address to the Secretary; or
        10. is ineligible for a license or permit under Section
    6-107, 6-107.1, or 6-108 of this Code; or
        11. refused or neglected to appear at a Driver Services
    facility to have the license or permit corrected and a new
    license or permit issued or to present documentation for
    verification of identity; or
        12. failed to submit a medical examiner's certificate
    or medical variance as required by 49 C.F.R. 383.71 or
    submitted a fraudulent medical examiner's certificate or
    medical variance; or
        13. has had his or her medical examiner's certificate,
    medical variance, or both removed or rescinded by the
    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or
        14. failed to self-certify as to the type of driving in
    which the CDL driver engages or expects to engage; or .
        15. has submitted acceptable documentation indicating
    out-of-state residency to the Secretary of State to be
    released from the requirement of showing proof of financial
    responsibility in this State.
    (b) Upon such cancellation the licensee or permittee must
surrender the license or permit so cancelled to the Secretary
of State.
    (c) Except as provided in Sections 6-206.1 and 7-702.1, the
Secretary of State shall have exclusive authority to grant,
issue, deny, cancel, suspend and revoke driving privileges,
drivers' licenses and restricted driving permits.
    (d) The Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 97-208, eff. 1-1-12; 97-229; eff. 7-28-11;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-835, eff. 7-20-12.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-306.6)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.6)
    Sec. 6-306.6. Failure to pay traffic fines, penalties, or
court costs.
    (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any
traffic fine, penalty, or cost imposed for a violation of this
Code, or similar provision of local ordinance, the clerk may
notify the Secretary of State, on a report prescribed by the
Secretary, and the Secretary shall prohibit the renewal,
reissue or reinstatement of such resident's driving privileges
until such fine, penalty, or cost has been paid in full. The
clerk shall provide notice to the driver, at the driver's last
known address as shown on the court's records, stating that
such action will be effective on the 46th day following the
date of the above notice if payment is not received in full by
the court of venue.
    (a-1) Whenever any resident of this State who has made a
partial payment on any traffic fine, penalty, or cost that was
imposed under a conviction entered on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, for a
violation of this Code or a similar provision of a local
ordinance, fails to pay the remainder of the outstanding fine,
penalty, or cost within the time limit set by the court, the
clerk may notify the Secretary of State, on a report prescribed
by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall prohibit the renewal,
reissue, or reinstatement of the resident's driving privileges
until the fine, penalty, or cost has been paid in full. The
clerk shall provide notice to the driver, at the driver's last
known address as shown on the court's records, stating that the
action will be effective on the 46th day following the date of
the notice if payment is not received in full by the court of
venue.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-1), following
receipt of the report from the clerk, the Secretary of State
shall make the proper notation to the driver's file to prohibit
the renewal, reissue or reinstatement of such driver's driving
privileges. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subsection
(d) of this Section, such notation shall not be removed from
the driver's record until the driver satisfies the outstanding
fine, penalty, or cost and an appropriate notice on a form
prescribed by the Secretary is received by the Secretary from
the court of venue, stating that such fine, penalty, or cost
has been paid in full. Upon payment in full of a traffic fine,
penalty, or court cost which has previously been reported under
this Section as unpaid, the clerk of the court shall present
the driver with a signed receipt containing the seal of the
court indicating that such fine, penalty, or cost has been paid
in full, and shall forward forthwith to the Secretary of State
a notice stating that the fine, penalty, or cost has been paid
in full.
    (b-1) In a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more,
following receipt of the report from the clerk, the Secretary
of State shall make the proper notation to the driver's file to
prohibit the renewal, reissue or reinstatement of such driver's
driving privileges. Such notation shall not be removed from the
driver's record until the driver satisfies the outstanding
fine, penalty, or cost and an appropriate notice on a form
prescribed by the Secretary is received by the Secretary
directly from the court of venue, stating that such fine,
penalty, or cost has been paid in full. Upon payment in full of
a traffic fine, penalty, or court cost which has previously
been reported under this Section as unpaid, the clerk of the
court shall forward forthwith directly to the Secretary of
State a notice stating that the fine, penalty, or cost has been
paid in full and shall provide the driver with a signed receipt
containing the seal of the court, indicating that the fine,
penalty, and cost have been paid in full. The receipt may not
be used by the driver to clear the driver's record.
    (c) The provisions of this Section shall be limited to a
single action per arrest and as a post conviction measure only.
Fines, penalty, or costs to be collected subsequent to orders
of court supervision, or other available court diversions are
not applicable to this Section.
        (d) (1) Notwithstanding the receipt of a report from
    the clerk as prescribed in subsections (a) and (e), nothing
    in this Section is intended to place any responsibility
    upon the Secretary of State to provide independent notice
    to the driver of any potential action to disallow the
    renewal, reissue or reinstatement of such driver's driving
    privileges.
        (2) Except as provided in subsection (b-1), the
    Secretary of State shall renew, reissue or reinstate a
    driver's driving privileges which were previously refused
    pursuant to this Section upon presentation of an original
    receipt which is signed by the clerk of the court and
    contains the seal of the court indicating that the fine,
    penalty, or cost has been paid in full. The Secretary of
    State shall retain such receipt for his records.
    (e) Upon receipt of notification from another state that is
a member of the Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977, stating a
resident of this State failed to pay a traffic fine, penalty,
or cost imposed for a violation that occurs in another state,
the Secretary shall make the proper notation to the driver's
license file to prohibit the renewal, reissue, or reinstatement
of the resident's driving privileges until the fine, penalty,
or cost has been paid in full. The Secretary of State shall
renew, reissue, or reinstate the driver's driving privileges
that were previously refused under this Section upon receipt of
notification from the other state that indicates that the fine,
penalty, or cost has been paid in full. The Secretary of State
shall retain the out-of-state receipt for his or her records.
(Source: P.A. 94-618, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/7-214)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-214)
    Sec. 7-214. Disposition of Security. Such security shall be
applicable only to the payment of a judgment or judgments,
rendered against the person or persons on whose behalf the
deposit was made, for damages arising out of the accident in
question, in an action at law, begun not later than two years
after the later of (i) the date the driver's license and
registration were suspended following the accident or (ii) the
date of any default in any payment under an installment
agreement for payment of damages, and such deposit or any
balance thereof shall be returned to the depositor or his
personal representative when evidence satisfactory to the
Secretary of State has been filed with him:
    1. that there has been a release from liability, or a final
adjudication of non-liability; or
    2. a duly acknowledged written agreement in accordance with
Section 7-208 of this Act; or
    3. whenever after the expiration of two years after the
later of (i) the date the driver's license and registration
were suspended following the accident or (ii) the date of any
default in any payment under an installment agreement for
payment of damages, the Secretary of State shall be given
reasonable evidence that there is no such action pending and no
judgment rendered in such action left unpaid.
    If, after releasing security to a judgment debtor or
claimant, the balance of the security posted with the Secretary
is $5 or less, the balance shall be transferred to the General
Revenue Fund. The Secretary shall compile a list of all
security amounts of $5 or less annually in July and shall
certify that amount to the State Comptroller. As soon as
possible after receiving the certification, the State
Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
shall transfer the amount certified to the General Revenue
Fund.
(Source: P.A. 90-774, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/7-303)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-303)
    Sec. 7-303. Suspension of driver's licenses, registration
certificates, license plates and registration stickers for
failure to satisfy judgment. (a) The Secretary of State shall,
except as provided in paragraph (d), suspend the driver's
license issued to any person upon receiving an authenticated
report as hereinafter provided for in Section 7-307 that the
such person has failed for a period of 30 days to satisfy any
final judgment in amounts as hereinafter stated, and shall also
suspend the all registration certificate certificates, license
plates and registration sticker stickers of the judgment
debtor's motor vehicle involved in the crash as indicated
issued to the person named as the judgment debtor in the any
such authenticated report.
    (b) The term "judgment" shall mean: A final judgment of any
court of competent jurisdiction of any State, against a person
as defendant for damages on account of bodily injury to or
death of any person or damages to property resulting from the
operation, on and after July 12, 1938, of any motor vehicle.
    (c) The term "State" shall mean: Any State, Territory, or
possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or
any province of the Dominion of Canada.
    (d) The Secretary of State shall not suspend the driver's
license, registration certificates, registration stickers or
license plates of the judgment debtor, nor shall such judgment
debtor be subject to the suspension provisions of Sections
7-308 and 7-309 if all the following conditions are met:
    1. At the time of the motor vehicle accident which gave
rise to the unsatisfied judgment the judgment debtor was
covered by a motor vehicle liability policy or bond meeting the
requirements of this Chapter;
    2. The insurance company which issued the policy or bond
has failed and has suspended operations by order of a court;
    3. The judgment debtor had no knowledge of the insurance
company's failure prior to the motor vehicle accident;
    4. Within 30 days after learning of the insurance company's
failure the judgment debtor secured another liability policy or
bond meeting the requirements of this Article relating to
future occurrences or accidents;
    5. The insurance company which issued the motor vehicle
liability policy or bond that covered the judgment debtor at
the time of the motor vehicle accident is unable to satisfy the
judgment in the amounts specified in Section 7-311;
    6. The judgment debtor presents to the Secretary of State
such certified documents or other proofs as the Secretary of
State may require that all of the conditions set forth in this
Section have been met.
(Source: P.A. 85-321.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/7-316.1)
    Sec. 7-316.1. Nonresidents and former residents; when
proof not required.
    (a) Any nonresident or former Illinois resident who (i) has
met all requirements for reinstatement of his or her driving or
registration privileges under this Chapter except for filing
proof of financial responsibility, (ii) resides outside of
Illinois, and (iii) has applied for a driver's license in
another state, shall be released from the requirement of
showing proof of financial responsibility in this State if he
or she presents to the Secretary of State, in a manner
satisfactory to the Secretary, notice of his or her
out-of-state residency.
    (b) Any nonresident or former Illinois resident whose
driver's license was revoked and who (i) has met all
requirements for applying for driving privileges except for
filing proof of financial responsibility under this Chapter,
(ii) resides outside of Illinois, and (iii) has applied for a
driver's license in another state, shall be released from the
requirement of showing proof of financial responsibility in
this State if he or she presents to the Secretary of State, in
a manner satisfactory to the Secretary, notice of his or her
out-of-state residency.
    (b-5) Any nonresident or former Illinois resident who has
submitted satisfactory documentation to the Secretary of State
to be released of showing proof of financial responsibility in
this State shall have his or her Illinois license cancelled 60
days after acceptance of notice of cancellation, as provided in
Section 6-201 of this Code.
    (c) If a nonresident or former Illinois resident released
from the requirement of showing proof of financial
responsibility in this State under subsection (a) or subsection
(b) of this Section moves or returns to this State within 3
years of the date of release, that person must present to the
Secretary of State, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary,
proof of insurance coverage during the period in which the
person lived outside of Illinois. A person who fails to present
the required proof may not be issued a driver's license until
he or she presents proof of financial responsibility that is
satisfactory under this Chapter. The proof of financial
responsibility required under this subsection (c) must be shown
or maintained for the period of time required under this
Chapter.
    (d) The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-224, eff. 1-1-06.)