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Public Act 92-0654

SB2161 Enrolled                                LRB9214970DHgc

    AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

    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
adding Section 4-214.1 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/4-214.1 new)
    Sec. 4-214.1.  Failure to pay fines, charges,  and  costs
on an abandoned vehicle.
    (a)  Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any
fine,  charge,  or  cost  imposed  for a violation of Section
4-201 of this  Code,  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  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  the
resident's driving privileges until the fine, charge, 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  above  notice  if
payment is not received in full by the court of venue.
    (b)  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 the driver's driving privileges.  Except  as
provided  in  subsection  (d)  of  this Section, the notation
shall not be removed  from  the  driver's  record  until  the
driver satisfies the outstanding fine, charge, 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  the  fine,  charge, or cost has been paid in full. Upon
payment in full of a fine, charge, 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 the
fine, charge, or cost  has  been  paid  in  full,  and  shall
forward  immediately  to  the  Secretary  of  State  a notice
stating that the fine, charge, or cost has been paid in full.
    (c)  Notwithstanding the receipt of  a  report  from  the
clerk  as  prescribed  in  subsection  (a),  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 the driver's driving privileges.
    (d)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  renew, reissue, or
reinstate a driver's driving privileges which were previously
refused under 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,
charge,  or  cost  has  been  paid in full.  The Secretary of
State shall retain the receipt for his or her records.
    Passed in the General Assembly April 23, 2002.
    Approved July 11, 2002.
    Effective January 01, 2003.

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