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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 11-404, 11-408, 11-409, 11-411, 11-412, 11-414, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 11-415, 11-416, and 11-417 as follows:
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7 | (625 ILCS 5/11-404) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-404)
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8 | Sec. 11-404. Duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | property. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | involved in a motor
vehicle accident with any vehicle which is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | unattended, or other property,
resulting in any damage to such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | other vehicle or property shall
immediately stop and shall then | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | and there either locate and notify the
operator or owner of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | such vehicle or other
property of the driver's name, address, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | registration
number and owner of the vehicle the driver was | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | operating or shall
attach securely in a conspicuous place on or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | in the vehicle
or other property struck a written notice giving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | the driver's
name, address, registration number and owner of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | the
vehicle the driver was driving and shall without | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | unnecessary
delay notify the nearest office of a duly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | authorized police authority and
shall make a written report of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | such accident when and as required in
Section 11-406. Every |
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1 | such stop shall be made without
obstructing traffic more than | ||||||
2 | is necessary. If a damaged vehicle is obstructing traffic | ||||||
3 | lanes, the driver of the vehicle must make every reasonable | ||||||
4 | effort to move the vehicle or have it moved so as not to block | ||||||
5 | the traffic lanes.
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6 | (b) Any person failing to comply with this Section shall be | ||||||
7 | guilty of a Class
A misdemeanor. | ||||||
8 | (c) If any peace officer or highway authority official | ||||||
9 | finds (i) a vehicle standing upon a highway or toll highway in | ||||||
10 | violation of a prohibition, limitation, or restriction on | ||||||
11 | stopping, standing, or parking imposed under this Code or (ii) | ||||||
12 | a disabled vehicle that obstructs the roadway of a highway or | ||||||
13 | toll highway, the peace officer or highway authority official | ||||||
14 | is authorized to move the vehicle or to require the operator of | ||||||
15 | the vehicle to move the vehicle to the shoulder of the road, to | ||||||
16 | a position where parking is permitted, or to public parking or | ||||||
17 | storage premises. The removal may be performed by, or under the | ||||||
18 | direction of, the peace officer or highway authority official | ||||||
19 | or may be contracted for by local authorities. After the | ||||||
20 | vehicle has been removed, the peace officer or highway | ||||||
21 | authority official shall follow appropriate procedures, as | ||||||
22 | provided in Section 4-203 of this Code.
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23 | (d) A towing service, its officers, and its employees are | ||||||
24 | not liable for loss of or damages to any real or personal | ||||||
25 | property that occurs as the result of the removal or towing of | ||||||
26 | any vehicle under subsection (c), as provided in subsection (b) |
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1 | of Section 4-213.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 95-407, eff. 1-1-08.)
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3 | (625 ILCS 5/11-408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-408)
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4 | Sec. 11-408. Police to report motor vehicle accident | ||||||
5 | investigations.
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6 | (a) Every law enforcement officer who investigates a motor | ||||||
7 | vehicle accident
for which a report is required by this Article | ||||||
8 | or who prepares an electronic a written
report as a result of | ||||||
9 | an investigation either at the time and scene of such
motor | ||||||
10 | vehicle accident or thereafter by interviewing participants or
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11 | witnesses shall forward an electronic a written report of such | ||||||
12 | motor vehicle accident
to the Administrator on forms provided | ||||||
13 | by the Administrator under Section
11-411 within 10 days after | ||||||
14 | investigation of the motor
vehicle accident, or within such | ||||||
15 | other time as is prescribed by the
Administrator.
Such written | ||||||
16 | reports and the information contained in those reports required | ||||||
17 | to be forwarded by law enforcement officers
shall not be held | ||||||
18 | confidential by the reporting law
enforcement officer or | ||||||
19 | agency. The Secretary of State may also disclose
notations of | ||||||
20 | accident involvement maintained on individual driving records. | ||||||
21 | However, the Administrator or the
Secretary of State may | ||||||
22 | require a supplemental written report from the
reporting law | ||||||
23 | enforcement officer.
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24 | (b) The Department at its discretion may require a | ||||||
25 | supplemental written
report from the reporting law enforcement |
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1 | officer on a form supplied by the
Department to be submitted | ||||||
2 | directly to the Department. Such supplemental
report may be | ||||||
3 | used only for accident studies and statistical or analytical
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4 | purposes under Section 11-412 or 11-414 of this Code.
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5 | (c) The Department at its discretion may provide for | ||||||
6 | in-depth
investigations of accidents involving Department | ||||||
7 | employees or other motor vehicle accidents by individuals or
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8 | special investigation groups, including but not limited to | ||||||
9 | police officers,
photographers,
engineers, doctors, mechanics, | ||||||
10 | and as a result of the investigation may
require the submission | ||||||
11 | of electronic written reports, photographs, charts, sketches,
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12 | graphs, or a combination of all. Such individual written | ||||||
13 | reports,
photographs, charts, sketches, or graphs may be used | ||||||
14 | only for accident
studies and statistical or analytical | ||||||
15 | purposes under Section 11-412 or 11-414 of this Code.
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16 | (d) On and after July 1, 1997, law enforcement officers who | ||||||
17 | have reason to
suspect that the motor
vehicle accident was the | ||||||
18 | result of a driver's loss of consciousness due to a
medical | ||||||
19 | condition, as defined by the Driver's License Medical Review | ||||||
20 | Law of
1992, or the result of any medical condition that | ||||||
21 | impaired the
driver's ability to safely operate a motor vehicle | ||||||
22 | shall notify the Secretary
of
this determination. The | ||||||
23 | Secretary, in conjunction with the Driver's License
Medical | ||||||
24 | Advisory Board, shall determine by administrative rule the | ||||||
25 | temporary
conditions not required to be reported under the | ||||||
26 | provisions of this Section.
The
Secretary shall, in conjunction |
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1 | with the Illinois State Police and
representatives of local and | ||||||
2 | county law enforcement agencies, promulgate any
rules | ||||||
3 | necessary and develop the procedures and documents that may be | ||||||
4 | required
to
obtain written, electronic , or other agreed upon | ||||||
5 | methods of notification to
implement the provisions of this | ||||||
6 | Section.
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7 | (e) Law enforcement officers reporting under the | ||||||
8 | provisions of subsection
(d) of this Section shall enjoy the | ||||||
9 | same immunities granted members of the
Driver's License Medical | ||||||
10 | Advisory Board under Section 6-910 of this Code.
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11 | (f) All information furnished to the Secretary under | ||||||
12 | subsection (d) of this
Section shall be deemed confidential and | ||||||
13 | for the privileged use of the
Secretary in accordance with the | ||||||
14 | provisions of subsection (j) of Section 2-123
of this Code.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 100-96, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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16 | (625 ILCS 5/11-409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-409)
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17 | Sec. 11-409. False motor vehicle accident reports or | ||||||
18 | notices. Any
person who provides information in an oral or | ||||||
19 | written report required by
this Code with knowledge or reason | ||||||
20 | to believe that such
information is false shall be guilty of a | ||||||
21 | Class C misdemeanor.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 83-831.)
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23 | (625 ILCS 5/11-411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-411)
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24 | Sec. 11-411. Accident report forms.
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1 | (a) The Administrator must prepare and upon request supply | ||||||
2 | to police
departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies | ||||||
3 | or individuals, forms
for electronic written accident reports | ||||||
4 | as required hereunder, suitable with respect
to the persons | ||||||
5 | required to make such reports and the purposes to be served.
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6 | The written reports must call for sufficiently detailed | ||||||
7 | information to
disclose with reference to a vehicle accident | ||||||
8 | the cause, conditions then
existing, and the persons and | ||||||
9 | vehicles involved or any other data
concerning such accident | ||||||
10 | that may be required for a complete analysis of
all related | ||||||
11 | circumstances and events leading to the accident or subsequent
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12 | to the occurrence.
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13 | (b) Every accident report required to be made in writing | ||||||
14 | must be made on
an approved form or in an approved electronic | ||||||
15 | format provided by the Administrator and must
contain all the | ||||||
16 | information required therein unless that information is not
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17 | available. The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to | ||||||
18 | implement this subsection (b).
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19 | (c) Should special accident studies be required by the | ||||||
20 | Administrator,
the Administrator may provide the electronic | ||||||
21 | supplemental forms for the special
studies.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 100-96, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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23 | (625 ILCS 5/11-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-412)
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24 | Sec. 11-412. Motor vehicle accident reports confidential. | ||||||
25 | (a) All required
written motor vehicle accident reports and |
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1 | supplemental reports shall
be without prejudice to the | ||||||
2 | individual so reporting and shall be for the
confidential use | ||||||
3 | of the Department and the Secretary of State and, in the
case | ||||||
4 | of second division vehicles operated under certificate of | ||||||
5 | convenience
and necessity issued by the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
6 | Commission, of the Commission,
except that the Administrator or | ||||||
7 | the Secretary of State or the Commission may
disclose the | ||||||
8 | identity of a person involved in a motor vehicle accident
when | ||||||
9 | such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies | ||||||
10 | his
presence at such motor vehicle accident and the Department | ||||||
11 | shall disclose
the identity of the insurance carrier, if any, | ||||||
12 | upon demand. The Secretary of
State may also disclose notations | ||||||
13 | of accident involvement maintained on
individual driving | ||||||
14 | records. | ||||||
15 | (b) Upon written request, the Department shall
furnish | ||||||
16 | copies of its written accident reports or any supplemental | ||||||
17 | reports to federal, State, and local
agencies that are engaged | ||||||
18 | in highway safety research and studies and to any person or | ||||||
19 | entity that has a contractual agreement with the Department or | ||||||
20 | a federal, State, or local agency to complete a highway safety | ||||||
21 | research and study for the Department or the federal, State, or | ||||||
22 | local agency. Reports
furnished to any agency, person, or | ||||||
23 | entity other than the Secretary of State or the Illinois
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24 | Commerce Commission may be used only for statistical or | ||||||
25 | analytical purposes
and shall be held confidential by that | ||||||
26 | agency, person, or entity.
These reports shall be exempt from |
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1 | inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act and | ||||||
2 | shall not be used as evidence in any trial, civil
or criminal, | ||||||
3 | arising out of a motor vehicle accident, except
that the | ||||||
4 | Administrator shall furnish upon demand of any person who has,
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5 | or claims to have, made such an electronic a written or | ||||||
6 | supplemental report, or upon demand of any
court, a certificate | ||||||
7 | showing that a specified written accident report or | ||||||
8 | supplemental report
has or has not been made to the | ||||||
9 | Administrator solely to prove a compliance
or a failure to | ||||||
10 | comply with the requirement that such an electronic a written | ||||||
11 | or supplemental report
be made to the Administrator.
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12 | (c) Upon written request, the Department shall furnish | ||||||
13 | motor vehicle accident data to a federal, State, or local | ||||||
14 | agency, the Secretary of State, the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
15 | Commission, or any other person or entity under Section 11-417 | ||||||
16 | of this Code. | ||||||
17 | (d) The Department at its discretion may provide for
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18 | in-depth investigations of accidents involving Department | ||||||
19 | employees or other motor vehicle accidents. A
written report | ||||||
20 | describing the preventability of such an accident may be
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21 | prepared to enhance the safety of Department employees or the | ||||||
22 | traveling public. Such reports and the information contained in | ||||||
23 | those reports and
any opinions expressed in the review of the | ||||||
24 | accident as to the
preventability of the accident shall be for | ||||||
25 | the privileged use of the
Department and held confidential and | ||||||
26 | shall not be obtainable or used in any
civil or criminal |
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1 | proceeding.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 100-96, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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3 | (625 ILCS 5/11-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-414)
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4 | Sec. 11-414. Department to tabulate and analyze motor | ||||||
5 | vehicle accident
reports. The Department shall tabulate and may | ||||||
6 | analyze all written motor
vehicle accident reports received in | ||||||
7 | compliance with this Code
and shall publish annually or at more | ||||||
8 | frequent intervals motor vehicle accident data. The | ||||||
9 | Department:
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10 | 1. (blank);
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11 | 2. shall, upon written request, make available to the | ||||||
12 | public
motor vehicle accident data that shall be | ||||||
13 | distributed under Sections 11-412 and 11-417 of this Code;
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14 | 3. may conduct special investigations of motor vehicle
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15 | accidents and may solicit supplementary reports from | ||||||
16 | drivers, owners,
police departments, sheriffs, coroners, | ||||||
17 | or any other individual.
Failure of any individual to | ||||||
18 | submit a supplementary report subjects such
individual to | ||||||
19 | the same penalties for failure to report as designated
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20 | under Section 11-406.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 100-96, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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22 | (625 ILCS 5/11-415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-415)
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23 | Sec. 11-415. Municipalities may require traffic accident | ||||||
24 | reports. Municipalities may by ordinance require that the |
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1 | driver or owner of
a vehicle involved in a traffic accident | ||||||
2 | file with the designated municipal
office an electronic a | ||||||
3 | written
report of such accident. All such reports shall be for | ||||||
4 | the confidential
use of the municipal office and subject to the | ||||||
5 | provisions of Section 11-412.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 83-831.)
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7 | (625 ILCS 5/11-416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-416)
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8 | Sec. 11-416. Furnishing
copies - Fees.
The Department of | ||||||
9 | State Police may furnish copies of an Illinois
State Police | ||||||
10 | Traffic Accident Report that has been investigated by the
State | ||||||
11 | Police and shall be paid a fee of $5 for each such
copy, or in | ||||||
12 | the case of an accident which was investigated by an accident
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13 | reconstruction officer or accident reconstruction team, a fee | ||||||
14 | of $20 shall be
paid. These fees shall be deposited into the | ||||||
15 | State Police Services Fund.
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16 | Other State law enforcement agencies or law enforcement | ||||||
17 | agencies of
local authorities may furnish copies of traffic | ||||||
18 | accident reports
prepared by such agencies and may receive a | ||||||
19 | fee not to exceed $5 for each
copy or in the case of an accident | ||||||
20 | which was investigated by an accident
reconstruction officer or | ||||||
21 | accident reconstruction team, the State or local law
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22 | enforcement agency may receive a fee not to exceed $20.
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23 | Any written accident report required or requested to be | ||||||
24 | furnished the
Administrator shall be provided without cost or | ||||||
25 | fee charges authorized
under this Section or any other |
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1 | provision of law.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 101-571, eff. 8-23-19.)
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3 | (625 ILCS 5/11-417) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 11-417. Motor vehicle accident report and motor | ||||||
5 | vehicle accident data. | ||||||
6 | (a) Upon written request and payment of the required fee, | ||||||
7 | the Department shall make available to the public motor vehicle | ||||||
8 | accident data received in compliance with this Code. The | ||||||
9 | Department shall adopt any rules necessary to establish a fee | ||||||
10 | schedule for motor vehicle accident data made available under | ||||||
11 | Section 11-414 of this Code. | ||||||
12 | (b) The Department shall provide copies of a written motor | ||||||
13 | vehicle accident report or motor vehicle accident data without | ||||||
14 | any cost or fees authorized under any provision of law to a | ||||||
15 | federal, State, or local agency, the Secretary of State, the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Commerce Commission, or any other person or entity | ||||||
17 | that has a contractual agreement with the Department or a | ||||||
18 | federal, State, or local agency to complete a highway safety | ||||||
19 | research and study for the Department or the federal, State, or | ||||||
20 | local agency. | ||||||
21 | (c) All fees collected under this Section shall be placed | ||||||
22 | in the Road Fund to be used, subject to appropriation, for the | ||||||
23 | costs associated with motor vehicle accident records and motor | ||||||
24 | vehicle accident data.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 100-96, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
2 | 1, 2022.
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