Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
Filed: 4/6/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 28




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 28 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following: 

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 3-707 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-707)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)



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    Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle - penalty. 

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    (a) No person
shall operate a motor vehicle unless the 
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motor vehicle is covered by a
liability insurance policy in 
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accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. 

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    (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a law 
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enforcement
officer for display of evidence of insurance, as 
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required under Section
7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed to 
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be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

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    (c) Any operator of a motor vehicle subject to registration 
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under this
Code
who is convicted of violating this Section is 
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guilty of a petty
business
offense and, except as provided in 
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subsection (c-1), shall be required to pay a fine in excess of 
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$500, but
not more than $1,000.  However, no person charged with 
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violating this
Section shall be convicted if such person 
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produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at the time of the 
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arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
liability insurance 
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policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The chief 
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judge of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to

 


 






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review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of 
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arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance 
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policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of this Code.

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    (c-1) If the operator of a motor vehicle is also its owner, 
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and if, on the date on which the operator of a motor vehicle is 
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charged with a violation of this Section, the motor vehicle has 
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been uninsured for a period in excess of 180 days, the operator 
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of the motor vehicle shall be required to pay, in addition to 
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the $500 fine provided for in subsection (c), a fine of $7 for 
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each day in excess of 180 days that the motor vehicle was 
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uninsured. The total fine for a single violation of this 
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Section, however, may not exceed $1,000.

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    (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of 
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violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local 
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ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the 
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person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315.  
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The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to

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the Secretary for a minimum period of one year after the date 
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the proof is
first filed.  The Secretary must suspend the 
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driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not 
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to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as 
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required by this subsection.

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(Source: P.A. 92-775, eff. 7-1-03.)".