|
|
|
|
HB0841 Engrossed |
|
LRB095 09299 DRH 29493 b |
|
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT concerning transportation.
|
| 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 changing |
| 5 |
| Section 4-214.1 as follows:
|
| 6 |
| (625 ILCS 5/4-214.1)
|
| 7 |
| Sec. 4-214.1. Failure to pay fines, charges, and costs on |
| 8 |
| an abandoned
vehicle.
|
| 9 |
| (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any |
| 10 |
| fine, charge, or
cost imposed for a violation of Section 4-201 |
| 11 |
| of this Code, or a similar
provision of a local ordinance, the |
| 12 |
| clerk shall
may notify the Secretary of State, on
a report |
| 13 |
| prescribed by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall prohibit |
| 14 |
| the
renewal, reissue, or reinstatement of the resident's |
| 15 |
| driving privileges until
the fine, charge, or cost has been |
| 16 |
| paid in full. The clerk shall provide
notice to the owner, at |
| 17 |
| the owner's last known address as shown on the court's
records, |
| 18 |
| stating that the action will be effective on the 46th day |
| 19 |
| following
the date of the above notice if payment is not |
| 20 |
| received in full by the court of
venue.
|
| 21 |
| (b) Following receipt of the report from the clerk, the |
| 22 |
| Secretary of State
shall make the proper notation to the |
| 23 |
| owner's file to prohibit the renewal,
reissue, or reinstatement |
|
|
|
HB0841 Engrossed |
- 2 - |
LRB095 09299 DRH 29493 b |
|
|
| 1 |
| of the owner's driving privileges. Except as provided
in |
| 2 |
| subsection (d) of this Section, the notation shall not be |
| 3 |
| removed from the
owner's record until the owner satisfies the |
| 4 |
| outstanding fine, charge, or cost
and an appropriate notice on |
| 5 |
| a form prescribed by the Secretary is received by
the Secretary |
| 6 |
| from the court of venue, stating that the fine, charge, or cost
|
| 7 |
| has been paid in full. Upon payment in full of a fine, charge, |
| 8 |
| or court cost
which has previously been reported under this |
| 9 |
| Section as unpaid, the clerk of
the court shall present the |
| 10 |
| owner with a signed receipt containing the seal of
the court |
| 11 |
| indicating that the fine, charge, or cost has been paid in |
| 12 |
| full, and
shall forward immediately to the Secretary of State a |
| 13 |
| notice stating that the
fine, charge, or cost has been paid in |
| 14 |
| full.
|
| 15 |
| (c) Notwithstanding the receipt of a report from the clerk |
| 16 |
| as prescribed in
subsection (a), nothing in this Section is |
| 17 |
| intended to place
any responsibility upon the Secretary of |
| 18 |
| State to provide independent
notice to the owner of any |
| 19 |
| potential action to disallow the
renewal, reissue, or |
| 20 |
| reinstatement of the owner's driving privileges.
|
| 21 |
| (d) The Secretary of State shall renew, reissue, or |
| 22 |
| reinstate an owner's
driving privileges which were previously |
| 23 |
| refused under this Section upon
presentation of an original |
| 24 |
| receipt which is signed by the clerk of the court
and contains |
| 25 |
| the seal of the court indicating that the fine, charge, or cost
|
| 26 |
| has been paid in full. The Secretary of State shall retain the |