Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 4/20/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 182

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 182 on page 1,
3immediately below line 3, by inserting:
 
4    "Section 3. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 6-308 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-308)
7    Sec. 6-308. Procedures for traffic violations.
8    (a) Any person cited for violating this Code or a similar
9provision of a local ordinance for which a violation is a petty
10offense as defined by Section 5-1-17 of the Unified Code of
11Corrections, excluding business offenses as defined by Section
125-1-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections or a violation of
13Section 15-111 or subsection (d) of Section 3-401 of this
14Code, shall not be required to sign the citation or post bond
15to secure bail for his or her release. All other provisions of
16this Code or similar provisions of local ordinances shall be

 

 

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1governed by the bail provisions of the Illinois Supreme Court
2Rules when it is not practical or feasible to take the person
3before a judge to have bail set or to avoid undue delay because
4of the hour or circumstances.
5    (b) Whenever a person fails to appear in court, the court
6may continue the case for a minimum of 30 days and the clerk of
7the court shall send notice of the continued court date to the
8person's last known address. If the person does not appear in
9court on or before the continued court date or satisfy the
10court that the person's appearance in and surrender to the
11court is impossible for no fault of the person, the court shall
12enter an order of failure to appear. The clerk of the court
13shall notify the Secretary of State, on a report prescribed by
14the Secretary, of the court's order. The Secretary, when
15notified by the clerk of the court that an order of failure to
16appear has been entered, shall immediately suspend the
17person's driver's license, which shall be designated by the
18Secretary as a Failure to Appear suspension. The Secretary
19shall not remove the suspension, nor issue any permit or
20privileges to the person whose license has been suspended,
21until notified by the ordering court that the person has
22appeared and resolved the violation. Upon compliance, the
23clerk of the court shall present the person with a notice of
24compliance containing the seal of the court, and shall notify
25the Secretary that the person has appeared and resolved the
26violation. For purposes of this Section, a violation shall be

 

 

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1deemed resolved if the person has appeared in court and the
2court entered any final disposition, including: (i) a final
3order regarding the person's guilt or innocence; or (ii) an
4order granting a request by the State or local governmental
5body that initiated the charges for permission not to
6prosecute the charges.
7    (c) Illinois Supreme Court Rules shall govern bail and
8appearance procedures when a person who is a resident of
9another state that is not a member of the Nonresident Violator
10Compact of 1977 is cited for violating this Code or a similar
11provision of a local ordinance.
12(Source: P.A. 100-674, eff. 1-1-19.)"; and
 
13on page 2 by replacing line 6 through line 8 with the
14following:
15    "(b) If Unless the prosecutor offender shows that the his
16default was not due to the offender's his intentional refusal
17to pay, and or not due to a failure on the offender's his part
18to make a good faith effort to pay, the court may"; and
 
19on page 4, immediately below line 4, by inserting the
20following:
 
21    "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.".