102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3923

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-308

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not restore the driving privileges of a person who has failed to appear until notified by the ordering court that the person has appeared and the court has entered a final order regarding the person's guilt or innocence (instead of "until notified by the ordering court that the person has appeared and resolved the violation").


LRB102 15181 RAM 20536 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3923LRB102 15181 RAM 20536 b

1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. 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
17governed by the bail provisions of the Illinois Supreme Court
18Rules when it is not practical or feasible to take the person
19before a judge to have bail set or to avoid undue delay because
20of the hour or circumstances.
21    (b) Whenever a person fails to appear in court, the court
22may continue the case for a minimum of 30 days and the clerk of
23the court shall send notice of the continued court date to the

 

 

HB3923- 2 -LRB102 15181 RAM 20536 b

1person's last known address. If the person does not appear in
2court on or before the continued court date or satisfy the
3court that the person's appearance in and surrender to the
4court is impossible for no fault of the person, the court shall
5enter an order of failure to appear. The clerk of the court
6shall notify the Secretary of State, on a report prescribed by
7the Secretary, of the court's order. The Secretary, when
8notified by the clerk of the court that an order of failure to
9appear has been entered, shall immediately suspend the
10person's driver's license, which shall be designated by the
11Secretary as a Failure to Appear suspension. The Secretary
12shall not remove the suspension, nor issue any permit or
13privileges to the person whose license has been suspended,
14until notified by the ordering court that the person has
15appeared and the court has entered a final order regarding the
16person's guilt or innocence resolved the violation. Upon
17compliance, the clerk of the court shall present the person
18with a notice of compliance containing the seal of the court,
19and shall notify the Secretary that the person has appeared
20and resolved the violation.
21    (c) Illinois Supreme Court Rules shall govern bail and
22appearance procedures when a person who is a resident of
23another state that is not a member of the Nonresident Violator
24Compact of 1977 is cited for violating this Code or a similar
25provision of a local ordinance.
26(Source: P.A. 100-674, eff. 1-1-19.)