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      625 ILCS 5/7-211          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-604
          Amends the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  to  provide  that  a
      driver's  license  or  registration  suspended  because  of a
      failure to deposit security shall remain suspended until  the
      person  gives  proof  of financial responsibility.  Effective
      January 1, 1998.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 7-211.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 7-211 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/7-211) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-211)
 8        Sec. 7-211.  Duration of suspension.
 9        (a)  Unless   a  suspension  is  terminated  under  other
10    provisions of this Code, the driver's license or registration
11    and nonresident's operating privilege suspended  as  provided
12    in  Section  7-205  shall  remain  suspended and shall not be
13    renewed nor shall any license or registration  be  issued  to
14    the person until:
15        1.  The  person  deposits or there shall be deposited and
16    filed on the person's  behalf  the  security  required  under
17    Section 7-201;
18        2.  Two   years  have  elapsed  following  the  date  the
19    driver's  license  and  registrations  were   suspended   and
20    evidence  satisfactory  to the Secretary of State that during
21    the period no action for  damages  arising  out  of  a  motor
22    vehicle accident has been properly filed;
23        3.  Receipt  of  proper  notice that the person has filed
24    bankruptcy which would include all claims for personal injury
25    and property damage resulting from the accident; or
26        4.  After the expiration of 5 years from the date of  the
27    accident,   the   Secretary   of   State   has  not  received
28    documentation that any action at law for damages arising  out
29    of  the  motor  vehicle  accident  has been filed against the
30    person.
31        An affidavit that no action at law  for  damages  arising
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 1    out  of the motor vehicle accident has been filed against the
 2    applicant, or if filed that it is not still pending shall  be
 3    prima facie evidence of that fact. The Secretary of State may
 4    take whatever steps are necessary to verify the statement set
 5    forth in the applicant's affidavit.
 6        (b)  The    driver's    license   or   registration   and
 7    nonresident's operating privileges suspended as  provided  in
 8    Section  7-205  shall  also remain suspended and shall not be
 9    renewed nor shall any license or registration  be  issued  to
10    the  person  until  the  person  gives  proof  of  his or her
11    financial responsibility in the future as provided in Section
12    7-302.  The proof is to be maintained  by  the  person  in  a
13    manner satisfactory to the Secretary of State for a period of
14    3 years after the date the proof is first filed.
15    (Source: P.A. 86-549; 87-1114.)
16        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
17    January 1, 1998.

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