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92_SB1009
SRS92SB0032SFap
1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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
5 adding Section 11-212 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/11-212 new)
7 Sec. 11-212. Roadside safety stops without probable
8 cause prohibited.
9 (a) A police officer may not conduct a roadside safety
10 check of a motor vehicle without probable cause that the
11 driver of the vehicle has violated a provision of this Code
12 or a similar provision of a local ordinance. Any evidence
13 obtained against the driver who was stopped in violation of
14 this Section is inadmissible in any prosecution of a
15 violation of this Code or of a similar violation of a local
16 ordinance.
17 (b) In this Section, "roadside safety check" means the
18 stopping of each motor vehicle by a police officer at a
19 particular location without probable cause for the purpose of
20 determining whether the driver of the vehicle has committed a
21 violation of this Code or a similar provision of a local
22 ordinance.