Public Act 093-0955
 
HB7015 Enrolled LRB093 18262 DRH 43963 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 6-206 and 11-605 and by adding Section 11-605.1 as
follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-206)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-206)
    Sec. 6-206. Discretionary authority to suspend or revoke
license or permit; Right to a hearing.
    (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to suspend or
revoke the driving privileges of any person without preliminary
hearing upon a showing of the person's records or other
sufficient evidence that the person:
        1. Has committed an offense for which mandatory
    revocation of a driver's license or permit is required upon
    conviction;
        2. Has been convicted of not less than 3 offenses
    against traffic regulations governing the movement of
    vehicles committed within any 12 month period. No
    revocation or suspension shall be entered more than 6
    months after the date of last conviction;
        3. Has been repeatedly involved as a driver in motor
    vehicle collisions or has been repeatedly convicted of
    offenses against laws and ordinances regulating the
    movement of traffic, to a degree that indicates lack of
    ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care in the
    safe operation of a motor vehicle or disrespect for the
    traffic laws and the safety of other persons upon the
    highway;
        4. Has by the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle
    caused or contributed to an accident resulting in death or
    injury requiring immediate professional treatment in a
    medical facility or doctor's office to any person, except
    that any suspension or revocation imposed by the Secretary
    of State under the provisions of this subsection shall
    start no later than 6 months after being convicted of
    violating a law or ordinance regulating the movement of
    traffic, which violation is related to the accident, or
    shall start not more than one year after the date of the
    accident, whichever date occurs later;
        5. Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of a
    driver's license, identification card, or permit;
        6. Has been lawfully convicted of an offense or
    offenses in another state, including the authorization
    contained in Section 6-203.1, which if committed within
    this State would be grounds for suspension or revocation;
        7. Has refused or failed to submit to an examination
    provided for by Section 6-207 or has failed to pass the
    examination;
        8. Is ineligible for a driver's license or permit under
    the provisions of Section 6-103;
        9. Has made a false statement or knowingly concealed a
    material fact or has used false information or
    identification in any application for a license,
    identification card, or permit;
        10. Has possessed, displayed, or attempted to
    fraudulently use any license, identification card, or
    permit not issued to the person;
        11. Has operated a motor vehicle upon a highway of this
    State when the person's driving privilege or privilege to
    obtain a driver's license or permit was revoked or
    suspended unless the operation was authorized by a judicial
    driving permit, probationary license to drive, or a
    restricted driving permit issued under this Code;
        12. Has submitted to any portion of the application
    process for another person or has obtained the services of
    another person to submit to any portion of the application
    process for the purpose of obtaining a license,
    identification card, or permit for some other person;
        13. Has operated a motor vehicle upon a highway of this
    State when the person's driver's license or permit was
    invalid under the provisions of Sections 6-107.1 and 6-110;
        14. Has committed a violation of Section 6-301,
    6-301.1, or 6-301.2 of this Act, or Section 14, 14A, or 14B
    of the Illinois Identification Card Act;
        15. Has been convicted of violating Section 21-2 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 relating to criminal trespass to
    vehicles in which case, the suspension shall be for one
    year;
        16. Has been convicted of violating Section 11-204 of
    this Code relating to fleeing from a peace officer;
        17. Has refused to submit to a test, or tests, as
    required under Section 11-501.1 of this Code and the person
    has not sought a hearing as provided for in Section
    11-501.1;
        18. Has, since issuance of a driver's license or
    permit, been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering
    from any mental disability or disease;
        19. Has committed a violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
    of Section 6-101 relating to driving without a driver's
    license;
        20. Has been convicted of violating Section 6-104
    relating to classification of driver's license;
        21. Has been convicted of violating Section 11-402 of
    this Code relating to leaving the scene of an accident
    resulting in damage to a vehicle in excess of $1,000, in
    which case the suspension shall be for one year;
        22. Has used a motor vehicle in violating paragraph
    (3), (4), (7), or (9) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to unlawful use of
    weapons, in which case the suspension shall be for one
    year;
        23. Has, as a driver, been convicted of committing a
    violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of this Code
    for a second or subsequent time within one year of a
    similar violation;
        24. Has been convicted by a court-martial or punished
    by non-judicial punishment by military authorities of the
    United States at a military installation in Illinois of or
    for a traffic related offense that is the same as or
    similar to an offense specified under Section 6-205 or
    6-206 of this Code;
        25. Has permitted any form of identification to be used
    by another in the application process in order to obtain or
    attempt to obtain a license, identification card, or
    permit;
        26. Has altered or attempted to alter a license or has
    possessed an altered license, identification card, or
    permit;
        27. Has violated Section 6-16 of the Liquor Control Act
    of 1934;
        28. Has been convicted of the illegal possession, while
    operating or in actual physical control, as a driver, of a
    motor vehicle, of any controlled substance prohibited
    under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or any
    cannabis prohibited under the provisions of the Cannabis
    Control Act, in which case the person's driving privileges
    shall be suspended for one year, and any driver who is
    convicted of a second or subsequent offense, within 5 years
    of a previous conviction, for the illegal possession, while
    operating or in actual physical control, as a driver, of a
    motor vehicle, of any controlled substance prohibited
    under the provisions of the Illinois Controlled Substances
    Act or any cannabis prohibited under the Cannabis Control
    Act shall be suspended for 5 years. Any defendant found
    guilty of this offense while operating a motor vehicle,
    shall have an entry made in the court record by the
    presiding judge that this offense did occur while the
    defendant was operating a motor vehicle and order the clerk
    of the court to report the violation to the Secretary of
    State;
        29. Has been convicted of the following offenses that
    were committed while the person was operating or in actual
    physical control, as a driver, of a motor vehicle: criminal
    sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a
    child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
    abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, juvenile pimping,
    soliciting for a juvenile prostitute and the manufacture,
    sale or delivery of controlled substances or instruments
    used for illegal drug use or abuse in which case the
    driver's driving privileges shall be suspended for one
    year;
        30. Has been convicted a second or subsequent time for
    any combination of the offenses named in paragraph 29 of
    this subsection, in which case the person's driving
    privileges shall be suspended for 5 years;
        31. Has refused to submit to a test as required by
    Section 11-501.6 or has submitted to a test resulting in an
    alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more or any amount of a
    drug, substance, or compound resulting from the unlawful
    use or consumption of cannabis as listed in the Cannabis
    Control Act, a controlled substance as listed in the
    Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or an intoxicating
    compound as listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds
    Act, in which case the penalty shall be as prescribed in
    Section 6-208.1;
        32. Has been convicted of Section 24-1.2 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the aggravated discharge
    of a firearm if the offender was located in a motor vehicle
    at the time the firearm was discharged, in which case the
    suspension shall be for 3 years;
        33. Has as a driver, who was less than 21 years of age
    on the date of the offense, been convicted a first time of
    a violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of this Code
    or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
        34. Has committed a violation of Section 11-1301.5 of
    this Code;
        35. Has committed a violation of Section 11-1301.6 of
    this Code;
        36. Is under the age of 21 years at the time of arrest
    and has been convicted of not less than 2 offenses against
    traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
    committed within any 24 month period. No revocation or
    suspension shall be entered more than 6 months after the
    date of last conviction;
        37. Has committed a violation of subsection (c) of
    Section 11-907 of this Code;
        38. Has been convicted of a violation of Section 6-20
    of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 or a similar provision of
    a local ordinance; or
        39. Has committed a second or subsequent violation of
    Section 11-1201 of this Code; or .
        40. Has committed a second or subsequent violation of
    Section 11-605.1 of this Code within 2 years of the date of
    the previous violation, in which case the suspension shall
    be for 90 days.
    For purposes of paragraphs 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19, 25, 26,
and 27 of this subsection, license means any driver's license,
any traffic ticket issued when the person's driver's license is
deposited in lieu of bail, a suspension notice issued by the
Secretary of State, a duplicate or corrected driver's license,
a probationary driver's license or a temporary driver's
license.
    (b) If any conviction forming the basis of a suspension or
revocation authorized under this Section is appealed, the
Secretary of State may rescind or withhold the entry of the
order of suspension or revocation, as the case may be, provided
that a certified copy of a stay order of a court is filed with
the Secretary of State. If the conviction is affirmed on
appeal, the date of the conviction shall relate back to the
time the original judgment of conviction was entered and the 6
month limitation prescribed shall not apply.
     (c) 1. Upon suspending or revoking the driver's license or
    permit of any person as authorized in this Section, the
    Secretary of State shall immediately notify the person in
    writing of the revocation or suspension. The notice to be
    deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, to
    the last known address of the person.
        2. If the Secretary of State suspends the driver's
    license of a person under subsection 2 of paragraph (a) of
    this Section, a person's privilege to operate a vehicle as
    an occupation shall not be suspended, provided an affidavit
    is properly completed, the appropriate fee received, and a
    permit issued prior to the effective date of the
    suspension, unless 5 offenses were committed, at least 2 of
    which occurred while operating a commercial vehicle in
    connection with the driver's regular occupation. All other
    driving privileges shall be suspended by the Secretary of
    State. Any driver prior to operating a vehicle for
    occupational purposes only must submit the affidavit on
    forms to be provided by the Secretary of State setting
    forth the facts of the person's occupation. The affidavit
    shall also state the number of offenses committed while
    operating a vehicle in connection with the driver's regular
    occupation. The affidavit shall be accompanied by the
    driver's license. Upon receipt of a properly completed
    affidavit, the Secretary of State shall issue the driver a
    permit to operate a vehicle in connection with the driver's
    regular occupation only. Unless the permit is issued by the
    Secretary of State prior to the date of suspension, the
    privilege to drive any motor vehicle shall be suspended as
    set forth in the notice that was mailed under this Section.
    If an affidavit is received subsequent to the effective
    date of this suspension, a permit may be issued for the
    remainder of the suspension period.
        The provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply to
    any driver required to obtain a commercial driver's license
    under Section 6-507 during the period of a disqualification
    of commercial driving privileges under Section 6-514.
        Any person who falsely states any fact in the affidavit
    required herein shall be guilty of perjury under Section
    6-302 and upon conviction thereof shall have all driving
    privileges revoked without further rights.
        3. At the conclusion of a hearing under Section 2-118
    of this Code, the Secretary of State shall either rescind
    or continue an order of revocation or shall substitute an
    order of suspension; or, good cause appearing therefor,
    rescind, continue, change, or extend the order of
    suspension. If the Secretary of State does not rescind the
    order, the Secretary may upon application, to relieve undue
    hardship, issue a restricted driving permit granting the
    privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the
    petitioner's residence and petitioner's place of
    employment or within the scope of his employment related
    duties, or to allow transportation for the petitioner, or a
    household member of the petitioner's family, to receive
    necessary medical care and if the professional evaluation
    indicates, provide transportation for alcohol remedial or
    rehabilitative activity, or for the petitioner to attend
    classes, as a student, in an accredited educational
    institution; if the petitioner is able to demonstrate that
    no alternative means of transportation is reasonably
    available and the petitioner will not endanger the public
    safety or welfare.
        If a person's license or permit has been revoked or
    suspended due to 2 or more convictions of violating Section
    11-501 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
    ordinance or a similar out-of-state offense, arising out of
    separate occurrences, that person, if issued a restricted
    driving permit, may not operate a vehicle unless it has
    been equipped with an ignition interlock device as defined
    in Section 1-129.1.
        If a person's license or permit has been revoked or
    suspended 2 or more times within a 10 year period due to a
    single conviction of violating Section 11-501 of this Code
    or a similar provision of a local ordinance or a similar
    out-of-state offense, and a statutory summary suspension
    under Section 11-501.1, or 2 or more statutory summary
    suspensions, or combination of 2 offenses, or of an offense
    and a statutory summary suspension, arising out of separate
    occurrences, that person, if issued a restricted driving
    permit, may not operate a vehicle unless it has been
    equipped with an ignition interlock device as defined in
    Section 1-129.1. The person must pay to the Secretary of
    State DUI Administration Fund an amount not to exceed $20
    per month. The Secretary shall establish by rule the amount
    and the procedures, terms, and conditions relating to these
    fees. If the restricted driving permit was issued for
    employment purposes, then this provision does not apply to
    the operation of an occupational vehicle owned or leased by
    that person's employer. In each case the Secretary may
    issue a restricted driving permit for a period deemed
    appropriate, except that all permits shall expire within
    one year from the date of issuance. The Secretary may not,
    however, issue a restricted driving permit to any person
    whose current revocation is the result of a second or
    subsequent conviction for a violation of Section 11-501 of
    this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
    relating to the offense of operating or being in physical
    control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of
    alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or
    compounds, or any similar out-of-state offense, or any
    combination of those offenses, until the expiration of at
    least one year from the date of the revocation. A
    restricted driving permit issued under this Section shall
    be subject to cancellation, revocation, and suspension by
    the Secretary of State in like manner and for like cause as
    a driver's license issued under this Code may be cancelled,
    revoked, or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or
    more offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the
    movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for
    the revocation, suspension, or cancellation of a
    restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a
    condition to the issuance of a restricted driving permit,
    require the applicant to participate in a designated driver
    remedial or rehabilitative program. The Secretary of State
    is authorized to cancel a restricted driving permit if the
    permit holder does not successfully complete the program.
    (c-5) The Secretary of State may, as a condition of the
reissuance of a driver's license or permit to an applicant
whose driver's license or permit has been suspended before he
or she reached the age of 18 years pursuant to any of the
provisions of this Section, require the applicant to
participate in a driver remedial education course and be
retested under Section 6-109 of this Code.
    (d) This Section is subject to the provisions of the
Drivers License Compact.
    (e) The Secretary of State shall not issue a restricted
driving permit to a person under the age of 16 years whose
driving privileges have been suspended or revoked under any
provisions of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 92-283, eff. 1-1-02; 92-418, eff. 8-17-01;
92-458, eff. 8-22-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-804, eff.
1-1-03; 92-814, eff. 1-1-03; 93-120, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-605)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
    Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools or
while traveling through highway construction or maintenance
zones.
    (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the
following entities:
        (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
        (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a
    religious institution.
        (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
    On a school day when school children are present and so
close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the
close proximity of the motorized traffic, no person shall drive
a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour while
passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public
school property or upon any public thoroughfare where children
pass going to and from school.
    For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at
seven ante meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
    This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate
signs are posted upon streets and highways under their
respective jurisdiction and maintained by the Department,
township, county, park district, city, village or incorporated
town wherein the school zone is located. With regard to the
special speed limit while passing schools, such signs shall
give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached
and shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit
in effect during school days when school children are present.
    (b) (Blank). No person shall operate a motor vehicle in a
construction or maintenance zone at a speed in excess of the
posted speed limit when workers are present and so close to the
moving traffic that a potential hazard exists because of the
motorized traffic.
    (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the use of
electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs
within a special school speed zone or a construction or
maintenance zone indicating such zone, as defined in this
Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible in
any prosecution for speeding provided the use of such device
shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school speed zone or a construction or maintenance
zone.
    (d) (Blank). For the purpose of this Section, a
construction or maintenance zone is an area in which the
Department, Toll Highway Authority, or local agency has
determined that the preexisting established speed limit
through a highway construction or maintenance project is
greater than is reasonable or safe with respect to the
conditions expected to exist in the construction or maintenance
zone and has posted a lower speed limit with a highway
construction or maintenance zone special speed limit sign.
    Highway construction or maintenance zone special speed
limit signs shall be of a design approved by the Department.
The signs shall give proper due warning that a construction or
maintenance zone is being approached and shall indicate the
maximum speed limit in effect. The signs shall also state the
amount of the minimum fine for a violation when workers are
present.
    (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense
with a minimum fine of $150. A second or subsequent violation
of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
    (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150
or greater, the person who violates subsection (a) shall be
charged an additional $50 to be paid to the unit school
district where the violation occurred for school safety
purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual school district,
$25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school
district for school safety purposes and $25 of the surcharge
shall be paid to the high school district for school safety
purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
entire $50 surcharge shall be paid to the appropriate school
district or districts.
    For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety
purposes" includes the costs associated with school zone safety
education and the purchase, installation, and maintenance of
caution lights which are mounted on school speed zone signs.
    (g) (Blank). When a fine for a violation of subsection (b)
is $150 or greater, the person who violates subsection (b)
shall be charged an additional $50. The $50 surcharge shall be
deposited into the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back
Fund.
    (h) (Blank). The Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back
Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.
Subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval
by the Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation shall use all
moneys in the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to
hire off-duty Department of State Police officers to monitor
construction or maintenance zones.
(Source: P.A. 91-531, eff. 1-1-00; 92-242, eff. 1-1-02; 92-619,
eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, eff. 8-6-02; revised 8-22-02.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-605.1 new)
    Sec. 11-605.1. Special limit while traveling through a
highway construction or maintenance speed zone.
    (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle in a
construction or maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of
the posted speed limit.
    (b) Nothing in this Chapter prohibits the use of electronic
speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs within a
construction or maintenance speed zone indicating the zone, as
defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained by use of
those devices be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding,
provided the use of the device shall apply only to the
enforcement of the speed limit in the construction or
maintenance speed zone.
    (c) As used in this Section, a "construction or maintenance
speed zone" is an area in which the Department, Toll Highway
Authority, or local agency has determined that the preexisting
established speed limit through a highway construction or
maintenance project is greater than is reasonable or safe with
respect to the conditions expected to exist in the construction
or maintenance speed zone and has posted a lower speed limit
with a highway construction or maintenance speed zone special
speed limit sign.
    Highway construction or maintenance speed zone special
speed limit signs shall be of a design approved by the
Department. The signs must give proper due warning that a
construction or maintenance speed zone is being approached and
must indicate the maximum speed limit in effect. The signs also
must state the amount of the minimum fine for a violation.
    (d) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense
with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation
of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $750.
    (e) If a fine for a violation of this Section is $250 or
greater, the person who violated this Section shall be charged
an additional $125, which shall be deposited into the
Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund. In the case of a
second or subsequent violation of this Section, if the fine is
$750 or greater, the person who violated this Section shall be
charged an additional $250, which shall be deposited into the
Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.
    (f) The Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund,
which was created by Public Act 92-619, shall continue to be a
special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation by
the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the
Secretary of Transportation shall use all moneys in the
Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty
Department of State Police officers to monitor construction or
maintenance zones.
    (g) For a second or subsequent violation of this Section
within 2 years of the date of the previous violation, the
Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license of the
violator for a period of 90 days.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.