96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0946


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



625 ILCS 5/6-101
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101








    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning licenses and permits.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing 
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Section 6-101 as follows:
 


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    (625 ILCS 5/6-101)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101)


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    Sec. 6-101. Drivers must have licenses or permits. 

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    (a) No person, except those expressly exempted by Section 
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6-102, shall
drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this 
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State unless such person has
a valid license or permit, or a 
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restricted driving permit, issued under the
provisions of this 
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Act.

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    (b) No person shall drive a motor vehicle unless he holds a 
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valid
license or permit, or a restricted driving permit issued 
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under the
provisions of Section 6-205, 6-206, or 6-113 of this 
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this Act. Any person to
whom a license is issued under the 
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provisions of this Act must surrender to
the Secretary of State 
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all valid licenses or permits. No drivers license
shall be 
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issued to any person who holds a valid Foreign State license,

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identification card, or permit
unless such person first 
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surrenders to the Secretary of State any such
valid Foreign 
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State license,
identification card, or permit.

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    (b-5) Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a) 
 


 






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or (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, if 
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at the time of the violation the person's driver's license or 
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permit was cancelled under clause (a)9 of Section 6-201 of this 
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Code.

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    (c) Any person licensed as a driver hereunder shall not be 
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required by
any city, village, incorporated town or other 
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municipal corporation to
obtain any other license to exercise 
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the privilege thereby granted.

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    (d) In addition to other penalties imposed under this 
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Section, any person
in violation of this Section who is also in 
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violation of Section 7-601 of this
Code relating to mandatory 
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insurance requirements shall have his or her motor
vehicle 
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immediately impounded by the arresting law enforcement 
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officer.  The
motor vehicle may be released to any licensed 
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driver upon a showing of proof of
insurance for the motor 
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vehicle that was impounded and the notarized written
consent 
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for the release by the vehicle owner.

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    (e) In addition to other penalties imposed under this 
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Section, the
vehicle
of any person
in violation of this Section 
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who is also in violation of Section 7-601 of this
Code relating 
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to mandatory insurance requirements and who, in violating this

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Section, has caused death or personal injury to another person 
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is subject to
forfeiture under
Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the 
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Criminal Code of 1961.
For the purposes of this Section, a 
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personal injury shall include
any type A injury as indicated on 
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the traffic accident report completed
by a law enforcement 
 


 






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officer that requires immediate professional attention
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either a doctor's office or a medical facility.  A type A injury 
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shall
include severely bleeding wounds, distorted extremities, 
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and injuries that
require the injured party to be carried from 
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the scene.

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(Source: P.A. 94-993, eff. 1-1-07; 95-578, eff. 6-1-08.)