Public Act 093-0719
 		





HB5175 Enrolled
LRB093 18255 DRH 43955 b






    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 
    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 
Section 7-602 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/7-602)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-602)



    Sec. 7-602. Insurance card. Every operator of a motor 
vehicle subject
to Section 7-601 of this Code shall carry 
within the vehicle evidence of
insurance.  The evidence shall be 
legible and sufficient to demonstrate
that the motor vehicle 
currently is covered by a liability insurance policy
as 
required under Section 7-601 of this Code and may include, but 
is not
limited to, the following:


        (a) an insurance card provided by the insurer under 
    this Section;


        (b) the combination of proof of purchase of the motor 
    vehicle within
the previous 60 days and a current insurance 
    card issued for the motor
vehicle replaced by such 
    purchase;


        (c) the current declarations page of a liability

    insurance policy;


        (d) a liability insurance binder, certificate
of 
    liability insurance or receipt for payment to an insurer or 
    its
authorized representative for a liability insurance 
    premium, provided such
document contains all information 
    the Secretary of State by rule and
regulation may require;


        (e) a current rental agreement;


        (f) registration plates, registration sticker or other 
    evidence of
registration issued by the Secretary only upon 
    submission of proof of
liability insurance pursuant to this 
    Code;


        (g) a certificate, decal, or other document or device 
    issued by a
governmental agency for a motor vehicle 
    indicating the vehicle is insured
for liability pursuant to 
    law.

    An insurance card shall be provided for each motor
vehicle 
insured by the insurer issuing the liability insurance policy. 

    The form, contents and manner of issuance of the insurance 
card shall be
prescribed by rules and regulations of the 
Secretary of State.  The Secretary shall adopt rules requiring 
that reasonable measures be taken to prevent the fraudulent 
production of insurance cards. The
insurance card shall display 
an effective date and an expiration date
covering a period of 
time not to exceed 12 months.  The insurance card
shall contain 
the following disclaimer: "Examine policy exclusions

carefully.  This form does not constitute any part of your 
insurance policy."
If the insurance policy represented by the 
insurance card does
not cover any driver operating the motor 
vehicle with the owner's
permission, or the owner when 
operating a motor vehicle other than the
vehicle for which the 
policy is issued, the insurance card shall
contain a warning of 
such limitations in the coverage provided by the
policy.

    No insurer shall issue a card, similar in appearance, form 
and content
to the insurance card required under this Section, 
in connection with an
insurance policy that does not provide 
the liability insurance coverage
required under Section 7-601 
of this Code.

    The evidence of insurance shall be displayed upon request 
made by any law
enforcement officer wearing a uniform or 
displaying a badge or other sign
of authority.  Any person who 
fails or refuses to comply with such request
is in violation of 
Section 3-707 of this Code.  Any person who displays
evidence of 
insurance, knowing there is no valid liability insurance in

effect on the motor vehicle as required under Section 7-601 of 
this Code or
knowing the evidence of insurance is illegally 
altered, counterfeit or
otherwise invalid, is in violation of 
Section 3-710 of this Code.

    "Display" means the manual surrender of the evidence of 
insurance into
the hands of the law enforcement officer, court, 
or officer of the court
making the request for the
officer's, 
court's, or officer of the court's inspection thereof.

(Source: P.A. 88-315; 89-565, eff. 7-26-96.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2005.