Public Act 095-0686
 		





HB0654 Enrolled
LRB095 04787 DRH 24847 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 
Section 3-707 as follows:
 


    (625 ILCS 5/3-707)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)


    Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle - penalty. 

    (a) No person
shall operate a motor vehicle unless the 
motor vehicle is covered by a
liability insurance policy in 
accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. 

    (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a law 
enforcement
officer for display of evidence of insurance, as 
required under Section
7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed to 
be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

    (c) Except as provided in subsection (c-5), any
Any 
operator of a motor vehicle subject to registration under this

Code
who is convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a 
business
offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess 
of $500, but
not more than $1,000.  However, no person charged 
with violating this
Section shall be convicted if such person 
produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at the time of the 
arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
liability insurance 
policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The chief 
judge of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to

review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of 
arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance 
policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of this Code.
    (c-1) A person convicted of violating this Section shall 
also have his or her driver's license, permit, or privileges 
suspended for 3 months. After the expiration of the 3 months, 
the person's driver's license, permit, or privileges shall not 
be reinstated until he or she has paid a reinstatement fee of 
$100. If a person violates this Section while his or her 
driver's license, permit, or privileges are suspended under 
this subsection (c-1), his or her driver's license, permit, or  
privileges shall be suspended for an additional 6 months and 
until he or she pays the reinstatement fee.


    (c-5) A person who (i) has not  previously been convicted of 
or received a disposition of court supervision for violating 
this Section and (ii) produces at his or her court appearance 
satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of 
the date of the court appearance,  by a liability insurance 
policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code shall, for 
a violation of this Section, pay a fine of $100 and receive a 
disposition of court supervision. The person must, on the date 
that the period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, 
produce satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by 
the required liability insurance policy during the entire 
period of court supervision.
    An officer of the court designated under subsection (c) may 
also review liability insurance documentation under this 
subsection (c-5) to determine if the motor vehicle is, as of 
the date of the court appearance, covered by a liability 
insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. 
The officer of the court shall also determine, on the date the 
period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, whether 
the vehicle was covered by the required policy during the 
entire period of court supervision.

    (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of 
violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local 
ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the 
person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315.  
The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to

the Secretary for a minimum period of one year after the date 
the proof is
first filed.  The Secretary must suspend the 
driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not 
to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as 
required by this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 94-1035, eff. 7-1-07.)