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Public Act 097-1050 | ||||
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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 | ||||
Section 11-501.01 as follows: | ||||
(625 ILCS 5/11-501.01)
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Sec. 11-501.01. Additional administrative sanctions. | ||||
(a) After a finding of guilt and prior to any final | ||||
sentencing or an order for supervision, for an offense based | ||||
upon an arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 or a similar | ||||
provision of a local ordinance, individuals shall be required | ||||
to undergo a professional evaluation to determine if an | ||||
alcohol, drug, or intoxicating compound abuse problem exists | ||||
and the extent of the problem, and undergo the imposition of | ||||
treatment as appropriate. Programs conducting these | ||||
evaluations shall be licensed by the Department of Human | ||||
Services. The cost of any professional evaluation shall be paid | ||||
for by the individual required to undergo the professional | ||||
evaluation. | ||||
(b) Any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to | ||||
violating Section 11-501, including any person receiving a | ||||
disposition of court supervision for violating that Section, | ||||
may be required by the Court to attend a victim impact panel |
offered by, or under contract with, a county State's Attorney's | ||
office, a probation and court services department, Mothers | ||
Against Drunk Driving, or the Alliance Against Intoxicated | ||
Motorists. All costs generated by the victim impact panel shall | ||
be paid from fees collected from the offender or as may be | ||
determined by the court. | ||
(c) Every person found guilty of violating Section 11-501, | ||
whose operation of a motor vehicle while in violation of that | ||
Section proximately caused any incident resulting in an | ||
appropriate emergency response, shall be liable for the expense | ||
of an emergency response as provided in subsection (i) of this | ||
Section. | ||
(d) The Secretary of State shall revoke the driving | ||
privileges of any person convicted under Section 11-501 or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance. | ||
(e) The Secretary of State shall require the use of | ||
ignition interlock devices on all vehicles owned by a person | ||
who has been convicted of a second or subsequent offense of | ||
Section 11-501 or a similar provision of a local ordinance. The | ||
person must pay to the Secretary of State DUI Administration | ||
Fund an amount not to exceed $30 for each month that he or she | ||
uses the device. The Secretary shall establish by rule and | ||
regulation the procedures for certification and use of the | ||
interlock system, the amount of the fee, and the procedures, | ||
terms, and conditions relating to these fees. | ||
(f) In addition to any other penalties and liabilities, a |
person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to violating | ||
Section 11-501, including any person placed on court | ||
supervision for violating Section 11-501, shall be assessed | ||
$750, payable to the circuit clerk, who shall distribute the | ||
money as follows: $350 to the law enforcement agency that made | ||
the arrest, and $400 shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer | ||
for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. If the person has | ||
been previously convicted of violating Section 11-501 or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance, the fine shall be | ||
$1,000, and the circuit clerk shall distribute
$200 to the law | ||
enforcement agency that
made the arrest and $800 to the State
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Treasurer for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. In the | ||
event that more than one agency is responsible for the arrest, | ||
the amount payable to law enforcement agencies shall be shared | ||
equally. Any moneys received by a law enforcement agency under | ||
this subsection (f) shall be used for enforcement and | ||
prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol, | ||
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any | ||
combination thereof, as defined by Section 11-501 of this Code, | ||
including but not limited to the purchase of law enforcement | ||
equipment and commodities that will assist in the prevention of | ||
alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State; police | ||
officer training and education in areas related to alcohol | ||
related crime, including but not limited to DUI training; and | ||
police officer salaries, including but not limited to salaries | ||
for hire back funding for safety checkpoints, saturation |
patrols, and liquor store sting operations. to purchase law | ||
enforcement equipment that will assist in the prevention of | ||
alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State. This | ||
shall include, but is not limited to, in-car video cameras, | ||
radar and laser speed detection devices, and alcohol breath | ||
testers. Any moneys received by the Department of State Police | ||
under this subsection (f) shall be deposited into the State | ||
Police DUI Fund and shall be used to purchase law enforcement | ||
equipment that will assist in the prevention of alcohol related | ||
criminal violence throughout the State. | ||
(g) The Secretary of State Police DUI Fund is created as a | ||
special fund in the State treasury. All moneys received by the | ||
Secretary of State Police under subsection (f) of this Section | ||
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Police DUI Fund | ||
and, subject to appropriation, shall be used for enforcement | ||
and prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol, | ||
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any | ||
combination thereof, as defined by Section 11-501 of this Code, | ||
including but not limited to the to purchase of law enforcement | ||
equipment and commodities to assist in the prevention of | ||
alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State ; police | ||
officer training and education in areas related to alcohol | ||
related crime, including but not limited to DUI training; and | ||
police officer salaries, including but not limited to salaries | ||
for hire back funding for safety checkpoints, saturation | ||
patrols, and liquor store sting operations . |
(h) Whenever an individual is sentenced for an offense | ||
based upon an arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance, and the professional | ||
evaluation recommends remedial or rehabilitative treatment or | ||
education, neither the treatment nor the education shall be the | ||
sole disposition and either or both may be imposed only in | ||
conjunction with another disposition. The court shall monitor | ||
compliance with any remedial education or treatment | ||
recommendations contained in the professional evaluation. | ||
Programs conducting alcohol or other drug evaluation or | ||
remedial education must be licensed by the Department of Human | ||
Services. If the individual is not a resident of Illinois, | ||
however, the court may accept an alcohol or other drug | ||
evaluation or remedial education program in the individual's | ||
state of residence. Programs providing treatment must be | ||
licensed under existing applicable alcoholism and drug | ||
treatment licensure standards. | ||
(i) In addition to any other fine or penalty required by | ||
law, an individual convicted of a violation of Section 11-501, | ||
Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, | ||
Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, or a | ||
similar provision, whose operation of a motor vehicle, | ||
snowmobile, or watercraft while in violation of Section 11-501, | ||
Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, | ||
Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, or a | ||
similar provision proximately caused an incident resulting in |
an appropriate emergency response, shall be required to make | ||
restitution to a public agency for the costs of that emergency | ||
response. The restitution may not exceed $1,000 per public | ||
agency for each emergency response. As used in this subsection | ||
(i), "emergency response" means any incident requiring a | ||
response by a police officer, a firefighter carried on the | ||
rolls of a regularly constituted fire department, or an | ||
ambulance.
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(Source: P.A. 95-578, eff. 6-1-08; 95-848, eff. 1-1-09; | ||
96-1342, eff. 1-1-11.)
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