Bill Amendment: IL SB2191 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
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Bill Title: 24-7 SOBRIETY PILOT PROGRAM
Status: 2016-07-31 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2191 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2191-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: 24-7 SOBRIETY PILOT PROGRAM
Status: 2016-07-31 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2191 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2191-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2191
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2191 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 24-7 | ||||||
| 5 | Sobriety Pilot Program Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Pilot Program.
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| 7 | (a) Thirty days after the effective date of this Act, the | ||||||
| 8 | Secretary of State shall develop a 5-year sobriety pilot | ||||||
| 9 | program for drivers who have been convicted of a second or | ||||||
| 10 | subsequent violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
| 11 | Code, or a similar provision of a local ordinance, who are | ||||||
| 12 | subject to paragraph (e) of Section 11-501.01 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Vehicle Code.
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| 14 | (b) The program shall be conducted in Madison County, | ||||||
| 15 | Peoria County, St. Clair County, and any other county | ||||||
| 16 | authorized by county board resolution to participate in the | ||||||
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| 1 | pilot program.
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| 2 | (c) Each driver required to participate in the program | ||||||
| 3 | shall report twice each calendar day for the initial 120 days | ||||||
| 4 | of his or her sentence in the manner and form prescribed by the | ||||||
| 5 | Secretary of State to a designated location, chosen by the | ||||||
| 6 | sheriff, and shall submit to sobriety testing. Failure to | ||||||
| 7 | report for sobriety testing or failure to pass the sobriety | ||||||
| 8 | test shall result in:
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| 9 | (1) a written warning for a first violation;
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| 10 | (2) a written warning and a restart of the 120 days of | ||||||
| 11 | reporting for a second violation;
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| 12 | (3) county jail detention for a period not to exceed 12 | ||||||
| 13 | hours and a restart of the 120 days of reporting for a | ||||||
| 14 | third violation; and
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| 15 | (4) county jail detention for a period not to exceed 24 | ||||||
| 16 | hours and an automatic revocation of the driver's | ||||||
| 17 | restricted driving permit for a fourth violation.
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| 18 | The sheriff may, in his or her discretion, excuse a | ||||||
| 19 | driver's failure to report for sobriety testing due to an | ||||||
| 20 | emergency or an act of God, and may impose no sanctions. The | ||||||
| 21 | sheriff shall report all imposed sanctions to the Secretary | ||||||
| 22 | within 24 hours of issuance.
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| 23 | (d) The Secretary shall, in consultation with each sheriff, | ||||||
| 24 | determine the fees charged to a driver for the costs associated | ||||||
| 25 | with participation in the program.
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| 26 | (e) The Secretary shall enter into any necessary contracts | ||||||
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| 1 | and may adopt any rules necessary to carry out this Act, | ||||||
| 2 | including rules on the criteria for failure to pass the | ||||||
| 3 | sobriety test.
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| 4 | (f) On or before January 15 of each year, the Secretary | ||||||
| 5 | shall submit a report to the Governor and to the General | ||||||
| 6 | Assembly, which shall include, but is not limited to, the | ||||||
| 7 | progress and the effectiveness of the pilot program.
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| 8 | Section 10. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 31, | ||||||
| 9 | 2023.
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.".
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