Bill Text: IL HB4849 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not hold an animal in the person's lap while operating a motor vehicle. Provides that a person who holds an animal in the person's lap while operating a motor vehicle is guilty of a petty offense and is subject to a fine of $50. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall not search or inspect a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely because the driver holds an animal on the lap or is suspected of doing so. Makes corresponding changes in the Illinois Criminal Code.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-04 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4849 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4849-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1433 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1433 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-1433. Animals in driver's lap. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A person shall not hold an animal in the person's lap | ||||||
| 9 | while operating a motor vehicle. This Section does not apply | ||||||
| 10 | to the following motor vehicles as defined by this Code: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) commercial motor vehicles; | ||||||
| 12 | (2) farm tractors; | ||||||
| 13 | (3) implements of husbandry; and | ||||||
| 14 | (4) farm to market agricultural transportation | ||||||
| 15 | vehicles. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) A person who violates this Section is guilty of a petty | ||||||
| 17 | offense and subject to a fine of $50. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) A law enforcement officer shall not search or inspect | ||||||
| 19 | a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger | ||||||
| 20 | solely because of a violation or suspected violation of this | ||||||
| 21 | Section.
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| 22 | Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | ||||||
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| 1 | amended by changing Section 108-1 as follows:
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| 2 | (725 ILCS 5/108-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 108-1)
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| 3 | Sec. 108-1. Search without warrant.
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| 4 | (1) When a lawful arrest is effected a peace officer may | ||||||
| 5 | reasonably search
the person arrested and the area
within such | ||||||
| 6 | person's immediate presence for the purpose of:
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| 7 | (a) protecting the officer from attack; or
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| 8 | (b) preventing the person from escaping; or
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| 9 | (c) discovering the fruits of the crime; or
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| 10 | (d) discovering any instruments, articles, or things | ||||||
| 11 | which may have been
used in the commission of, or which may | ||||||
| 12 | constitute evidence of, an offense.
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| 13 | (2) (Blank).
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| 14 | (3) A law enforcement officer may not search or inspect a | ||||||
| 15 | motor vehicle,
its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely | ||||||
| 16 | because of a violation of
Section 12-603.1 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Vehicle Code.
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| 18 | (4) A law enforcement officer may not search a motor | ||||||
| 19 | vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely | ||||||
| 20 | because of a violation or suspected violation of Section | ||||||
| 21 | 11-1433 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 93-99, eff. 7-3-03.)
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