Bill Text: IL SB0939 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning display of a false insurance card.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0939 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0939-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0939 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-710 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning display of a false insurance card.
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A BILL FOR
SB0939 LRB096 07048 AJT 17134 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 3-710 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-710) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710)
Sec. 3-710. Display of false insurance card. No person
shall display evidence of insurance to a law enforcement
officer, court, or officer of the the court, 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 as evidence of insurance required under
Section 7-602 of this Code. If the law enforcement officer
issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for displaying
invalid evidence of insurance, the officer shall confiscate the
evidence for presentation in court.
Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 89-565, eff. 7-26-96.)