Bill Text: IL SB1499 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning deposit of a driver's license as bail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1499 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1499-Introduced.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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 6-306.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/6-306.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.3)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-306.3. License as bail.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided in Section 6-306.4 of this Code, any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | person arrested
and
and charged with violation of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 3-701, 3-707, or 3-710, or of any
violation of Chapters 11 or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 12 of this Code, except the provisions of Sections
3-708, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 11-401, 11-501, 11-503, 11-504, or 11-506 of this Code shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | have the option of
depositing his valid driver's license issued | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | under this Code with the officer
demanding bail in lieu of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | other security for his appearance in court in
answer to any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | such charge. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | (b) However, a uniform bail schedule and regulations | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | adopted pursuant to
Supreme Court Rule or Order may require | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | that a driver's license issued
under this Code must be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | deposited, in addition to appropriate cash deposit,
where | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | persons arrested and charged with violating Sections 3-708, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 11-401,
11-501, 11-503, 11-504, or 11-506 of this Code elect to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | take advantage of the uniform
schedule establishing the amount | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | of bail in such cases.
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| 2 | (c) When a license is deposited as security in lieu of or | ||||||
| 3 | in addition to
bail, the judge, court clerk, or other official | ||||||
| 4 | accepting such deposit
shall issue to the licensee a receipt | ||||||
| 5 | for such license upon a form approved
or provided by the | ||||||
| 6 | Secretary of State.
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| 7 | (d) If the licensee whose license has been deposited as | ||||||
| 8 | security for
bail does not appear in court in compliance with | ||||||
| 9 | the time and place for
hearing as notified in such receipt, or | ||||||
| 10 | the continued date thereof, if any
has been ordered by the | ||||||
| 11 | court, the court shall continue the case for a
minimum of 30 | ||||||
| 12 | days and require a notice of the continued court date be sent
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| 13 | to the licensee at his last known address. The clerk of such | ||||||
| 14 | court shall
notify the licensee of the court's order. If the | ||||||
| 15 | licensee does not appear
in and surrender on the continued | ||||||
| 16 | court date, or within such period,
satisfy the court that his | ||||||
| 17 | appearance in and surrender to the court is
impossible and | ||||||
| 18 | without any fault on his part, the court shall enter an
order | ||||||
| 19 | of failure to appear to answer such charge after depositing | ||||||
| 20 | license
in lieu of bail. The clerk of such court shall notify | ||||||
| 21 | the Secretary of
State of the court's order.
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| 22 | The Secretary of State, when notified by the clerk of such | ||||||
| 23 | court that an
order of failure to appear to answer such charge | ||||||
| 24 | after depositing license
in lieu of bail has been entered, | ||||||
| 25 | shall immediately suspend the driver's
license of such licensee | ||||||
| 26 | without a hearing and shall not remove such
suspension, nor | ||||||
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| 1 | issue any hardship license or privilege to such licensee
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| 2 | thereafter until notified by such court that the licensee has | ||||||
| 3 | appeared and
answered the charges placed against him.
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| 4 | (e) 1. Any Illinois resident who has executed a written | ||||||
| 5 | promise to
comply with Section 6-306.2 of this Code, in effect | ||||||
| 6 | until July 28, 1986,
shall continue to be suspended until he or | ||||||
| 7 | she complies with the terms and
conditions of the written | ||||||
| 8 | promise.
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| 9 | 2. The Secretary of State, when notified by the clerk of | ||||||
| 10 | such court that
an order of failure to appear to answer a | ||||||
| 11 | charge after promising to appear
has been entered, shall | ||||||
| 12 | immediately suspend the driver's license of such
licensee | ||||||
| 13 | without a hearing and shall not remove such suspension, nor | ||||||
| 14 | issue a
hardship license or privilege to such licensee | ||||||
| 15 | thereafter until notified by
such court that the licensee has | ||||||
| 16 | appeared and answered the charges placed
against him.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08.)
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