Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 3/12/2013
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1477 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1477 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
5changing Section 6-208.1 as follows:

6 (625 ILCS 5/6-208.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-208.1)
7 (Text of Section from P.A. 96-1526)
8 Sec. 6-208.1. Period of statutory summary alcohol, other 
9drug,
or intoxicating compound related suspension.
10 (a) Unless the statutory summary suspension has been 
11rescinded, any
person whose privilege to drive a motor vehicle 
12on the public highways has
been summarily suspended, pursuant 
13to Section 11-501.1, shall not be
eligible for restoration of 
14the privilege until the expiration of:
15  1. Twelve months from the effective date of the 
16 statutory summary suspension
for a refusal or failure to 
 
 
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1 complete a test or tests to determine the
alcohol, drug, or 
2 intoxicating compound concentration, pursuant
to
Section 
3 11-501.1; or
4  2. Six months from the effective date of the statutory 
5 summary
suspension imposed following the person's 
6 submission to a chemical test
which disclosed an alcohol 
7 concentration of 0.08 or more, or any
amount
of a
drug, 
8 substance, or intoxicating compound in such person's

9 breath, blood, or
urine resulting
from the unlawful use or 
10 consumption of cannabis listed in the Cannabis
Control Act, 
11 a controlled substance listed in the Illinois
Controlled

12 Substances Act, an intoxicating compound listed in the Use 
13 of Intoxicating
Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as 
14 listed in the Methamphetamine Control and Community 
15 Protection Act, pursuant to Section 11-501.1; or
16  3. Three years from the effective date of the statutory 
17 summary suspension
for any person other than a first 
18 offender who refuses or fails to
complete a test or tests 
19 to determine the alcohol, drug, or
intoxicating
compound 
20 concentration
pursuant to Section 11-501.1; or
21  4. One year from the effective date of the summary 
22 suspension imposed
for any person other than a first 
23 offender following submission to a
chemical test which 
24 disclosed an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or
more
pursuant 
25 to Section 11-501.1 or any amount of a drug, substance or

26 compound in such person's blood or urine resulting from the 
 
 
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1 unlawful use or
consumption of cannabis listed in the 
2 Cannabis Control Act, a
controlled
substance listed in the 
3 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, an
intoxicating

4 compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, 
5 or methamphetamine as listed in the Methamphetamine 
6 Control and Community Protection Act.
7 (b) Following a statutory summary suspension of the 
8privilege to drive a
motor vehicle under Section 11-501.1, 
9driving privileges shall be
restored unless the person is 
10otherwise suspended, revoked, or cancelled by this Code. If
the 
11court has reason to believe that the person's
driving privilege 
12should not be restored, the court shall notify
the Secretary of 
13State prior to the expiration of the statutory summary

14suspension so appropriate action may be taken pursuant to this 
15Code.
16 (c) Driving privileges may not be restored until all 
17applicable
reinstatement fees, as provided by this Code, have 
18been paid to the Secretary
of State and the appropriate entry 
19made to the driver's record.
20 (d) Where a driving privilege has been summarily suspended 
21under Section
11-501.1 and the person is subsequently convicted 
22of violating Section
11-501, or a similar provision of a local 
23ordinance, for the same incident,
any period served on 
24statutory summary suspension shall be credited toward
the 
25minimum period of revocation of driving privileges imposed 
26pursuant to
Section 6-205.
 
 
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1 (e) (Blank).
2 (f) (Blank).
3 (g) Following a statutory summary suspension of driving 
4privileges
pursuant to Section 11-501.1 where the person was 
5not a first offender, as
defined in Section 11-500, the 
6Secretary of State may not issue a
restricted driving permit.
7 (h) (Blank).
8 (i) Unless the statutory summary suspension has been 
9rescinded, any
person whose privilege to drive a motor vehicle 
10on the public highways has
been summarily suspended, pursuant 
11to Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, shall 
12not be
eligible for restoration of the privilege until the 
13expiration of 3 months from the effective date of the statutory 
14summary suspension imposed following a person's conviction for 
15violating Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act. 
16(Source: P.A. 95-355, eff. 1-1-08; 95-400, eff. 1-1-09; 95-876, 
17eff. 8-21-08; 96-1526, eff. 2-14-11.)

18 (Text of Section from P.A. 96-1344 and 97-229)
19 Sec. 6-208.1. Period of statutory summary alcohol, other 
20drug,
or intoxicating compound related suspension or 
21revocation.
22 (a) Unless the statutory summary suspension has been 
23rescinded, any
person whose privilege to drive a motor vehicle 
24on the public highways has
been summarily suspended, pursuant 
25to Section 11-501.1, shall not be
eligible for restoration of 
 
 
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1the privilege until the expiration of:
2  1. Twelve months from the effective date of the 
3 statutory summary suspension
for a refusal or failure to 
4 complete a test or tests to determine the
alcohol, drug, or 
5 intoxicating compound concentration, pursuant
to
Section 
6 11-501.1, if the person was not involved in a motor vehicle 
7 crash that caused personal injury or death to another; or
8  2. Six months from the effective date of the statutory 
9 summary
suspension imposed following the person's 
10 submission to a chemical test
which disclosed an alcohol 
11 concentration of 0.08 or more, or any
amount
of a
drug, 
12 substance, or intoxicating compound in such person's

13 breath, blood, or
urine resulting
from the unlawful use or 
14 consumption of cannabis listed in the Cannabis
Control Act, 
15 a controlled substance listed in the Illinois
Controlled

16 Substances Act, an intoxicating compound listed in the Use 
17 of Intoxicating
Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as 
18 listed in the Methamphetamine Control and Community 
19 Protection Act, pursuant to Section 11-501.1; or
20  3. Three years from the effective date of the statutory 
21 summary suspension
for any person other than a first 
22 offender who refuses or fails to
complete a test or tests 
23 to determine the alcohol, drug, or
intoxicating
compound 
24 concentration
pursuant to Section 11-501.1; or
25  4. One year from the effective date of the summary 
26 suspension imposed
for any person other than a first 
 
 
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1 offender following submission to a
chemical test which 
2 disclosed an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or
more
pursuant 
3 to Section 11-501.1 or any amount of a drug, substance or

4 compound in such person's blood or urine resulting from the 
5 unlawful use or
consumption of cannabis listed in the 
6 Cannabis Control Act, a
controlled
substance listed in the 
7 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, an
intoxicating

8 compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, 
9 or methamphetamine as listed in the Methamphetamine 
10 Control and Community Protection Act.
11 (a-1) Unless the statutory summary revocation has been 
12rescinded, any person whose privilege to drive has been 
13summarily revoked pursuant to Section 11-501.1 may not make 
14application for a license or permit until the expiration of one 
15year from the effective date of the summary revocation. 
16 (b) Following a statutory summary suspension of the 
17privilege to drive a
motor vehicle under Section 11-501.1, 
18driving privileges shall be
restored unless the person is 
19otherwise suspended, revoked, or cancelled by this Code. If
the 
20court has reason to believe that the person's
driving privilege 
21should not be restored, the court shall notify
the Secretary of 
22State prior to the expiration of the statutory summary

23suspension so appropriate action may be taken pursuant to this 
24Code.
25 (c) Driving privileges may not be restored until all 
26applicable
reinstatement fees, as provided by this Code, have 
 
 
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1been paid to the Secretary
of State and the appropriate entry 
2made to the driver's record.
3 (d) Where a driving privilege has been summarily suspended 
4or revoked under Section
11-501.1 and the person is 
5subsequently convicted of violating Section
11-501, or a 
6similar provision of a local ordinance, for the same incident,

7any period served on statutory summary suspension or revocation 
8shall be credited toward
the minimum period of revocation of 
9driving privileges imposed pursuant to
Section 6-205.
10 (e) Following a statutory summary suspension of driving 
11privileges
pursuant to Section 11-501.1, for a first offender, 
12the circuit court shall, unless the offender has opted in 
13writing not to have a monitoring device driving permit issued, 
14order the Secretary of State to issue a monitoring device 
15driving permit as provided in Section 6-206.1. A monitoring 
16device driving permit shall not be effective prior to the 31st 
17day of the statutory summary suspension. A first offender who 
18refused chemical testing and whose driving privileges were 
19summarily revoked pursuant to Section 11-501.1 shall not be 
20eligible for a monitoring device driving permit, but may make 
21application for reinstatement or for a restricted driving 
22permit after a period of one year has elapsed from the 
23effective date of the revocation. 
24 (f) (Blank).
25 (g) Following a statutory summary suspension of driving 
26privileges
pursuant to Section 11-501.1 where the person was 
 
 
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1not a first offender, as
defined in Section 11-500, the 
2Secretary of State may not issue a
restricted driving permit.
3 (h) (Blank).
4 (i) Unless the statutory summary suspension has been 
5rescinded, any
person whose privilege to drive a motor vehicle 
6on the public highways has
been summarily suspended, pursuant 
7to Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, shall 
8not be
eligible for restoration of the privilege until the 
9expiration of 3 months from the effective date of the statutory 
10summary suspension imposed following a person's conviction for 
11violating Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act. 
12(Source: P.A. 96-1344, eff. 7-1-11; 97-229, eff. 7-28-11.)

13 Section 10. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended 
14by changing Section 5-16 as follows:




15 (625 ILCS 45/5-16)



16 Sec. 5-16. Operating a watercraft under the influence of 
17alcohol,
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or 
18compounds, or combination
thereof.

19 (A) 1. A person shall not operate or be in actual physical 
20 control of
any
watercraft within this State while:


21   (a) The alcohol concentration in such person's 
22 blood or breath is a
concentration at which driving a 
23 motor vehicle is prohibited under subdivision
(1) of 
24 subsection (a) of
Section 11-501 of the Illinois 
 
 
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1 Vehicle Code;


2   (b) Under the influence of alcohol;


3   (c) Under the influence of any other drug or 
4 combination of drugs to a
degree which renders such 
5 person incapable of safely operating
any watercraft;


6   (c-1) Under the influence of any intoxicating 
7 compound or combination
of
intoxicating compounds to a 
8 degree that renders the person incapable of safely

9 operating
any watercraft;


10   (d) Under the combined influence of alcohol and any 
11 other drug or
drugs to a degree which renders such 
12 person incapable of safely operating
a watercraft; or


13   (e) There is any amount of a drug, substance, or 
14 compound in the
person's blood or urine resulting from 
15 the unlawful use or consumption of
cannabis listed in 
16 the Cannabis Control Act, a
controlled substance

17 listed in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or an 
18 intoxicating compound
listed in the Use of 
19 Intoxicating Compounds Act.


20  2. The fact that any person charged with violating this 
21 Section is or
has been legally entitled to use alcohol, 
22 other drug or drugs, any
intoxicating compound or 
23 compounds, or any combination of
them, shall not constitute 
24 a defense against any charge of
violating this
Section.


25  3. Every person convicted of violating this Section 
26 shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, except as 
 
 
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1 otherwise provided in this Section.


2  4. Every person convicted of violating this Section 
3 shall be guilty of a
Class 4 felony if:


4   (a) He has a previous conviction under this 
5 Section;


6   (b) The offense results in personal injury where a 
7 person other than the
operator suffers great bodily 
8 harm or permanent disability or disfigurement,
when 
9 the violation was a proximate cause of the injuries. A 
10 person guilty of a
Class 4 felony under this 
11 subparagraph (b), if sentenced
to a term of 
12 imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less 
13 than
one year nor more than 12 years; or


14   (c) The offense occurred during a period in which 
15 his or her
privileges
to
operate
a watercraft are 
16 revoked or suspended, and the revocation or suspension 
17 was for
a
violation of this Section or was imposed 
18 under subsection (B).


19  5. Every person convicted of violating this Section 
20 shall be
guilty of a Class 2 felony if the offense results 
21 in the death of a
person.
A person guilty of a Class 2 
22 felony under this paragraph 5, if sentenced to a
term of 
23 imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 
24 3 years
and not more than 14 years.


25  5.1. A person convicted of violating this Section or a 
26 similar
provision
of a
local
ordinance who had a child 
 
 
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1 under the age of 16 aboard the watercraft at the
time of 
2 offense is
subject to a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and 
3 to a mandatory minimum of 5
days of
community service in a 
4 program benefiting children. The assignment under this

5 paragraph 5.1 is
not subject to suspension and the person 
6 is not eligible for probation in order
to reduce the

7 assignment.


8  5.2. A person found guilty of violating this Section, 
9 if his or her
operation
of a watercraft
while in violation 
10 of this Section proximately caused any incident resulting 
11 in
an appropriate
emergency response, is liable for the 
12 expense of an emergency response as
provided in subsection 
13 (m) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.


14  5.3. In addition to any other penalties and 
15 liabilities, a person who is
found
guilty of
violating this 
16 Section, including any person placed on court supervision,

17 shall be fined $100,
payable to the circuit clerk, who 
18 shall distribute the money to the law
enforcement agency 
19 that
made the arrest. In the event that more than one 
20 agency is responsible for the
arrest, the $100
shall be 
21 shared equally. Any moneys received by a law enforcement 
22 agency under
this
paragraph 5.3 shall be used to purchase 
23 law enforcement equipment or to provide
law
enforcement 
24 training that will assist in the prevention of alcohol 
25 related
criminal violence
throughout the State. Law 
26 enforcement equipment shall include, but is not
limited to, 
 
 
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1 in-car
video cameras, radar and laser speed detection 
2 devices, and alcohol breath
testers.


3  6. (a) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed, 
4 the Department of
Natural Resources shall suspend the 
5 watercraft operation privileges of any
person

6 convicted or found guilty of a misdemeanor under this 
7 Section, a similar provision of a local ordinance, or 
8 Title 46 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations for a 
9 period
of one year, except that a first time offender 
10 is exempt from this mandatory
one year suspension.

11   As used in this subdivision (A)6(a), "first time 
12 offender" means any person who has not had a previous 
13 conviction or been assigned supervision for violating 
14 this Section, a similar provision of a local ordinance 
15 or, Title 46 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 
16 or any person who has not had a suspension imposed 
17 under subdivision (B)3.1 of Section 5-16.


18   (b) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed, 
19 the Department of
Natural Resources shall suspend the 
20 watercraft operation privileges of any
person

21 convicted of a felony under this Section, a similar 
22 provision of a local ordinance, or Title 46 of the U.S. 
23 Code of Federal Regulations for a period of 3 years.

24   (c) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed, 
25 the Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's 
26 license of any person convicted of a misdemeanor or 
 
 
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1 felony under this Section, a similar provision of a 
2 local ordinance, or Title 46 of the U.S. Code of 
3 Federal Regulations for a period of 3 months, except 
4 that a first time offender is exempt from this 
5 mandatory 3 month suspension. 
6   As used in this subdivision (A)6(c), "first time 
7 offender" means any person who has not had a previous 
8 conviction or been assigned supervision for violating 
9 this Section, a similar provision of a local ordinance, 
10 or Title 46 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 (B) 1. Any person who operates or is in actual physical 
12 control of any
watercraft upon the waters of this
State 
13 shall be deemed to have given consent to a chemical test or 
14 tests of
blood, breath or urine for the purpose of 
15 determining the content of
alcohol, other
drug or drugs, 
16 intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination thereof

17 in the person's blood if arrested for
any offense of 
18 subsection (A) above. The chemical test or tests shall be

19 administered at
the direction of the arresting officer.
The 
20 law enforcement agency employing the
officer shall 
21 designate which of the tests shall be administered. A
urine 
22 test may be
administered even after a blood or breath test 
23 or both has been administered.


24  1.1. For the purposes of this Section, an Illinois Law 
25 Enforcement
officer of
this
State who is investigating the 
26 person for any offense defined in Section 5-16
may travel

 
 
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1 into an adjoining state, where the person has been 
2 transported for medical care
to
complete an investigation, 
3 and may request that the person submit to the test
or
tests 
4 set
forth in this Section. The requirements of this Section 
5 that the person be
arrested are
inapplicable, but the 
6 officer shall issue the person a uniform citation for an

7 offense as
defined in Section 5-16 or a similar provision 
8 of a local ordinance prior to
requesting that
the person 
9 submit to the test or tests. The issuance of the uniform 
10 citation
shall not
constitute an arrest, but shall be for 
11 the purpose of notifying the person that
he or she is

12 subject to the provisions of this Section and of the 
13 officer's belief in the
existence of
probable cause to 
14 arrest. Upon returning to this State, the officer shall 
15 file
the uniform
citation with the circuit clerk of the 
16 county where the offense was committed
and shall
seek the 
17 issuance of an arrest warrant or a summons for the person.


18  1.2. Notwithstanding any ability to refuse under this 
19 Act to submit to
these
tests
or any ability to revoke the 
20 implied consent to these tests, if a law
enforcement 
21 officer
has probable cause to believe that a watercraft 
22 operated by or under actual
physical
control of a person 
23 under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,

24 intoxicating
compound or compounds, or any combination of 
25 them has caused the death of or
personal
injury to another, 
26 that person shall submit, upon the request of a law

 
 
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1 enforcement officer,
to a chemical test or tests of his or 
2 her blood, breath, or urine for the
purpose of
determining 
3 the alcohol content or the presence of any other drug, 
4 intoxicating
compound, or
combination
of them. For the 
5 purposes of this Section, a personal injury includes severe

6 bleeding
wounds, distorted extremities, and injuries that 
7 require the injured party to
be carried
from the scene for 
8 immediate professional attention in either a doctor's 
9 office
or a
medical facility.


10  2. Any person who is dead, unconscious or who is 
11 otherwise in a condition
rendering such person incapable of 
12 refusal, shall be deemed not to have
withdrawn the consent 
13 provided above, and the test may be administered.


14  3. A person requested to submit to a chemical test as 
15 provided above
shall be
verbally advised by the law 
16 enforcement officer requesting the test that a
refusal to 
17 submit to the test will result in suspension of such 
18 person's
privilege to operate a watercraft for a minimum of 
19 2 years. Following this
warning, if a person
under arrest 
20 refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to

21 submit to a test designated by the officer, no test
shall 
22 be given, but the law enforcement officer shall file with 
23 the clerk
of the circuit court for the county in which the 
24 arrest was made, and with
the Department of Natural 
25 Resources, a sworn
statement naming the person refusing to 
26 take and complete the chemical test
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1 under the provisions of this Section. Such sworn statement 
2 shall
identify the arrested person, such person's current 
3 residence address and
shall specify that a refusal by such 
4 person to take the chemical test or
tests was
made. Such 
5 sworn statement shall include a statement that the 
6 arresting
officer had reasonable cause to believe the 
7 person was operating or was in
actual physical control of 
8 the
watercraft within this State while under the influence 
9 of alcohol, other
drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or 
10 compounds, or combination thereof
and that such
chemical 
11 test or tests were made as an
incident to and following the 
12 lawful arrest for an offense as defined in
this Section or 
13 a similar provision of a local ordinance, and that the

14 person after being arrested for an offense arising out of 
15 acts alleged to
have been committed while so operating a 
16 watercraft refused to submit to
and complete a chemical 
17 test or tests as requested by the law enforcement
officer.


18  3.1. The law enforcement officer submitting the sworn 
19 statement as
provided in
paragraph 3 of this subsection (B) 
20 shall serve immediate written notice upon
the
person 
21 refusing the chemical test or tests that the person's 
22 privilege to
operate a
watercraft within this State will be 
23 suspended for a period of 2 years unless,
within 28 days 
24 from the date of the notice, the person requests in writing 
25 a
hearing
on the suspension.


26  If the person desires a hearing, such person
shall file 
 
 
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1 a complaint in the circuit court for and in the county in 
2 which
such person was arrested for such hearing. Such 
3 hearing shall proceed in
the court in the same manner as 
4 other civil proceedings, shall cover only
the issues of 
5 whether the person was placed under arrest for an offense 
6 as
defined in this Section or a similar provision of a 
7 local ordinance as
evidenced by the issuance of a uniform 
8 citation; whether the arresting
officer had reasonable 
9 grounds to believe that such person was operating a

10 watercraft while under the influence of alcohol, other drug 
11 or drugs,
intoxicating compound or compounds, or 
12 combination
thereof; and whether such person refused to 
13 submit and complete the
chemical test or
tests upon the 
14 request of the law enforcement officer. Whether the person

15 was informed that such person's privilege to operate a 
16 watercraft would be
suspended if such person refused to 
17 submit to the chemical test or tests
shall not be an
issue.


18  If the person fails to request in writing a hearing 
19 within 28 days from
the date of notice, or if a hearing is 
20 held and the court finds against the
person on the issues 
21 before the court, the
clerk shall immediately notify the 
22 Department of Natural Resources, and the Department shall 
23 suspend the watercraft operation
privileges of the person 
24 for at least 2 years.


25  3.2. If the person submits to a test that discloses an 
26 alcohol
concentration
of 0.08
or more, or any amount of a 
 
 
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1 drug, substance or intoxicating compound in the
person's

2 breath, blood, or urine resulting from the unlawful use of 
3 cannabis listed in
the Cannabis
Control Act, a controlled 
4 substance listed in the Illinois Controlled
Substances 
5 Act, or an
intoxicating compound listed in the Use of 
6 Intoxicating Compounds Act, the law
enforcement officer 
7 shall immediately submit a sworn report to the circuit

8 clerk of venue
and the Department of Natural Resources, 
9 certifying that the test or tests were
requested
under 
10 paragraph 1 of this subsection (B) and the person submitted 
11 to testing
that
disclosed an alcohol concentration of 0.08 
12 or more.


13  In cases where the blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 
14 or greater or any
amount of
drug, substance or compound 
15 resulting from the unlawful use of cannabis, a
controlled

16 substance or an intoxicating compound is established by a 
17 subsequent analysis
of blood
or urine collected at the time 
18 of arrest, the arresting officer or arresting
agency shall

19 immediately submit a sworn report to the circuit clerk of 
20 venue and the
Department of
Natural Resources upon receipt 
21 of the test results.


22  4. A person must submit to each chemical test offered 
23 by the law
enforcement
officer
in order to comply with the 
24 implied consent provisions of this Section.


25  5. The provisions of Section 11-501.2 of the Illinois 
26 Vehicle Code, as
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1 use of chemical tests apply to the
use of such tests under 
2 this Section.

3 (C) Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or 
4proceeding arising out
of acts alleged to have been committed 
5by any person while operating a
watercraft while under the 
6influence of alcohol, the concentration of alcohol
in the 
7person's blood or breath at the time alleged as shown by 
8analysis of a
person's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily 
9substance shall give rise to the
presumptions specified in 
10subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of
subsection (b) of Section 11-501.2 
11of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The foregoing
provisions of this 
12subsection (C) shall not be
construed
as limiting the 
13introduction of any other relevant evidence bearing upon the

14question whether the person was under the influence of alcohol.

15 (D) If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a 
16chemical test under
the provisions of this Section, evidence of 
17refusal shall be admissible in
any civil or criminal action or 
18proceeding arising out of acts alleged to
have been committed 
19while the person under the influence of alcohol,
other drug or 
20drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination
of 
21them was operating a watercraft.

22 (E) The owner of any watercraft or any person given 
23supervisory
authority over a watercraft, may not knowingly 
24permit a watercraft to be
operated by any person under the 
25influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
intoxicating 
26compound or compounds, or
combination thereof.

 
 
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1 (F) Whenever any person is convicted or found guilty of a 
2violation of
this
Section, including any person placed on court 
3supervision, the court shall
notify the Office of Law 
4Enforcement of the
Department of Natural Resources, to provide 
5the Department with the records
essential for the performance 
6of the Department's duties to monitor and enforce
any order of 
7suspension or revocation concerning the privilege to operate a

8watercraft. 
9 Whenever any person is convicted or found guilty of a 
10violation of this Section, including any person placed on court 
11supervision, the court shall also notify the Secretary of State 
12and provide the Secretary of State with the records necessary 
13to monitor and enforce any order of suspension or revocation 
14concerning the person's driver's license. 

15 (G) No person who has been arrested and charged for 
16violating paragraph 1 of
subsection (A) of this Section shall 
17operate any watercraft within this State
for a period of 24 
18hours after such arrest.

19(Source: P.A. 94-214, eff. 1-1-06; 95-149, eff. 8-14-07.)".