Chicago DUI Attorney Comments on The Break for Parking Scofflaws

This Chicago DUI attorney has posted here and here about how difficult it can be to get your driver’s license back.  Unfortunately, frequently it comes down to money.

Now, in a nod to these economic dire times, your Illinois legislators thought maybe we should make it a wee bit easier for folks to get their driving privileges restored.  Somehow, I don’t think the memo got out about this; the law is almost a year old.

625 ILCS 5/6-306.5:

(d) Any municipality making a certified report to the

Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify the

Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,

whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the

previously reported fine or penalty, whenever a person named in

the certified report has entered into a payment plan pursuant

to which the municipality has agreed to terminate the

suspension, or whenever the municipality determines that the

original report was in error. A certified copy of such

notification shall also be given upon request and at no

additional charge to the person named therein. Upon receipt of

the municipality's notification or presentation of a certified

copy of such notification, the Secretary of State shall

terminate the suspension.

 

So if you let parking tickets trigger a suspension of your driving privileges, you could get your driving privileges restored by entering into a payment plan with the municipality that reported your lack of payments in the first place.  In the past, it was an all or nothing proposition with the municipality once your license was suspended. 

Don’t sleep on your rights!