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625 ILCS 5/6-700 (2026)

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(625 ILCS 5/6-700) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-700)
    Sec. 6-700. Definitions.
    As used in this compact:
    (a) "State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    (b) "Home state" means the state which has issued and has the power to suspend or revoke the use of the license or permit to operate a motor vehicle.
    (c) "Conviction" means a conviction of any offense related to the use or operation of a motor vehicle which is prohibited by state law, municipal ordinance or administrative rule or regulation, or a forfeiture of bail, bond or other security deposited to secure appearance by a person charged with having committed any such offense, and which conviction or forfeiture is required to be reported to the licensing authority.
(Source: P.A. 76-1615.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2024 · leading case: People v. Heritsch, 2012 IL App (2d) 90719 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012).
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People v. Heritsch, 2012 IL App (2d) 90719 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “See 625 ILCS 5/6-700 et seq. (West 2008). I agree with the analysis by the appellate court in Fielding and would adopt it here.”
People v. Smith, 2013 IL App (2d) 121164 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “However, Virginia, like Illinois, was a party to the Driver’s License Compact (Compact) (see 625 ILCS 5/6-700 through 6-708 (West 2012)), which bars a party state from issuing a license to an individual while a license issued by another party state is suspended (625 ILCS 5/6-704…”
People v. Smith, 2013 IL App (2d) 121164 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “However, Virginia, like Illinois, was a party to the Driver’s License Compact (Compact) (see 625 ILCS 5/6-700 through 6-708 (West 2012)), which bars a party state from issuing a license to an individual while a license issued by another party state is suspended (625 ILCS 5/6-704…”
People v. Nance, 2024 IL App (3d) 230365 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “625 ILCS 5/6-700 to 6-708 (West 2020). The Compact’s stated purpose is to “[p]romote compliance with the laws, ordinances and administrative rules and regulations relating to the operation of motor vehicles by their operators in each of the jurisdictions where such operators…”
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