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2009 House Bill 4726: Ban drivers license renewal if three unpaid parking tickets
Introduced by Rep. Roy Schmidt D- on March 31, 2009
To reduce from six to three the number of unpaid parking tickets a person can have before the Secretary of State will not renew a driver license. In addition to the tickets a person would have to pay a $45 "clearance fee". Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Transportation Committee on March 31, 2009
Reported in the House on October 8, 2009
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Received in the Senate on October 20, 2009
Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on October 20, 2009
Referred to the Senate Local, Urban, & State Affairs Committee on December 3, 2009
Reported in the Senate on June 8, 2010
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the Senate on June 24, 2010
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that also amends the current law to require a court to notify a person of possible license renewall denial after six parking tickets (or after three if the bill becomes law), rather than just allow the the court to do so.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 24, 2010
Moved to reconsider by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey R- on June 30, 2010
The vote by which the bill was defeated.
Passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 30, 2010