This is an attorney desk reference manual from Illinois Legal Aid Online. It covers all aspects of an administrative hearing for a revoked or suspended licenses.
A person that has lost driving privileges may be required to attend an administrative hearing before having privileges restored. Formal hearings are required when the suspension or revocation involved a fatality or multiple DUI dispositions. An informal hearing is sufficient in all other cases including an initial DUI disposition . Hearings can result in a restricted driving permit (RDP) or reinstatement of driving privileges. First time DUI offenders may be eligible for a monitored device driving permit (MDDP) allowing vehicles equipped with a breath alcohol ignition interlock device (BAIID) to be driven. Drivers with an RDP whose suspension or revocation was related to a DUI or similar offense will be required to install a BAIID in their vehicles.
Local, state, and federal laws
- Driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof, 625 ILCS 5/11-501 et seq.
- Hearings, 625 ILCS 5/2-118
- Authority to cancel licenses and permits, 625 ILCS 5/6-201
- Mandatory revocation of license or permit; hardship cases, 625 ILCS 5/6-205
- Discretionary authority to suspend or revoke license or permit; the right to a hearing, 625 ILCS 5/6-206
- Driving while intoxicated - Impoundment, Municipal Code of Chicago, Section 7-24-226
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