(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as amended. For purposes of this subsection, any person who fails to comply with a request by a law enforcement officer for display of evidence of insurance, as required under Section 7-602 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as amended, shall be deemed to be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
(b) Any person convicted of violating subsection 9-80-250(a) shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1.000.00 for the first and second offenses, and to a fine of $1.000.00 for each subsequent offense. However no person charged with violating subsection 9-80-250(a) shall be convicted if such person produces in court satisfactory evidence that, at the time of the violation, the motor vehicle was covered by a liability insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as amended; and a person convicted of a first offense for violating subsection 9-80-250(a) who produces at his or her court appearance satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of the date of the court appearance, by a liability insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as amended, shall pay a fine of $100.00 and receive a disposition of court supervision. The person must, on the date that the period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, produce satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by the required liability insurance policy during the entire period of court supervision.
(Added Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12062, Art. VII, § 1)