Illinois House Bill 5854 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 19 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-10 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Transportation Division of the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a statewide database of all towed vehicles. Provides that: the database shall integrate with existing law enforcement databases; the database shall have a vehicle identification number validation feature to permit only valid vehicle identification numbers to be submitted to the database; the database shall include the name of the tow company that took possession of the vehicle; and the database shall be available to the public. Provides that, before taking possession of a vehicle, a tow company shall submit electronically to the towed vehicle database the vehicle identification number and license plate number of the vehicle. Provides that a tow company that fails to comply may not collect any fees related to the vehicle. Provides that a tow company that commits a third violation is subject to the revocation of its license.

ICC-TOWING DATABASE

Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-11-10	House	First Reading
2020-10-19	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
625	5	18c-1204	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5854&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5854.htm