Bill Text: IL HB1199 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person or entity may not use an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of a person. Exempts from the new provisions (1) situations where the registered owner, lessor, or lessee of a vehicle has consented to the use of the electronic tracking device; and (2) the lawful use of an electronic tracking device by a law enforcement agency. Provides that a violation of the new provisions is a Class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0381 [HB1199 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1199-Amended.html

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Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/19/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1199
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1199 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
Section 21-2.5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/21-2.5 new)
Sec. 21-2.5. Electronic tracking devices prohibited.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Electronic tracking device" means any device attached
to a vehicle that reveals its location or movement by the
transmission of electronic signals.
"Informatics" means the science of information, the
practice of information processing, and the engineering of
information systems. "Informatics" includes the study of
the structure, algorithms, behavior, and interactions of
natural and artificial systems that store, process,

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access, and communicate information and the study of
human-computer interaction and how an interface can be
built to maximize user-efficiency.
"Telematics" includes, but is not limited to,
automatic airbag deployment and crash notification, remote
diagnostics, navigation, stolen vehicle location, remote
door unlock, transmitting emergency and vehicle location
information to public safety answering points, and any
other service integrating vehicle location technology and
wireless communications.
"Vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(b) A person or entity in this State may not use an
electronic tracking device to determine the location or
movement of a person.
(c) This Section does not apply:
(1) when the registered owner, lessor, or lessee of a
vehicle has consented to the use of the electronic tracking
device with respect to that vehicle;
(2) to the lawful use of an electronic tracking device
by a law enforcement agency;
(3) to the lawful use of an electronic tracking device
by an Inspector General appointed under the State Officials
and Employees Ethics Act or under Section 14 of the
Secretary of State Act;
(4) when the vehicle is owned or leased by a business

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that is authorized to transact business in this State and
the tracking device is used by the business for the purpose
of tracking vehicles driven by employees of that business,
its affiliates, or contractors of that business or its
affiliates; or
(5) telematic services that were installed by the
manufacturer, or installed by or with the consent of the
owner or lessee of the vehicle and to which the owner or
lessee has subscribed. Consent by the owner or lessee of
the vehicle constitutes consent for any other driver or
passenger of that vehicle.
(d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A
misdemeanor.".