Bill Text: IL HB2194 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning relocation services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2194 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2194-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 18a-302 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/18a-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-302)
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| 7 | Sec. 18a-302.
Owner or other person in lawful possession | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | or control
of private property - Right to employ relocation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | service. It shall be
unlawful for for an owner or other person | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | in lawful possession or control of
private property to remove | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | or employ a commercial relocator to remove an
unauthorized | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | vehicle from such property unless written notice is
provided | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | to the effect that such vehicles will be removed, including | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the
name, address and telephone number of the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | commercial vehicle
relocator, if any. Such notice shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | consist of a sign, posted in a conspicuous
place in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | affected area, of a size at least 24 inches in height by 36
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| 18 | inches in width. Such sign shall be at least 4 feet from the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | ground but
less than 8 feet from the ground and shall be either | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | illuminated or painted
with reflective paint, or both. Such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | sign shall state the amount of towing
charges to which the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | person parking may be subject.
This provision shall not be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | construed as prohibiting any unit
of local government from | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | imposing additional or greater notice
requirements.
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| 2 | No express notice shall be required under this Section | ||||||
| 3 | upon
residential property which, paying due regard to the | ||||||
| 4 | circumstances and
the surrounding area, is clearly reserved or | ||||||
| 5 | intended exclusively for
the use or occupation of residents or | ||||||
| 6 | their vehicles.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 81-332.)
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