Bill Text: IL HB5150 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle or essential part of a vehicle who receives, possesses, conceals, sells, disposes or transfers such vehicle, knowing it to have been stolen or converted, regardless of whether the person stole or converted the vehicle, commits a Class 2 felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-08 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper [HB5150 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5150-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 4-103 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/4-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103)
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7 | Sec. 4-103. Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other
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8 | vehicles - Felonies. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1), it is a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | violation of this
Chapter for:
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11 | (1) A person not entitled to the possession of a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | vehicle or essential
part of a vehicle to receive, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer
it, knowing | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | it to have been stolen or converted , regardless of whether | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the person stole or converted the vehicle . Knowledge that | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | a vehicle or essential part is stolen or converted may be | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | inferred:
(A) from the surrounding facts and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | circumstances, which would lead a reasonable person to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | believe that the vehicle or essential part is stolen or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | converted; or
(B) if the person exercises exclusive | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | unexplained possession over the stolen or converted | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | vehicle or essential part, regardless of whether the date | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | on which the vehicle or essential part was stolen is |
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1 | recent or remote;
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2 | (2) A person to knowingly remove, alter, deface, | ||||||
3 | destroy,
falsify, or forge a
manufacturer's identification | ||||||
4 | number of a vehicle or an engine number of
a motor vehicle | ||||||
5 | or any essential part thereof having an identification
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6 | number;
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7 | (3) A person to knowingly conceal or misrepresent the | ||||||
8 | identity of a
vehicle or any essential part thereof;
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9 | (4) A person to buy, receive, possess, sell or dispose | ||||||
10 | of a vehicle,
or any essential part thereof, with | ||||||
11 | knowledge that the identification
number of the vehicle or | ||||||
12 | any essential part thereof having an
identification number | ||||||
13 | has been removed or falsified;
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14 | (5) A person to knowingly possess, buy, sell, | ||||||
15 | exchange, give away, or
offer to buy, sell, exchange or | ||||||
16 | give away, any manufacturer's
identification number plate, | ||||||
17 | mylar sticker, federal certificate label,
State police | ||||||
18 | reassignment plate, Secretary of State assigned plate, | ||||||
19 | rosette
rivet, or facsimile of such which has not yet been | ||||||
20 | attached to or has been
removed from the original or | ||||||
21 | assigned vehicle. It is an affirmative
defense to | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) of this Section that the person possessing,
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23 | buying, selling or exchanging a plate mylar sticker or | ||||||
24 | label described in
this paragraph is a police officer | ||||||
25 | doing so as part of his official duties,
or is a | ||||||
26 | manufacturer's authorized representative
who is replacing |
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1 | any
manufacturer's identification number plate, mylar | ||||||
2 | sticker or Federal
certificate label originally placed on | ||||||
3 | the vehicle by the manufacturer of
the vehicle or any | ||||||
4 | essential part
thereof;
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5 | (6) A person to knowingly make a false report of the | ||||||
6 | theft or conversion
of a vehicle to any police officer of | ||||||
7 | this State or any employee of a law
enforcement agency of | ||||||
8 | this State designated by the law enforcement agency to
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9 | take, receive, process, or record reports of vehicle theft | ||||||
10 | or conversion.
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11 | (a-1) A person engaged in the repair or servicing of | ||||||
12 | vehicles does not
violate
this
Chapter by knowingly possessing | ||||||
13 | a manufacturer's identification number plate
for the
purpose | ||||||
14 | of reaffixing it on the same damaged vehicle from which it was
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15 | originally taken,
if the person reaffixes or intends to | ||||||
16 | reaffix the original manufacturer's
identification
number | ||||||
17 | plate in place of the identification number plate affixed on a | ||||||
18 | new
dashboard that
has been or will be installed in the | ||||||
19 | vehicle. The person must notify the
Secretary of State
each | ||||||
20 | time the original manufacturer's identification number plate | ||||||
21 | is reaffixed
on a
vehicle. The person must keep a record | ||||||
22 | indicating that the identification
number plate
affixed on the | ||||||
23 | new dashboard has been removed and has been replaced by the
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24 | manufacturer's identification number plate originally affixed | ||||||
25 | on the vehicle.
The person
also must keep a record regarding | ||||||
26 | the status and location of the identification
number
plate |
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1 | removed from the replacement dashboard.
The Secretary shall | ||||||
2 | adopt rules for implementing this subsection (a-1).
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3 | (a-2) The owner of a vehicle repaired under subsection | ||||||
4 | (a-1) must,
within 90 days of the date of the repairs, contact | ||||||
5 | an officer of the Illinois
State Police Vehicle Inspection | ||||||
6 | Bureau and arrange for an inspection of the
vehicle, by the | ||||||
7 | officer or the officer's designee, at a mutually agreed upon
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8 | date and location.
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9 | (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of this | ||||||
10 | Section shall
be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
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11 | (c) The offenses set forth in subsection (a) of this | ||||||
12 | Section shall not
include the offense set forth in Section | ||||||
13 | 4-103.2 of this Code.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 100-745, eff. 8-10-18.)
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