98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4258

 

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/5-401.3  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-401.3

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that scrap processors acquiring a vehicle shell or compartment from a person not licensed as a scrap processor must record the identity of the person providing the vehicle shell or compartment. Provides that the person disposing of the vehicle shell or compartment must provide documentary proof of ownership, and that the scrap processor shall not acquire the vehicle shell or compartment without obtaining this proof. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning vehicles.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-401.3 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/5-401.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-401.3)
7    Sec. 5-401.3. Scrap processors required to keep records.
8    (a) Every person licensed or required to be licensed as a
9scrap processor pursuant to Section 5-301 of this Chapter shall
10maintain for 3 years, at his established place of business, the
11following records relating to the acquisition of recyclable
12metals or the acquisition of a vehicle, junk vehicle, vehicle
13shell, or vehicle cowl which has been acquired for the purpose
14of processing into a form other than a vehicle, junk vehicle,
15vehicle shell, or vehicle cowl which is possessed in the State
16or brought into this State from another state, territory or
17country. No scrap metal processor shall sell a vehicle or
18essential part, as such, except for engines, transmissions, and
19powertrains, unless licensed to do so under another provision
20of this Code. A scrap processor who is additionally licensed as
21an automotive parts recycler shall not be subject to the record
22keeping requirements for a scrap processor when acting as an
23automotive parts recycler.

 

 

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1        (1) For a vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl
2    acquired from a person who is licensed under this Chapter,
3    the scrap processor shall record the name and address of
4    the person, and the Illinois or out-of-state dealer license
5    number of such person on the scrap processor's weight
6    ticket at the time of the acquisition. The person disposing
7    of the vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl shall furnish
8    the scrap processor with documentary proof of ownership of
9    the vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl in one of the
10    following forms: a Certificate of Title, a Salvage
11    Certificate, a Junking Certificate, a Secretary of State
12    Junking Manifest, a Uniform Invoice, a Certificate of
13    Purchase, or other similar documentary proof of ownership.
14    The scrap processor shall not acquire a vehicle, junk
15    vehicle or vehicle cowl without obtaining one of the
16    aforementioned documentary proofs of ownership.
17        (2) For a vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl, or
18    vehicle shell acquired from a person who is not licensed
19    under this Chapter, the scrap processor shall verify and
20    record that person's identity by recording the
21    identification of such person from at least 2 sources of
22    identification, one of which shall be a driver's license or
23    State Identification Card, on the scrap processor's weight
24    ticket at the time of the acquisition. The person disposing
25    of the vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl, or vehicle
26    shell shall furnish the scrap processor with documentary

 

 

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1    proof of ownership of the vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle
2    cowl, or vehicle shell in one of the following forms: a
3    Certificate of Title, a Salvage Certificate, a Junking
4    Certificate, a Secretary of State Junking Manifest, a
5    Certificate of Purchase, or other similar documentary
6    proof of ownership. The scrap processor shall not acquire a
7    vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl, or vehicle shell
8    without obtaining one of the aforementioned documentary
9    proofs of ownership. Any vehicle cut into front and rear
10    compartments shall still be considered a vehicle, and the
11    scrap processor shall be required to obtain one of the
12    above proof of ownership forms before acquiring any
13    compartment of the vehicle.
14        (3) In addition to the other information required on
15    the scrap processor's weight ticket, a scrap processor who
16    at the time of acquisition of a vehicle, junk vehicle,
17    vehicle shell, or vehicle cowl is furnished a Certificate
18    of Title, Salvage Certificate or Certificate of Purchase
19    shall record the Vehicle Identification Number on the
20    weight ticket or affix a copy of the Certificate of Title,
21    Salvage Certificate or Certificate of Purchase to the
22    weight ticket and the identification of the person
23    acquiring the information on the behalf of the scrap
24    processor.
25        (4) The scrap processor shall maintain a copy of a Junk
26    Vehicle Notification relating to any Certificate of Title,

 

 

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1    Salvage Certificate, Certificate of Purchase or similarly
2    acceptable out-of-state document surrendered to the
3    Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of Section
4    3-117.2 of this Code.
5        (5) For recyclable metals valued at $100 or more, the
6    scrap processor shall, for each transaction, record the
7    identity of the person from whom the recyclable metals were
8    acquired by verifying the identification of that person
9    from one source of identification, which shall be a valid
10    driver's license or State Identification Card, on the scrap
11    processor's weight ticket at the time of the acquisition
12    and by making and recording a photocopy or electronic scan
13    of the driver's license or State Identification Card. Such
14    information shall be available for inspection by any law
15    enforcement official. If the person delivering the
16    recyclable metal does not have a valid driver's license or
17    State Identification Card, the scrap processor shall not
18    complete the transaction. The inspection of records
19    pertaining only to recyclable metals shall not be counted
20    as an inspection of a premises for purposes of subparagraph
21    (7) of Section 5-403 of this Code.
22        This subdivision (a)(5) does not apply to electrical
23    contractors, to agencies or instrumentalities of the State
24    of Illinois or of the United States, to common carriers, to
25    purchases from persons, firms, or corporations regularly
26    engaged in the business of manufacturing recyclable metal,

 

 

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1    in the business of selling recyclable metal at retail or
2    wholesale, or in the business of razing, demolishing,
3    destroying, or removing buildings, to the purchase by one
4    recyclable metal dealer from another, or the purchase from
5    persons, firms, or corporations engaged in either the
6    generation, transmission, or distribution of electric
7    energy or in telephone, telegraph, and other
8    communications if such common carriers, persons, firms, or
9    corporations at the time of the purchase provide the
10    recyclable metal dealer with a bill of sale or other
11    written evidence of title to the recyclable metal. This
12    subdivision (a)(5) also does not apply to contractual
13    arrangements between dealers.
14    (b) Any licensee who knowingly fails to record any of the
15specific information required to be recorded on the weight
16ticket required under any other subsection of this Section, or
17Section 5-401 of this Code, or who knowingly fails to acquire
18and maintain for 3 years documentary proof of ownership in one
19of the prescribed forms shall be guilty of a Class A
20misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000. Each
21violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and
22a separate count may be brought in the same complaint for each
23violation. Any licensee who commits a second violation of this
24Section within two years of a previous conviction of a
25violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
26    (c) It shall be an affirmative defense to an offense

 

 

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1brought under paragraph (b) of this Section that the licensee
2or person required to be licensed both reasonably and in good
3faith relied on information appearing on a Certificate of
4Title, a Salvage Certificate, a Junking Certificate, a
5Secretary of State Manifest, a Secretary of State's Uniform
6Invoice, a Certificate of Purchase, or other documentary proof
7of ownership prepared under Section 3-117.1(a) of this Code,
8relating to the transaction for which the required record was
9not kept which was supplied to the licensee by another licensee
10or an out-of-state dealer.
11    (d) No later than 15 days prior to going out of business,
12selling the business, or transferring the ownership of the
13business, the scrap processor shall notify the Secretary of
14that fact. Failure to so notify the Secretary of State shall
15constitute a failure to keep records under this Section.
16    (e) Evidence derived directly or indirectly from the
17keeping of records required to be kept under this Section shall
18not be admissible in a prosecution of the licensee for an
19alleged violation of Section 4-102(a)(3) of this Code.
20(Source: P.A. 95-253, eff. 1-1-08; 95-979, eff. 1-2-09.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.