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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 136

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  136  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 12-609 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-609)
 7        Sec. 12-609.  (a) No official or employee of  the  State,
 8    or   any   political   subdivision   thereof,   any   county,
 9    municipality, or local authority, and no owner or employee of
10    any  new  vehicle  dealer,  used  vehicle  dealer, or vehicle
11    auctioneer shall sell, trade  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any
12    motor  vehicle bearing equipment, markings,  or other indicia
13    of police authority unless, prior to delivery of the vehicle,
14    the equipment and markings have been sufficiently altered  or
15    obliterated to remove the appearance of such authority.
16        (b)  A  person  may  not  operate on the highways of this
17    State a vehicle bearing the  equipment,  markings,  or  other
18    indicia  of  police  authority,  unless  the  vehicle  is  an
19    authorized  emergency  vehicle as defined in Section 1-105 of
20    this Code.
21        (c)  This Section does  not  apply  to  vehicles  bearing
22    indicia  of  police  authority  that are antique vehicles, as
 
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 1    defined in Section 1-102.1, and  are  registered  as  antique
 2    vehicles, as provided in Section 3-804.
 3        (d)  Any  police  officer  is  authorized  to  seize  any
 4    vehicle  that  is in violation of this Section and to impound
 5    that vehicle, at the owner's expense,  until  any  equipment,
 6    markings,  or  other  indicia  of  police authority have been
 7    sufficiently removed, altered, or obliterated to  remove  the
 8    appearance of police authority.
 9        (e)  A  person  convicted  of  violating  this Section is
10    guilty of a petty offense and subject to a fine of  not  less
11    than $500 and not more than $1,000.
12    (Source: P.A. 79-544; 79-1454.)".