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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4256
Introduced 12/15/05, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-12002 |
from Ch. 34, par. 5-12002 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Changes the definition of "inoperable vehicle" to include certain vehicles that are incapable of being driven under their own power for a period of at least 7 days (instead of 6 months).
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A BILL FOR
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HB4256 |
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LRB094 15855 HLH 51075 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 5-12002 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12002)
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| Sec. 5-12002. Inoperable motor vehicles. The county board |
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| may by
ordinance declare all inoperable motor vehicles, whether |
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| on public or
private property, to be a nuisance and authorize |
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| fines to be levied for the
failure of any person to obey a |
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| notice received from the county which
states that such person |
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| is to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicles
under his or her |
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| control. However, nothing in this Section shall apply to
any |
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| motor vehicle that is kept within a building when not in use, |
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| to
historic vehicles over 25 years of age, or to a motor |
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| vehicle on the
premises of a place of business engaged in the |
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| wrecking or junking of
motor vehicles.
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| As used in this Section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means |
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| any motor vehicle
from which, for a period of at least 7 days
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| months, the engine, wheels or other
parts have been removed, or |
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| on which the engine, wheels or other parts have
been altered, |
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| damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable
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| of being driven under its own power. "Inoperable motor vehicle" |
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| shall not
include a motor vehicle which has been rendered |
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| temporarily incapable of
being driven under its own motor power |
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| in order to perform ordinary service
or repair operations.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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