102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3216

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-614 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every vehicle registered within this State shall have installed a starter interrupt device to allow for the remote inactivation of the vehicle by law enforcement at the request of the vehicle owner. Provides that each vehicle registered within this State that does not have a starter interrupt device installed shall be retrofitted with such a product. Provides that every vehicle manufactured and sold in this State shall be manufactured with a starter interrupt device that can be activated by law enforcement at the request of the vehicle owner. Provides that no starter interrupt device shall be activated in any vehicle solely as a means to secure payment on the vehicle.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
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 adding
5Section 12-614 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-614 new)
7    Sec. 12-614. Starter interrupt devices.
8    (a) Each vehicle registered in this State shall have
9installed a starter interrupt device, commonly known as a
10"kill switch", to allow remote inactivation of a vehicle by
11law enforcement at the request of the vehicle owner.
12    (b) Within 2 years after the effective date of this
13amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, every vehicle
14registered within this State that does not have installed a
15starter interrupt device shall be retrofitted with such a
16product.
17    (c) Every vehicle sold in this State after the effective
18date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly
19shall be manufactured with a starter interrupt device that can
20be activated by law enforcement at the request of the vehicle
21owner.
22    (d) No starter interrupt device shall be activated in any
23vehicle solely as a means to secure payment on the vehicle.