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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 5-301 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/5-301)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-301)
7     Sec. 5-301. Automotive parts recyclers, scrap processors,
8 repairers and rebuilders must be licensed.
9     (a) No person in this State shall, except as an incident to
10 the servicing of vehicles, carry on or conduct the business of
11 a automotive parts recyclers, a scrap processor, a repairer, or
12 a rebuilder, unless licensed to do so in writing by the
13 Secretary of State under this Section. No person shall rebuild
14 a salvage vehicle unless such person is licensed as a rebuilder
15 by the Secretary of State under this Section. Each license
16 shall be applied for and issued separately, except that a
17 license issued to a new vehicle dealer under Section 5-101 of
18 this Code shall also be deemed to be a repairer license.
19     (b) Any application filed with the Secretary of State,
20 shall be duly verified by oath, in such form as the Secretary
21 of State may by rule or regulation prescribe and shall contain:
22         1. The name and type of business organization of the
23     applicant and his principal or additional places of
24     business, if any, in this State.
25         2. The kind or kinds of business enumerated in
26     subsection (a) of this Section to be conducted at each
27     location.
28         3. If the applicant is a corporation, a list of its
29     officers, directors, and shareholders having a ten percent
30     or greater ownership interest in the corporation, setting
31     forth the residence address of each; if the applicant is a
32     sole proprietorship, a partnership, an unincorporated

 

 

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1     association, a trust, or any similar form of business
2     organization, the names and residence address of the
3     proprietor or of each partner, member, officer, director,
4     trustee or manager.
5         4. A statement that the applicant's officers,
6     directors, shareholders having a ten percent or greater
7     ownership interest therein, proprietor, partner, member,
8     officer, director, trustee, manager, or other principals
9     in the business have not committed in the past three years
10     any one violation as determined in any civil or criminal or
11     administrative proceedings of any one of the following
12     Acts:
13             (a) The Anti Theft Laws of the Illinois Vehicle
14         Code;
15             (b) The "Certificate of Title Laws" of the Illinois
16         Vehicle Code;
17             (c) The "Offenses against Registration and
18         Certificates of Title Laws" of the Illinois Vehicle
19         Code;
20             (d) The "Dealers, Transporters, Wreckers and
21         Rebuilders Laws" of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
22             (e) Section 21-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
23         Criminal Trespass to Vehicles; or
24             (f) The Retailers Occupation Tax Act.
25         5. A statement that the applicant's officers,
26     directors, shareholders having a ten percent or greater
27     ownership interest therein, proprietor, partner, member,
28     officer, director, trustee, manager or other principals in
29     the business have not committed in any calendar year 3 or
30     more violations, as determined in any civil or criminal or
31     administrative proceedings, of any one or more of the
32     following Acts:
33             (a) The Consumer Finance Act;
34             (b) The Consumer Installment Loan Act;
35             (c) The Retail Installment Sales Act;
36             (d) The Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales

 

 

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1         Act;
2             (e) The Interest Act;
3             (f) The Illinois Wage Assignment Act;
4             (g) Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil
5         Procedure; or
6             (h) The Consumer Fraud Act.
7         6. An application for a license shall be accompanied by
8     the following fees: $50 for applicant's established place
9     of business; $25 for each additional place of business, if
10     any, to which the application pertains; provided, however,
11     that if such an application is made after June 15 of any
12     year, the license fee shall be $25 for applicant's
13     established place of business plus $12.50 for each
14     additional place of business, if any, to which the
15     application pertains. License fees shall be returnable
16     only in the event that such application shall be denied by
17     the Secretary of State.
18         7. A statement that the applicant understands Chapter 1
19     through Chapter 5 of this Code.
20         8. A statement that the applicant shall comply with
21     subsection (e) of this Section.
22     (c) Any change which renders no longer accurate any
23 information contained in any application for a license filed
24 with the Secretary of State shall be amended within 30 days
25 after the occurrence of such change on such form as the
26 Secretary of State may prescribe by rule or regulation,
27 accompanied by an amendatory fee of $2.
28     (d) Anything in this chapter to the contrary,
29 notwithstanding, no person shall be licensed under this Section
30 unless such person shall maintain an established place of
31 business as defined in this Chapter.
32     (e) The Secretary of State shall within a reasonable time
33 after receipt thereof, examine an application submitted to him
34 under this Section and unless he makes a determination that the
35 application submitted to him does not conform with the
36 requirements of this Section or that grounds exist for a denial

 

 

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1 of the application, as prescribed in Section 5-501 of this
2 Chapter, grant the applicant an original license as applied for
3 in writing for his established place of business and a
4 supplemental license in writing for each additional place of
5 business in such form as he may prescribe by rule or regulation
6 which shall include the following:
7         1. The name of the person licensed;
8         2. If a corporation, the name and address of its
9     officers or if a sole proprietorship, a partnership, an
10     unincorporated association or any similar form of business
11     organization, the name and address of the proprietor or of
12     each partner, member, officer, director, trustee or
13     manager;
14         3. A designation of the kind or kinds of business
15     enumerated in subsection (a) of this Section to be
16     conducted at each location;
17         4. In the case of an original license, the established
18     place of business of the licensee;
19         5. In the case of a supplemental license, the
20     established place of business of the licensee and the
21     additional place of business to which such supplemental
22     license pertains.
23     (f) The appropriate instrument evidencing the license or a
24 certified copy thereof, provided by the Secretary of State
25 shall be kept, posted, conspicuously in the established place
26 of business of the licensee and in each additional place of
27 business, if any, maintained by such licensee. The licensee
28 also shall post conspicuously in the established place of
29 business and in each additional place of business a notice
30 which states that such business is required to be licensed by
31 the Secretary of State under Section 5-301, and which provides
32 the license number of the business and the license expiration
33 date. This notice also shall advise the consumer that any
34 complaints as to the quality of service may be brought to the
35 attention of the Attorney General. The information required on
36 this notice also shall be printed conspicuously on all

 

 

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1 estimates and receipts for work by the licensee subject to this
2 Section. The Secretary of State shall prescribe the specific
3 format of this notice.
4     (g) Except as provided in subsection (h) hereof, licenses
5 granted under this Section shall expire by operation of law on
6 December 31 of the calendar year for which they are granted
7 unless sooner revoked or cancelled under the provisions of
8 Section 5-501 of this Chapter.
9     (h) Any license granted under this Section may be renewed
10 upon application and payment of the fee required herein as in
11 the case of an original license, provided, however, that in
12 case an application for the renewal of an effective license is
13 made during the month of December, such effective license shall
14 remain in force until such application is granted or denied by
15 the Secretary of State.
16     (i) All automotive repairers and rebuilders shall, in
17 addition to the requirements of subsections (a) through (h) of
18 this Section, meet the following licensing requirements:
19         1. Provide proof that the property on which first time
20     applicants plan to do business is in compliance with local
21     zoning laws and regulations, and a listing of zoning
22     classification;
23         2. Provide proof that the applicant for a repairer's
24     license complies with the proper workers' compensation
25     rate code or classification, and listing the code of
26     classification for that industry;
27         3. Provide proof that the applicant for a rebuilder's
28     license complies with the proper workers' compensation
29     rate code or classification for the repair industry or the
30     auto parts recycling industry and listing the code of
31     classification;
32         4. Provide proof that the applicant has obtained or
33     applied for a hazardous waste generator number, and listing
34     the actual number if available or certificate of exemption;
35         5. Provide proof that applicant has proper liability
36     insurance, and listing the name of the insurer and the

 

 

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1     policy number; and
2         6. Provide proof that the applicant has obtained or
3     applied for the proper State sales tax classification and
4     federal identification tax number, and listing the actual
5     numbers if available; and .
6         7. Provide proof that the applicant complies with all
7     requirements of the Automotive Collision Repair Act,
8     including the display of required signs, the use of
9     statements to authorize repair, and the provision of
10     written estimates.
11     (j) All automotive parts recyclers shall, in addition to
12 the requirements of subsections (a) through (h) of this
13 Section, meet the following licensing requirements:
14         1. A statement that the applicant purchases 5 vehicles
15     per year or has 5 hulks or chassis in stock;
16         2. Provide proof that the property on which all first
17     time applicants will do business does comply to the proper
18     local zoning laws in existence, and a listing of zoning
19     classifications;
20         3. Provide proof that applicant complies with the
21     proper workers' compensation rate code or classification,
22     and listing the code of classification; and
23         4. Provide proof that applicant has obtained or applied
24     for the proper State sales tax classification and federal
25     identification tax number, and listing the actual numbers
26     if available.
27 (Source: P.A. 89-189, eff. 1-1-96.)