95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2005

 

Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. Terry Link

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1092   from Ch. 34, par. 5-1092

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the definition of "inoperable vehicle" includes any motor vehicle that does not have a current license plate or current license tags attached to it if a current license plate or license tags are otherwise required under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 5-1092 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1092)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1092)
7     Sec. 5-1092. Inoperable motor vehicles. A county board may
8 declare by ordinance inoperable motor vehicles, whether on
9 public or private property, to be a nuisance and authorize
10 fines to be levied for the failure of any person to obey a
11 notice received from the county which states that such person
12 is to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicles under his
13 control, and may authorize a law enforcement agency, with
14 applicable jurisdiction, to remove, after 7 days from the
15 issuance of the county notice, any inoperable motor vehicle or
16 parts thereof. However, nothing in this Section shall apply to
17 any motor vehicle that is kept within a building when not in
18 use, to operable historic vehicles over 25 years of age, or to
19 a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged
20 in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
21     As used in this Section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means
22 any motor vehicle that does not have a current license plate or
23 current license tags attached to it if a current license plate

 

 

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1 or license tags are otherwise required under the Illinois
2 Vehicle Code, or any motor vehicle from which, for a period of
3 at least 7 days or any longer period of time fixed by
4 ordinance, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed,
5 or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been
6 altered, damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is
7 incapable of being driven under its own motor power.
8 "Inoperable motor vehicle" shall not include a motor vehicle
9 which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven
10 under its own motor power in order to perform ordinary service
11 or repair operations.
12 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.