99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0351

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-113  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that before imposing a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee, the Secretary of State must confirm that the vehicle dealer has been notified by certified mail that he or she will be subject to a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee if the certificate of title is not received by the Secretary within a given time period.


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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 changing
5Section 3-113 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-113)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113)
7    Sec. 3-113. Transfer to or from dealer; records.
8    (a) After a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale,
9the dealer must procure the certificate of title from the owner
10or the lienholder. The dealer may hold the certificate until he
11or she transfers the vehicle to another person. Upon
12transferring the vehicle to another person, the dealer shall
13promptly and within 20 days execute the assignment and warranty
14of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the
15transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest
16created or reserved at the time of the resale, in the spaces
17provided therefor on the certificate or as the Secretary of
18State prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the
19Secretary of State with the transferee's application for a new
20certificate, except as provided in Section 3-117.2. A dealer
21has complied with this Section if the date of the mailing of
22the certificate, as indicated by the postmark, is within 20
23days of the date on which the vehicle was transferred to

 

 

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1another person.
2    (b) The Secretary of State may decline to process any
3application for a transfer of an interest in a vehicle if any
4fees or taxes due under this Code from the transferor or the
5transferee have not been paid upon reasonable notice and
6demand.
7    (c) Any person who violates this Section shall be guilty of
8a petty offense.
9    (d) Beginning January 1, 2014, the Secretary of State is
10authorized to impose a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee
11of $20 if the certificate of title is received by the Secretary
12from the dealer 30 days but less than 60 days after the date of
13sale. If the certificate of title is received by the Secretary
14from the dealer 60 days but less than 90 days after the date of
15sale, the delinquent dealer transfer fee shall be $35. If the
16certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the
17dealer 90 days but less than 120 days after the date of sale,
18the delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee shall be $65. If the
19certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the
20dealer 120 days or more after the date of the sale, the
21delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee shall be $100. Before
22imposing a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee, the
23Secretary must confirm that the vehicle dealer has been
24notified by certified mail that he or she will be subject to a
25delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee if the certificate of
26title is not received by the Secretary within the periods of

 

 

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1time described under this subsection. All monies collected
2under this subsection shall be deposited into the
3CDLIS/AAMVAnet/NMVTIS Trust Fund.
4(Source: P.A. 98-177, eff. 1-1-14.)