Full Text of HB5126 95th General Assembly
HB5126 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5126
Introduced , by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/5-401.3 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-401.3 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes a uniform invoice from the list of records that a scrap processor may receive as documentary proof of ownership of the vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl. Requires a scrap processor to record the name, address, and driver's license number of the person from whom a vehicle is received. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 5-401.3 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/5-401.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-401.3)
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| Sec. 5-401.3. Scrap processors and recyclable metal | 8 |
| dealers required to keep records. | 9 |
| (a) Every person licensed or required to be licensed as a | 10 |
| scrap processor
pursuant to Section 5-301 of this Chapter, and | 11 |
| every recyclable metal dealer as defined in Section 1-169.3 of | 12 |
| this Code, shall maintain for 3 years, at
his established place | 13 |
| of business, the following records relating to the
acquisition | 14 |
| of scrap metals or the acquisition of a vehicle, junk vehicle, | 15 |
| or vehicle cowl which has been
acquired for the purpose of | 16 |
| processing into a form other than a vehicle,
junk vehicle or | 17 |
| vehicle cowl which is possessed in the State or brought
into | 18 |
| this State from another state, territory or country.
No scrap | 19 |
| metal processor or recyclable metal dealer shall sell a vehicle | 20 |
| or essential part, as such,
except for engines, transmissions, | 21 |
| and powertrains, unless licensed to do so
under another | 22 |
| provision of this Code. A scrap processor or recyclable metal | 23 |
| dealer who is additionally
licensed as an automotive parts |
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| recycler shall not be subject to the record
keeping | 2 |
| requirements for a scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer
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| when acting as an automotive parts
recycler.
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| (1) For a vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl | 5 |
| acquired from a person
who is licensed under this Chapter, | 6 |
| the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer shall record | 7 |
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name and address of the person, and the Illinois or | 8 |
| out-of-state dealer
license number of such person on the | 9 |
| scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer's
weight ticket | 10 |
| at the
time of the acquisition. The person disposing of the | 11 |
| vehicle, junk vehicle,
or vehicle cowl shall furnish the | 12 |
| scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer with | 13 |
| documentary proof of
ownership of the vehicle, junk | 14 |
| vehicle, or vehicle cowl in one of the
following forms: a | 15 |
| Certificate of Title, a Salvage Certificate, a Junking
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| Certificate, a Secretary of State Junking Manifest, a | 17 |
| Uniform Invoice, a
Certificate of Purchase, or other | 18 |
| similar documentary proof of ownership.
The scrap | 19 |
| processor or recyclable metal dealer shall not acquire a | 20 |
| vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle
cowl without obtaining one | 21 |
| of the aforementioned documentary proofs of ownership.
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| (2) For a vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle cowl | 23 |
| acquired from a person
who is not licensed under this | 24 |
| Chapter, the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer
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| shall verify
and record that person's identity by recording | 26 |
| the identification of such
person from at least 2 sources |
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| of identification, one of which shall be a
driver's license | 2 |
| or State Identification Card, on the scrap processor or | 3 |
| recyclable metal dealer's
weight ticket at the time of the | 4 |
| acquisition. The person
disposing of the vehicle, junk | 5 |
| vehicle, or vehicle cowl shall furnish the
scrap processor | 6 |
| or recyclable metal dealer with documentary proof of | 7 |
| ownership of the vehicle, junk
vehicle, or vehicle cowl in | 8 |
| one of the following forms: a Certificate of
Title, a | 9 |
| Salvage Certificate, a Junking Certificate, a Secretary of | 10 |
| State
Junking Manifest, a Certificate of Purchase, or other | 11 |
| similar documentary
proof of ownership. The scrap | 12 |
| processor or recyclable metal dealer shall not acquire a | 13 |
| vehicle, junk
vehicle or vehicle cowl without obtaining one | 14 |
| of the aforementioned
documentary proofs of ownership.
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| (3) In addition to the other information required on | 16 |
| the scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer's
weight | 17 |
| ticket, a scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer who at | 18 |
| the time of acquisition of a
vehicle, junk vehicle, or | 19 |
| vehicle cowl is furnished a Certificate of Title,
Salvage | 20 |
| Certificate or Certificate of Purchase shall record name, | 21 |
| address, and driver's license number of the person from | 22 |
| whom the vehicle is received and the vehicle
Identification | 23 |
| Number on the weight ticket or affix a copy of the
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| Certificate of Title, Salvage Certificate or Certificate | 25 |
| of Purchase to the
weight ticket and the identification of | 26 |
| the person acquiring the
information on the behalf of the |
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| scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer.
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| (4) The scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer
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| shall maintain a copy of a Junk Vehicle
Notification | 4 |
| relating to any Certificate
of Title, Salvage Certificate, | 5 |
| Certificate of Purchase or similarly
acceptable | 6 |
| out-of-state document surrendered to the Secretary of | 7 |
| State
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-117.2 of this | 8 |
| Code.
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| (5) For scrap metals valued at $100 or more, the scrap | 10 |
| processor or recyclable metal dealer shall verify and | 11 |
| record the identity of the person from whom the scrap | 12 |
| metals were acquired by recording the identification of | 13 |
| that person from one source of identification, which shall | 14 |
| be a driver's license or State Identification Card, on the | 15 |
| scrap processor or recyclable metal dealer's weight ticket | 16 |
| at the time of the acquisition. The inspection of records | 17 |
| pertaining only to scrap metals shall not be counted as an | 18 |
| inspection of a premises for purposes of subparagraph (7) | 19 |
| of Section 5-403 of this Code.
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| This subdivision (a)(5) does not apply to
electrical | 21 |
| contractors, to agencies or instrumentalities of the State | 22 |
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Illinois or of the United States, to common carriers, to | 23 |
| purchases from
persons, firms, or corporations regularly | 24 |
| engaged in the business of
manufacturing recyclable metal, | 25 |
| in the business of selling recyclable metal at retail or
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| wholesale, or in the business of razing, demolishing, |
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| destroying, or removing
buildings, to the purchase by one | 2 |
| recyclable metal dealer from another, or the
purchase from | 3 |
| persons, firms, or corporations engaged in either the
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| generation, transmission, or distribution of electric | 5 |
| energy or in
telephone, telegraph, and other | 6 |
| communications if such common carriers,
persons, firms, or | 7 |
| corporations at the time of the purchase provide the | 8 |
| recyclable metal
dealer with a bill of sale or other | 9 |
| written evidence of title to the recyclable metal. This | 10 |
| subdivision (a)(5) also does not apply to contractual | 11 |
| arrangements between dealers.
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| (b) Any licensee or recyclable metal dealer who knowingly | 13 |
| fails to record any of the specific
information required to be | 14 |
| recorded on the weight ticket or who knowingly
fails to acquire | 15 |
| and maintain for 3 years documentary proof of ownership in
one | 16 |
| of the prescribed forms shall be guilty of a Class A | 17 |
| misdemeanor and
subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000. Each | 18 |
| violation shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense and | 19 |
| a separate count may be brought in the
same complaint for each | 20 |
| violation. Any licensee or recyclable metal dealer who commits | 21 |
| a second
violation of this Section within two years of a | 22 |
| previous conviction of a
violation of this Section shall be | 23 |
| guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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| (c) It shall be an affirmative defense to an offense | 25 |
| brought under
paragraph (b) of this Section that the licensee | 26 |
| or recyclable metal dealer or person required to be
licensed |
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| both reasonably and in good faith relied on information | 2 |
| appearing
on a Certificate of Title, a Salvage Certificate, a | 3 |
| Junking Certificate, a
Secretary of State Manifest, a Secretary | 4 |
| of State's Uniform Invoice, a
Certificate of Purchase, or other | 5 |
| documentary proof of ownership prepared
under Section 3-117.1 | 6 |
| (a) of this Code, relating to the transaction for
which the | 7 |
| required record was not kept which was supplied to the licensee | 8 |
| or recyclable metal dealer
by another licensee or recyclable | 9 |
| metal dealer or an out-of-state dealer.
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| (d) No later than 15 days prior to going out of business, | 11 |
| selling the
business, or transferring the ownership of the | 12 |
| business, the scrap
processor or recyclable metal dealer shall | 13 |
| notify the Secretary of that fact. Failure to so notify
the | 14 |
| Secretary of State shall constitute a failure to keep
records | 15 |
| under this Section.
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| (e) Evidence derived directly or indirectly from the | 17 |
| keeping of records
required to be kept under this Section shall | 18 |
| not be admissible in a
prosecution of the licensee or | 19 |
| recyclable metal dealer for an alleged violation of Section | 20 |
| 4-102
(a)(3) of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-253, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 |
| becoming law.
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