Full Text of HB4860 96th General Assembly
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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 adding | 5 |
| Section 11-1431 as follows: | 6 |
| (625 ILCS 5/11-1431 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 11-1431. Solicitations at accident or disablement | 8 |
| scene prohibited. A tower, as defined by Section 1-205.2 of | 9 |
| this Code, or an employee or agent of a tower may not: (i) stop | 10 |
| at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or at or near a | 11 |
| damaged or disabled vehicle for the purpose of soliciting the | 12 |
| owner or operator of the damaged or disabled vehicle to enter | 13 |
| into a towing service transaction; or (ii) stop at the scene of | 14 |
| an accident or at or near a damaged or disabled vehicle unless | 15 |
| called to the location by a law enforcement officer, the | 16 |
| Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll | 17 |
| Highway Authority, a local agency having jurisdiction over the | 18 |
| highway, or the
owner or operator of the damaged or disabled | 19 |
| vehicle. This Section shall not apply to employees of the | 20 |
| Department, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or local | 21 |
| agencies when engaged in their official duties. Nothing in this | 22 |
| Section shall prevent a tower from stopping at the scene of a | 23 |
| motor vehicle accident or at or near a
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| vehicle if the owner or operator signals the tower for | 2 |
| assistance from the location of the motor vehicle accident or | 3 |
| damaged or disabled vehicle. | 4 |
| Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | 5 |
| Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
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| Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly | 8 |
| violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision | 9 |
| Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance | 10 |
| Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing | 11 |
| Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label | 12 |
| Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer | 13 |
| Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
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| the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone | 15 |
| Dialers Act,
the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection | 16 |
| Act,
the Telephone Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or | 17 |
| Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic | 18 |
| Bed Act,
the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home | 19 |
| Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud | 20 |
| Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax | 21 |
| Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
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| Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
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| Act, the Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6)
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| subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, |
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| Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, or | 2 |
| 18d-150 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the | 3 |
| Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic | 4 |
| Contract Renewal Act, or the Personal Information Protection | 5 |
| Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this | 6 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-13, eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, | 8 |
| eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07; 95-413, | 9 |
| eff. 1-1-08; 95-562, eff. 7-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; revised | 10 |
| 11-4-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 |
| becoming law.
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