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Public Act 91-0359
SB1042 Enrolled LRB9106082KScd
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
Section 12-612.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle code is amended by
adding Section 12-612 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-612 new)
Sec. 12-612. False or secret compartment in a motor
vehicle.
(a) Offenses. It is unlawful for any person to own or
operate any motor vehicle he or she knows to contain a false
or secret compartment. It is unlawful for any person to
knowingly install, create, build, or fabricate in any motor
vehicle a false or secret compartment.
(b) Definitions. For purposes of this Section, a "false
or secret compartment" means any enclosure that is intended
and designed to be used to conceal, hide, and prevent
discovery by law enforcement officers of the false or secret
compartment, or its contents, and which is integrated into a
vehicle. For purpose of this Section, a person's intention
to use a false or secret compartment to conceal the contents
of the compartment from a law enforcement officer may be
inferred from factors including, but not limited to, the
discovery of a person, firearm, controlled substance, or
other contraband within the false or secret compartment, or
from the discovery of evidence of the previous placement of a
person, firearm, controlled substance, or other contraband
within the false or secret compartment.
(c) Forfeiture. Any motor vehicle containing a false or
secret compartment, as well as any items within that
compartment, shall be subject to seizure by the Department of
State Police or by any municipal or other local law
enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction that property is
found as provided in Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal
Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/36-1 and 5/36-2).
(d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class C
misdemeanor.
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