625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

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625 ILCS 5/4-300

(625 ILCS 5/4-300) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-300)

Sec. 4-300.

Definitions.

For the purposes of this Article, the following word shall have the
meaning ascribed to it as follows:

Board. The Vehicle Recycling Board of the State of Illinois, acting
directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.

(Source: P.A. 78-857.)

625 ILCS 5/4-301

(625 ILCS 5/4-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-301)

Sec. 4-301.

State policy.

The General Assembly finds that abandoned and derelict vehicles: constitute a
safety hazard and a public nuisance; are detrimental to the health,
safety and welfare of the general public by harboring disease, providing
breeding places for vermin, inviting plundering, creating fire hazards,
and presenting physical dangers to children and others; produce scenic blights which
degrade the environment and adversely affect land values and the proper
maintenance and
continuing development of the State of Illinois and all of its
subdivisions; represent a resource out of place and an energy
loss to the Illinois economy, and require state and
local governmental attention, in conjunction with any federal
governmental attention, in order to assure the expeditious removal and
recycling of these abandoned and derelict vehicles.

The General Assembly declares therefore, that it is the policy of the
State of Illinois, to:

1. Prohibit the abandonment of vehicles and the retention of derelicts,
and to enforce such
prohibition by law while reminding vehicle owners of their own individual
responsibility to dispose of such vehicles;

2. Encourage the development of procedures and techniques to
facilitate the expeditious removal of abandoned and derelict vehicles from public or
private premises;

3. Encourage the State of Illinois and all of its political
subdivisions, in cooperation with the federal government and the private
sector of our State, and in cooperation with other states of the United
States, to recover and recycle the resource represented by abandoned
and derelict vehicles to the fullest extent practicable.

(Source: P.A. 81-653.)

625 ILCS 5/4-302

(625 ILCS 5/4-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-302)

Sec. 4-302. Vehicle Recycling Board.

There is hereby created the Vehicle Recycling Board of the State of
Illinois composed of the
Secretary of Transportation, the Director
of the Illinois State Police, the Director of Public Health,
the Director of the Environmental
Protection Agency or their
designated representatives.  The Governor shall designate the Chairman and
Secretary of the Board.

The Board shall appoint an advisory committee, of no less than 10 members,
to include an official representative of the Office of the Secretary of
State as designated by the Secretary; and other appropriate representatives
from such sources as: statewide associations of city, county and township
governing bodies; knowledgeable successful leaders from the auto recycling
private sector; the State associations of chiefs of police, county sheriffs,
police officers; and State agencies having a direct or indirect relationship
with vehicle recycling.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

625 ILCS 5/4-303

(625 ILCS 5/4-303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-303)

Sec. 4-303.

Tenure, vacancies and expenses.

State officers and their designated representatives on the Board and representatives
of the State agencies serving on the advisory committee, shall serve
without additional compensation and their necessary expenses shall be
borne by the State office or agency represented.  Members
of the advisory committee shall be
reimbursed for their necessary expenses in their attendance to
meetings and functions as required by the Board.

The Board shall employ such personnel as deemed necessary by the Board
to implement and administer this Act and any expenses incurred in its administration
may be
incurred and expended only within and pursuant to the appropriations
made by the General Assembly.

The records of the Board shall be subject to audit by the Auditor
General.

(Source: P.A. 81-653.)