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Public Act 91-0450
HB2351 Enrolled LRB9101235RCdv
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
Section 4-103.
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
changing Section 4-103 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/4-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103)
Sec. 4-103. Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other
vehicles - Felonies.
(a) It is a violation of this Chapter for:
(1) A person not entitled to the possession of a
vehicle or essential part of a vehicle to receive,
possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer it, knowing
it to have been stolen or converted; additionally the
General Assembly finds that the acquisition and
disposition of vehicles and their essential parts are
strictly controlled by law and that such acquisitions and
dispositions are reflected by documents of title, uniform
invoices, rental contracts, leasing agreements and bills
of sale. It may be inferred, therefore that a person
exercising exclusive unexplained possession over a stolen
or converted vehicle or an essential part of a stolen or
converted vehicle has knowledge that such vehicle or
essential part is stolen or converted, regardless of
whether the date on which such vehicle or essential part
was stolen is recent or remote;
(2) A person to knowingly remove, alter, deface,
destroy, falsify, or forge a manufacturer's
identification number of a vehicle or an engine number of
a motor vehicle or any essential part thereof having an
identification number;
(3) A person to knowingly conceal or misrepresent
the identity of a vehicle or any essential part thereof;
(4) A person to buy, receive, possess, sell or
dispose of a vehicle, or any essential part thereof, with
knowledge that the identification number of the vehicle
or any essential part thereof having an identification
number has been removed or falsified;
(5) A person to knowingly possess, buy, sell,
exchange, give away, or offer to buy, sell, exchange or
give away, any manufacturer's identification number
plate, mylar sticker, federal certificate label, State
police reassignment plate, Secretary of State assigned
plate, rosette rivet, or facsimile of such which has not
yet been attached to or has been removed from the
original or assigned vehicle. It is an affirmative
defense to subsection (a) of this Section that the person
possessing, buying, selling or exchanging a plate mylar
sticker or label described in this paragraph is a police
officer doing so as part of his official duties, or is a
manufacturer's authorized representative who is replacing
any manufacturer's identification number plate, mylar
sticker or Federal certificate label originally placed on
the vehicle by the manufacturer of the vehicle or any
essential part thereof;
(6) A person to knowingly make a false report of
the theft or conversion of a vehicle to any police
officer of this State or any employee of a law
enforcement agency of this State designated by the law
enforcement agency to take, receive, process, or record
reports of vehicle theft or conversion.
(b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
(c) The offenses set forth in subsection (a) of this
Section shall not include the offense set forth in Section
4-103.2 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)
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