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91_SB1042enr
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
2 Section 12-612.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle code is amended by
6 adding Section 12-612 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-612 new)
8 Sec. 12-612. False or secret compartment in a motor
9 vehicle.
10 (a) Offenses. It is unlawful for any person to own or
11 operate any motor vehicle he or she knows to contain a false
12 or secret compartment. It is unlawful for any person to
13 knowingly install, create, build, or fabricate in any motor
14 vehicle a false or secret compartment.
15 (b) Definitions. For purposes of this Section, a "false
16 or secret compartment" means any enclosure that is intended
17 and designed to be used to conceal, hide, and prevent
18 discovery by law enforcement officers of the false or secret
19 compartment, or its contents, and which is integrated into a
20 vehicle. For purpose of this Section, a person's intention
21 to use a false or secret compartment to conceal the contents
22 of the compartment from a law enforcement officer may be
23 inferred from factors including, but not limited to, the
24 discovery of a person, firearm, controlled substance, or
25 other contraband within the false or secret compartment, or
26 from the discovery of evidence of the previous placement of a
27 person, firearm, controlled substance, or other contraband
28 within the false or secret compartment.
29 (c) Forfeiture. Any motor vehicle containing a false or
30 secret compartment, as well as any items within that
31 compartment, shall be subject to seizure by the Department of
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1 State Police or by any municipal or other local law
2 enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction that property is
3 found as provided in Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal
4 Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/36-1 and 5/36-2).
5 (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class C
6 misdemeanor.
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