Public Act 096-1376
 
HB4860 EnrolledLRB096 16597 AJT 31871 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    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 11-1431 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1431 new)
    Sec. 11-1431. Solicitations at accident or disablement 
scene prohibited. A tower, as defined by Section 1-205.2 of 
this Code, or an employee or agent of a tower may not: (i) stop 
at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or at or near a 
damaged or disabled vehicle for the purpose of soliciting the 
owner or operator of the damaged or disabled vehicle to enter 
into a towing service transaction; or (ii) stop at the scene of 
an accident or at or near a damaged or disabled vehicle unless 
called to the location by a law enforcement officer, the 
Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll 
Highway Authority, a local agency having jurisdiction over the 
highway, or the
owner or operator of the damaged or disabled 
vehicle. This Section shall not apply to employees of the 
Department, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or local 
agencies when engaged in their official duties. Nothing in this 
Section shall prevent a tower from stopping at the scene of a 
motor vehicle accident or at or near a
damaged or disabled 
vehicle if the owner or operator signals the tower for 
assistance from the location of the motor vehicle accident or 
damaged or disabled vehicle.
 
    Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
Practices Act is amended  by changing Section 2Z as follows:
 



    (815 ILCS 505/2Z)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)


    Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly 
violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision 
Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance 
Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing 
Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label 
Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer 
Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,

the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone 
Dialers Act,
the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection 
Act,
the Telephone Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or 
Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic 
Bed Act,
the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home 
Loan Act,  the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud 
Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax 
Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of 
Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail 
Act, the Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6)
of

subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 
Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, or 
18d-150 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the 
Residential Real Property Disclosure Act,  the Automatic 
Contract Renewal Act, or the Personal Information Protection 
Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this 
Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-13, eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, 
eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07; 95-413, 
eff. 1-1-08; 95-562, eff. 7-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; revised 
11-4-09.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.