Rep. Chapin Rose
Filed: 5/6/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1495 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1495, on page 1, 
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line 5, by inserting "and by adding Section 16-203" after 
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"Section 11-501"; and  

 
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on page 12, by inserting immediately below line 22 the 
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following:

 
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    "(625 ILCS 5/16-203  new)
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    Sec. 16-203. Eluding peace officer and leaving the scene of 
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an accident; vehicle immobilization; tow.
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    (a) If a motor vehicle is used to evade a peace officer in 
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violation of Section 11-204 or 11-204.1 of this Code and the 
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officer stops his or her pursuit of the vehicle for reason of 
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safety and the peace officer is unable to ascertain the 
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identity of the driver of the vehicle or if a motor vehicle 
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leaves the scene of an accident in violation of Section 11-401, 
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11-402, or 11-403 of this Code, a peace officer upon finding 
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the vehicle may  authorize the towing and impoundment of the 
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vehicle or the placement of a vehicle immobilization device on 
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the vehicle until a civil penalty of $100, in addition to the 
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towing and impoundment charges or vehicle immobilization 
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charges, are paid by the owner of the vehicle to the unit of 
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government whose officer had the vehicle towed and impounded or 
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immobilized.
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    (b) If the motor vehicle used to commit any of  the offenses 
 


 






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described in subsection (a) is stolen, the owner of the vehicle 
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is relieved of any liability under this Section and the vehicle 
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shall be immediately released to the owner.
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    (c) An automobile is exempt
from the penalties of this 
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Section if its owner or interest holder is not legally 
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accountable
for the conduct giving rise to the vehicle 
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immobilization or tow, did not acquiesce in it, and
did not 
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know and could not reasonably have known of the conduct or that

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the conduct was likely to occur, or did not solicit, conspire, 
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or
attempt to commit the conduct giving rise to the vehicle 
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immobilization or tow.

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    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "vehicle 
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immobilization device" means a device that may be clamped and 
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locked onto a part of a motor vehicle for the purpose of 
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immobilizing the vehicle.".