95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2005


 
Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. Terry Link
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/5-1092
  from Ch. 34, par. 5-1092







    Amends the Counties Code.  Provides that the definition of "inoperable vehicle" includes any motor vehicle that does not have a current license plate or current license tags attached to it if a current license plate or license tags are otherwise required under the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
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5-1092 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/5-1092)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1092)



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    Sec. 5-1092. Inoperable motor vehicles. A county board may

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declare by ordinance inoperable motor vehicles, whether on 
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public or
private property, to be a nuisance and authorize 
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fines to be levied for the
failure of any person to obey a 
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notice received from the county which
states that such person 
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is to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicles
under his 
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control, and may authorize a law enforcement agency, with

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applicable jurisdiction, to remove, after 7 days from the 
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issuance of the
county notice, any inoperable motor vehicle or 
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parts thereof. However,
nothing in this Section shall apply to 
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any motor vehicle that is kept
within a building when not in 
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use, to operable historic vehicles over 25
years of age, or to 
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a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business
engaged 
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in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.

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    As used in this Section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means 
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any motor vehicle that does not have a current license plate or 
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current license tags attached to it if a current license plate 
 


 






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or license tags are otherwise required under the Illinois 
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Vehicle Code, or any motor
vehicle from which, for a period of 
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at least 7 days or any
longer period of time fixed by 
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ordinance, the engine, wheels
or other parts have been removed, 
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or on which the engine, wheels or other
parts have been 
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altered, damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle
is 
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incapable of being driven under its own motor power. 
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"Inoperable motor
vehicle" shall not include a motor vehicle 
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which has been rendered
temporarily incapable of being driven 
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under its own motor power in order to
perform ordinary service 
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or repair operations.

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(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.