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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1431 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1431 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-1431. Solicitations at accident or disablement | ||||||
| 8 | scene prohibited. A tower, as defined by Section 1-205.2 of | ||||||
| 9 | this Code, or an employee or agent of a tower may not: (i) stop | ||||||
| 10 | at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or at or near a | ||||||
| 11 | damaged or disabled vehicle for the purpose of soliciting the | ||||||
| 12 | owner or operator of the damaged or disabled vehicle to enter | ||||||
| 13 | into a towing service transaction; or (ii) stop at the scene of | ||||||
| 14 | an accident or at or near a damaged or disabled vehicle unless | ||||||
| 15 | called to the location by a law enforcement officer, the | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll | ||||||
| 17 | Highway Authority, a local agency having jurisdiction over the | ||||||
| 18 | highway, or the
owner or operator of the damaged or disabled | ||||||
| 19 | vehicle. This Section shall not apply to employees of the | ||||||
| 20 | Department, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or local | ||||||
| 21 | agencies when engaged in their official duties. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
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| 1 | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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| 2 | (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
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| 3 | Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly | ||||||
| 4 | violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision | ||||||
| 5 | Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance | ||||||
| 6 | Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing | ||||||
| 7 | Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label | ||||||
| 8 | Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer | ||||||
| 9 | Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
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| 10 | the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone | ||||||
| 11 | Dialers Act,
the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection | ||||||
| 12 | Act,
the Telephone Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or | ||||||
| 13 | Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic | ||||||
| 14 | Bed Act,
the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home | ||||||
| 15 | Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud | ||||||
| 16 | Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax | ||||||
| 17 | Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of | ||||||
| 18 | Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail | ||||||
| 19 | Act, the Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6)
of
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| 20 | subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, | ||||||
| 21 | Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, or | ||||||
| 22 | 18d-150 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the | ||||||
| 23 | Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic | ||||||
| 24 | Contract Renewal Act, or the Personal Information Protection | ||||||
| 25 | Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this | ||||||
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| 1 | Act.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 94-13, eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, | ||||||
| 3 | eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07; 95-413, | ||||||
| 4 | eff. 1-1-08; 95-562, eff. 7-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; revised | ||||||
| 5 | 11-4-09.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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