Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 11/13/2018
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 515
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 515 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Statewide Relocation Towing Licensure Commission Act of 2018. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. The Statewide Relocation Towing Licensure | ||||||
| 7 | Commission. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Statewide Relocation Towing Licensure Commission | ||||||
| 9 | is created. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act, | ||||||
| 11 | the members of the Commission shall be appointed with the | ||||||
| 12 | following members: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 14 | the President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 16 | the Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 2 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 3 | (4) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 4 | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 5 | (5) the Mayor of the City of Chicago, or his or her | ||||||
| 6 | designee; | ||||||
| 7 | (6) the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her | ||||||
| 8 | designee; | ||||||
| 9 | (7) the Director of State Police, or his or her | ||||||
| 10 | designee; | ||||||
| 11 | (8) two members of the public who represent the towing | ||||||
| 12 | industry, appointed by the President of the Professional | ||||||
| 13 | Towing and Recovery Operators of Illinois; | ||||||
| 14 | (9) two members of the public who represent the | ||||||
| 15 | property casualty insurance industry, appointed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Executive Director of the Illinois Insurance Association; | ||||||
| 17 | (10) the President of the Illinois Municipal League, or | ||||||
| 18 | his or her designee; | ||||||
| 19 | (11) the President of the Illinois Sheriffs' | ||||||
| 20 | Association, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 21 | (12) the Cook County State's Attorney, or his or her | ||||||
| 22 | designee; | ||||||
| 23 | (13) the Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, | ||||||
| 24 | or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 25 | (14) the President of the Northwest Municipal | ||||||
| 26 | Conference, or his or her designee; and | ||||||
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| 1 | (15) a member knowledgeable in auto financing, and | ||||||
| 2 | holds a valid license under the Consumer Installment Loan | ||||||
| 3 | Act, appointed by the Secretary of Financial and | ||||||
| 4 | Professional Regulation. | ||||||
| 5 | (c) The members of the Commission shall receive no | ||||||
| 6 | compensation for serving as members of the Commission. | ||||||
| 7 | (d) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall provide | ||||||
| 8 | administrative and other support to the Commission. | ||||||
| 9 | Section 10. Meetings. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) Each member of the Commission shall have voting rights | ||||||
| 11 | and all actions and recommendations shall be approved by a | ||||||
| 12 | simple majority vote of the members. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The Commission shall meet no less than 3 times before | ||||||
| 14 | the report described in Section 15 is filed. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) At the initial meeting, the Commission shall elect one | ||||||
| 16 | member as a Chairperson, through a simple majority vote, who | ||||||
| 17 | shall thereafter call any subsequent meetings. | ||||||
| 18 | Section 15. Reporting. | ||||||
| 19 | (a) No later than December 31, 2019, the Commission shall | ||||||
| 20 | submit a report to the Governor and to the General Assembly, | ||||||
| 21 | which shall include, but is not limited to: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) an evaluation of the current towing laws in this | ||||||
| 23 | State; | ||||||
| 24 | (2) a recommendation for an appropriate towing | ||||||
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| 1 | licensure program for this State; | ||||||
| 2 | (3) a review of all potential litigation costs for an | ||||||
| 3 | owner of an impounded vehicle, a towing company, and a | ||||||
| 4 | county or municipality; and | ||||||
| 5 | (4) any other matters the Commission deems necessary. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) The report to the General Assembly shall be filed with | ||||||
| 7 | the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of | ||||||
| 8 | the Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the | ||||||
| 9 | Clerk and the Secretary shall direct. | ||||||
| 10 | Section 20. Repealer. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
| 11 | 2020.
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| 12 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.".
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