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                                     LRB093 10874 DRH 12685 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1108

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1108 by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to vehicles."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 8    changing Section 18a-302 as follows:

 9        (625 ILCS 5/18a-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-302)
10        Sec. 18a-302.  Owner or other person in lawful possession
11    or  control  of private property - Right to employ relocation
12    service. It shall be unlawful for an owner or other person in
13    lawful possession or control of private property to remove or
14    employ a  commercial  relocator  to  remove  an  unauthorized
15    vehicle  from such property unless written notice is provided
16    to the effect that such vehicles will be  removed,  including
17    the  name,  address  and  telephone number of the appropriate
18    commercial vehicle relocator,  if  any.   Such  notice  shall
19    consist  of  a  sign,  posted  in  a conspicuous place in the
20    affected area, of a size at least 48 24 inches in  height  by
21    48  36  inches  in width.  Such sign shall be at least 4 feet
 
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 1    from the ground but less than 9 8 feet from  the  ground  and
 2    shall   be   either  illuminated  or  brightly  painted  with
 3    reflective paint, or both.  Such sign shall state the  amount
 4    of towing charges to which the person parking may be subject.
 5    This provision shall not be construed as prohibiting any unit
 6    of  local  government  from  imposing  additional  or greater
 7    notice requirements.
 8        No express notice shall be required  under  this  Section
 9    upon  residential  property  which,  paying due regard to the
10    circumstances and the surrounding area, is  clearly  reserved
11    or   intended  exclusively  for  the  use  or  occupation  of
12    residents or their vehicles.
13    (Source: P.A. 81-332.)

14        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
15    January 1, 2004.".