97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2953

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/5-301  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-301

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an automotive repairer is not required to be open for business for any minimum number of hours and days. Provides that an automotive repairer must: (1) maintain a schedule of regular hours and days in which the automotive repairer is open for business; (2) file a notice with the Secretary of State setting forth that schedule and a list of any periods of the year during which the automotive repairer is closed; and (3) file an updated notice with the Secretary whenever there is any change in the information in the schedule or periods of closure. Provides that the Secretary shall adopt rules to implement the new requirements. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-301 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/5-301)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-301)
7    Sec. 5-301. Automotive parts recyclers, scrap processors,
8repairers and rebuilders must be licensed.
9    (a) No person in this State shall, except as an incident to
10the servicing of vehicles, carry on or conduct the business of
11a automotive parts recyclers, a scrap processor, a repairer, or
12a rebuilder, unless licensed to do so in writing by the
13Secretary of State under this Section. No person shall rebuild
14a salvage vehicle unless such person is licensed as a rebuilder
15by the Secretary of State under this Section. Each license
16shall be applied for and issued separately, except that a
17license issued to a new vehicle dealer under Section 5-101 of
18this Code shall also be deemed to be a repairer license.
19    (b) Any application filed with the Secretary of State,
20shall be duly verified by oath, in such form as the Secretary
21of State may by rule or regulation prescribe and shall contain:
22        1. The name and type of business organization of the
23    applicant and his principal or additional places of

 

 

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1    business, if any, in this State.
2        2. The kind or kinds of business enumerated in
3    subsection (a) of this Section to be conducted at each
4    location.
5        3. If the applicant is a corporation, a list of its
6    officers, directors, and shareholders having a ten percent
7    or greater ownership interest in the corporation, setting
8    forth the residence address of each; if the applicant is a
9    sole proprietorship, a partnership, an unincorporated
10    association, a trust, or any similar form of business
11    organization, the names and residence address of the
12    proprietor or of each partner, member, officer, director,
13    trustee or manager.
14        4. A statement that the applicant's officers,
15    directors, shareholders having a ten percent or greater
16    ownership interest therein, proprietor, partner, member,
17    officer, director, trustee, manager, or other principals
18    in the business have not committed in the past three years
19    any one violation as determined in any civil or criminal or
20    administrative proceedings of any one of the following
21    Acts:
22            (a) The Anti Theft Laws of the Illinois Vehicle
23        Code;
24            (b) The "Certificate of Title Laws" of the Illinois
25        Vehicle Code;
26            (c) The "Offenses against Registration and

 

 

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1        Certificates of Title Laws" of the Illinois Vehicle
2        Code;
3            (d) The "Dealers, Transporters, Wreckers and
4        Rebuilders Laws" of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
5            (e) Section 21-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
6        Criminal Trespass to Vehicles; or
7            (f) The Retailers Occupation Tax Act.
8        5. A statement that the applicant's officers,
9    directors, shareholders having a ten percent or greater
10    ownership interest therein, proprietor, partner, member,
11    officer, director, trustee, manager or other principals in
12    the business have not committed in any calendar year 3 or
13    more violations, as determined in any civil or criminal or
14    administrative proceedings, of any one or more of the
15    following Acts:
16            (a) The Consumer Finance Act;
17            (b) The Consumer Installment Loan Act;
18            (c) The Retail Installment Sales Act;
19            (d) The Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales
20        Act;
21            (e) The Interest Act;
22            (f) The Illinois Wage Assignment Act;
23            (g) Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil
24        Procedure; or
25            (h) The Consumer Fraud Act.
26        6. An application for a license shall be accompanied by

 

 

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1    the following fees: $50 for applicant's established place
2    of business; $25 for each additional place of business, if
3    any, to which the application pertains; provided, however,
4    that if such an application is made after June 15 of any
5    year, the license fee shall be $25 for applicant's
6    established place of business plus $12.50 for each
7    additional place of business, if any, to which the
8    application pertains. License fees shall be returnable
9    only in the event that such application shall be denied by
10    the Secretary of State.
11        7. A statement that the applicant understands Chapter 1
12    through Chapter 5 of this Code.
13        8. A statement that the applicant shall comply with
14    subsection (e) of this Section.
15    (c) Any change which renders no longer accurate any
16information contained in any application for a license filed
17with the Secretary of State shall be amended within 30 days
18after the occurrence of such change on such form as the
19Secretary of State may prescribe by rule or regulation,
20accompanied by an amendatory fee of $2.
21    (d) Anything in this chapter to the contrary,
22notwithstanding, no person shall be licensed under this Section
23unless such person shall maintain an established place of
24business as defined in this Chapter.
25    (e) The Secretary of State shall within a reasonable time
26after receipt thereof, examine an application submitted to him

 

 

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1under this Section and unless he makes a determination that the
2application submitted to him does not conform with the
3requirements of this Section or that grounds exist for a denial
4of the application, as prescribed in Section 5-501 of this
5Chapter, grant the applicant an original license as applied for
6in writing for his established place of business and a
7supplemental license in writing for each additional place of
8business in such form as he may prescribe by rule or regulation
9which shall include the following:
10        1. The name of the person licensed;
11        2. If a corporation, the name and address of its
12    officers or if a sole proprietorship, a partnership, an
13    unincorporated association or any similar form of business
14    organization, the name and address of the proprietor or of
15    each partner, member, officer, director, trustee or
16    manager;
17        3. A designation of the kind or kinds of business
18    enumerated in subsection (a) of this Section to be
19    conducted at each location;
20        4. In the case of an original license, the established
21    place of business of the licensee;
22        5. In the case of a supplemental license, the
23    established place of business of the licensee and the
24    additional place of business to which such supplemental
25    license pertains.
26    (f) The appropriate instrument evidencing the license or a

 

 

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1certified copy thereof, provided by the Secretary of State
2shall be kept, posted, conspicuously in the established place
3of business of the licensee and in each additional place of
4business, if any, maintained by such licensee. The licensee
5also shall post conspicuously in the established place of
6business and in each additional place of business a notice
7which states that such business is required to be licensed by
8the Secretary of State under Section 5-301, and which provides
9the license number of the business and the license expiration
10date. This notice also shall advise the consumer that any
11complaints as to the quality of service may be brought to the
12attention of the Attorney General. The information required on
13this notice also shall be printed conspicuously on all
14estimates and receipts for work by the licensee subject to this
15Section. The Secretary of State shall prescribe the specific
16format of this notice.
17    (g) Except as provided in subsection (h) hereof, licenses
18granted under this Section shall expire by operation of law on
19December 31 of the calendar year for which they are granted
20unless sooner revoked or cancelled under the provisions of
21Section 5-501 of this Chapter.
22    (h) Any license granted under this Section may be renewed
23upon application and payment of the fee required herein as in
24the case of an original license, provided, however, that in
25case an application for the renewal of an effective license is
26made during the month of December, such effective license shall

 

 

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1remain in force until such application is granted or denied by
2the Secretary of State.
3    (i) All automotive repairers and rebuilders shall, in
4addition to the requirements of subsections (a) through (h) of
5this Section, meet the following licensing requirements:
6        1. Provide proof that the property on which first time
7    applicants plan to do business is in compliance with local
8    zoning laws and regulations, and a listing of zoning
9    classification;
10        2. Provide proof that the applicant for a repairer's
11    license complies with the proper workers' compensation
12    rate code or classification, and listing the code of
13    classification for that industry;
14        3. Provide proof that the applicant for a rebuilder's
15    license complies with the proper workers' compensation
16    rate code or classification for the repair industry or the
17    auto parts recycling industry and listing the code of
18    classification;
19        4. Provide proof that the applicant has obtained or
20    applied for a hazardous waste generator number, and listing
21    the actual number if available or certificate of exemption;
22        5. Provide proof that applicant has proper liability
23    insurance, and listing the name of the insurer and the
24    policy number; and
25        6. Provide proof that the applicant has obtained or
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1    federal identification tax number, and listing the actual
2    numbers if available.
3    (i-1) All automotive repairers shall provide proof that
4they comply with all requirements of the Automotive Collision
5Repair Act.
6    (j) All automotive parts recyclers shall, in addition to
7the requirements of subsections (a) through (h) of this
8Section, meet the following licensing requirements:
9        1. A statement that the applicant purchases 5 vehicles
10    per year or has 5 hulks or chassis in stock;
11        2. Provide proof that the property on which all first
12    time applicants will do business does comply to the proper
13    local zoning laws in existence, and a listing of zoning
14    classifications;
15        3. Provide proof that applicant complies with the
16    proper workers' compensation rate code or classification,
17    and listing the code of classification; and
18        4. Provide proof that applicant has obtained or applied
19    for the proper State sales tax classification and federal
20    identification tax number, and listing the actual numbers
21    if available.
22    (k) An automotive repairer is not required to be open for
23business for any minimum number of hours and days; however, an
24automotive repairer must, as a condition of licensure:
25        (1) maintain a schedule of regular hours and days in
26    which the automotive repairer is open for business;

 

 

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1        (2) file a notice with the Secretary of State setting
2    forth that schedule and a list of any periods of the year
3    during which the automotive repairer is closed; and
4        (3) file an updated notice with the Secretary of State
5    whenever there is any change in the information in the
6    schedule or periods of closure.
7    The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this
8subsection (k).
9(Source: P.A. 94-784, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.