98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2598

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel J. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-110  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-110
625 ILCS 5/3-116  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-116
770 ILCS 45/1  from Ch. 82, par. 40
770 ILCS 50/2  from Ch. 82, par. 47b
770 ILCS 50/3  from Ch. 82, par. 47c
770 ILCS 90/3  from Ch. 141, par. 3

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if an application for a certificate of title for a vehicle refers to a vehicle sold at public auction under the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, and the Sale of Unclaimed Property Act and the Secretary of State refuses to issue a certificate of title, the Secretary of State shall provide the applicant with a written explanation for the refusal and any proof supporting the explanation. Provides that if an application for a certificate of title for a vehicle refers to a vehicle sold at public auction under the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, or the Sale of Unclaimed Property Act, the Secretary of State shall, within 30 days after receiving the application, either issue the certificate of title or notify the applicant of the refusal to issue a certificate of title. Amends the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, and the Sale of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that a lien on a motor vehicle may be enforced on or after the 16th day after the completion of the expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or furnishing of storage on or after the 16th day after the date agreed upon for redemption. Provides that a lien created or enforced by the new provisions shall be subordinate to and may not exclude any prior lien interest existing upon the vehicle.


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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
5Sections 3-110 and 3-116 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-110)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-110)
7    Sec. 3-110. Refusing certificate of title. The Secretary of
8State shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any
9required fee is not paid or if he has reasonable grounds to
10believe that:
11        (a) the applicant is not the owner of the vehicle;
12        (b) the application contains a false or fraudulent
13    statement;
14        (c) the applicant fails to furnish required
15    information or documents or any additional information the
16    Secretary of State reasonably requires; or
17        (d) the applicant has not paid to the Secretary of
18    State any fees or taxes due under this Act and have not
19    been paid upon reasonable notice and demand.
20    If the application refers to a vehicle sold at public
21auction under the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor and
22Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, or the Sale of Unclaimed
23Property Act and the Secretary of State refuses to issue a

 

 

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1certificate of title, the Secretary of State shall provide the
2applicant with a written explanation for the refusal and any
3proof supporting the explanation.
4(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
5    (625 ILCS 5/3-116)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-116)
6    Sec. 3-116. When Secretary of State to issue a certificate
7of title.
8    (a) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of a properly
9assigned certificate of title, with an application for a
10certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents
11required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the
12name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first
13lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner or owner's
14designee.
15    (b) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of an application
16for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by
17voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required
18fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new
19certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner.
20    (c) Any person, firm or corporation, who shall knowingly
21possess, buy, sell, exchange or give away, or offer to buy,
22sell, exchange or give away the certificate of title to any
23motor vehicle which is a junk or salvage, or who shall fail to
24surrender the certificate of title to the Secretary of State as
25required under the provisions of this Section and Section

 

 

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13-117.2, shall be guilty of Class 3 felony.
2    (d) The Secretary of State shall file and retain for four
3(4) years a record of every surrendered certificate of title or
4proof of ownership accepted by the Secretary of State, the file
5to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the
6vehicle designated therein.
7    (e) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of an application
8for corrected certificate of title, with the original title,
9the required fee and any other required documents, shall issue
10a corrected certificate of title in the name of the owner and
11mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the
12owner or owner's designee.
13    (f) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of a certified
14copy of a court order awarding ownership to an applicant along
15with an application for a certificate of title and the required
16fee, shall issue a certificate of title to the applicant.
17    (g) If the application refers to a vehicle sold at public
18auction pursuant to the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor
19and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, or the Sale of Unclaimed
20Property Act, the Secretary of State shall, within 30 days
21after receiving the application, either issue the certificate
22of title in accordance with this Section or notify the
23applicant of the refusal to issue a certificate of title under
24Section 3-110.
25(Source: P.A. 90-212, eff. 1-1-98.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Labor and Storage Lien Act is amended by
2changing Section 1 as follows:
 
3    (770 ILCS 45/1)  (from Ch. 82, par. 40)
4    Sec. 1. (a) Every person, firm or corporation who has
5expended labor, skill or materials upon any chattel, or has
6furnished storage for said chattel, at the request of its
7owner, reputed owner, or authorized agent of the owner, or
8lawful possessor thereof, shall have a lien upon such chattel
9beginning on the date of the commencement of such expenditure
10of labor, skill and materials or of such storage for the
11contract price for all such expenditure of labor, skill or
12materials, or for all such storage, or in the absence of such
13contract price, for the reasonable worth of such expenditure of
14labor, skill and materials, or of such storage, for a period of
15one year from and after the completion of such expenditure of
16labor, skill or materials, or of such storage, notwithstanding
17the fact that the possession of such chattel has been
18surrendered to the owner, or lawful possessor thereof.
19    (b) If the chattel is a motor vehicle, a lien may be
20enforced under Section 3 of the Sale of Unclaimed Property Act
21on or after the 16th day after the completion of the
22expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or
23furnishing of storage on or after the 16th day after the date
24agreed upon for redemption.
25(Source: Laws 1921, p. 508.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Labor and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act
2is amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
 
3    (770 ILCS 50/2)  (from Ch. 82, par. 47b)
4    Sec. 2. (a) Unless the chattel is redeemed within 90 days
5of the completion of the expenditure of such labor, services,
6skill, or material or furnishing of storage, or within 90 days
7of the date agreed upon for redemption, the lien may be
8enforced by a commercially reasonable public or private sale
9conducted so as to maximize the net proceeds of said sale as
10hereinafter provided.
11    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if
12the chattel is a motor vehicle, a lien may be enforced under
13subsection (a) on or after the 16th day after the completion of
14the expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or
15furnishing of storage or on or after the 16th day after the
16date agreed upon for redemption.
17(Source: P.A. 85-1283.)
 
18    (770 ILCS 50/3)  (from Ch. 82, par. 47c)
19    Sec. 3. Such sale shall be held only after giving 30 days'
20notice of the time and place of such sale, by publication once
21in some newspaper of general circulation in the city, village,
22or incorporated town in which such lienor expended such labor,
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1there be none, or if the labor, service, skill or material was
2not expended in a city, village, or incorporated town, then in
3some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which
4such lienor expended such labor, service, skill, or material or
5furnished such storage, and also by certified mailing, 30 days
6before such sale, a copy of such notice addressed to the person
7requesting or consenting to such expenditure of labor,
8services, skill, or material or furnishing of storage, if his
9address is known, or if his address is unknown, to the last
10known address of such person. If no address is known or
11discoverable after reasonable inquiry, the sale may be made
12without mailing such notice. The published notice required by
13this Section shall be in substantially the following form:
14-------------------------------------------------------------
15
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
16    That on (insert date), a sale will be held at (insert
17place), to sell the following articles to enforce a lien
18existing under the laws of the State of Illinois against such
19articles for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a
20storage furnished for such articles at the request of the
21following designated persons, unless such articles are
22redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice.
23-------------------------------------------------------------
24Name of Person      Description of Article  Amount of lien
25.................    .................     $.................
26.................    .................     $.................

 

 

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1    A separate notice need not be published for each lien to be
2enforced, but several may be combined in one publication.
3    If the chattel is a motor vehicle, the sale shall be held
4only after giving notice as required above and after giving
5written notice by certified mail to all lienholders of the
6vehicle. The notice must contain the name of the vehicle owner
7and the names of all lienholders; the year, make, and vehicle
8identification number of the vehicle; and the amount due and
9owing. The notice shall state the intent of the person having
10possession of the vehicle to enforce a lien under this Act
11unless the owner or a lienholder claims the vehicle within 10
12days of receipt of the letter, and shall provide the date and
13location of the sale. The amount due and owing must be
14reasonable and may not exceed the usual and customary fees
15charged for the labor, services, skill, material, or storage.
16The lienholder claiming the vehicle shall be liable for no more
17than 15 days of storage fees. Proper documentation supporting
18the fees must be provided to the lienholder claiming the
19vehicle. If the lienholder does not claim the vehicle within 30
20days of the date of the certified letter, the lienholder
21surrenders interest in the vehicle.
22(Source: P.A. 87-206.)
 
23    Section 20. The Sale of Unclaimed Property Act is amended
24by changing Section 3 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (770 ILCS 90/3)  (from Ch. 141, par. 3)
2    Sec. 3. (a) All persons other than common carriers having a
3lien on personal property, by virtue of the Innkeepers Lien Act
4or for more than $2,000 by virtue of the Labor and Storage Lien
5Act may enforce the lien by a sale of the property, on giving
6to the owner thereof, if he and his residence be known to the
7person having such lien, 30 days' notice by certified mail, in
8writing of the time and place of such sale, and if the owner or
9his place of residence be unknown to the person having such
10lien, then upon his filing his affidavit to that effect with
11the clerk of the circuit court in the county where such
12property is situated; notice of the sale may be given by
13publishing the same once in each week for 3 successive weeks in
14some newspaper of general circulation published in the county,
15and out of the proceeds of the sale all costs and charges for
16advertising and making the same, and the amount of the lien
17shall be paid, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the
18owner of the property or, if not claimed by said owner, such
19surplus, if any, shall be disposed under the Uniform
20Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. All sales pursuant to
21this Section must be public and conducted in a commercially
22reasonable manner so as to maximize the net proceeds of the
23sale. Conformity to the requirements of this Act shall be a
24perpetual bar to any action against such lienor by any person
25for the recovery of such chattels or the value thereof or any
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1such chattels.
2    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if
3the chattel is a motor vehicle, a person having a lien on the
4vehicle by virtue of the Labor and Storage Lien Act may enforce
5the lien on or after the 16th day after the completion of the
6expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or
7furnishing of storage or on or after the 16th day after the
8date agreed upon for redemption. The lien may be enforced only
9after giving written notice by certified mail to all
10lienholders of the vehicle. The notice must contain the name of
11the vehicle owner and the names of all lienholders; the year,
12make, and vehicle identification number of the vehicle; and the
13amount due and owing. The notice shall state the intent of the
14person having possession of the vehicle to enforce a lien under
15this Act unless the owner or a lienholder claims the vehicle
16within 10 days of receipt of the letter, and shall provide the
17date and location of the sale. The amount due and owing must be
18reasonable and may not exceed the usual and customary fees
19charged for the labor, services, skill, material, or storage.
20The lienholder claiming the vehicle shall be liable for no more
21than 15 days of storage fees. Proper documentation supporting
22the fees must be provided to the lienholder claiming the
23vehicle. If the lienholder does not claim the vehicle within 30
24days of the date of the certified letter, the lienholder
25surrenders interest in the vehicle.
26(Source: P.A. 87-206.)