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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

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

 6        (625 ILCS 5/18a-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-302)
 7        Sec. 18a-302.  Owner or other person in lawful possession
 8    or control of private property - Right to  employ  relocation
 9    service.
10        (a)  It shall be unlawful for an owner or other person in
11    lawful possession or control of private property to remove or
12    employ  a  commercial  relocator  to  remove  an unauthorized
13    vehicle from such property unless written notice is  provided
14    to  the  effect that such vehicles will be removed, including
15    the name, address and telephone  number  of  the  appropriate
16    commercial vehicle relocator, if any.
17        (b)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (c), such notice
18    shall consist of a sign, posted in a conspicuous place in the
19    affected area, of a size at least 24 inches in height  by  36
20    inches in width.  Such sign shall be at least 4 feet from the
21    ground  but  less  than  8  feet from the ground and shall be
22    either illuminated or painted with reflective paint, or both.
23    Such sign shall state the amount of towing charges  to  which
24    the  person  parking may be subject. This provision shall not
25    be construed as prohibiting any unit of local government from
26    imposing additional or greater notice requirements.
27        (c)  In private lots in a municipality with a  population
28    of  1,000,000  or  more,  the notice shall consist of a sign,
29    posted in a conspicuous place in the affected area, of a size
30    at least 48 inches in height by 48 inches in width.  The sign
31    shall be at least 4 feet from the ground but less than 9 feet
 
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 1    from the ground and shall be either illuminated  or  brightly
 2    painted with reflective paint, or both.  The sign shall state
 3    the  amount of towing charges to which the person parking may
 4    be subject. This provision does  not  prohibit  any  unit  of
 5    local  government  from imposing additional or greater notice
 6    requirements.
 7        (d)  No express  notice  shall  be  required  under  this
 8    Section upon residential property which, paying due regard to
 9    the  circumstances  and  the  surrounding  area,  is  clearly
10    reserved or intended exclusively for the use or occupation of
11    residents or their vehicles.
12    (Source: P.A. 81-332.)

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