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                                     LRB093 10874 DRH 13376 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1108

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1108, AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

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

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

23        Section  99.  Effective  date.  This  Act  takes   effect
24    January 1, 2004.".