HB3889 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 07661 AJT 22475 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3889

Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/18d-117 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a commercial vehicle safety relocator legally residing in a county not subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commercial Safety Law may operate in a county that is subject to that law for the limited purpose of removing a damaged or disabled vehicle upon the request of the owner or operator to remove the vehicle and tow the vehicle across county lines to the county where the commercial vehicle safety relocator and owner or operator resides without being subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commercial Safety Law. Provides that the exemption does not apply to commercial safety relocators that legally reside in both counties.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 18d-117 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/18d-117 new)

Sec. 18d-117. Exemption.

(a) A commercial vehicle safety relocator legally residing in a county not subject to this Chapter pursuant to Section 18d-180 of this Chapter may operate in a county that is subject to this Chapter pursuant to Section 18d-180 for the limited purpose of removing a damaged or disabled vehicle upon the request of the owner or operator legally residing in a county not subject to this Chapter to remove the vehicle and tow the vehicle across county lines to the county where the commercial vehicle safety relocator and owner or operator resides.

(b) A commercial vehicle safety operating for the limited purpose in subsection (a) is not subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to commercial vehicle safety relocators that legally reside in both counties.