SB1586 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1586

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Gary Forby

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-303	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-303
625 ILCS 5/3-304	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-304

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires applicants for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle that have personally rebuilt or supervised the rebuild of the vehicle to sign a written affirmation stating that the applicant is a licensed rebuilder (rather than providing no requirement that the applicant to be a licensed rebuilder). Provides that if an applicant for certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle has contracted with a licensed rebuilder for the rebuild of the vehicle, a copy of the contract and a statement from the rebuilder, in a form designated by the Secretary of State, certifying that all of the supporting documentation and the contents of the application for certificate of title are, to the best of the rebuilder's knowledge and belief, complete, true, and correct are required to complete the application. Effective January 1, 2010.

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 changing Sections 3-303 and 3-304 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-303)

Sec. 3-303. Application for title - attachments. Every application for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle shall be accompanied by the following:

1. The salvage certificate or out-of-state title certificate previously issued for the rebuilt vehicle;

2. Bills of sale and other documents evidencing the acquisition of all essential parts used to rebuild the vehicle;

3. Photographs of the rebuilt vehicle if required by rule of the Secretary of State;

4. A Certificate of Safety furnished by the Department of Transportation as set forth in Section 13-109; and

5. A listing of all replaced essential parts of the rebuilt vehicle, and the identification number of the vehicle or vehicles from which the essential parts originated; and .

6. Where the party has contracted for the rebuilding of the vehicle pursuant to Section 3-304, a copy of the contract and the form executed by the rebuilder.

(Source: P.A. 1209.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-304)

Sec. 3-304. Application for title - affirmation.

(a) The applicant applying for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle shall sign a written affirmation which states the following:

1. The applicant He

(A) is a licensed rebuilder and personally rebuilt the vehicle; ,

(B) is a licensed builder and personally supervised its rebuilding ; or

(C) contracted for rebuilding with a licensed rebuilder;

2. The applicant He personally inspected the completed vehicle, and it complies with all safety requirements set forth in this Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of State;

3. The identification numbers of the rebuilt vehicle and its parts have not, to the knowledge of the applicant, been removed, destroyed, falsified, altered or defaced;

4. The salvage certificate or out-of-state title certificate attached to the application has not, to the knowledge of the applicant, been forged, falsified, altered or counterfeited; and

5. All information contained on the application and its attachments is true and correct to the knowledge of the applicant.

(b) If the applicant states that he or she has contracted for rebuilding with a licensed rebuilder, the applicant shall submit a statement from the rebuilder, in the form designated by the Secretary, stating that all of the supporting documentation and the contents of the application are, to the best of the rebuilder's knowledge and belief, complete, true, and correct.

(Source: P.A. 85-572.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.