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91_HB2351
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 4-103.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 4-103 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/4-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103)
8 Sec. 4-103. Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other
9 vehicles - Felonies.
10 (a) It is a violation of this Chapter for:
11 (1) A person not entitled to the possession of a
12 vehicle or essential part of a vehicle to receive,
13 possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer it, knowing
14 it to have been stolen or converted; additionally the
15 General Assembly finds that the acquisition and
16 disposition of vehicles and their essential parts are
17 strictly controlled by law and that such acquisitions and
18 dispositions are reflected by documents of title, uniform
19 invoices, rental contracts, leasing agreements and bills
20 of sale. It may be inferred, therefore that a person
21 exercising exclusive unexplained possession over a stolen
22 or converted vehicle or an essential part of a stolen or
23 converted vehicle has knowledge that such vehicle or
24 essential part is stolen or converted, regardless of
25 whether the date on which such vehicle or essential part
26 was stolen is recent or remote;
27 (2) A person to knowingly remove, alter, deface,
28 destroy, falsify, or forge a manufacturer's
29 identification number of a vehicle or an engine number of
30 a motor vehicle or any essential part thereof having an
31 identification number;
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1 (3) A person to knowingly conceal or misrepresent
2 the identity of a vehicle or any essential part thereof;
3 (4) A person to buy, receive, possess, sell or
4 dispose of a vehicle, or any essential part thereof, with
5 knowledge that the identification number of the vehicle
6 or any essential part thereof having an identification
7 number has been removed or falsified;
8 (5) A person to knowingly possess, buy, sell,
9 exchange, give away, or offer to buy, sell, exchange or
10 give away, any manufacturer's identification number
11 plate, mylar sticker, federal certificate label, State
12 police reassignment plate, Secretary of State assigned
13 plate, rosette rivet, or facsimile of such which has not
14 yet been attached to or has been removed from the
15 original or assigned vehicle. It is an affirmative
16 defense to subsection (a) of this Section that the person
17 possessing, buying, selling or exchanging a plate mylar
18 sticker or label described in this paragraph is a police
19 officer doing so as part of his official duties, or is a
20 manufacturer's authorized representative who is replacing
21 any manufacturer's identification number plate, mylar
22 sticker or Federal certificate label originally placed on
23 the vehicle by the manufacturer of the vehicle or any
24 essential part thereof;
25 (6) A person to knowingly make a false report of
26 the theft or conversion of a vehicle to any police
27 officer of this State or any employee of a law
28 enforcement agency of this State designated by the law
29 enforcement agency to take, receive, process, or record
30 reports of vehicle theft or conversion.
31 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of this
32 Section shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
33 (c) The offenses set forth in subsection (a) of this
34 Section shall not include the offense set forth in Section
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1 4-103.2 of this Code.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)