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91_HB2351eng HB2351 Engrossed LRB9101235RCdv 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; HB2351 Engrossed -2- LRB9101235RCdv 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 HB2351 Engrossed -3- LRB9101235RCdv 1 4-103.2 of this Code. 2 (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)