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91_SB1042sam001
SDS/910025/AMdo
1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1042
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1042, by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 adding Section 12-612 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/12-612 new)
7 Sec. 12-612. Hidden or false compartment in a motor
8 vehicle.
9 (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly own or
10 operate any motor vehicle containing a hidden or false
11 compartment created for the purpose of concealment of a
12 controlled substance, firearm, person, currency, or other
13 contraband from a law enforcement officer. It is unlawful
14 for any person to knowingly install, create, build, or
15 fabricate in any motor vehicle a hidden or false compartment
16 for the purpose of concealment of a controlled substance,
17 firearm, person, currency, or other contraband from a law
18 enforcement officer. For the purposes of this Section, a
19 "hidden compartment" or "false compartment" means any box,
20 container, space, or enclosure that is intended for use or
21 designed for use to conceal, hide or otherwise prevent
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1 discovery by law enforcement officers of any controlled
2 substance, firearm, person, currency, or other contraband
3 within or attached to a vehicle, including, but not limited
4 to, a compartment, space, or box that is added to, or
5 fabricated, made or created from, existing compartments,
6 spaces or boxes within a vehicle. Any motor vehicle
7 containing a false or hidden compartment, as well as any
8 items within that compartment, shall be subject to seizure by
9 the Department of State Police or by any municipal or other
10 local authority within whose jurisdiction that property is
11 found as provided in Section 36-1 (720 ILCS 5/36-1) and
12 Section 36-2 (720 ILCS 5/36-2) of the Criminal Code of 1961.
13 (b) A violation of this Section is a Class C
14 misdemeanor. ".