Public Act 096-1376
Public Act 1376 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 096-1376
| | HB4860 Enrolled | LRB096 16597 AJT 31871 b |
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| 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 11-1431 as follows:
| (625 ILCS 5/11-1431 new) | Sec. 11-1431. Solicitations at accident or disablement | scene prohibited. A tower, as defined by Section 1-205.2 of | this Code, or an employee or agent of a tower may not: (i) stop | at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or at or near a | damaged or disabled vehicle for the purpose of soliciting the | owner or operator of the damaged or disabled vehicle to enter | into a towing service transaction; or (ii) stop at the scene of | an accident or at or near a damaged or disabled vehicle unless | called to the location by a law enforcement officer, the | Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll | Highway Authority, a local agency having jurisdiction over the | highway, or the
owner or operator of the damaged or disabled | vehicle. This Section shall not apply to employees of the | Department, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or local | agencies when engaged in their official duties. Nothing in this | Section shall prevent a tower from stopping at the scene of a | motor vehicle accident or at or near a
damaged or disabled |
| vehicle if the owner or operator signals the tower for | assistance from the location of the motor vehicle accident or | damaged or disabled vehicle.
| Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
| (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
| Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly | violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision | Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance | Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing | Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label | Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer | Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
| the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone | Dialers Act,
the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection | Act,
the Telephone Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or | Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic | Bed Act,
the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home | Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud | Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax | Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of | Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail | Act, the Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6)
of
| subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, |
| Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, or | 18d-150 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the | Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic | Contract Renewal Act, or the Personal Information Protection | Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this | Act.
| (Source: P.A. 94-13, eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, | eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07; 95-413, | eff. 1-1-08; 95-562, eff. 7-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; revised | 11-4-09.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 7/29/2010
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