Public Act 93-0513

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    AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

    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 Section 12-609 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/12-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-609)
    Sec. 12-609.  (a) No official or employee of  the  State,
or   any   political   subdivision   thereof,   any   county,
municipality, or local authority, and no owner or employee of
any  new  vehicle  dealer,  used  vehicle  dealer, or vehicle
auctioneer shall sell, trade  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any
motor  vehicle bearing equipment, markings,  or other indicia
of police authority unless, prior to delivery of the vehicle,
the equipment and markings have been sufficiently altered  or
obliterated to remove the appearance of such authority.
    (b)  A  person  may  not  operate on the highways of this
State a vehicle bearing the  equipment,  markings,  or  other
indicia  of  police  authority,  unless  the  vehicle  is  an
authorized  emergency  vehicle as defined in Section 1-105 of
this Code.
    (c)  This Section does  not  apply  to  vehicles  bearing
indicia  of  police  authority  that are antique vehicles, as
defined in Section 1-102.1, and  are  registered  as  antique
vehicles, as provided in Section 3-804.
    (d)  Any  police  officer  is  authorized  to  seize  any
vehicle  that  is in violation of this Section and to impound
that vehicle, at the owner's expense,  until  any  equipment,
markings,  or  other  indicia  of  police authority have been
sufficiently removed, altered, or obliterated to  remove  the
appearance of police authority.
    (e)  A  person  convicted  of  violating  this Section is
guilty of a petty offense and subject to a fine of  not  less
than $500 and not more than $1,000.
(Source: P.A. 79-544; 79-1454.)