Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Filed: 3/26/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4984

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4984, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6changing Sections 3-110 and 3-116 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/3-110)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-110)
8    Sec. 3-110. Refusing certificate of title. The Secretary of
9State shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any
10required fee is not paid or if he has reasonable grounds to
11believe that:
12        (a) the applicant is not the owner of the vehicle;
13        (b) the application contains a false or fraudulent
14    statement;
15        (c) the applicant fails to furnish required
16    information or documents or any additional information the

 

 

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1    Secretary of State reasonably requires; or
2        (d) the applicant has not paid to the Secretary of
3    State any fees or taxes due under this Act and have not
4    been paid upon reasonable notice and demand.
5    If the application refers to a vehicle sold at public
6auction under the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor and
7Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, or the Sale of Unclaimed
8Property Act and the Secretary of State refuses to issue a
9certificate of title, the Secretary of State shall provide the
10applicant with a written explanation for the refusal and any
11proof supporting the explanation.
12(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
13    (625 ILCS 5/3-116)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-116)
14    Sec. 3-116. When Secretary of State to issue a certificate
15of title.
16    (a) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of a properly
17assigned certificate of title, with an application for a
18certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents
19required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the
20name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first
21lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner or owner's
22designee.
23    (b) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of an application
24for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by
25voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required

 

 

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1fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new
2certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner.
3    (c) Any person, firm or corporation, who shall knowingly
4possess, buy, sell, exchange or give away, or offer to buy,
5sell, exchange or give away the certificate of title to any
6motor vehicle which is a junk or salvage, or who shall fail to
7surrender the certificate of title to the Secretary of State as
8required under the provisions of this Section and Section
93-117.2, shall be guilty of Class 3 felony.
10    (d) The Secretary of State shall file and retain for four
11(4) years a record of every surrendered certificate of title or
12proof of ownership accepted by the Secretary of State, the file
13to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the
14vehicle designated therein.
15    (e) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of an application
16for corrected certificate of title, with the original title,
17the required fee and any other required documents, shall issue
18a corrected certificate of title in the name of the owner and
19mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the
20owner or owner's designee.
21    (f) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of a certified
22copy of a court order awarding ownership to an applicant along
23with an application for a certificate of title and the required
24fee, shall issue a certificate of title to the applicant.
25    (g) If the application refers to a vehicle sold at public
26auction pursuant to the Labor and Storage Lien Act, the Labor

 

 

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1and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act, or the Sale of Unclaimed
2Property Act, the Secretary of State shall, within 30 days
3after receiving the application, either issue the certificate
4of title in accordance with this Section or notify the
5applicant of the refusal to issue a certificate of title under
6Section 3-110.
7(Source: P.A. 90-212, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
8    Section 10. The Labor and Storage Lien Act is amended by
9changing Section 1 as follows:
 
10    (770 ILCS 45/1)  (from Ch. 82, par. 40)
11    Sec. 1. (a) Every person, firm or corporation who has
12expended labor, skill or materials upon any chattel, or has
13furnished storage for said chattel, at the request of its
14owner, reputed owner, or authorized agent of the owner, or
15lawful possessor thereof, shall have a lien upon such chattel
16beginning on the date of the commencement of such expenditure
17of labor, skill and materials or of such storage for the
18contract price for all such expenditure of labor, skill or
19materials, or for all such storage, or in the absence of such
20contract price, for the reasonable worth of such expenditure of
21labor, skill and materials, or of such storage, for a period of
22one year from and after the completion of such expenditure of
23labor, skill or materials, or of such storage, notwithstanding
24the fact that the possession of such chattel has been

 

 

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1surrendered to the owner, or lawful possessor thereof.
2    (b) If the chattel is a motor vehicle, a lien may be
3enforced under Section 3 of the Sale of Unclaimed Property Act
4on or after the 16th day after the completion of the
5expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or
6furnishing of storage on or after the 16th day after the date
7agreed upon for redemption.
8(Source: Laws 1921, p. 508.)
 
9    Section 15. The Labor and Storage Lien (Small Amount) Act
10is amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
 
11    (770 ILCS 50/2)  (from Ch. 82, par. 47b)
12    Sec. 2. (a) Unless the chattel is redeemed within 90 days
13of the completion of the expenditure of such labor, services,
14skill, or material or furnishing of storage, or within 90 days
15of the date agreed upon for redemption, the lien may be
16enforced by a commercially reasonable public or private sale
17conducted so as to maximize the net proceeds of said sale as
18hereinafter provided.
19    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if
20the chattel is a motor vehicle, a lien may be enforced under
21subsection (a) on or after the 16th day after the completion of
22the expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or
23furnishing of storage or on or after the 16th day after the
24date agreed upon for redemption.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 85-1283.)
 
2    (770 ILCS 50/3)  (from Ch. 82, par. 47c)
3    Sec. 3. Such sale shall be held only after giving 30 days'
4notice of the time and place of such sale, by publication once
5in some newspaper of general circulation in the city, village,
6or incorporated town in which such lienor expended such labor,
7services, skill, or material or furnished such storage, or if
8there be none, or if the labor, service, skill or material was
9not expended in a city, village, or incorporated town, then in
10some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which
11such lienor expended such labor, service, skill, or material or
12furnished such storage, and also by certified mailing, 30 days
13before such sale, a copy of such notice addressed to the person
14requesting or consenting to such expenditure of labor,
15services, skill, or material or furnishing of storage, if his
16address is known, or if his address is unknown, to the last
17known address of such person. If no address is known or
18discoverable after reasonable inquiry, the sale may be made
19without mailing such notice. The published notice required by
20this Section shall be in substantially the following form:
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
23    That on (insert date), a sale will be held at (insert
24place), to sell the following articles to enforce a lien
25existing under the laws of the State of Illinois against such

 

 

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1articles for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a
2storage furnished for such articles at the request of the
3following designated persons, unless such articles are
4redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice.
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6Name of Person      Description of Article  Amount of lien
7.................    .................     $.................
8.................    .................     $.................
9    A separate notice need not be published for each lien to be
10enforced, but several may be combined in one publication.
11    If the chattel is a motor vehicle, the sale shall be held
12only after giving notice as required above and after giving
13written notice by certified mail to all lienholders of the
14vehicle. The notice must contain the name of the vehicle owner
15and the names of all lienholders; the year, make, and vehicle
16identification number of the vehicle; and the amount due and
17owing. The notice shall state the intent of the person having
18possession of the vehicle to enforce a lien under this Act
19unless the owner or a lienholder claims the vehicle within 10
20days of receipt of the letter, and shall provide the date and
21location of the sale. The amount due and owing must be
22reasonable and may not exceed the usual and customary fees
23charged for the labor, services, skill, material, or storage.
24The lienholder claiming the vehicle shall be liable for no more
25than 15 days of storage fees. Proper documentation supporting
26the fees must be provided to the lienholder claiming the

 

 

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1vehicle. If the lienholder does not claim the vehicle within 30
2days of the date of the certified letter, the lienholder
3surrenders interest in the vehicle.
4(Source: P.A. 87-206.)
 
5    Section 20. The Sale of Unclaimed Property Act is amended
6by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
7    (770 ILCS 90/3)  (from Ch. 141, par. 3)
8    Sec. 3. (a) All persons other than common carriers having a
9lien on personal property, by virtue of the Innkeepers Lien Act
10or for more than $2,000 by virtue of the Labor and Storage Lien
11Act may enforce the lien by a sale of the property, on giving
12to the owner thereof, if he and his residence be known to the
13person having such lien, 30 days' notice by certified mail, in
14writing of the time and place of such sale, and if the owner or
15his place of residence be unknown to the person having such
16lien, then upon his filing his affidavit to that effect with
17the clerk of the circuit court in the county where such
18property is situated; notice of the sale may be given by
19publishing the same once in each week for 3 successive weeks in
20some newspaper of general circulation published in the county,
21and out of the proceeds of the sale all costs and charges for
22advertising and making the same, and the amount of the lien
23shall be paid, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the
24owner of the property or, if not claimed by said owner, such

 

 

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1surplus, if any, shall be disposed under the Uniform
2Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. All sales pursuant to
3this Section must be public and conducted in a commercially
4reasonable manner so as to maximize the net proceeds of the
5sale. Conformity to the requirements of this Act shall be a
6perpetual bar to any action against such lienor by any person
7for the recovery of such chattels or the value thereof or any
8damages growing out of the failure of such person to receive
9such chattels.
10    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if
11the chattel is a motor vehicle, a person having a lien on the
12vehicle by virtue of the Labor and Storage Lien Act may enforce
13the lien on or after the 16th day after the completion of the
14expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or
15furnishing of storage or on or after the 16th day after the
16date agreed upon for redemption. The lien may be enforced only
17after giving written notice by certified mail to all
18lienholders of the vehicle. The notice must contain the name of
19the vehicle owner and the names of all lienholders; the year,
20make, and vehicle identification number of the vehicle; and the
21amount due and owing. The notice shall state the intent of the
22person having possession of the vehicle to enforce a lien under
23this Act unless the owner or a lienholder claims the vehicle
24within 10 days of receipt of the letter, and shall provide the
25date and location of the sale. The amount due and owing must be
26reasonable and may not exceed the usual and customary fees

 

 

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1charged for the labor, services, skill, material, or storage.
2The lienholder claiming the vehicle shall be liable for no more
3than 15 days of storage fees. Proper documentation supporting
4the fees must be provided to the lienholder claiming the
5vehicle. If the lienholder does not claim the vehicle within 30
6days of the date of the certified letter, the lienholder
7surrenders interest in the vehicle.
8(Source: P.A. 87-206.)".