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 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;
 
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 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
 
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 1    4-103.2 of this Code.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

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