91st General Assembly
Summary of SB1042
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Senate Sponsors:
MADIGAN,L-MUNOZ-DUDYCZ-PARKER-KLEMM.

House Sponsors:
FRANKS-BRADLEY

Short description: 
VEH CD-HIDDEN VEH COMPARTMNT                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes it a Class B misdemeanor      
   to knowingly own or operate any motor vehicle containing a  hidden  or      
   false  compartment  created  for  the  purpose  of  concealment of the      
   compartment from a law enforcement officer.  Provides that  any  motor      
   vehicle containing a hidden or false compartment, as well as any items      
   within  a  hidden  or false compartment, are subject to seizure by the      
   Department of  State  Police  or  by  any  municipal  or  other  local      
   authority  within whose jurisdiction that property is found, and, upon      
   conviction,  the  court  may order that property to be confiscated and      
   become the property of the law  enforcement  agency  that  seized  the      
   property.                                                                   
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Provides that it is      
   a Class C misdemeanor to knowingly own or operate a motor vehicle with      
   a hidden or false compartment created to conceal a controlled sub-          
   stance, firearm, person, currency, or other contraband from a law en-       
   forcement officer. Provides that any motor vehicle containing a hidden      
   or false compartment, as well as any items within the compartment, are      
   subject to seizure.                                                         
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                
        Deletes  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.   Amends   the      
   Illinois  Vehicle  Code.   Makes  it  a  Class C misdemeanor to own or      
   operate any motor vehicle with the knowledge that it contains a  false      
   or  secret  compartment.   Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to knowingly      
   install, create, build, or fabricate in any motor vehicle a  false  or      
   secret  compartment.   Provides  a  definition  for  "false  or secret      
   compartment".  Provides that any motor vehicle containing a  false  or      
   secret  compartment,  along  with  any  items within that compartment,      
   shall be subject to seizure.                                                
          FISCAL NOTE, ENGROSSED (Illinois State Police)                       
          If an Act amending the Illinois Vehicle Code concerning hidden       
          or false compartments were to pass, there would be no fiscal         
          impact.                                                              
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                        
          This legislation would have no fiscal or population impact.          
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0359

   Last action date: 99-07-29

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   1


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