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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 475

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 475 as follows:

 3    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:

 5        "Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 6    adding Sections 11-208.5 and 11-208.6 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-208.5 new)
 8        Sec. 11-208.5 Booting  of  motor  vehicles;  registration
 9    required.
10        (a)  No person or entity may engage in the booting of any
11    motor  vehicle  without  first  having  registered  with  the
12    Secretary  of  State.   As  used  in this Section and Section
13    11-208.6, to "boot" or "booting" means the act of placing  on
14    a  parked motor vehicle a mechanical device, known as a boot,
15    that is designed to be attached to a wheel or tire  or  other
16    part of the vehicle to prohibit its usual manner of movement.
17    This Section does not apply to the booting of a motor vehicle
18    by  a governmental entity, or a person or entity acting under
19    the direction of a governmental entity, when the  booting  is
20    authorized by any provision of law or rule.
21        (b)  An  application  for registration under this Section
 
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 1    must include:
 2             (1)  The  name,  business  address,  and   telephone
 3        number of the applicant.
 4             (2)  The  name,  residence  address, and age of each
 5        person having at least a 10% beneficial ownership of  the
 6        booting  operation,  if  the  applicant  is  other than a
 7        natural person.
 8             (3)  The name, residence address,  and  age  of  the
 9        manager of each location.
10             (4)  Proof  of  liability insurance in an amount not
11        less  than  $500,000  per  person  and  not   less   than
12        $1,000,000  per incident, issued by an insurer authorized
13        to underwrite risks in this State.
14             (5)  Payment of a registration fee.
15             (6)  Any additional information necessary to  ensure
16        compliance with eligibility requirements.
17        (c)  An  applicant  is  ineligible  to  receive,  and  an
18    operator  is  ineligible to retain, registration as a booting
19    operation if the applicant, operator, or any employee of  the
20    applicant  or  operator has been convicted of a felony within
21    the last 3 years.
22        (d)  The Secretary shall  adopt  rules  for  implementing
23    this Section and Section 11-208.6.
24        (e)  This  Section and Section 11-208.6 do not apply in a
25    municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more.

26        (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 new)
27        Sec. 11-208.6 Regulation of booting operations.
28        (a)  An   operator   may   conduct   booting   operations
29    exclusively on private property  and  only  under  a  written
30    agreement with the owner or manager of the property.
31        (b)  An  operator  may not provide booting service at any
32    property at which any person having a beneficial interest  in
33    the  booting  operation also has a beneficial interest in the
 
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 1    subject property.
 2        (c)  No fewer than  14  days  before  commencement  of  a
 3    booting   operation,   at  every  location  where  a  booting
 4    operation is to be conducted, the  operator  must  post,  and
 5    must  maintain  in  a  conspicuous  location,  a minimum of 2
 6    signs, no smaller than 24 inches in height and 36  inches  in
 7    width, setting forth:
 8             (1)  The  date  upon which a booting operation shall
 9        commence.
10             (2)  The terms of use of the subject property.
11             (3)  The fee for removal of a boot.
12             (4)  The  name  and  address  of,  and   a   24-hour
13        telephone number for, the operator.
14             (5)  The  name  and telephone number of the property
15        owner or manager.
16        The signs must remain in  place  as  long  as  a  booting
17    operation is being conducted.
18        (d)  Upon  discontinuation  of  booting  operations  at a
19    property, the  signs  required  by  subsection  (c)  must  be
20    removed.  No  person  may  post  or allow the presence of the
21    warning signs described in subsection (c) on any property not
22    covered by a booting operation agreement. The  operator,  the
23    property  owner,  and  the  property  manager are jointly and
24    severally responsible for compliance with this subsection.
25        (e)  At every location where an operator conducts booting
26    operations, the operator must post at least one  employee  to
27    install  and  remove  boots  and  to  receive  payments.  The
28    employee   must   wear,   in   a   conspicuous   manner,   an
29    identification  placard  clearly  displaying  the name of the
30    employee and the name, address, and telephone number  of  the
31    operator.  The  posted  employee  must personally inform each
32    person who leaves a vehicle on the premises that the  vehicle
33    is  subject  to  booting  if  the terms of use of the subject
34    property are violated.  Before  leaving  the  location  where
 
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 1    booting  operations  are  conducted, the posted employee must
 2    remove all boots from vehicles at that location.
 3        (f)  It is illegal to place  a  boot  upon  any  occupied
 4    motor  vehicle or upon any motor vehicle parked in accordance
 5    with the terms of use for the subject property.
 6        (g)  An operator must immediately remove a boot,  for  no
 7    charge,  from  any  motor  vehicle  if the owner of the motor
 8    vehicle returns prior to the complete attachment of the boot.
 9        (h)  The fee for removal of a boot shall be $90.
10        (i)  At every  location  where  a  booting  operation  is
11    conducted,   the   operator  must  have  available  means  of
12    collecting any fees in cash or by credit card.
13        (j)  An operator must notify the  local  law  enforcement
14    agency  of any booted vehicle that remains in a lot or garage
15    for over 24 hours.
16        (k)  Each operator must maintain a sufficient  number  of
17    copies  of  the relevant portions of this Section and Section
18    11-208.5 and must provide a copy to any individual requesting
19    a copy.
20        (l)  An  operator's  place  of  business  must   maintain
21    minimum  business  hours  of  9:00  a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
22    through Friday.".

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