96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3712

 

Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. John D'Amico

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-117.1   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-117.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reorganizes the language of a provision concerning motor vehicle salvage titles by deleting and adding the same language in different locations. Provides that upon payment of damages on a total loss claim for theft of a vehicle, the Secretary of State may issue an unbranded certificate of title to an insurance company in the insurer's name if the insurer (i) has made a payment of damages on a total loss claim for the theft of a vehicle and (ii) has delivered or mailed the certificate of title along with proper application and fee to the Secretary of State within 20 days (rather than providing no affirmative requirement to apply to the Secretary of State). Provides that if the vehicle is later recovered and has incurred damage that initially would have caused the vehicle to be declared a total loss by the insurer, then a salvage title must be applied for by the insurance company within 20 days of the recovery of the vehicle (rather than providing no specified time requirement for application). Provides that when a vehicle of a self-insured company is to be sold in-State and has sustained damaged by collision, fire, theft, rust corrosion, or other means so that the self-insured company determines the vehicle to be a total loss, or if the cost of repairing the damage, including labor, would be greater than 33 1/3% (rather than 50%) of its fair market value without that damage, the vehicle shall be considered salvage. Effective January 1, 2010.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-117.1 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-117.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-117.1)
7     Sec. 3-117.1. When junking certificates or salvage
8 certificates must be obtained.
9     (a) Except as provided in Chapter 4 of this Code, a person
10 who possesses a junk vehicle shall within 15 days cause the
11 certificate of title, salvage certificate, certificate of
12 purchase, or a similarly acceptable out of state document of
13 ownership to be surrendered to the Secretary of State along
14 with an application for a junking certificate, except as
15 provided in Section 3-117.2, whereupon the Secretary of State
16 shall issue to such a person a junking certificate, which shall
17 authorize the holder thereof to possess, transport, or, by an
18 endorsement, transfer ownership in such junked vehicle, and a
19 certificate of title shall not again be issued for such
20 vehicle.
21     A licensee who possesses a junk vehicle and a Certificate
22 of Title, Salvage Certificate, Certificate of Purchase, or a
23 similarly acceptable out-of-state document of ownership for

 

 

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1 such junk vehicle, may transport the junk vehicle to another
2 licensee prior to applying for or obtaining a junking
3 certificate, by executing a uniform invoice. The licensee
4 transferor shall furnish a copy of the uniform invoice to the
5 licensee transferee at the time of transfer. In any case, the
6 licensee transferor shall apply for a junking certificate in
7 conformance with Section 3-117.1 of this Chapter. The following
8 information shall be contained on a uniform invoice:
9         (1) The business name, address and dealer license
10     number of the person disposing of the vehicle, junk vehicle
11     or vehicle cowl;
12         (2) The name and address of the person acquiring the
13     vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle cowl, and if that person
14     is a dealer, the Illinois or out-of-state dealer license
15     number of that dealer;
16         (3) The date of the disposition of the vehicle, junk
17     vehicle or vehicle cowl;
18         (4) The year, make, model, color and description of
19     each vehicle, junk vehicle or vehicle cowl disposed of by
20     such person;
21         (5) The manufacturer's vehicle identification number,
22     Secretary of State identification number or Illinois
23     Department of State Police number, for each vehicle, junk
24     vehicle or vehicle cowl part disposed of by such person;
25         (6) The printed name and legible signature of the
26     person or agent disposing of the vehicle, junk vehicle or

 

 

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1     vehicle cowl; and
2         (7) The printed name and legible signature of the
3     person accepting delivery of the vehicle, junk vehicle or
4     vehicle cowl.
5     The Secretary of State may certify a junking manifest in a
6 form prescribed by the Secretary of State that reflects those
7 vehicles for which junking certificates have been applied or
8 issued. A junking manifest may be issued to any person and it
9 shall constitute evidence of ownership for the vehicle listed
10 upon it. A junking manifest may be transferred only to a person
11 licensed under Section 5-301 of this Code as a scrap processor.
12 A junking manifest will allow the transportation of those
13 vehicles to a scrap processor prior to receiving the junk
14 certificate from the Secretary of State.
15     (b) An application for a salvage certificate shall be
16 submitted to the Secretary of State in any of the following
17 situations:
18         (1) Except as provided in subparagraphs (A), (B), or
19     (C) of this paragraph, when When an insurance company makes
20     a payment of damages on a total loss claim for a vehicle,
21     the insurance company shall be deemed to be the owner of
22     such vehicle and the vehicle shall be considered to be
23     salvage except that ownership of (i) a vehicle that has
24     incurred only hail damage that does not affect the
25     operational safety of the vehicle or (ii) any vehicle 9
26     model years of age or older may, by agreement between the

 

 

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1     registered owner and the insurance company, be retained by
2     the registered owner of such vehicle. The insurance company
3     shall promptly deliver or mail within 20 days the
4     certificate of title along with proper application and fee
5     to the Secretary of State, and a salvage certificate shall
6     be issued in the name of the insurance company.
7     Notwithstanding the foregoing, an insurer making payment
8     of damages on a total loss claim for the theft of a vehicle
9     shall not be required to apply for a salvage certificate
10     unless the vehicle is recovered and has incurred damage
11     that initially would have caused the vehicle to be declared
12     a total loss by the insurer.
13             (A) A salvage title is not required to be issued if
14         a vehicle has incurred only hail damage that does not
15         affect the operational safety of the vehicle.
16             (B) A salvage title is not required to be issued if
17         a vehicle is 9 model years of age or older, and by
18         agreement between the registered owner and the
19         insurance company, the vehicle has been retained by the
20         registered owner.
21             (C) A salvage title is not required to be issued if
22         an insurance company has made payment of damages on a
23         total loss claim for the theft of a vehicle. Upon
24         making the payment, the insurance company shall
25         promptly deliver or mail within 20 days the certificate
26         of title along with proper application and fee to the

 

 

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1         Secretary of State, and the Secretary shall issue an
2         unbranded title in the name of the insurance company.
3         If the vehicle is subsequently recovered and has
4         incurred damage that initially would have caused the
5         vehicle to be declared a total loss by the insurer, a
6         salvage title must be applied for by the insurance
7         company within 20 days of the recovery of the vehicle.
8         (1.1) When a vehicle of a self-insured company is to be
9     sold in the State of Illinois and has sustained damaged by
10     collision, fire, theft, rust corrosion, or other means so
11     that the self-insured company determines the vehicle to be
12     a total loss, or if the cost of repairing the damage,
13     including labor, would be greater than 33 1/3% 50% of its
14     fair market value without that damage, the vehicle shall be
15     considered salvage. The self-insured company shall
16     promptly deliver the certificate of title along with proper
17     application and fee to the Secretary of State, and a
18     salvage certificate shall be issued in the name of the
19     self-insured company. A self-insured company making
20     payment of damages on a total loss claim for the theft of a
21     vehicle may exchange the salvage certificate for a
22     certificate of title if the vehicle is recovered without
23     damage. In such a situation, the self-insured shall fill
24     out and sign a form prescribed by the Secretary of State
25     which contains an affirmation under penalty of perjury that
26     the vehicle was recovered without damage and the Secretary

 

 

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1     of State may, by rule, require photographs to be submitted.
2         (2) When a vehicle the ownership of which has been
3     transferred to any person through a certificate of purchase
4     from acquisition of the vehicle at an auction, other
5     dispositions as set forth in Sections 4-208 and 4-209 of
6     this Code, a lien arising under Section 18a-501 of this
7     Code, or a public sale under the Abandoned Mobile Home Act
8     shall be deemed salvage or junk at the option of the
9     purchaser. The person acquiring such vehicle in such manner
10     shall promptly deliver or mail, within 20 days after the
11     acquisition of the vehicle, the certificate of purchase,
12     the proper application and fee, and, if the vehicle is an
13     abandoned mobile home under the Abandoned Mobile Home Act,
14     a certification from a local law enforcement agency that
15     the vehicle was purchased or acquired at a public sale
16     under the Abandoned Mobile Home Act to the Secretary of
17     State and a salvage certificate or junking certificate
18     shall be issued in the name of that person. The salvage
19     certificate or junking certificate issued by the Secretary
20     of State under this Section shall be free of any lien that
21     existed against the vehicle prior to the time the vehicle
22     was acquired by the applicant under this Code.
23         (3) A vehicle which has been repossessed by a
24     lienholder shall be considered to be salvage only when the
25     repossessed vehicle, on the date of repossession by the
26     lienholder, has sustained damage by collision, fire,

 

 

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1     theft, rust corrosion, or other means so that the cost of
2     repairing such damage, including labor, would be greater
3     than 33 1/3% of its fair market value without such damage.
4     If the lienholder determines that such vehicle is damaged
5     in excess of 33 1/3% of such fair market value, the
6     lienholder shall, before sale, transfer or assignment of
7     the vehicle, make application for a salvage certificate,
8     and shall submit with such application the proper fee and
9     evidence of possession. If the facts required to be shown
10     in subsection (f) of Section 3-114 are satisfied, the
11     Secretary of State shall issue a salvage certificate in the
12     name of the lienholder making the application. In any case
13     wherein the vehicle repossessed is not damaged in excess of
14     33 1/3% of its fair market value, the lienholder shall
15     comply with the requirements of subsections (f), (f-5), and
16     (f-10) of Section 3-114, except that the affidavit of
17     repossession made by or on behalf of the lienholder shall
18     also contain an affirmation under penalty of perjury that
19     the vehicle on the date of sale is not damaged in excess of
20     33 1/3% of its fair market value. If the facts required to
21     be shown in subsection (f) of Section 3-114 are satisfied,
22     the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of title
23     as set forth in Section 3-116 of this Code. The Secretary
24     of State may by rule or regulation require photographs to
25     be submitted.
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1     commercial vehicles registered in this State or any other
2     state or registered proportionately among several states
3     shall be considered to be salvage when such vehicle has
4     sustained damage by collision, fire, theft, rust,
5     corrosion or similar means so that the cost of repairing
6     such damage, including labor, would be greater than 33 1/3%
7     of the fair market value of the vehicle without such
8     damage. If the owner of a fleet vehicle desires to sell,
9     transfer, or assign his interest in such vehicle to a
10     person within this State other than an insurance company
11     licensed to do business within this State, and the owner
12     determines that such vehicle, at the time of the proposed
13     sale, transfer or assignment is damaged in excess of 33
14     1/3% of its fair market value, the owner shall, before such
15     sale, transfer or assignment, make application for a
16     salvage certificate. The application shall contain with it
17     evidence of possession of the vehicle. If the fleet vehicle
18     at the time of its sale, transfer, or assignment is not
19     damaged in excess of 33 1/3% of its fair market value, the
20     owner shall so state in a written affirmation on a form
21     prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule or regulation.
22     The Secretary of State may by rule or regulation require
23     photographs to be submitted. Upon sale, transfer or
24     assignment of the fleet vehicle the owner shall mail the
25     affirmation to the Secretary of State.
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1     point that rising water has reached over the door sill and
2     has entered the passenger or trunk compartment is a "flood
3     vehicle". A flood vehicle shall be considered to be salvage
4     only if the vehicle has sustained damage so that the cost
5     of repairing the damage, including labor, would be greater
6     than 33 1/3% of the fair market value of the vehicle
7     without that damage. The salvage certificate issued under
8     this Section shall indicate the word "flood", and the word
9     "flood" shall be conspicuously entered on subsequent
10     titles for the vehicle. A person who possesses or acquires
11     a flood vehicle that is not damaged in excess of 33 1/3% of
12     its fair market value shall make application for title in
13     accordance with Section 3-116 of this Code, designating the
14     vehicle as "flood" in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
15     of State. The certificate of title issued shall indicate
16     the word "flood", and the word "flood" shall be
17     conspicuously entered on subsequent titles for the
18     vehicle.
19     (c) Any person who without authority acquires, sells,
20 exchanges, gives away, transfers or destroys or offers to
21 acquire, sell, exchange, give away, transfer or destroy the
22 certificate of title to any vehicle which is a junk or salvage
23 vehicle shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.
24     (d) Any person who knowingly fails to surrender to the
25 Secretary of State a certificate of title, salvage certificate,
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1 document of ownership as required under the provisions of this
2 Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense
3 and a Class 4 felony for a subsequent offense; except that a
4 person licensed under this Code who violates paragraph (5) of
5 subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a business offense
6 and shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000
7 for a first offense and is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a
8 second or subsequent violation.
9     (e) Any vehicle which is salvage or junk may not be driven
10 or operated on roads and highways within this State. A
11 violation of this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. A
12 salvage vehicle displaying valid special plates issued under
13 Section 3-601(b) of this Code, which is being driven to or from
14 an inspection conducted under Section 3-308 of this Code, is
15 exempt from the provisions of this subsection. A salvage
16 vehicle for which a short term permit has been issued under
17 Section 3-307 of this Code is exempt from the provisions of
18 this subsection for the duration of the permit.
19 (Source: P.A. 95-495, eff. 1-1-08; 95-783, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
21 1, 2010.