98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1828

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-113  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113
625 ILCS 5/5-803

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to impose a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee on vehicle dealers if the certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the dealer 30 days or more after the date of sale. The amount of the fee is $20 if received 30 days but less than 60 days after the sale, $35 if received 60 days but less than 90 days after the sale, $65 if received 90 days but less than 120 days after the sale, and $100 if received 120 days or more after the sale. Allows a Secretary of State Police investigator to issue administrative citations to new or used vehicle dealers, or any other entity licensed by the Secretary under the Illinois Vehicle Code, for violations of any provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations of any administrative rule adopted by the Secretary under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective January 1, 2014.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Sections 3-113 and 5-803 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-113)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113)
7    Sec. 3-113. Transfer to or from dealer; records.
8    (a) After a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale,
9the dealer must procure the certificate of title from the owner
10or the lienholder. The dealer may hold the certificate until he
11or she transfers the vehicle to another person. Upon
12transferring the vehicle to another person, the dealer shall
13promptly and within 20 days execute the assignment and warranty
14of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the
15transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest
16created or reserved at the time of the resale, in the spaces
17provided therefor on the certificate or as the Secretary of
18State prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the
19Secretary of State with the transferee's application for a new
20certificate, except as provided in Section 3-117.2. A dealer
21has complied with this Section if the date of the mailing of
22the certificate, as indicated by the postmark, is within 20
23days of the date on which the vehicle was transferred to

 

 

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1another person.
2    (b) The Secretary of State may decline to process any
3application for a transfer of an interest in a vehicle if any
4fees or taxes due under this Code from the transferor or the
5transferee have not been paid upon reasonable notice and
6demand.
7    (c) Any person who violates this Section shall be guilty of
8a petty offense.
9    (d) Beginning January 1, 2014, the Secretary of State is
10authorized to impose a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee
11of $20 if the certificate of title is received by the Secretary
12from the dealer 30 days but less than 60 days after the date of
13sale. If the certificate of title is received by the Secretary
14from the dealer 60 days but less than 90 days after the date of
15sale, the delinquent dealer transfer fee shall be $35. If the
16certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the
17dealer 90 days but less than 120 days after the date of sale,
18the delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee shall be $65. If the
19certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the
20dealer 120 days or more after the date of the sale, the
21delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee shall be $100.
22(Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 95-284, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
23    (625 ILCS 5/5-803)
24    Sec. 5-803. Administrative penalties. Instead of filing a
25criminal complaint against a new or used vehicle dealer, or

 

 

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1against any other entity licensed by the Secretary under this
2Code, a Secretary of State Police investigator may issue
3administrative citations for violations of any of the
4provisions of this Code Chapter or any administrative rule
5adopted by the Secretary under this Code Chapter. A party
6receiving a citation shall have the right to contest the
7citation in proceedings before the Secretary of State
8Department of Administrative Hearings. Penalties imposed by
9issuance of an administrative citation shall not exceed $50 per
10violation. A penalty may not be imposed unless, during the
11course of a single investigation or upon review of the party's
12records, the party is found to have committed at least 3
13separate violations of one or more of the provisions of this
14Code or any administrative rule adopted by the Secretary under
15this Code. Penalties paid as a result of the issuance of
16administrative citations shall be deposited in the Secretary of
17State Police Services Fund.
18(Source: P.A. 97-838, eff. 7-20-12.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
201, 2014.