HB0323eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0323 Engrossed LRB094 06721 JAM 36820 b

AN ACT concerning State motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Vehicle Identification Act is amended by changing Section 4 and by adding Section 4.5 as follows:

(30 ILCS 610/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 133e4)

Sec. 4. Sections 2 and 3 This Act shall not apply to vehicles used by elective State officers, by executive heads of State agencies and departments, by presidents of colleges or universities placed under control of officers of this State, or by any employee of a State agency or department in the performance of investigative services exclusively when the executive head thereof has requested an exception in writing, and such exception has been approved in writing by the Department, on the basis that the identification would hamper the individual employee in the routine performance of his investigative duties. A record, open to public inspection, shall be kept by the Department of all such exceptions approved by it.

Sections 2 and 3 This Act shall not apply to vehicles assigned to the use of the Department of State Police and the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department of Natural Resources, and the executive heads thereof shall have within their discretion determination of the type of markings or identification, if any, to be affixed to vehicles assigned to said Department or Division nor shall Sections 2 and 3 this Act apply to vehicles assigned to the use of Secretary of State police officers.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(30 ILCS 610/4.5 new)

Sec. 4.5. Identifying markings.

(a) In order that vehicles are identifiable as State property, each vehicle owned by the State shall bear identifying markings on the front, side, or rear of the vehicle and the markings may include the use of window decals. Decals and markings shall have a small State seal and the name of the State agency using the vehicle.

(b) A State agency shall make exemptions to the requirement of subsection (a) for reasonable security purposes by adoption of rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Agencies making exemptions shall notify the Department of Central Management Services. The Department shall maintain a list of exemptions from the requirement of subsection (a). The listing shall not be made available to the public and is exempt from the disclosure requirements of Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act.

(c) This Section does not apply to vehicles assigned to members of the General Assembly and employees of the legislative branch of State government.

(d) This Section shall not apply to vehicles assigned to the use of the Department of State Police and the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department of Natural Resources, and the executive heads thereof have within their discretion determination of the type of markings or identification, if any, to be affixed to vehicles assigned to that Department or Division. This Section shall not apply to vehicles assigned to the use of the Secretary of State police officers.