HB0323ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Executive Committee

Filed: 3/2/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 323

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 323 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"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. Decals.

(a) In order that vehicles are identifiable as State property, each vehicle owned by the State shall bear on its driver's door and the lid of its trunk decals with a small State seal and the name of the State agency using the vehicle.

(b) A State agency may request from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, and the Joint Committee may approve, exemptions to the requirement of subsection (a) for reasonable security purposes. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules shall maintain as a public record a list of exempt vehicles identified by license plate numbers.

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