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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 11-1431 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1431 new) |
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| Sec. 11-1431. Solicitations at accident or disablement |
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| scene prohibited. A tower, as defined by Section 1-205.2 of |
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| this Code, or an employee or agent of a tower may not: (i) stop |
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| at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or at or near a |
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| damaged or disabled vehicle for the purpose of soliciting the |
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| owner or operator of the damaged or disabled vehicle to enter |
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| into a towing service transaction; or (ii) stop at the scene of |
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| an accident or at or near a damaged or disabled vehicle unless |
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| called to the location by a law enforcement officer, the |
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| Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll |
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| Highway Authority, a local agency having jurisdiction over the |
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| highway, or the
owner or operator of the damaged or disabled |
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| vehicle. This Section shall not apply to employees of the |
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| Department, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or local |
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| agencies when engaged in their official duties. Nothing in this |
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| Section shall prevent a tower from stopping at the scene of a |
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| motor vehicle accident or at or near a
damaged or disabled |
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| vehicle if the owner or operator signals the tower for |
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| assistance from the location of the motor vehicle accident or |
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| damaged or disabled vehicle.
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| Section 10. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
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| Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly |
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| violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision |
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| Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance |
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| Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing |
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| Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label |
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| Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer |
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| Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
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| the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone |
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| Dialers Act,
the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection |
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| Act,
the Telephone Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or |
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| Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic |
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| Bed Act,
the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home |
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| Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud |
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| Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax |
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| Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of |
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| Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail |
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| Act, the Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6)
of
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| subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, |
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| Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, or |
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| 18d-150 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the |
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| Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic |
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| Contract Renewal Act, or the Personal Information Protection |
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| Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this |
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| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-13, eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, |
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| eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07; 95-413, |
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| eff. 1-1-08; 95-562, eff. 7-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; revised |
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| 11-4-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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