Bill Amendment: IL HB4848 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: VEH CD-LOAD COVERS

Status: 2024-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0730 [HB4848 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4848-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Jeff Keicher

Filed: 4/15/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4848
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4848 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 15-109.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/15-109.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-109.1)
Sec. 15-109.1. Covers or tarpaulins required for certain
loads.
(a) No person shall operate or cause to be operated, on a
highway, any second division vehicle loaded with dirt,
aggregate, garbage, refuse, or other similar material, when
any portion of the load is falling, sifting, blowing, dropping
or in any way escaping from the vehicle.
(b) No person shall operate or cause to be operated, on a
highway, any second division vehicle having a gross vehicle
weight rating of 8,000 pounds or more loaded with dirt,

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aggregate, garbage, refuse, or other similar material in or on
any part of the vehicle other than in the cargo area. In
addition, no person shall operate on any highway, such vehicle
unless the tailgate on the vehicle is in good repair and
operating condition and closes securely so as to prevent any
load, residue, or other material from escaping.
(c) This Section shall not apply to the operation of
highway maintenance vehicles engaged in removing snow and ice
from the roadway, nor to implements of husbandry or other farm
vehicles while transporting agricultural products to or from
the original place of production.
(d) For the purpose of this Section "aggregate" shall
include all ores, minerals, sand, gravel, shale, coal, clay,
limestone or any other ore or mineral which may be mined.
(e) Notwithstanding any other penalty, whenever a police
officer determines that the operator of a vehicle is in
violation of this Section, as evidenced by the issuance of a
citation for a violation of Section 15-109.1 of this Code, or
where a police officer determines that a dangerous condition
exists whereby any portion of the load may fall, sift, blow,
drop, or in any way escape or fall from the vehicle, the police
officer shall require the operator to stop the vehicle in a
suitable place and keep such vehicle stationary until the load
has either been reduced, secured, or covered with a cover or
tarpaulin of sufficient size to prevent any further violation
of this Section.

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(f) No person shall operate or cause to be operated, on a
highway, a commercial motor vehicle, with the exception of a
highway maintenance vehicle, transporting garbage or refuse
unless the tailgate on the vehicle is in good working repair,
good operating condition, and closes securely, with a cover or
tarpaulin of sufficient size attached, so as to prevent any
load, residue, or other material from escaping.
(g) Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall
be a petty offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $150
$250. In addition, a person, firm, or corporation convicted of
4 or more violations of subsection (f) within a 12-month
period shall be fined an additional amount of $150 for the
fourth and each subsequent conviction within the 12-month
period. Regarding a firm or corporation, a fourth or
subsequent conviction means a fourth or subsequent conviction
attributable to one employee-driver.
(Source: P.A. 91-858, eff. 1-1-01.)
Section 10. The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act is
amended by changing Section 15-70 as follows:
(705 ILCS 135/15-70)
Sec. 15-70. Conditional assessments. In addition to
payments under one of the Schedule of Assessments 1 through 13
of this Act, the court shall also order payment of any of the
following conditional assessment amounts for each sentenced

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violation in the case to which a conditional assessment is
applicable, which shall be collected and remitted by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court as provided in this Section:
(1) arson, residential arson, or aggravated arson,
$500 per conviction to the State Treasurer for deposit
into the Fire Prevention Fund;
(2) child pornography under Section 11-20.1 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, $500
per conviction, unless more than one agency is responsible
for the arrest in which case the amount shall be remitted
to each unit of government equally:
(A) if the arresting agency is an agency of a unit
of local government, $500 to the treasurer of the unit
of local government for deposit into the unit of local
government's General Fund, except that if the Illinois
State Police provides digital or electronic forensic
examination assistance, or both, to the arresting
agency then $100 to the State Treasurer for deposit
into the State Crime Laboratory Fund; or
(B) if the arresting agency is the Illinois State
Police, $500 to the State Treasurer for deposit into
the State Crime Laboratory Fund;
(3) crime laboratory drug analysis for a drug-related
offense involving possession or delivery of cannabis or
possession or delivery of a controlled substance as
defined in the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois

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Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control
and Community Protection Act, $100 reimbursement for
laboratory analysis, as set forth in subsection (f) of
Section 5-9-1.4 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
(4) DNA analysis, $250 on each conviction in which it
was used to the State Treasurer for deposit into the State
Crime Laboratory Fund as set forth in Section 5-9-1.4 of
the Unified Code of Corrections;
(5) DUI analysis, $150 on each sentenced violation in
which it was used as set forth in subsection (f) of Section
5-9-1.9 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
(6) drug-related offense involving possession or
delivery of cannabis or possession or delivery of a
controlled substance, other than methamphetamine, as
defined in the Cannabis Control Act or the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, an amount not less than the
full street value of the cannabis or controlled substance
seized for each conviction to be disbursed as follows:
(A) 12.5% of the street value assessment shall be
paid into the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, to be
used by the Department of Human Services for the
funding of programs and services for drug-abuse
treatment, and prevention and education services;
(B) 37.5% to the county in which the charge was
prosecuted, to be deposited into the county General
Fund;

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(C) 50% to the treasurer of the arresting law
enforcement agency of the municipality or county, or
to the State Treasurer if the arresting agency was a
state agency, to be deposited as provided in
subsection (c) of Section 10-5;
(D) if the arrest was made in combination with
multiple law enforcement agencies, the clerk shall
equitably allocate the portion in subparagraph (C) of
this paragraph (6) among the law enforcement agencies
involved in the arrest;
(6.5) Kane County or Will County, in felony,
misdemeanor, local or county ordinance, traffic, or
conservation cases, up to $30 as set by the county board
under Section 5-1101.3 of the Counties Code upon the entry
of a judgment of conviction, an order of supervision, or a
sentence of probation without entry of judgment under
Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of
the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug
Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act;
except in local or county ordinance, traffic, and
conservation cases, if fines are paid in full without a
court appearance, then the assessment shall not be imposed

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or collected. Distribution of assessments collected under
this paragraph (6.5) shall be as provided in Section
5-1101.3 of the Counties Code;
(7) methamphetamine-related offense involving
possession or delivery of methamphetamine or any salt of
an optical isomer of methamphetamine or possession of a
methamphetamine manufacturing material as set forth in
Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act with the intent to manufacture a substance
containing methamphetamine or salt of an optical isomer of
methamphetamine, an amount not less than the full street
value of the methamphetamine or salt of an optical isomer
of methamphetamine or methamphetamine manufacturing
materials seized for each conviction to be disbursed as
follows:
(A) 12.5% of the street value assessment shall be
paid into the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, to be
used by the Department of Human Services for the
funding of programs and services for drug-abuse
treatment, and prevention and education services;
(B) 37.5% to the county in which the charge was
prosecuted, to be deposited into the county General
Fund;
(C) 50% to the treasurer of the arresting law
enforcement agency of the municipality or county, or
to the State Treasurer if the arresting agency was a

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state agency, to be deposited as provided in
subsection (c) of Section 10-5;
(D) if the arrest was made in combination with
multiple law enforcement agencies, the clerk shall
equitably allocate the portion in subparagraph (C) of
this paragraph (6) among the law enforcement agencies
involved in the arrest;
(8) order of protection violation under Section 12-3.4
of the Criminal Code of 2012, $200 for each conviction to
the county treasurer for deposit into the Probation and
Court Services Fund for implementation of a domestic
violence surveillance program and any other assessments or
fees imposed under Section 5-9-1.16 of the Unified Code of
Corrections;
(9) order of protection violation, $25 for each
violation to the State Treasurer, for deposit into the
Domestic Violence Abuser Services Fund;
(10) prosecution by the State's Attorney of a:
(A) petty or business offense, $4 to the county
treasurer of which $2 deposited into the State's
Attorney Records Automation Fund and $2 into the
Public Defender Records Automation Fund;
(B) conservation or traffic offense, $2 to the
county treasurer for deposit into the State's Attorney
Records Automation Fund;
(11) speeding in a construction zone violation, $250

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to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Transportation
Safety Highway Hire-back Fund, unless (i) the violation
occurred on a highway other than an interstate highway and
(ii) a county police officer wrote the ticket for the
violation, in which case to the county treasurer for
deposit into that county's Transportation Safety Highway
Hire-back Fund;
(12) supervision disposition on an offense under the
Illinois Vehicle Code or similar provision of a local
ordinance, 50 cents, unless waived by the court, into the
Prisoner Review Board Vehicle and Equipment Fund;
(13) victim and offender are family or household
members as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic
Violence Act of 1986 and offender pleads guilty or no
contest to or is convicted of murder, voluntary
manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, burglary,
residential burglary, criminal trespass to residence,
criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to land,
criminal damage to property, telephone harassment,
kidnapping, aggravated kidnaping, unlawful restraint,
forcible detention, child abduction, indecent solicitation
of a child, sexual relations between siblings,
exploitation of a child, child pornography, assault,
aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, heinous
battery, aggravated battery of a child, domestic battery,
reckless conduct, intimidation, criminal sexual assault,

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predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated
criminal sexual abuse, violation of an order of
protection, disorderly conduct, endangering the life or
health of a child, child abandonment, contributing to
dependency or neglect of child, or cruelty to children and
others, $200 for each sentenced violation to the State
Treasurer for deposit as follows: (i) for sexual assault,
as defined in Section 5-9-1.7 of the Unified Code of
Corrections, when the offender and victim are family
members, one-half to the Domestic Violence Shelter and
Service Fund, and one-half to the Sexual Assault Services
Fund; (ii) for the remaining offenses to the Domestic
Violence Shelter and Service Fund;
(14) violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile Registration
and Safety Act, Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and
Safety Act, or a similar provision, whose operation of a
motor vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft while in
violation of Section 11-501, Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile
Registration and Safety Act, Section 5-16 of the Boat
Registration and Safety Act, or a similar provision
proximately caused an incident resulting in an appropriate
emergency response, $1,000 maximum to the public agency
that provided an emergency response related to the
person's violation, or as provided in subsection (c) of

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Section 10-5 if the arresting agency was a State agency,
unless more than one agency was responsible for the
arrest, in which case the amount shall be remitted to each
unit of government equally;
(15) violation of Section 401, 407, or 407.2 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act that proximately caused
any incident resulting in an appropriate drug-related
emergency response, $1,000 as reimbursement for the
emergency response to the law enforcement agency that made
the arrest, or as provided in subsection (c) of Section
10-5 if the arresting agency was a State agency, unless
more than one agency was responsible for the arrest, in
which case the amount shall be remitted to each unit of
government equally;
(16) violation of reckless driving, aggravated
reckless driving, or driving 26 miles per hour or more in
excess of the speed limit that triggered an emergency
response, $1,000 maximum reimbursement for the emergency
response to be distributed in its entirety to a public
agency that provided an emergency response related to the
person's violation, or as provided in subsection (c) of
Section 10-5 if the arresting agency was a State agency,
unless more than one agency was responsible for the
arrest, in which case the amount shall be remitted to each
unit of government equally;
(17) violation based upon each plea of guilty,

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stipulation of facts, or finding of guilt resulting in a
judgment of conviction or order of supervision for an
offense under Section 10-9, 11-14.1, 11-14.3, or 11-18 of
the Criminal Code of 2012 that results in the imposition
of a fine, to be distributed as follows:
(A) $50 to the county treasurer for deposit into
the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative
Fund to cover the costs in administering this
paragraph (17);
(B) $300 to the State Treasurer who shall deposit
the portion as follows:
(i) if the arresting or investigating agency
is the Illinois State Police, into the State
Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund;
(ii) if the arresting or investigating agency
is the Department of Natural Resources, into the
Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund;
(iii) if the arresting or investigating agency
is the Secretary of State, into the Secretary of
State Police Services Fund;
(iv) if the arresting or investigating agency
is the Illinois Commerce Commission, into the
Transportation Regulatory Fund; or
(v) if more than one of the State agencies in
this subparagraph (B) is the arresting or
investigating agency, then equal shares with the

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shares deposited as provided in the applicable
items (i) through (iv) of this subparagraph (B);
and
(C) the remainder for deposit into the Specialized
Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund;
(18) weapons violation under Section 24-1.1, 24-1.2,
or 24-1.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
of 2012, $100 for each conviction to the State Treasurer
for deposit into the Trauma Center Fund; and
(19) violation of subsection (c) of Section 11-907 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, $250 to the State Treasurer for
deposit into the Scott's Law Fund, unless a county or
municipal police officer wrote the ticket for the
violation, in which case to the county treasurer for
deposit into that county's or municipality's
Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to be used as
provided in subsection (j) of Section 11-907 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code.
(20) violation of Section 15-109.1 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, $150 to be distributed as follows:
(A) 50% to the county treasurer for deposit into
the county general fund; and
(B) 50% to the treasurer of the arresting law
enforcement agency of the municipality or county or to
the State Treasurer, if the arresting agency was a
State agency, to be deposited as provided in

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