Bill Text: IL HB2242 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends a provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code making it a violation for a person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle or essential part of a vehicle to receive, possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer it, knowing it to have been stolen or converted. Provides that the violation is committed regardless of whether the person stole or converted the vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2242 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2242-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2242 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/4-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103
Amends a provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code making it a violation for a person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle or essential part of a vehicle to receive, possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer it, knowing it to have been stolen or converted. Provides that the violation is committed regardless of whether the person stole or converted the vehicle.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 4-103 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/4-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103)
Sec. 4-103. Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other
vehicles - Felonies.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1), it is a
violation of this Chapter for:
(1) A person not entitled to the possession of a
vehicle or essential part of a vehicle to receive,
possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer it, knowing
it to have been stolen or converted, regardless of whether
the person stole or converted the vehicle. Knowledge that
a vehicle or essential part is stolen or converted may be
inferred: (A) from the surrounding facts and
circumstances, which would lead a reasonable person to
believe that the vehicle or essential part is stolen or
converted; or (B) if the person exercises exclusive
unexplained possession over the stolen or converted
vehicle or essential part, regardless of whether the date
on which the vehicle or essential part was stolen is

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recent or remote;
(2) A person to knowingly remove, alter, deface,
destroy, falsify, or forge a manufacturer's identification
number of a vehicle or an engine number of a motor vehicle
or any essential part thereof having an identification
number;
(3) A person to knowingly conceal or misrepresent the
identity of a vehicle or any essential part thereof;
(4) A person to buy, receive, possess, sell or dispose
of a vehicle, or any essential part thereof, with
knowledge that the identification number of the vehicle or
any essential part thereof having an identification number
has been removed or falsified;
(5) A person to knowingly possess, buy, sell,
exchange, give away, or offer to buy, sell, exchange or
give away, any manufacturer's identification number plate,
mylar sticker, federal certificate label, State police
reassignment plate, Secretary of State assigned plate,
rosette rivet, or facsimile of such which has not yet been
attached to or has been removed from the original or
assigned vehicle. It is an affirmative defense to
subsection (a) of this Section that the person possessing,
buying, selling or exchanging a plate mylar sticker or
label described in this paragraph is a police officer
doing so as part of his official duties, or is a
manufacturer's authorized representative who is replacing

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any manufacturer's identification number plate, mylar
sticker or Federal certificate label originally placed on
the vehicle by the manufacturer of the vehicle or any
essential part thereof;
(6) A person to knowingly make a false report of the
theft or conversion of a vehicle to any police officer of
this State or any employee of a law enforcement agency of
this State designated by the law enforcement agency to
take, receive, process, or record reports of vehicle theft
or conversion.
(a-1) A person engaged in the repair or servicing of
vehicles does not violate this Chapter by knowingly possessing
a manufacturer's identification number plate for the purpose
of reaffixing it on the same damaged vehicle from which it was
originally taken, if the person reaffixes or intends to
reaffix the original manufacturer's identification number
plate in place of the identification number plate affixed on a
new dashboard that has been or will be installed in the
vehicle. The person must notify the Secretary of State each
time the original manufacturer's identification number plate
is reaffixed on a vehicle. The person must keep a record
indicating that the identification number plate affixed on the
new dashboard has been removed and has been replaced by the
manufacturer's identification number plate originally affixed
on the vehicle. The person also must keep a record regarding
the status and location of the identification number plate

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removed from the replacement dashboard. The Secretary shall
adopt rules for implementing this subsection (a-1).
(a-2) The owner of a vehicle repaired under subsection
(a-1) must, within 90 days of the date of the repairs, contact
an officer of the Illinois State Police Vehicle Inspection
Bureau and arrange for an inspection of the vehicle, by the
officer or the officer's designee, at a mutually agreed upon
date and location.
(b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
(c) The offenses set forth in subsection (a) of this
Section shall not include the offense set forth in Section
4-103.2 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-745, eff. 8-10-18.)