Bill Text: IL HB2245 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In the Illinois Vehicle Code: Provides that a manufacturer or its vehicle location vendor shall relay vehicle location information to the best of their technical capabilities when: the 9-1-1 call center or designated dispatch center or responding law enforcement official provides adequate verification of their identity as a law enforcement officer and the identity of the responding law enforcement official to the manufacturer or the vehicle location vendor; and the responding law enforcement officials certifies to the manufacturer or the vehicle location vendor that the situation involves a clear and present danger of death or great bodily harm to persons resulting from a vehicular hijacking or kidnapping incident. Provides that a vehicle manufacturer or a subsidiary, vendor, employee, officer, director, representative, or contractor of the vehicle manufacturer shall not be liable and no cause of action shall arise under the laws of the State for providing, or in good faith attempting to provide, information or assistance to a law enforcement agency, 9-1-1 call center, or designated dispatch center pursuant to the mechanisms and processes established under the Code. Amends the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency is not prohibited from seeking to obtain local information in an emergency situation involving a vehicular hijacking.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 80-30)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0300 [HB2245 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2245-Engrossed.html

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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 adding
Sections 4-110 and 4-111 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/4-110 new)
Sec. 4-110. Stolen vehicle recovery hotline. In a county
having a population of 3,000,000 or more, the county sheriff
shall establish with other law enforcement agencies a vehicle
theft hotline to facilitate interaction with vehicle
manufacturers and vehicle location vendors consistent with the
Freedom From Location Surveillance Act. The county sheriff
shall collaborate with vehicle manufacturers, dealers, and
vehicle location vendors to provide information and assistance
to law enforcement officers in the investigation of a
vehicular hijacking or kidnapping incident and ensure that
consumers are provided with information concerning the
hotline, new or used vehicles manufactured with stolen vehicle
locator capabilities, and how consumers can activate stolen
vehicle locator services by publishing the information in a
conspicuous location on the county sheriff's website.
(625 ILCS 5/4-111 new)

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Sec. 4-111. Manufacturer's vehicle incident hotline; law
enforcement verification; manufacturer statements.
(a) Unless the manufacturer or vehicle location vendor
operates an existing vehicle location service line, a
manufacturer of any vehicle sold in this State shall maintain
a telephone number that is staffed and available to State,
county, and local law enforcement agencies and their
respective 9-1-1 system call centers or designated dispatch
centers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist law enforcement
with locating vehicles in the investigation of vehicles stolen
in vehicular hijacking incidents or that have been used in the
commission of a kidnapping. The hotline for the manufacturer
or the manufacturer's vehicle location vendor shall relay
vehicle location information, including real-time vehicle
location information whenever reasonably possible, to the
9-1-1 call center or designated dispatch center or sworn law
enforcement personnel for any of the responding law
enforcement agencies, to the best of the manufacturer's or
vehicle location vendor's technical capability when:
(1) a warrant or other court order has been issued
relating to the vehicle's location information and
provided to the manufacturer or the vehicle location
vendor;
(2) the vehicle owner lawfully consents to the vehicle
location information being shared with the 9-1-1 call
center or designated dispatch center and responding law

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enforcement officials; or
(3) the 9-1-1 call center or designated dispatch
center or responding law enforcement officials:
(A) certify to the manufacturer or the vehicle
location vendor, that the situation involves a clear
and present danger of death or great bodily harm to
persons resulting from the vehicular hijacking or
kidnapping incident; and
(B) provides adequate verification to the
manufacturer or the vehicle location vendor, of their
identity as law enforcement.
(b) State, county, and local law enforcement agencies
shall use their respective 9-1-1 system call centers or
designated dispatch centers for the purpose of verification of
law enforcement officers' identities and bona fide incident
report numbers related to incidents.
(c) If a vehicle is equipped with functioning vehicle
location tracking capability, but the capability is not
currently activated, the manufacturer or the vehicle location
vendor, shall waive all fees associated with initiating,
renewing, reestablishing, or maintaining the vehicle location
service the vehicle is equipped with during the investigation
of the vehicle being stolen in a vehicular hijacking incident
or being used in the commission of kidnapping incident when
law enforcement has confirmed that the situation involves a
clear and present danger of death or great bodily harm to

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persons as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and
requires disclosure of vehicle location information without
delay.
(d) There shall be no cause of action or liability under
the laws of this State for a vehicle manufacturer, its
subsidiaries, or vendors, or any employee, officer, director,
representatives, or contractor of the manufacturer,
subsidiary, or vendor, that provides, or in good faith
attempts to provide, information or assistance to a law
enforcement agency, 9-1-1 call center, or designated dispatch
center pursuant to the mechanisms and processes established
under this Section.