Bill Text: IL SB3071 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of possession of a relay vehicle theft device. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly possesses a relay vehicle theft device. Exempts from a violation: (1) an employee of a facility subject to the Automotive Repair Act or the Automotive Collision Repair Act; (2) a new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer licensed under the Illinois Vehicle Code; (3) a locksmith licensed under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004; (4) a repossession agent; or (5) a federal, State, or local law enforcement officer. Provides that possession of a relay vehicle theft device is a Class 3 felony. Defines "relay vehicle theft device". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-15 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte [SB3071 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3071-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3071 Introduced 1/11/2022, by Sen. John F. Curran SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/19-2.1 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of possession of a relay vehicle theft device. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly possesses a relay vehicle theft device. Exempts from a violation: (1) an employee of a facility subject to the Automotive Repair Act or the Automotive Collision Repair Act; (2) a new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer licensed under the Illinois Vehicle Code; (3) a locksmith licensed under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004; (4) a repossession agent; or (5) a federal, State, or local law enforcement officer. Provides that possession of a relay vehicle theft device is a Class 3 felony. Defines "relay vehicle theft device". Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
Section 19-2.1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/19-2.1 new)
Sec. 19-2.1. Possession of a relay vehicle theft device.
(a) In this Section, "relay vehicle theft device" means a
device designed to capture a signal from the key fob of a motor
vehicle to unlock and start the motor vehicle without the use
or possession of the motor vehicle key.
(b) A person commits possession of a relay vehicle theft
device when he or she knowingly possesses a relay vehicle
theft device.
(c) This Section does not apply to:
(1) an employee of a facility subject to the
Automotive Repair Act or the Automotive Collision Repair
Act;
(2) a new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer
licensed under Section 5-101 or 5-102 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code;
(3) a locksmith licensed under the Private Detective,
Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and

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Locksmith Act of 2004;
(4) a repossession agent; or
(5) a federal, State, or local law enforcement
officer.
(d) Sentence. Possession of a relay vehicle theft device
is a Class 3 felony.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.