HB 4722

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions allowing a person in lawful possession or control of private property to employ a commercial relocator to remove a vehicle that obstructs the person's ability to enter or exit the property if written notice is posted at the property, removes language providing that the provisions shall not be construed as prohibiting any unit of local government from imposing additional or greater notice requirements. Provides that a home rule unit may not regulate the removal of an unauthorized vehicle by an owner or other person in lawful possession or control of private property in a manner inconsistent with the provisions. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the provisions only apply to municipalities with a population over 2,000,000. Provides that express notice is required to remove a vehicle blocking an area that is clearly reserved or intended as an ingress or egress point for a residential property, including, but not limited to, a driveway (rather than no express notice is required upon residential property which, paying due regard to the circumstances and the surrounding area, is clearly reserved or intended exclusively for the use or occupation of residents or their vehicles). Provides that an owner or other person in lawful possession or control of private property must use a private vendor approved by the municipality in which the property is located to remove an unauthorized vehicle from the property.