Introduced
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To establish that it is a civil infraction to abandon a vehicle on a road or private property, and provide expedited procedures authorizing law enforcement agencies and property owners to dispose of abandoned vehicles and making the last registered owner of the vehicle liable for the costs. The bill authorizes fines of up to $300 for violations.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
The substitute passed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises various details of the abandoned vehicle towing and notification procedures, and lowers the fine from $300 to $100. The substitute would establish that to no longer be liable for a transferred vehicle that is later abandoned, an owner would have to either go with the buyer to a Secretary of State office to assure the title is transferred, or maintain a photocopy of the reassigned title or a Secretary of State form for at least three years.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 102 to 1 (details)
To establish that it is a civil infraction to abandon a vehicle on a road or private property, and provide expedited procedures authorizing law enforcement agencies and property owners to dispose of abandoned vehicles and making the last registered owner of the vehicle liable for the costs. The bill authorizes fines of up to $100 for violations.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises many details. See Senate-passed bill for details.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To require a person who sells a vehicle either to accompany the purchaser to a Secretary of State (SOS) branch office to ensure transfer of the title, or maintain a record of sale for at least 18 months, in order to avoid liability for subsequent abandonment of the vehicle. Also, to provide that a towing service could not be precluded from recovery of towing or storage fees from an abandoned or removed vehicle's last owner, and cap the amount of storage fees that could be collected. Also, to require a private property owner to post a notice indicating that unauthorized vehicles would be towed away at the owner's expense, before authorizing the towing or removal of a vehicle.
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
Passed in the House 96 to 1 (details)
