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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5854         </title>
<shortdesc>ICC-TOWING DATABASE</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Robyn Gabel</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>625 ILCS 5/18c-1204</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-1204</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Transportation Division of the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a statewide database of all towed vehicles. Provides that: the database shall integrate with existing law enforcement databases; the database shall have a vehicle identification number validation feature to permit only valid vehicle identification numbers to be submitted to the database; the database shall include the name of the tow company that took possession of the vehicle; and the database shall be available to the public. Provides that, before taking possession of a vehicle, a tow company shall submit electronically to the towed vehicle database the vehicle identification number and license plate number of the vehicle. Provides that a tow company that fails to comply may not collect any fees related to the vehicle. Provides that a tow company that commits a third violation is subject to the revocation of its license.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>10/19/2020</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel</action>
<statusdate>11/10/2020</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>11/10/2020</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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