625 ILCS 5/18a-200
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 18a - Illinois Commercial Relocation Of Trespassing Vehicles Law

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-200)Sec. 18a-200. General powers and duties of Commission. The Commission shall:(1) Regulate commercial vehicle relocators and their employees or agents in  accordance with this Chapter and to that end may establish reasonable  requirements with respect to proper service and practices relating  thereto;(2) Require the maintenance of uniform systems of accounts, records  and the preservation thereof;(3) Require that all drivers and other personnel used in relocation be  employees of a licensed relocator;(4) Regulate equipment leasing to and by relocators;(5) Adopt reasonable and proper rules covering the exercise of  powers conferred upon it by this Chapter, and reasonable rules governing  investigations, hearings and proceedings under this Chapter;(6) Set reasonable rates for the commercial towing or removal of trespassing  vehicles from private property.  The rates shall not exceed the mean average of  the 5 highest rates for police tows within the territory to which this Chapter  applies that are performed under Sections 4-201 and 4-214 of this Code and that  are of record at hearing; provided that the Commission shall not re-calculate  the maximum specified herein if the order containing the previous calculation  was entered within one calendar year of the date on which the new order is  entered.  Set reasonable rates for the storage, for periods in excess of 24  hours, of the vehicles in connection with the towing or removal; however,  no relocator shall impose charges for storage for the first 24 hours  after towing or removal. Set reasonable rates for other services provided  by relocators, provided that the rates shall not be charged to the owner or  operator of a relocated vehicle.  Any fee charged by a  relocator for the use of a credit card that is used to pay for any service  rendered by the relocator shall be included in the total amount that shall  not exceed the maximum reasonable rate established by the Commission.  The  Commission shall require a relocator to refund any amount charged in excess  of the reasonable rate established by the Commission, including any fee for  the use of a credit card;(7) Investigate and maintain current files of the criminal records,  if any, of all relocators and their employees and of all applicants for  relocator's license, operator's licenses and dispatcher's licenses.  If the  Commission determines that an applicant for a license issued  under this Chapter will be subjected to a criminal history records  check, the applicant shall submit his or her fingerprints to the  Illinois State Police in the form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These fingerprints shall be checked against the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record  information databases now and hereafter filed. The Illinois State Police  shall charge the applicant a  fee  for conducting the criminal history records check, which shall be deposited in  the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the  records check. The Illinois State Police shall furnish pursuant to  positive  identification, records of conviction to the Commission;(8) Issue relocator's licenses, dispatcher's employment permits, and  operator's employment permits in accordance with Article IV of this Chapter;(9) Establish fitness standards for applicants seeking relocator  licensees and holders of relocator licenses;(10) Upon verified complaint in writing by any  person, organization or body politic, or upon its own initiative may,  investigate whether any commercial vehicle relocator, operator, dispatcher,  or person otherwise required to comply with any provision of this Chapter  or any rule promulgated hereunder, has failed to comply with any  provision or rule;(11) Whenever the Commission receives notice from the Secretary of State  that any domestic or foreign corporation regulated under this Chapter has  not paid a franchise tax, license fee or penalty required under the Business  Corporation Act of 1983, institute proceedings  for the revocation of the license or right to engage in any business  required under this Chapter or the suspension thereof until such time as  the delinquent franchise tax, license fee or penalty is paid.  (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)