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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5012

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Patrick Sheehan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 4005/8

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1308

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention and Insurance Verification Act. Provides that each self-insured
commercial vehicle rental company may collect and shall pay into the
Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance
Verification Trust Fund an amount equal to $1.00, or a lesser amount
determined by the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention and Insurance Verification Council, multiplied by each car
rental contract providing physical damage insurance coverage written by it
in the State during the preceding calendar year. Effective January 1,
2027.
LRB104 19760 SPS 33210 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor
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Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act is
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amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 4005/8)

(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1308)
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Sec. 8.
(a) A special fund is created in the State Treasury
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known as the Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft
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Prevention and Insurance Verification Trust Fund, which shall
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be administered by the Secretary at the direction of the
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Council. All interest earned from the investment or deposit of
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monies accumulated in the Trust Fund shall, pursuant to
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Section 4.1 of the State Finance Act, be deposited in the Trust
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Fund.
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(b) Money deposited in this Trust Fund shall not be
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considered general revenue of the State of Illinois.
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(c) Money deposited in the Trust Fund shall be used only to
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enhance efforts to effectuate the purposes of this Act as
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determined by the Council and shall not be appropriated,
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loaned or in any manner transferred to the General Revenue
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Fund of the State of Illinois.
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(d) Prior to April 1, 1991, and prior to April 1 of each

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year thereafter, each insurer engaged in writing private
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passenger motor vehicle insurance coverages which are included
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in Class 2 and Class 3 of Section 4 of the Illinois Insurance
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Code, as a condition of its authority to transact business in
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this State, may collect and shall pay into the Trust Fund an
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amount equal to $1.00, or a lesser amount determined by the
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Council, multiplied by the insurer's total earned car years of
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private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies providing
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physical damage insurance coverage written in this State
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during the preceding calendar year.
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(d-5) Prior to April 1, 2028, and prior to April 1 of each
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year thereafter, each self-insured commercial vehicle rental
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company, as a condition of its authority to transact business
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in this State, may collect and shall pay into the Trust Fund an
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amount equal to $1.00, or a lesser amount determined by the
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Council, multiplied by each car rental contract providing
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physical damage insurance coverage written by it in this State
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during the preceding calendar year.
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(e) Money in the Trust Fund shall be expended as follows:
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(1) To pay the Secretary's costs to administer the
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Council and the Trust Fund, but for this purpose in an
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amount not to exceed 10% in any one fiscal year of the
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amount collected pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section
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in that same fiscal year.
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(2) To achieve the purposes and objectives of this
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Act, which may include, but not be limited to, the

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following:
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(A) To provide financial support to law
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enforcement and correctional agencies, prosecutors,
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and the judiciary for programs designed to reduce
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vehicle hijacking and motor vehicle theft and to
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improve the administration of motor vehicle theft
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laws.
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(B) To provide financial support for federal and
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State agencies, units of local government,
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corporations and neighborhood, community or business
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organizations for programs designed to reduce motor
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vehicle theft and to improve the administration of
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vehicle hijacking and motor vehicle theft laws.
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(C) To provide financial support to conduct
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programs designed to inform owners of motor vehicles
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about the financial and social costs of vehicle
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hijacking, interstate shootings, and motor vehicle
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theft and to suggest to those owners methods for
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preventing motor vehicle theft.
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(D) To provide financial support for plans,
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programs and projects designed to achieve the purposes
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of this Act.
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(3) To provide funding to the Secretary's Vehicle
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Services Department for the creation, implementation, and
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maintenance of an electronic motor vehicle liability
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insurance policy verification program by allocating no

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more than 75% of each dollar collected for the first
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calendar year after the effective date of this amendatory
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Act of the 100th General Assembly and no more than 10% of
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each dollar collected for every calendar year after the
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
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Assembly. The Secretary shall distribute the funds to the
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Vehicle Services Department at the beginning of each
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calendar year.
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(f) Insurers contributing to the Trust Fund shall have a
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property interest in the unexpended money in the Trust Fund,
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which property interest shall not be retroactively changed or
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extinguished by the General Assembly.
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(g) In the event the Trust Fund were to be discontinued or
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the Council were to be dissolved by act of the General Assembly
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or by operation of law, then, notwithstanding the provisions
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of Section 5 of the State Finance Act, any balance remaining
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therein shall be returned to the insurers writing private
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passenger motor vehicle insurance in proportion to their
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financial contributions to the Trust Fund and any assets of
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the Council shall be liquidated and returned in the same
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manner after deduction of administrative costs.
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(Source: P.A. 102-904, eff. 1-1-23
.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect January
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1, 2027.

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