Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-3885

• Record #: O2017-3885
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/24/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 6/28/2017
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 9-100-120 regarding immobilized vehicles obtained by City or its designee to be subject to possessory lien in amount required for release
• Sponsors: Austin, Carrie M.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 100 Admin. Adjudication of Parking, Compliance, Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System or Automated Speed Enforcement System Violations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/6/2017		City Council	Signed by Mayor
6/28/2017	51163	City Council	Passed	Pass
6/27/2017		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Recommended to Pass	Pass
5/24/2017	50325	City Council	Referred

CHICAGO, June 28,2017



To the President and Members ofthe City Council:


Your Committee on the Budget and Government Operations, having had under consideration an Ordinance introduced by Alderman Carrie M. Austin (34) authorizing an amendment lo Chapter 9 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago providing for a Possessory Lien in favor of the City of Chicago for immobilized vehicles ; and having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that Your Honorable Body pass the Ordinance transmitted herewith.

This recommendation was concurred in by a viva voce vote of the members of the Committee.



Carrie M. Austii Chairman
ORDINANCE

8£ /T ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

WHEREAS, in response to a growing practice of individuals attempting to escape financial liability for their immobilized or impounded vehicles, in November of 2016 the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City") amended the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Code") to clarify that the City has a possessory lien on those vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Code amendment referred solely to "impounded" vehicles, with the unintended consequence that the owners of vehicles that are immobilized in place, but not impounded, continue to avail themselves of a loophole and thereby avoid paying monies due to the City; now, therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 9-100-120 of the Code is hereby amended by inserting the underscored text, as follows:

9-100-120 Immobilization program.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no impounded vehicle shall be released and operated on the public ways of the city without a current state registration plate registered to the impounded vehicle and unless the vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy. In addition, if an impounded vehicle is required to be licensed under Chapter 3-56 of this Code, no such vehicle shall b...