Title
Amending Title 6, Chapter 10, Section 2, Subsection 4, Impoundment of Motor Vehicle - Recommended Ordinance
History
In January of 2012, the Illinois General Assembly changed the statute citation for retail theft and raised the value of property taken in a theft that qualifies for a felony charge to $300.00 from $150.00. Thus, an ordinance for vehicle impoundment should be amended to allow for vehicle impoundment in only those cases where the value of property taken in a retail theft exceeds $300.00.
625 ILCS 5/11-208.7 of the Illinois Compiled Statute allows for the impoundment of a motor vehicle in the commission of, or in the attempt to commit a felony. Thus, we are requesting to add a violation of or an attempt violations of 720 ILCS 5/16-1 (felony theft) to Section 6-10-2-4 of the Village Code allowing for the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission or attempt commission of felony theft.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to recommend to the Village Board to pass an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 2 OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE IN REGARD TO THE SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES