The bill defines a chop shop as any building, lot, facility, or other structure or premise where: • Any person or persons possess, receive, store, disassemble, or alter, including the alteration or concealment of any identifying feature or number, an unlawfully obtained motor vehicle or major component motor vehicle part for the purpose of using, selling, or disposing of the motor vehicle or major component motor vehicle part; or • Two or more unlawfully obtained motor vehicles are present for the purpose of alteration, sale, or disposal; or • Six or more unlawfully obtained major component motor vehicle parts from 2 or more motor vehicles are present for the purpose of alteration, sale, or disposal.
A person commits a class 4 felony if he or she knowingly owns or operates a chop shop, knowing that it is a chop shop, or conspires with another person to own, operate, or conduct a chop shop, knowing that it is a chop shop.
A person commits a class 5 felony if he or she knowingly: • Transports an unlawfully obtained motor vehicle or major component motor vehicle part to or from a chop shop, knowing that it is a chop shop; or • Sells or transfers to, or purchases or receives from, a chop shop, knowing that it is a chop shop, an unlawfully obtained motor vehicle or major component motor vehicle part.
A person commits altering or removing a vehicle identification number if, except as necessary to effect legitimate repairs, he or she knowingly: • Removes, changes, alters, counterfeits, defaces, destroys, disguises, falsifies, forges, or obliterates the vehicle identification number, manufacturer's number, or engine number of a motor vehicle or major component motor vehicle part; or • Possesses, purchases, disposes of, sells, or transfers a motor vehicle or a major component motor vehicle part that contains a removed, changed, altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed, disguised, falsified, forged, or obliterated vehicle identification number, manufacturer's number, or engine number.
Altering or removing a vehicle identification number is a class 5 felony.
Year
2014
Current status
- 05/05/2014 - House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- 05/03/2014 - House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 04/29/2014 - House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- 04/22/2014 - Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- 04/14/2014 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- 03/31/2014 - Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
