VEH CD-TOWER PRACTICES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a tower or the employee or agent of a tower that is summoned, or is alleging it was summoned, to the scene of an accident or disabled or damaged vehicle shall possess specified information, in writing or in an electronic record, before arriving at the scene. Provides that the tower shall make the information available to law enforcement, upon request, from the time the tower appears at the scene until the time the vehicle is towed and released to a third party, and shall maintain that information for 3 years. Provides that the tower shall make the information available for inspection and copying within 48 hours of a written request by any law enforcement officer or law enforcement entity, the Illinois Commerce Commission, or the Attorney General. Provides that a tower shall furnish the vehicle's owner or operator with a written itemized estimate of all charges and services to be performed. Provides that a tower shall obtain the vehicle owner's or operator's signature on the itemized estimate and shall furnish a copy to the person who signed the estimate. Provides that a tower shall not charge a towing, clean-up, service, or vehicle storage fee that is excessive or unfairly discriminatory. In penalty provisions, provides that a person who knowingly violates (rather than violates) the provisions is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.