The Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law, rules and regulations:

(a) establishing maximum rates tow truck businesses may charge for the towing of vehicles that are towed and taken into possession for

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impound or storage by a tow truck business, including, without limitation, vehicles towed in response to:

(1) a peace officer dispatch call;

(2) a Motor Vehicle Division call; and

(3) any other call.

(b) establishing maximum rates impound yards may charge for the storage of vehicles towed and taken into possession for impound or storage by a tow truck business including, without limitation, vehicles towed as a result of:

(1) a peace officer dispatch call;

(2) a Motor Vehicle Division call; and

(3) any other call where the legal owner, registered owner, insurance company, and lienholder of the vehicle has not consented to the storage of his vehicle.

(c) establishing procedures or requirements for clearances and licensing of impoundment and storage facilities.

(d) establishing any other procedures or requirements that the Director deems appropriate to ensure that tow truck businesses are operated efficiently and safely, and to ensure that residents are provided with adequate tow truck services. Such regulations shall provide for the suspension or termination of tow truck driver’s licenses of individual tow truck drivers and for the suspension or termination of the business licenses of tow truck businesses when the Director finds either such individuals or businesses in substantial noncompliance with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-144:3 (Jan. 2, 1997). Amended by P.L. 32-092:6 (Nov.
27, 2013). Subitem (a)(3) amended by P.L. 33-127:4 (Mar. 4, 2016).