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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 13-109 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/13-109)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13-109)
7    Sec. 13-109. Safety test prior to application for license -
8Subsequent tests - Repairs - Retest.
9    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 13, each second
10division vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which
11is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit,
12and medical transport vehicle, except those vehicles other than
13school buses or medical transport vehicles owned or operated by
14a municipal corporation or political subdivision having a
15population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants which are subjected
16to safety tests imposed by local ordinance or resolution,
17operated in whole or in part over the highways of this State,
18motor vehicle used for driver education training, and each
19vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers operated by a
20contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their
21employment on a highway of this State, shall be subjected to
22the safety test provided for in Chapter 13 of this Code. Tests
23shall be conducted at an official testing station within 6

 

 

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1months prior to the application for registration as provided
2for in this Code. Subsequently each vehicle shall be subject to
3tests (i) at least every 6 months, (ii) in the case of school
4buses and first division vehicles including taxis which are
5used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, at
6least every 6 months or 10,000 miles, whichever occurs first,
7(iii) in the case of driver education vehicles used by public
8high schools, at least every 12 months for vehicles over 5
9model years of age or having an odometer reading of over 75,000
10miles, whichever occurs first, or (iv) in the case of truck
11tractors, semitrailers, and property-carrying vehicles
12registered for a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds but
13less than 26,001 pounds, in combination with a semitrailer, at
14least every 12 months, and according to schedules established
15by rules and regulations promulgated by the Department. Any
16component subject to regular inspection which is damaged in a
17reportable accident must be reinspected before the bus or first
18division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose
19that requires a school bus driver permit is returned to
20service.
21    (b) The Department shall also conduct periodic
22nonscheduled inspections of school buses, of buses registered
23as charitable vehicles and of religious organization buses. If
24such inspection reveals that a vehicle is not in substantial
25compliance with the rules promulgated by the Department, the
26Department shall remove the Certificate of Safety from the

 

 

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1vehicle, and shall place the vehicle out-of-service. A bright
2orange, triangular decal shall be placed on an out-of-service
3vehicle where the Certificate of Safety has been removed. The
4vehicle must pass a safety test at an official testing station
5before it is again placed in service.
6    (c) If the violation is not substantial a bright yellow,
7triangular sticker shall be placed next to the Certificate of
8Safety at the time the nonscheduled inspection is made. The
9Department shall reinspect the vehicle after 3 working days to
10determine that the violation has been corrected and remove the
11yellow, triangular decal. If the violation is not corrected
12within 3 working days, the Department shall place the vehicle
13out-of-service in accordance with procedures in subsection
14(b).
15    (d) If a violation is not substantial and does not directly
16affect the safe operation of the vehicle, the Department shall
17issue a warning notice requiring correction of the violation.
18Such correction shall be accomplished as soon as practicable
19and a report of the correction shall be made to the Department
20within 30 days in a manner established by the Department. If
21the Department has not been advised that the corrections have
22been made, and the violations still exist, the Department shall
23place the vehicle out-of-service in accordance with procedures
24in subsection (b).
25    (e) The Department is authorized to promulgate regulations
26to implement its program of nonscheduled inspections. Causing

 

 

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1or allowing the operation of an out-of-service vehicle with
2passengers or unauthorized removal of an out-of-service
3sticker is a Class 3 felony. Causing or allowing the operation
4of a vehicle with a 3-day sticker for longer than 3 days with
5the sticker attached or the unauthorized removal of a 3-day
6sticker is a Class C misdemeanor.
7    (f) If a second division vehicle, first division vehicle
8including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a
9school bus driver permit, medical transport vehicle, or vehicle
10operated by a contract carrier as provided in subsection (a) of
11this Section is in safe mechanical condition, as determined
12pursuant to Chapter 13, the operator of the official testing
13station must at once issue to the second division vehicle,
14first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a
15purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, or medical
16transport vehicle a certificate of safety, in the form and
17manner prescribed by the Department, which shall be affixed to
18the vehicle by the certified safety tester who performed the
19safety tests. The owner of the second division vehicle, first
20division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose
21that requires a school bus driver permit, or medical transport
22vehicle or the contract carrier shall at all times display the
23Certificate of Safety on the second division vehicle, first
24division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose
25that requires a school bus driver permit, medical transport
26vehicle, or vehicle operated by a contract carrier in the

 

 

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1manner prescribed by the Department.
2    (g) If a test shows that a second division vehicle, first
3division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose
4that requires a school bus driver permit, medical transport
5vehicle, or vehicle operated by a contract carrier is not in
6safe mechanical condition as provided in this Section, it shall
7not be operated on the highways until it has been repaired and
8submitted to a retest at an official testing station. If the
9owner or contract carrier submits the vehicle to a retest at a
10different official testing station from that where it failed to
11pass the first test, he or she shall present to the operator of
12the second station the report of the original test, and shall
13notify the Department in writing, giving the name and address
14of the original testing station and the defects which prevented
15the issuance of a Certificate of Safety, and the name and
16address of the second official testing station making the
17retest.
18(Source: P.A. 100-160, eff. 1-1-18.)