(625 ILCS 5/18c-5101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-5101)
Sec. 18c-5101.
Unlawful Activities.
It shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) To act as a broker without a license in good standing
issued to it by the Commission;
(2) To act as a broker in violation of any provision of this Chapter,
Commission regulations and orders, or any other law
of this state;
(3) To act as a broker of any shipment which the person owns
or in which the person has a beneficial interest;
(4) To act as a broker of any shipment over which the person
is able to exercise control because the person acting as
a broker owns or controls the shipper, the shipper owns
or controls the person acting as a broker, or there is a
common ownership or control of the two;
(5) Which is also a broker to act or represent itself as a
shipper in dealing with a common or contract carrier of
property by motor vehicle;
(6) To act as a broker in connection with transportation by
a person other than an authorized common or contract
carrier of property by motor vehicle, unless the carrier
does not require authorization to transport the
shipment;
(7) To act as a broker in connection with transportation at
other than lawfully applicable rates for the motor
carrier service;
(8) To act as a broker in any name other than that which
appears on its Commission license;
(9) To act as a broker without fully disclosing its
brokering status;
(10) To provide transportation service with regard to freight
for which it was the broker;
(11) To receive any compensation for brokering services other
than a fee assessed to the shipper or, alternatively, to
the carrier, in addition to freight charges at lawfully
applicable rates for the motor carrier service;
(12) To advertise, offer, or give anything of value to a
shipper, consignor, or consignee, other than inexpensive
promotional items; or
(13) Act as a broker of household goods.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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