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1     AN ACT concerning vehicles.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 18b-101 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/18b-101)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-101)
7     Sec. 18b-101. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise
8 clearly requires, as used in this Chapter:
9     "Air mile" means a nautical mile, which is equivalent to
10 6,076 feet or 1,852 meters. Accordingly, 100 air miles are
11 equivalent to 115.08 statute miles or 185.2 kilometers.
12     "Commercial motor vehicle" means any self propelled or
13 towed vehicle used on public highways in interstate and
14 intrastate commerce to transport passengers or property when
15 the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight, a gross vehicle weight
16 rating, a gross combination weight, or a gross combination
17 weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds; or the vehicle is used
18 or designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the
19 driver; or the vehicle is designed to carry 15 or fewer
20 passengers and is operated by a contract carrier transporting
21 employees in the course of their employment on a highway of
22 this State; or the vehicle is used or designed to transport
23 between 9 and 15 passengers, including the driver, for direct
24 compensation, if the vehicle is being operated beyond a radius
25 of 75 air miles (86.3 statute miles or 138.9 kilometers) from
26 the driver's normal work reporting location; or the vehicle is
27 used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity
28 requiring placarding under the Illinois Hazardous Materials
29 Transportation Act. This definition shall not include farm
30 machinery, fertilizer spreaders, and other special
31 agricultural movement equipment described in Section 3-809 nor
32 implements of husbandry as defined in Section 1-130;

 

 

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1     "Direct compensation" means payment made to the motor
2 carrier by the passengers or a person acting on behalf of the
3 passengers for the transportation services provided, and not
4 included in a total package charge or other assessment for
5 highway transportation services;
6     "Officer" means Illinois State Police Officer;
7     "Person" means any natural person or individual,
8 governmental body, firm, association, partnership,
9 copartnership, joint venture, company, corporation, joint
10 stock company, trust, estate or any other legal entity or their
11 legal representative, agent or assigns.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-179, eff. 1-1-00; 92-108, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.