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VEHICLES (625 ILCS 5/) Illinois Vehicle Code. 625 ILCS 5/18c-4404
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4404) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4404)
Sec. 18c-4404.
Revocation of Registrations.
The Commission may revoke any registration if it determines that
the carrier has failed to comply with this Chapter, Commission
regulations or orders, or with any other statute or regulation of
this State relating to the privilege of operating motor vehicles
over the public roads of the State.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4405
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4405)
Sec. 18c-4405.
Intrastate public carrier rate filings.
Public carriers
that voluntarily file rates under an agreement approved by the Commission under
Section 18c-4502 of this Chapter are subject to all provisions of Sub-chapter
3, Article II, and Section 18c-4501 of this Chapter 18c.
(Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96.)
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625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art V
(625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art V heading)
ARTICLE V.
RATEMAKING.
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4501
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4501)
Sec. 18c-4501.
Jurisdiction and power of the Commission.
(1) Power to set rates.
The Commission shall have jurisdiction and power to set the
maximum or minimum, or maximum and minimum, lawful rates for
intrastate service by common carriers of household goods, to
set the minimum lawful rates for contract carriers of
household goods, and to prescribe the form and content of
tariffs
and schedules containing such rates.
(2) Power to Establish Ratemaking Procedures.
The Commission may establish procedures for the filing,
publication, investigation, suspension and prescription of
rates. The Commission may provide that rates for particular
services will go into effect unless suspended by the
Commission, or may require that rates for such services be
approved by the Commission before going into effect.
(Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4502
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4502)
Sec. 18c-4502. Collective ratemaking. (1) Application for approval.
Any carrier party to an agreement between or among 2 or more
carriers relating to rates, fares, classifications,
divisions, allowances, or charges (including charges between
carriers and compensation paid or received for the use of
facilities and equipment), or rules and regulations
pertaining thereto, or procedures for the joint consideration,
initiation, or establishment thereof, whether such conference,
bureau, committee, or other organization be a "for-profit" or
"not-for-profit" corporate entity or whether or not such
conference, bureau, committee or other organization is or
will be controlled by other businesses may, under such rules
and regulations as the Commission may prescribe, apply to the
Commission for approval of the agreement, and the Commission
shall by order approve any such agreement, if approval
thereof is not prohibited by subsection (3), (4), or (5) of
this Section, if it finds that, by reason of furtherance of
the State transportation policy declared in Section 18c-1103
of this Chapter, the relief provided in subsection (8) should
apply with respect to the making and carrying out of such
agreement; otherwise the application shall be denied. The
approval of the Commission shall be granted only upon such
terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe as
necessary to enable it to grant its approval in accordance
with the standard above set forth in this paragraph.
(2) Accounts, reporting, and internal procedures.
Each conference, bureau, committee, or other organization
established or continued pursuant to any agreement approved
by the Commission under the provisions of this Section shall
maintain such accounts, records, files and memoranda and
shall submit to the Commission such reports, as may be
prescribed by the Commission, and all such accounts, records,
files, and memoranda shall be subject to inspection by the
Commission or its duly authorized representatives. Any
conference, bureau committee, or other organization described
in subsection (1) of this Section shall cause to be published
notice of the final disposition of any action taken by such
entity together with a concise statement of the reasons
therefor. The Commission shall withhold approval of any
agreement under this Section unless the agreement specifies a
reasonable period of time within which proposals by parties
to the agreement will be finally acted upon by the
conference, bureau, committee, or other organization.
(3) Matters which may be the subject of agreements approved by
the Commission.
The Commission shall not approve under this Section any
agreement between or among carriers of different classes
unless it finds that such agreement is of the character
described in subsection (1) of this Section and is limited to
matters relating to transportation under joint rates or over
through routes. For purposes of this paragraph carriers by
railroad and express companies are carriers of one class;
carriers by motor vehicle are carriers of one class and
carriers by water are carriers of one class.
(4) Non-applicability of Section to transfers.
The Commission shall not approve under this Section any
agreement which it finds is an agreement with respect to a
pooling, division, or other matter or transaction, to which
Section 18c-4302 of this Chapter is applicable.
(5) Independent action.
The Commission shall not approve under this Section any
agreement which establishes a procedure for the determination
of any matter through joint consideration unless it finds
that under the agreement there is accorded to each party the
free and unrestrained right to take independent action either
before or after any determination arrived at through such
procedures. The Commission shall not find that each party
has a free and unrestrained right to take independent action
if the conference, bureau, committee, or other organization
is granted by the agreement any right to engage in
proceedings before the Commission or before any court regarding
any action taken by a party to an agreement authorized by
this Section, or by any other party providing or seeking
authority to provide transportation services.
(6) Investigation of activities.
The Commission is authorized, upon complaint or upon its own
initiative without complaint, to investigate and determine
whether any agreement previously approved by it under this
Section or terms and conditions upon which such approval was
granted, is not or are not in conformity with the standard,
set forth in subsection (1), or whether any such terms and
conditions are not necessary for purposes of conformity with
such standard, and, after such investigation, the Commission
shall by order terminate or modify its approval of such
agreement if it finds such action necessary to insure
conformity with such standard, and shall modify the terms and
conditions upon which such approval was granted to the extent
it finds necessary to insure conformity with such standard or to the
extent to which it finds such terms and conditions not necessary
to insure such conformity. The effective
date of any order terminating or modifying approval, or
modifying terms and conditions, shall be postponed for such
period as the Commission determines to be reasonably
necessary to avoid undue hardship.
(7) Hearings and orders.
No order shall be entered under this Section except after
interested parties have been afforded reasonable opportunity
for hearing.
(8) Exemption from State antitrust laws.
Parties to any agreement approved by the Commission under
this Section and other persons are, if the approval of such
agreement is not prohibited by subsection (3), (4), or (5),
hereby relieved from the operation of the antitrust laws with
respect to the making of such agreement, and with respect to
the carrying out of such agreement in conformity with its
provisions and in conformity with the terms and conditions
prescribed by the Commission.
(9) Other laws not affected.
Any action of the Commission under this Section in approving
an agreement, or in denying an application for such approval,
or in terminating or modifying its approval of an agreement,
or in prescribing the terms and conditions upon which its
approval is to be granted, or in modifying such terms and
conditions, shall be construed as having effect solely with
reference to the applicability of the relief provisions of
paragraph subsection (8) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4503
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4503)
Sec. 18c-4503.
Terminal Area Operations.
(1) Exemption From Rate Regulation. Except as provided in subsection
(2) of this Section, nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed
to require any carrier engaged in the transportation of property by motor
vehicle between points wholly within a terminal area to comply with the
provisions of this Chapter with respect to the filing, publishing,
observance or enforcement of tariffs or schedules of rates with respect to
transportation wholly within any such area.
(2) Application of Section. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions
therein, the ratemaking provisions of subsection (1) of this Section shall
have no application to transportation of household goods, as defined in
Commission regulations, wholly within a county having a population of more
than 1,000,000.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art VI
(625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art VI heading)
ARTICLE VI.
CAB CARDS AND IDENTIFIERS
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4601
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4601)
Sec. 18c-4601. Cab Card and Identifier to be Carried and Displayed in Each
Vehicle.
(1) General Provisions.
(a) Carrying Requirement. Each motor vehicle used in | | for-hire transportation upon the public roads of this State shall carry a current cab card together with an identifier issued by or under authority of the Commission. If the carrier is an intrastate motor carrier of property, the prescribed intrastate cab card and identifier shall be required; if the carrier is an interstate motor carrier of property, the prescribed interstate cab card and identifier shall be required.
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(b) Execution and Presentation Requirement. Such cab
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(c) Deadlines for Execution, Carrying, and
| | Presentation. Cab cards and identifiers shall be executed, carried, and presented no earlier than December 1 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year for which fees are owing, and no later than February 1 of the calendar year for which fees are owing, unless otherwise provided in Commission regulations and orders.
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(2) Interstate Compensated Intercorporate Hauling and
Single-Source Leasing.
The provisions of subsection (1) of this Section apply to
motor vehicles used in interstate compensated intercorporate
hauling or which are leased, with drivers, to private
carriers for use in interstate commerce, as well as to other
motor vehicles used in for-hire transportation upon the
public roads of this State. However, the Commission may:
(a) Exempt such carriers from the requirements of
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(b) Subject any exemption to such reasonable terms
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(c) Revoke any exemption granted hereunder if it
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(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4602
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4602)
Sec. 18c-4602.
Commission to Prescribe Cab Cards and Identifiers.
The Commission shall prescribe the cab cards and identifiers
required under Section 18c-4601 of this Chapter.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4603
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4603)
Sec. 18c-4603. Issuance of Cab Cards and Identifiers. (1) Applications for Cards and Identifiers.
Applications for cab cards and identifiers shall be on forms
prescribed by the Commission and shall be accompanied by the
per vehicle franchise or franchise renewal fee prescribed by
the Commission.
(2) Expiration and Renewal of Cab Cards and Identifiers. Identifiers
issued by or under authority of the
Commission shall expire automatically on January 31 of each
year, or on such other date as the Commission may prescribe.
It shall be the responsibility of each carrier to insure that
the cab cards and identifiers in its vehicles are current.
(3) Issuance of Cards and Identifiers.
Applications and fees for cab cards and identifiers may be filed
with, and cards or identifiers may be issued by, the Commission or
its agent.
The Commission shall issue intrastate cab cards and identifiers and
interstate identifiers as proof of payment of franchise and franchise
renewal fees by licensed intrastate and registered interstate carriers.
Upon payment of the intrastate fee by a licensed intrastate motor carrier
of property, the Commission shall issue a current Illinois cab card with
identifier printed thereon. Upon payment of the interstate fee, the Commission shall issue
a current Illinois interstate identifier.
(Source: P.A. 94-760, eff. 1-1-07.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4604
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4604)
Sec. 18c-4604.
Enforcement.
It shall be a violation of this Chapter, separate and apart from any
other violation, for a person to:
(1) Operate a vehicle without a current, executed cab card and
identifier as
required by this Article;
(2) Transfer a cab card and identifier to a
vehicle other than the
vehicle for which it was originally executed, except in
accordance with Commission regulations;
(3) Use a cab card and identifier issued to another carrier or permit the use of
a cab card by another carrier except in accordance with
Commission regulations; or
(4) Fail to present a cab card and identifier as required by this
Article.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art VII
(625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art VII heading)
ARTICLE VII.
IDENTIFICATION OF CARRIERS
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4701
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4701)
Sec. 18c-4701. Insignia on vehicles.
(1) General requirements to be prescribed by Commission. Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, no intrastate
carrier shall operate any motor vehicle upon the
public roads of this State unless there is painted or affixed to
both sides of the cab or power unit, in accordance with such specifications as
the Commission may prescribe, the trade name of the carrier as it
appears on the carrier's license or the carrier's recognized
logo, together with the license and registration number of the
carrier. Likewise, no interstate carrier shall operate any motor
vehicle upon the public roads of this State unless there is
painted or affixed to both sides of the cab or power unit, in accordance with
such specifications as the Commission may prescribe, the
registration or authority number of the carrier. However, except for a household goods carrier, an interstate carrier operating intrastate may operate a motor vehicle upon the public roads of this State without the intrastate authority number of the carrier painted or affixed to any side of the cab or power unit.
(2) Use of ICC-prescribed identification. Identifying information
prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission may be used in
satisfaction of requirements established under this Section, including
special orders granting a petition for waiver of Sections 1057.22(a) and
1057.22(c)(2) and (4), as they relate to equipment receipts, of the Lease
and Interchange of Vehicle Regulations (49 CFR 1057), in lieu of
numbers or symbols prescribed by the Commission.
(3) Identification of Trip Lessees. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section to the contrary, a motor vehicle trip leased in
accordance with this Chapter, Commission regulations and orders shall not
be required to bear the name and license number of the lessee if:
(a) the motor vehicle bears the name and license or | | registration number of the lessor in accordance with subsection (1) of this Section, Commission regulations and orders;
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(b) the lessor and lessee are commonly-owned; and
(c) the vehicle carries a photocopy of a letter
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(4) Rules not superseded. The authority of the Illinois Commerce
Commission to regulate the identification of motor vehicles of intrastate
and interstate carriers, engaged in the transportation of hazardous
materials, shall not supersede or replace the rules and regulations of the
Illinois Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety
regulations Part 390.21, as relates now or hereafter to the markings and
identification of such vehicles.
(5) Identification on vehicles under 9,000 pounds gross vehicle weight
(GVW). Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) less than 9,000 pounds
may, in lieu of identification required under subsection (1) of this
Section display the trade name of the carrier as it appears on the
carrier's license or the carrier's recognized logo, together with the
license and registration number of the carrier in such manner as to be
clearly legible and visible from both sides of the vehicle at a distance of
25 feet, when the vehicle is not in motion, and in accordance with such
specifications as the Commission may prescribe.
(Source: P.A. 100-369, eff. 8-25-17.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4702
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4702) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4702)
Sec. 18c-4702.
Identification of Carrier in Advertising,
Solicitation, and other Documents.
No carrier shall use in any advertising, solicitation,
correspondence, publication, or other document connected
with its transportation service
any name other than its name or trade name as it appears on the carrier's
license or registration. Each
advertisement, solicitation, correspondence, publication, or
other document shall
contain the carrier's license or registration
number unless otherwise provided in Commission regulations or orders.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sb 4 Art VIII
(625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sb 4 Art VIII heading)
ARTICLE VIII.
BILLS OF LADING
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4801
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4801) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4801)
Sec. 18c-4801.
Rights, Obligations, and Liabilities.
The provisions of Sections 7-101, 7-102, 7-103, 7-104, 7-105,
7-301, 7-302, 7-303, 7-304, 7-305, 7-306, 7-307, 7-308, 7-309,
7-401, 7-402, 7-403, 7-404, 7-501, 7-502, 7-503, 7-504, 7-505,
7-506, 7-507, 7-508, 7-509, 7-601, 7-602, 7-603 of the "Uniform
Commercial Code", as amended, are adopted by reference to the
extent that they relate to bills of lading and the intrastate
transportation of property by a motor common carrier.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4802
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4802)
Sec. 18c-4802.
Straight Bill of Lading.
A bill in which it is stated that the goods are consigned or
destined to a specific person is a straight bill.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4803
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4803) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4803)
Sec. 18c-4803.
Order Bill of Lading.
A bill of lading in which it is stated that the goods are
consigned or destined to the order of any person named in such bill
is an order bill of lading. Any provision in such a bill or in
any notice, contract, regulation, or tariff that it is
nonnegotiable shall be null and void unless upon its face and in writing
such provision is agreed to by the shipper.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4804
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4804) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4804)
Sec. 18c-4804.
Limitation of Liability.
The provisions of this Section respecting liability for full
actual loss, damage or injury, notwithstanding subsection 2 of
Section 7-309 of the "Uniform Commercial Code", as amended, do
not apply to property received for transportation concerning
which the carrier is expressly authorized or required by order of
the Commission to establish rates based on value declared in
writing by the shipper or agreed upon by the shipper, in writing,
as the released value of the property. Such declarations or
agreements have no other effect than to limit liability to an
amount not exceeding the value declared or released, and are not
in violation of this Chapter. A tariff containing such rates shall
contain specific reference to the Commission order authorizing
them.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4805
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4805) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4805)
Sec. 18c-4805.
Other Remedies Available to Holder of Bill of
Lading Not Preempted.
This Article does not deprive any holder of a receipt or bill of
lading of any remedy or right of action had under existing law.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4806
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4806)
Sec. 18c-4806.
Delivering Carrier Defined.
For the purposes of this Section the delivering carrier is the
carrier performing transportation service to or nearest to the
point of destination.
(Source: P.A. 84-796.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4807
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4807) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4807)
Sec. 18c-4807.
Bill of Lading or Similar Documentation Required.
(1) General Requirements.
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, every
motor common carrier of property shall be required to issue a
bill of lading and freight bill indicating the commodities
transported, weight thereof (where freight charges are
assessed by weight), the points of origin and destination of
such commodities, the consignor and consignee, and the charge
therefor. If the commodities are not delivered by the
originating carrier, the bill of lading or freight bill shall
indicate the point of interchange and the connecting carrier.
This Section shall not apply to motor contract carriers of
property.
(2) Exceptions.
(a) Simplified Documentation.
The Commission may prescribe simplified documentation to
be issued by classes of carriers where such requirements
would be less burdensome and would effectuate the
purposes of this Chapter. Simplified documentation shall be
prescribed for the following classes of carriers:
(i) Motor common carriers of shipments composed of
parcels weighing 100 pounds or less
and not exceeding 200 pounds from one
consignor to one consignee on one day;
(ii) Carriers of agricultural or dairy products, poultry,
eggs, or fruits;
(iii) Aggregate carriers; and
(iv) Messenger carriers; and
(v) Such other classes as the Commission may, from time
to time, determine.
(b) Supplementary Requirements.
The Commission may adopt supplementary requirements for
the issuance or carrying of documentation for household
goods carriers or other carriers where large numbers of
non-commercial shippers may be affected and such
documentation is necessary to effectuate the purposes of
this Chapter.
(c) Commodity descriptions for shipments weighing 10 pounds or less.
Where a shipment weighs ten pounds or less, except when it contains
dangerous articles or hazardous materials, the following may be used in
lieu of a commodity description: "Parcel 10 Pounds or Under".
(Source: P.A. 85-1407.)
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625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art IX
(625 ILCS 5/Ch 18C Sub 4 Art IX heading)
ARTICLE IX.
SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR
MOTOR CARRIERS OF PROPERTY: INSURANCE
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4901
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4901) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4901)
Sec. 18c-4901.
Insurance Coverage as a Prerequisite to Operations.
No motor carrier of property shall operate within this State
unless it has on file with the Commission or its agent proof of
continuous insurance or surety coverage in accordance with
Commission regulations.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4902
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4902) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4902)
Sec. 18c-4902.
Commission to Set Insurance Coverage Limits and Establish Procedures.
The Commission shall prescribe the amounts of insurance or surety
coverage required as a minimum, the maximum allowable deductible limits,
procedures for the filing and rejection or return of filings, and such other
reasonable regulations regarding insurance or surety coverage as are
necessary to protect the travelling and shipping or receiving public.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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625 ILCS 5/18c-4903
(625 ILCS 5/18c-4903) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4903)
Sec. 18c-4903.
Implied Terms of Insurance Coverage.
Each certificate or other proof of insurance or surety coverage
shall have, as an implied term, that the insurance or surety
coverage will remain in effect continuously until notice of
cancellation is filed in accordance with Commission regulations, and
that all motor vehicles operated by or under authority of the
carrier will be covered, whether or not such vehicles have been
reported to the insurance, surety, or other company. Filing
proof of insurance with the Commission shall constitute
acceptance of this implied term, and such acceptance may not
thereafter be withdrawn except on withdrawal of all proof of insurance
or surety coverage.
(Source: P.A. 85-553.)
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