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90_HB3218

      625 ILCS 5/5-100          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-100
          Amends the Vehicle  Code  definition  Section  concerning
      dealers,  transporters,  wreckers,  and  rebuilders to make a
      grammatical change.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 5-100.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 5-100 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/5-100) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-100)
 8        Sec.  5-100.  Definitions.   For  the  purposes  of  this
 9    Chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed
10    to them as follows:
11        "Additional  place  of  business"  means a place owned or
12    leased  and  occupied  by  the  dealer  in  addition  to  its
13    established place of business, at which the  dealer  conducts
14    or  intends  to  conduct business on a permanent or long term
15    basis.  The term does not include an area where an  off  site
16    sale  or  exhibition  is  conducted.   The Secretary of State
17    shall adopt guidelines for the administration and enforcement
18    of this definition by rule.
19        "Display  exhibition"  means  a  temporary   display   of
20    vehicles  by  a dealer licensed under Section 5-101 or 5-102,
21    at a location at which no vehicles are offered for sale, that
22    is conducted at a place other than the  dealer's  established
23    and additional places of business.
24        "Established  place of business" means the place owned or
25    leased and occupied by any person duly licensed  or  required
26    to  be  licensed  as  a dealer for the purpose of engaging in
27    selling, buying, bartering, displaying, exchanging or dealing
28    in, on consignment or otherwise, vehicles and their essential
29    parts and  for  such  other  ancillary  purposes  as  may  be
30    permitted  by  the  Secretary  by  rule.  It shall include an
31    office in which the dealer's records shall  be  separate  and
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 1    distinct  from  any other business or tenant which may occupy
 2    space in the same building.  This office shall not be located
 3    in  a  house  trailer,  residence,  tent,  temporary   stand,
 4    temporary address, room or rooms in a hotel or rooming house,
 5    nor  the  premises  occupied  by  a  single  or multiple unit
 6    residence.  The established place  of  business  of  a  scrap
 7    processor  shall  be  the  fixed  location  where  the  scrap
 8    processor  maintains  its  principal  place of business.  The
 9    Secretary of State  shall,  by  rule  and  regulation,  adopt
10    guidelines  for  the  administration  and enforcement of this
11    definition, such as, but not limited to issues concerning the
12    required hours of operation, describing  where  vehicles  are
13    displayed  and  offered for sale, where books and records are
14    maintained  and   requirements   for   the   fulfillment   of
15    warranties.   A  dealer  may  have  an  additional  place  of
16    business as defined under this Section.
17        "Off  site  sale" means the temporary display and sale of
18    vehicles, for a period of  not  more  than  7  calendar  days
19    (excluding Sundays), by a dealer licensed under Section 5-101
20    or  5-102  at a place other than the dealer's established and
21    additional places of business.
22        "Relevant market area", for a new vehicle dealer licensed
23    under Section 5-101 and for a used  vehicle  dealer  licensed
24    under  Section  5-102,  means the area within 10 miles of the
25    established or additional place of  business  of  the  dealer
26    located  in a county with a population of 300,000 or more, or
27    within 15 miles if  the  established  place  of  business  is
28    located in a county with a population of less than 300,000.
29        "Trade  show  exhibition"  means  a  temporary display of
30    vehicles, by dealers licensed under Section 5-101  or  5-102,
31    or  any  other person as defined in subsection (c) of Section
32    5-102.1, at a location at which no vehicles are  offered  for
33    sale  that  is  conducted  at a place other than the dealer's
34    established and additional places of business.  In order  for
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 1    a   display   exhibition   to  be  considered  a  trade  show
 2    exhibition, it must be participated in by at least 3 dealers,
 3    2 of which must be licensed under Section 5-101 or 5-102; and
 4    a trade  show  exhibition  of  new  vehicles  shall  only  be
 5    participated in by licensed new vehicle dealers at least 2 of
 6    which must be licensed under Section 5-101.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-89, eff. 1-1.98.)

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