Section 390.1020  Definitions

 

The following definitions apply to all Parts in the IMCSR unless a specific Part expressly defines a term differently:

 

"Accident" means:

 

Except as provided below, an occurrence involving a commercial motor vehicle operating on a highway that results in:

 

A fatality;

 

Bodily injury to a person who, as a result  of the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or

 

One or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the vehicle to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle.

 

The term accident does not include:

 

An occurrence involving only boarding and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; or

 

An occurrence involving only the loading or unloading of cargo.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Agricultural commodities" means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock, including insects.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Agricultural operations" means the operation of a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Air mile" means a nautical mile, which is equivalent to 6,076 feet or 1,852 meters.  Accordingly, 100 air miles are equivalent to 115.08 statute miles or 185.2 kilometers.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Alcohol concentration" or "AC" means the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood or breath.  When expressed as a percentage it means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Bus" means any motor vehicle designed, constructed, and/or used for the transportation of passengers, including taxicabs.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to, hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway.  (Section 1-108 of the Code)

 

"Charter transportation of passengers" means transportation, using a bus, of a group of persons who, pursuant to a common purpose, under a single contract, at a fixed charge for the motor vehicle, have acquired the exclusive use of the motor vehicle to travel together under an itinerary either specified in advance or modified after having left the place of origin.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Code" means the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5].

 

"Commerce" means trade, commerce or transportation within the State. (Section 1-111.4 of the Code)

 

"Commercial motor vehicle" or "CMV" means:

 

Any self propelled or towed vehicle used on public highways in interstate and intrastate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight, a gross vehicle weight rating, a gross combination weight, or a gross combination weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds (4,537 or more kilograms); or

 

The vehicle is used or designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver; or

 

The vehicle is designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers and is operated by a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their employment on a highway of this State; or

 

The vehicle is used or designed to transport between 9 and 15 passengers, including the driver, for direct compensation, if the vehicle is being operated beyond a radius of 75 air miles (86.3 statute miles or 138.9 kilometers) from the driver's normal work reporting location; or

 

The vehicle is used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding under the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.

 

This definition shall not include farm machinery, fertilizer spreaders, and other special agricultural movement equipment described in Section 3-809 of the Code nor implements of husbandry as defined in Section 1-130 of the Code.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Commercial Vehicle Inspections" means:

 

Level 1 − North American Standard Inspection:  An inspection that includes each of the items specified under the North American Uniform Out-of-Service Criteria.

 

As a minimum, North American Standard inspections must include examination of:  driver's license, medical examiner's certificate and waiver if applicable, alcohol and drugs, driver's record of duty status as required, hours-of-service, seat belt, vehicle inspection report, brake system, steering mechanism, wheels and rims, tires, coupling devices, suspension, frame, fuel system, exhaust system, windshield wipers, lighting devices, safe loading, and hazardous material requirements as applicable.

 

Level 2 − Walk Around Driver/Vehicle Inspection:  An examination that, as a minimum, includes:  driver's license, medical examiner's certificate, and waiver if applicable, driver's record of duty status as required, hours-of-service, seat belt, vehicle inspection report, fire extinguisher, warning devices for stopped vehicles, head lamps, turn signals, stop lamps, windshield wipers, wheels, tires, fuel system, exhaust system, visible brake components, coupling devices, cargo securement, low air warning device, visible suspension components, and hazardous material requirements as applicable.  It is contemplated that the walk-around driver/vehicle inspection will be conducted without inspecting underneath the vehicle.

 

Level 3 − Driver Only Inspection:  A roadside examination of the driver's license, medical certification and waiver if applicable, driver's record of duty status as required, hours-of-service, seat belt, and vehicle inspection report.

 

Level 4 − Special Inspections:  Inspections under this heading typically include a one-time examination of a particular item.  These examinations are normally made in support of a study or to verify or refute a suspected trend.

 

Level 5 − Vehicle-Only Inspection:  An inspection that includes each of the vehicle inspection items specified under the North American Standard Inspection (Level 1), without a driver present, conducted at any location.

 

(Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), CVSA Operations Manual, January 1996)

 

"Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance" or "CVSA" means the association of state/territory (United States), provincial/territory (Canada), and federal (Mexico) officials responsible for the administration and enforcement of motor carrier safety and hazardous materials laws in the United States, Canada and Mexico working together with the federal governments and industry to improve commercial vehicle safety.  (CVSA Operations Manual, January 1996)

 

"Conviction" means an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Department" means the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois, acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.  (Section 1-115.05 of the Code)

 

"Direct assistance" means transportation and other relief services provided by a motor carrier or its drivers incident to the immediate restoration of essential services (such as electricity, medial care, sewer, water, telecommunications, and telecommunication transmissions) or essential supplies (such as food and fuel).  It does not include transportation related to long-term rehabilitation of damaged physical infrastructure or routine commercial deliveries after the initial threat to life and property has passed.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Direct compensation" means payment made to the motor carrier by the passengers or a person acting on behalf of the passengers for the transportation services provided, and not included in a total package charge or other assessment for highway transportation services.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law )

 

"Disabling damage" means damage that precludes departure of a motor vehicle from the scene of the accident in its usual manner in daylight after simple repairs.

 

Inclusions:  Damage to motor vehicles that could have been driven, but would have been further damaged if so driven.

 

Exclusions:

 

Damage that can be remedied temporarily at the scene of the accident without special tools or parts.

 

Tire disablement without other damage even if no spare tire is available.

 

Headlamp or taillight damage.

 

Damage to turn signals, horn or windshield wipers that makes them inoperative.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Distribution point" means the point, for for-hire motor carriers, where the bill of lading originates for the farm supply being transported.  For not-for-hire motor carriers, the distribution point means the original loading point for the farm supply.

 

"Driving a commercial motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol" means committing any one or more of the following acts in a CMV:  driving a CMV while the person's alcohol concentration is 0.04 percent or more; driving under the influence of alcohol, as prescribed by state law; or refusal to undergo such testing as is required by any state or jurisdiction in the enforcement of Table 1 to "Commercial Driver's License Standards; Requirements and Penalties" (49 CFR 383.51) or "Driving of Motor Vehicles" (49 CFR 392.5(a)(2)).  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Driveaway-towaway operation" means any operation in which an empty or unladen motor vehicle with one or more sets of wheels on the surface of the roadway is being transported:

 

Between a vehicle manufacturer's facilities;

 

Between a vehicle manufacturer and a dealership or purchaser;

 

Between a dealership, or other entity selling or leasing the vehicle, and a purchaser or lessee;

 

To a motor carrier's terminal or repair facility for the repair of disabling damage (as defined in this Section 390.1020) following a crash; or

 

To a motor carrier's terminal or repair facility for repairs associated with the failure of a vehicle component or system; or

 

By means of a saddle-mount or tow-bar.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Driver" means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Emergency" means any hurricane, tornado, storm (e.g., thunderstorm, snowstorm, icestorm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc.), high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, mud slide, drought, forest fire, explosion, blackout or other occurrence, natural or man-made, that interrupts the delivery of essential services (such as electricity, medical care, sewer, water, telecommunications, and telecommunication transmissions) or essential supplies (such as food and fuel) or otherwise immediately threatens human life or public welfare, provided such hurricane, tornado, or other event results in:

 

A declaration of an emergency by the President of the United States, the Governor of a state, or their authorized representatives having authority to declare emergencies; by the FMCSA Field Administrator for the geographical area in which the occurrence happens; or by other federal, State or local government officials having authority to declare emergencies, including but not limited to the Illinois Department of Transportation's Director, Division of Traffic Safety, or his or her designee; or

 

A request by a police officer for tow trucks to move wrecked or disabled motor vehicles.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Emergency relief" means an operation in which a motor carrier or driver of a commercial motor vehicle is providing direct assistance to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives or property or to protect public health and safety as a result of an emergency as defined in this Section.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Employee" means:

 

A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (including an independent contractor while in the course of operating a commercial motor vehicle);

 

A mechanic;

 

A freight handler; and

 

Any individual, who in the course of his or her employment directly affects commercial motor vehicle safety, but such term does not include an employee of the United States, any state, any political subdivision of a state, or any agency established under a compact between states and approved by the Congress of the United States who is acting within the course of such employment.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Employer" means any person engaged in a business affecting interstate or intrastate commerce who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle in connection with that business, or assigns employees to operate it, but such term does not include the United States, any state, any political subdivision of a state, or any agency established under a compact between states approved by the Congress of the United States.

 

"Exempt intracity zone" means the geographic area of a municipality or the commercial zone of that municipality described by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in 49 CFR 372, subpart B.  The descriptions are printed in appendix F to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.  A driver may be considered to operate a commercial motor vehicle wholly within an exempt intracity zone notwithstanding any common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment to or from a point without such zone. (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Exempt motor carrier" means a person engaged in transportation exempt from economic regulation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under 49 USC 13506.  "Exempt motor carriers" are subject to the requirements set forth in the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Farm machinery" − see definition of "Special agricultural movement equipment" in this Section.

 

"Farm supplies for agricultural purposes" means products directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural commodities and livestock feed at any time of the year.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Farm to market agricultural transportation" means the operation of a motor vehicle controlled and operated by a farmer who is a private motor carrier of property; who is using the vehicle to transport agricultural products to or from a farm operated by the farmer, or to transport farm machinery or farm supplies to or from a farm operated by the farmer; and who is not using the commercial vehicle to transport hazardous materials of a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be placarded in accordance with the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act [430 ILCS 30].  (Section 1-119.6 of the Code)

 

"Farm vehicle driver" means a person who drives only a commercial motor vehicle that is –

 

Controlled and operated by a farmer as a private motor carrier of property;

 

Being used to transport either –

 

Agricultural products, or

 

Farm machinery, farm supplies, or both, to or from a farm;

 

Not being used in the operation of a for-hire motor carrier;

 

Not carrying hazardous materials of a type or quantity that requires the commercial motor vehicle to be placarded in accordance with 49 CFR 177.823; and

 

Being used within 150 air-miles of the farmer's farm. (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Farmer" means any person who operates a farm or is directly involved in the cultivation of land, crops, or livestock that:

 

Are owned by that person; or

 

Are under the direct control of that person.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Fatality" means any injury that results in the death of a person at the time of the motor vehicle accident or within 30 days after the accident.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator" means the chief executive of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Transportation.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"FMCSA Field Administrator" means the Field Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for a given geographical area of the United States.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"For-hire" means the operation of a vehicle for compensation and subject to federal regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission or to State regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission and those vehicles governed by Chapters 8 and 9 under the Code and regulated by the Secretary of State.  (Section 1-122.5 of the Code)

 

"For-hire motor carrier" means a person engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers for compensation.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Gross Combination Weight Rating" or "GCWR" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination (articulated) vehicle. In the absence of a value specified by the manufacturer, GCWR will be determined by adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit and any load thereon.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Gross Vehicle Weight Rating" or "GVWR" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single motor vehicle.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Hazardous material" means a substance or material that has been determined by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and that has been so designated.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Hazardous substance" means a material, and its mixtures or solutions, that is identified in appendix A to 49 CFR 172.101, List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities when offered for transportation in one package, or in one transport motor vehicle if not packaged, and when the quantity of the material therein equals or exceeds the reportable quantity (RQ).  This definition does not apply to petroleum products that are lubricants or fuels, or to mixtures or solutions of hazardous substances if in a concentration less than that shown in the table in "General Information, Regulations and Definitions" (49 CFR 171.8) based on the reportable quantity (RQ) specified for the materials listed in appendix A to 49 CFR 172.101.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Hazardous waste" means any material that is subject to the hazardous waste manifest requirements of the EPA specified in "Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste" (40 CFR 262) or would be subject to these requirements absent an interim authorization to a state under "State Program Requirements" (40 CFR 123), subpart F.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Highway" means any road, street, or way, whether on public or private property, open to public travel.  "Open to public travel" means that the road section is available, except during scheduled periods, extreme weather or emergency conditions, passable by four-wheel standard passenger cars, and open to the general public for use without restrictive gates, prohibitive signs, or regulation other than restrictions based on size, weight, or class of registration.  Toll plazas of public toll roads are not considered restrictive gates.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Regulations" or "IMCSR" means the requirements established in Parts 340, 380, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 390, 391, 392, 393, 395, 396 and 397 (92 Ill. Adm. Code:  Chapter I, Subchapter d).

 

"Illinois State Police" means any individual officer of the Illinois State Police.

 

"Implement of husbandry" means every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, including farm wagons, wagon trailers or like vehicles used in connection therewith, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry provided that no farm wagon, wagon trailer or like vehicle having a gross weight of more than 36,000 pounds, shall be included hereunder.  (Section 1-130 of the Code)

 

"Interstate commerce" means transportation between two or more states or transportation originating in one state and passing into or through other states for delivery in another state.  (Section 1-133 of the Code)

 

"Intrastate commerce" means any trade, traffic, or transportation in Illinois that is not described in the term "interstate commerce."  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Law" means the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law [625 ILCS 5/Ch. 18B].

 

"Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry (including egg-producing poultry), fish used for food, and other animals designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (at his or her sole discretion) that are part of a foundation herd (including producing dairy cattle) or offspring.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Medical Examiner" means a person who is licensed, certified, and/or registered, in accordance with applicable State laws and regulations, to perform physical examinations.  In Illinois, the term includes doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of chiropractic, physician assistants who have been delegated the performance of medical examinations by his/her supervising physician, and advanced practice nurses who have a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes him/her to perform physical examinations.

 

"Motor carrier" means a for-hire motor carrier or a private motor carrier.  The term "motor carrier" includes a motor carrier's agents, officers and representatives as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching of drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and/or accessories.  For purposes of the IMCSR, the definition of "motor carrier" includes the terms "employer" and "exempt motor carrier."  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used upon the highways in the transportation of passengers or property, or any combination thereof determined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive, or car operated exclusively on a rail or rails, or a trolley bus operated by electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire, furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street-railway service.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Multiple-employer driver" means a driver who, in any period of 7 consecutive days, is employed or used as a driver by more than one motor carrier.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"North American Uniform Out-Of-Service Criteria" means a set of guidelines established by the CVSA and recognized by all states, the provinces of Canada, and Mexico as acceptable standards for identifying driver violations and critical vehicle inspection items that may render a driver, a commercial motor vehicle or a hazardous material load out-of-service.  The criteria is enforced, in some states, by qualified law enforcement officers of a municipality, county, state or the federal government.  In Illinois, only qualified officers of the Illinois State Police and the federal government have authority to enforce the out-of-service criteria.

 

"Operator" – see driver.

 

"Other terms" – any other term used in the IMCSR is used in its commonly accepted meaning, except where such other term has been defined elsewhere in the IMCSR. In that event, the definition therein given shall apply.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Out-of-service order" means a declaration by the Illinois State Police or by an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, Canadian, Mexican or local jurisdiction that a driver, a commercial motor vehicle, or a motor carrier operation, is out-of-service pursuant to 49 CFR 386.72, 49 CFR 392.5, 49 CFR 395.13, 49 CFR 396.9, or 92 Ill. Adm. Code 392.2000(d), or compatible laws, or the North American Uniform Out-of-Service Criteria as defined in this Section.

 

"Person" means any natural person or individual, governmental body, firm, association, partnership, copartnership, joint venture, company, corporation joint stock company, trust, estate or any other legal entity or their legal representative, agent or assigns.  (Section 18b-101 of the Law)

 

"Planting and harvesting season" means the period of January 1 through December 31 each year.

 

"Previous employer" means any USDOT or Department regulated person who employed the driver in the preceding 3 years, including any possible current employer.

 

"Principal place of business" means a single location designated by the motor carrier, normally its headquarters, for purposes of identification under this Subchapter d.  The motor carrier must make records required by 49 CFR 382 and 49 CFR 387, as well as Parts 390, 391, 395, 396, and 397 of this Subchapter d, available for inspection at this location within 48 hours (Saturdays, Sundays, and federal or State holidays excluded) after a request has been made by a special agent or authorized representative of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the Illinois Department of Transportation.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Private motor carrier" means a person who provides transportation of property or passengers, by commercial motor vehicle, and is not a for-hire motor carrier.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Private motor carrier of passengers (business)" means a private motor carrier engaged in the interstate or intrastate transportation of passengers that is provided in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise and is not available to the public at large.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Private motor carrier of passengers (nonbusiness)" means a private motor carrier involved in the interstate or intrastate transportation of passengers that does not otherwise meet the definition of a private motor carrier of passengers (business).  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Radar detector" means any device or mechanism to detect the emission of radio microwaves, laser beams or any other future speed measurement technology employed by enforcement personnel to measure the speed of commercial motor vehicles upon public roads and highways for enforcement purposes.  Excluded from this definition are radar detection devices that meet both of the following requirements:

 

Transported outside the driver's compartment of the commercial motor vehicle.  For this purpose, the driver's compartment of a passenger-carrying CMV shall include all space designed to accommodate both the driver and the passengers; and

 

Completely inaccessible to, inoperable by, and imperceptible to the driver while operating the commercial motor vehicle.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Residential district" means the territory adjacent to and including a highway that is not a business district and for a distance of 300 feet or more along the highway is primarily improved with residences.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Safety permit" means a document issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that contains a permit number and confers authority to transport in commerce the hazardous materials listed in 49 CFR 385.403.  (49 CFR 385.402, October 1, 2006)

 

"School bus" means a motor vehicle that meets all of the special requirements for school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of the Code and is designed or used to carry more than 10 passengers, including the driver, and is used for transporting preprimary, primary or secondary school students from home to school or from school to home or for intrastate school sanctioned functions.

 

"School bus operation" means the use of a school bus to transport only school children and/or school personnel from home to school and from school to home and for intrastate school sanctioned functions.

 

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

 

"Single-employer driver" means a driver who, in any period of 7 consecutive days, is employed or used as a driver solely by a single motor carrier.  This term includes a driver who operates a commercial motor vehicle on an intermittent, casual, or occasional basis.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Special agent" − See 49 CFR appendix B to subchapter B of chapter III.

 

"Special agricultural movement equipment" means a vehicle of the second division having a corn sheller, a welldriller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer and unloader or other farm machinery permanently mounted thereon and used solely for transporting the same, farm wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed 36,000 pounds and farm wagon type tank trailers (i.e., nurse tanks) not to exceed 3,000 gallon capacity.  Also includes any single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer implement, designed for both on and off road use, equipped with flotation tires and otherwise especially adapted for the application of plant food materials or agricultural chemicals.  (Section 3-809 of the Code)

 

"State" means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia and includes a political subdivision of a state.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006) "State" also means the State of Illinois.

 

"Trailer" includes:

 

"Full trailer" means any motor vehicle other than a pole trailer that is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight, except for the towing device, rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle.  A semitrailer equipped with an auxiliary front axle (converter dolly) shall be considered a full trailer.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Pole trailer" means any motor vehicle that is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and attached to the towing motor vehicle by means of a "reach" or "pole," or by being "boomed" or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members, which generally are capable of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Semitrailer" means any motor vehicle, other than a pole trailer, that is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and is constructed so that some part of its weight rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Truck" means any self-propelled commercial motor vehicle except a truck tractor, designed and/or used for the transportation of property.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"Truck tractor" means a self-propelled commercial motor vehicle designed and/or used primarily for drawing other vehicles.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"United States" means the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  (49 CFR 390.5, October 1, 2006)

 

"USDOT" means the United States Department of Transportation.

 

"Utility service vehicle" means any commercial motor vehicle:

 

Used in the furtherance of repairing, maintaining, or operating any structures or any other physical facilities necessary for the delivery of public utility services, including the furnishing of electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, and television cable or community antenna service;

 

While engaged in any activity necessarily related to the ultimate delivery of such public utility services to consumers, including travel or movement to, from, upon, or between activity sites (including occasional travel or movement outside the service area necessitated by any utility emergency as determined by the utility provider); and

 

Except for any occasional emergency use, operated primarily within the service area of a utility's subscribers or consumers, without regard to whether the vehicle is owned, leased, or rented by the utility.  (49 CFR 395.2, October 1, 2006)

 

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 10397, effective June 25, 2008)