Section 448.20  Definitions

The following words and phrases, when used in these regulations, shall, for the purpose of the regulations, have the meaning respectively prescribed to them in this Chapter, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

            Administrative Hearing:  Proceedings in which witnesses are heard, evidence is presented, and testimony is taken relative to:

            Citation/Complaints issued by the Department to Official Testing Station personnel for alleged violation of Chapter 13, Illinois Vehicle Code, and/or the Rules and Regulations.

            Petitions presented by Official Testing Station owners for approval of testing fee schedules.

            Petitions presented by Official Testing Station owners or applicants for consideration of revocation or denial of their Station Permits.

            Applicant:  Any individual owner, partners, authorized agent of a corporation, or lessee applying for an Official Testing Station Permit.

            Authorized Safety Test Equipment:  Those testing and measuring devices approved and/or required by the Department and installed and operated by Official Testing Stations for the required test procedure.

            Bus:  Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

            Certificate of Safety:  The authorized visible symbol furnished by the Vehicle Inspection Section to an Official Testing Station which is to be directly affixed by a Certified Safety Tester to a vehicle which satisfactorily meets the minimum prescribed safety standards established by the Vehicle Inspection Section.

            Certified Safety Tester:  An individual who has satisfactorily passed a written exam and has demonstrated proficiency in the operation of authorized safety test equipment and has been issued evidence and authority by the Department to test vehicles.

            Certified Safety Tester Certificate:  Evidence issued by the Department to a Certified Safety Tester granting the individual named thereon the privilege and authority to test vehicles.

            Citation/Complaint:  A formal statement charging that an act of commission or omission constituting a violation of Chapter 13 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and/or the Rules and Regulations was committed by Official Testing Station personnel.  The Citation and Complaint will also contain an official summons to appear or otherwise plead, as well as a statement of the relief sought by the Department.

            Commercial Bus:  Any bus operated for the transportation of persons in the furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise, For-Hire or Not-For-Hire.

            Commercial Driver Training Vehicle:  Any commercial vehicle (Chap. 95½, Sec. 1-114, I.R.S.) or vehicle of the second division (Chap. 95½, Sec. 1-217, I.R.S.) used in the preparation of an applicant for examination given by the Secretary of State for a driver's license or permit.

            Department:  Illinois Department of Transportation.

            Director:  The Director of the Division of Traffic Safety.

            Division:  Division of Traffic Safety.

            Lane:  That clearly defined area within the building of an Official Testing Station within which all authorized safety test equipment is installed or located and within which all vehicle safety tests must be conducted.

            Official Records:  Those forms furnished by the Vehicle Inspection Section which have been completed incidental to the operation of an Official Testing Station.

            Official Testing Station:  All contiguous real and personal property which houses the testing lane(s) and any and all equipment and supplies relating to the Vehicle Safety Test Program.

            Official Testing Station Permit:  That evidence issued by the Vehicle Inspection Section granting the owner named thereon the privilege of serving as a agent of the State of Illinois within the limitations set forth in the Illinois Vehicle Code, Section 13-103 and these rules and regulations.

            Owner:  Any individual, partners, authorized agent of a corporation, lessee, or other person in whose name an Official Testing Station Permit has been issued.  Such person(s) shall be responsible for the lawful operation of the station's safety test program.

            Rejected Vehicle:  A vehicle which failed to pass the safety test and which was not issued a Certificate of Safety.

            Religious Organization Bus:

            Every motor vehicle, except as provided in paragraph (b), owned or operated by or for a religious organization or denomination for the transportation of persons to or from any activity of the religious organization or denomination.

            This definition does not include:

            a bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus is on a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare paying passengers or furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups on special trips or in connection with special events and not over a regular or customary religious organization bus route;

            a motor vehicle licensed or required to be licensed as a school bus; or

            a motor vehicle designed for carrying not more than 9 persons, including the driver, which is not registered as a religious organization bus under Section 3-808 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

            Rules:  Those Rules, as amended, that are issued by the Department and pertain to the safety tests of motor vehicles.

            School Bus:  Text as amended by P.A. 79-63, eff. June 26, 1975.

            "School bus" means every motor vehicle, except as provided in paragraph (b), owned or operated by or for any of the following entities for the transportation of persons in connection with any activity of the entity:  a school operated by a religious institution or a public or private nursery, primary, secondary or parental school.

            This definition does not include the following:

            a bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus is on a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare paying passengers or furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups on field trips or other special trips or in connection with special events or for shuttle service between attendance centers or other educational facilities and not over a regular or customary school bus route;

            a motor vehicle designed for carrying not more than 9 passengers which is not registered as a school bus under Section 3-808;

            until December 31, 1975, a vehicle operated by a nursery school exclusively for the transportation of pupils of pre-school age.

            Every motor vehicle, except as provided in paragraph (b), owned or operated by or for any of the following entities for the transportation of persons in connection with any activity of the entity:  a school operated by a religious institution or a public or private nursery, primary, secondary or parental school.

            This definition does not include the following:

            a bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus in on a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare paying passengers or furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups on field trips or other special trips or in connection with special events or for shuttle service between attendance centers or other educational facilities and not over a regular or customary school bus route;

            a motor vehicle designed for carrying not more than 9 passengers which is not registered as a school bus under Section 3-808;

            a religious organization bus as defined in Sec. 1-171.01.

            Second Division Vehicle:  Those vehicles which are designed for carrying more than 10 persons, those designed or used for living quarters and those vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying property, freight or cargo, those motor vehicles of the First Division remodelled for use and used as motor vehicles of the Section Division, and those motor vehicles of the First Division used and registered as school buses.

            Secretary:  Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

            Section:  Vehicle Inspection Section of the Bureau of Safety Operations of the Division of Traffic Safety of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

            Supplies:  All items issued to an Official Testing Station by the Vehicle Inspection Section.  All supplies remain the property of the Section.