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1 AN ACT in relation to 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
5 changing Section 1-217 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/1-217) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-217)
7 Sec. 1-217. Vehicle. Every device, in, upon or by which
8 any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon
9 a highway or requiring a certificate of title under Section
10 3-101(d) of this Code, except devices moved by human power,
11 devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and
12 snowmobiles as defined in the Snowmobile Registration and
13 Safety Act.
14 For the purposes of this Code, unless otherwise
15 prescribed, a device shall be considered to be a vehicle
16 until such time it either comes within the definition of a
17 junk vehicle, as defined under this Code, or a junking
18 certificate is issued for it.
19 For this Code, vehicles are divided into 2 divisions:
20 First Division:
21 (1) Those motor vehicles which are designed for the
22 carrying of not more than 10 persons.
23 (2) Those motor vehicles designed for the
24 transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16
25 persons, commonly referred to as vans, if (i) the van is
26 used by a parent of a student to transport not more than
27 15 students to and from school or (ii) the van is used by
28 a school nurse to transport not more than 15 students to
29 a health care facility for medical treatment.
30 Second Division: Those vehicles which are designed for
31 carrying more than 10 persons, except those First Division
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1 vehicles described in paragraph (2); those designed or used
2 for living quarters; and those vehicles which are designed
3 for pulling or carrying property, freight, or cargo;, those
4 motor vehicles of the First Division remodelled for use and
5 used as motor vehicles of the Second Division;, and those
6 motor vehicles of the First Division used and registered as
7 school buses.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-812, eff. 8-21-02.)