Section 438.10  Purpose and Applicability

The purpose of this Part is to promote the safety of the general public by establishing inspection standards for Official Testing Stations that conduct safety tests necessary for the following vehicles to receive a valid certificate of safety.  (See IVC Sections 13-101 and 6-410.)

a)         Buses designed to transport 11-15 persons, including the driver (except school buses) (see 92 Ill. Adm. Code 441, 443 and 445 for school bus inspection procedures);

b)         Buses registered as charitable vehicles (except motorcoach-style buses) (see 49 CFR 399.appendix G);

c)         Contract carriers transporting employees in the course of their employment on an Illinois highway in a vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers;

d)         Driver education training cars operated by commercial driver training schools;

e)         Driver education training cars that are over five model years of age or have an odometer reading of more than 75,000 miles and are used by public high schools;

f)         First division vehicles, including, but not limited to, taxis that are used for a purpose that requires the driver to have a school bus driver permit;

g)         Limousines;

h)         Medical transport vehicles;

i)          Multifunction school activity buses manufactured prior to July 1, 2012 and owned or operated by a public or private school (K-12);

j)          Rebuilt (salvage) vehicles (except rebuilt trailers) (see 49 CFR 399.appendix G);

k)         Religious organization buses (except motorcoach-style buses);

l)          Senior citizen transport vehicles designed to transport 11-15 persons, including the driver; and

m)        Tow trucks used in intrastate transportation.