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Public Act 093-0860
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LRB093 16042 DRH 44055 b |
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AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Section 18b-101 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/18b-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-101)
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Sec. 18b-101. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise |
clearly
requires, as used in this Chapter:
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"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.
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"Commercial motor vehicle" 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
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weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds;
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
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machinery, fertilizer spreaders, and other special |
agricultural movement
equipment described in Section 3-809 nor |
implements of husbandry as defined
in Section 1-130;
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