093_SB0977
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1 AN ACT regarding 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 3-100 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-100) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-100)
7 Sec. 3-100. Definitions. As used inFor the purposes of
8 this Chapter, the following words shall have the meanings
9 ascribed to them:
10 "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic,
11 optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology
12 that entails capabilities similar to these technologies.
13 "Electronic record" means a record generated,
14 communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use
15 in an information system or for transmission from one
16 information system to another.
17 "Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic
18 form attached to or logically associated with an electronic
19 record.
20 "Owner" means a person who holds legal document of
21 ownership of a vehicle, limited to a certificate of origin,
22 certificate of title, salvage certificate, or junking
23 certificate. However, in the event a vehicle is the subject
24 of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof
25 with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions
26 stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of
27 possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in
28 the event a mortgagor of such vehicle is entitled to
29 possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or
30 mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this
31 Chapter, except as provided under paragraph (c) of Section
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1 3-118.
2 "Record" means information that is inscribed, stored, or
3 otherwise fixed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an
4 electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable
5 form.
6 "Signature" or "signed" includes any symbol executed or
7 adopted, or any security procedure employed or adopted, using
8 electronic means or otherwise, by or on behalf of a person
9 with intent to authenticate a record.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-79, eff. 1-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
11 91-772, eff. 1-1-01.)