Full Text of SB0968 97th General Assembly
SB0968sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Martin A. Sandoval Filed: 3/22/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 968
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 968 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 18b-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/18b-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 18b-101. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise | 8 | | clearly
requires, as used in this Chapter: | 9 | | "Agricultural commodities" means any agricultural | 10 | | commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock, | 11 | | including insects. | 12 | | "Agricultural operations" means the operation of a motor | 13 | | vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting agricultural | 14 | | commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes.
| 15 | | "Air mile" means a nautical mile, which is equivalent to | 16 | | 6,076 feet or 1,852 meters. Accordingly, 100 air miles are |
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| 1 | | equivalent to 115.08 statute miles or 185.2 kilometers.
| 2 | | "Commercial motor vehicle" means any self propelled or | 3 | | towed
vehicle used on public highways in interstate and | 4 | | intrastate commerce to
transport passengers or property when | 5 | | the vehicle has a gross vehicle
weight, a gross vehicle
weight | 6 | | rating, a gross combination weight, or a gross combination
| 7 | | weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds;
or the vehicle is used | 8 | | or designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including
the | 9 | | driver; or the vehicle is designed to carry 15 or fewer | 10 | | passengers and is
operated by a contract carrier transporting | 11 | | employees in the course of their
employment
on a highway of | 12 | | this State; or the vehicle is used or designed to transport | 13 | | between 9 and 15 passengers, including the driver, for direct | 14 | | compensation , if the vehicle is being operated beyond a radius | 15 | | of 75 air miles (86.3 statute miles or 138.9 kilometers) from | 16 | | the driver's normal work reporting location ; or the vehicle is | 17 | | used in the
transportation of hazardous
materials in a quantity | 18 | | requiring placarding under the Illinois Hazardous
Materials | 19 | | Transportation Act. This definition shall not include farm
| 20 | | machinery, fertilizer spreaders, and other special | 21 | | agricultural movement
equipment described in Section 3-809 nor | 22 | | implements of husbandry as defined
in Section 1-130;
| 23 | | "Direct compensation" means payment made to the motor | 24 | | carrier by the passengers or a person acting on behalf of the | 25 | | passengers for the transportation services provided, and not | 26 | | included in a total package charge or other assessment for |
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| 1 | | highway transportation services; | 2 | | "Farm supplies for agricultural purposes" means products | 3 | | directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural | 4 | | commodities and livestock feed at any time of the year; | 5 | | "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry | 6 | | (including egg-producing poultry), fish used for food, and | 7 | | other animals designated by the Secretary of the United States | 8 | | Department of Transportation (at his or her sole discretion) | 9 | | that are part of a foundation herd (including producing dairy | 10 | | cattle) or offspring;
| 11 | | "Officer" means Illinois State Police Officer;
| 12 | | "Person" means any natural person or individual, | 13 | | governmental body,
firm, association, partnership, | 14 | | copartnership, joint venture, company,
corporation, joint | 15 | | stock company, trust, estate or any other legal entity
or their | 16 | | legal representative, agent or assigns.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 93-860, eff. 8-4-04; 94-739, eff. 5-5-06.)".
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