Full Text of HB2336 101st General Assembly
HB2336ham003 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 4/9/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2336
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2336, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. It is the intent of the General Assembly that | 6 | | all references made to vehicle license plates and license plate | 7 | | stickers be construed to include electronic vehicle license | 8 | | plates and vehicle stickers as approved by the Secretary of | 9 | | State. It is the policy of this State to encourage the issuance | 10 | | of a combination of metal and electronic license plates and | 11 | | vehicle stickers. | 12 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 13 | | Sections 1-171, 1-190.1, 6-305, and by adding Sections 3-401.5 | 14 | | and 3-401.6 as follows:
| 15 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-171) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-171)
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| 1 | | Sec. 1-171. Registration - Registration Sticker. | 2 | | Registration. The registration certificate or certificates, | 3 | | registration
plates and registration stickers issued under the | 4 | | laws of this State pertaining
to the registration of vehicles.
| 5 | | Registration Sticker or Stickers. A device or devices to be | 6 | | attached to
a rear registration plate that will renew the | 7 | | registration and registration
plate or plates for a | 8 | | pre-determined period not to exceed one registration
year | 9 | | except as provided in subsection (1) of Section 3-414 of this | 10 | | Code.
Should the Secretary of State determine it is advisable | 11 | | to require a registration
sticker to be attached to a front | 12 | | registration plate, he may require such
action and provide the | 13 | | necessary additional sticker. Such determination
shall be | 14 | | publicly announced at least 30 days in advance of a new annual
| 15 | | registration year. | 16 | | "Registration" and "registration sticker or stickers" | 17 | | include digital registration plates and digital registration | 18 | | stickers issued by the Secretary of State under Section 3-401.5 | 19 | | or 3-401.6.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1185.)
| 21 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-190.1)
| 22 | | Sec. 1-190.1. Special license plate. Registration plates | 23 | | issued by the
Secretary of State that by statute require, in | 24 | | addition to the applicable
registration fee, an additional fee | 25 | | that is to be deposited into the Secretary
of State Special |
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| 1 | | License Plate Fund. "Special license plate" includes digital | 2 | | registration plates that by statute require, in addition to the | 3 | | applicable
registration fee, an additional fee that is to be | 4 | | deposited into the Secretary
of State Special License Plate | 5 | | Fund.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 89-282, eff. 8-10-95.)
| 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-401.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 3-401.5. Digital registration plates and renewals. | 9 | | (a) The Secretary of State may authorize the issuance of a | 10 | | digital registration plate to a vehicle, in lieu of a set of | 11 | | static, metal registration plates, if the vehicle owner | 12 | | separately purchases the digital registration plate for a | 13 | | particular vehicle. The Secretary shall work with the vehicle | 14 | | owner and the distributor of the digital registration plates to | 15 | | coordinate the appropriate plate image and registration | 16 | | expiration to appear on the digital registration plate. One | 17 | | metal plate shall still be issued to the vehicle owner for the | 18 | | front end of the vehicle. | 19 | | (b) The Secretary, for any vehicle owner that purchases a | 20 | | digital registration plate, may electronically renew the | 21 | | digital registration plate upon receiving the appropriate | 22 | | renewal registration fee as set forth in this Code. The | 23 | | Secretary may also authorize the image to be suspended or | 24 | | revoked and replaced with an alternative image or blank screen | 25 | | upon violation of any provision of this Code or the failure to |
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| 1 | | renew the digital registration plate. | 2 | | (c) Before a digital registration plate may be issued in | 3 | | lieu of a special plate authorized under Article VI of this | 4 | | Chapter, the Secretary shall seek approval from the originating | 5 | | organization, when possible, to authorize a digital version of | 6 | | the static, metal plates issued to a vehicle owner. | 7 | | (d) The owner of a digital registration plate is | 8 | | responsible for any costs associated with using the digital | 9 | | registration plate, including, but not limited to, the initial | 10 | | purchase price and any replacement costs. | 11 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt any rules necessary to | 12 | | implement and develop a digital registration plate program. | 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-401.6 new) | 14 | | Sec. 3-401.6. Commercial digital registration plates. | 15 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall implement a pilot program | 16 | | for the creation of commercial digital registration plates for | 17 | | the purpose of (i) providing accurate and reliable information | 18 | | to law enforcement regarding specific uses of commercial | 19 | | vehicles; (ii) reducing abuse and increasing compliance with | 20 | | the use and transfer of commercial license plates; (iii) | 21 | | providing for dual-number commercial digital registration | 22 | | plates and a dynamic plate numbering system with dynamic | 23 | | expiration for commercial digital registration plates; (iv) | 24 | | providing commercial digital registration plates for | 25 | | commercial vehicle sharing, car-sharing platforms, and |
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| 1 | | non-owned commercial vehicle usage; (v) providing temporary | 2 | | and dynamic license plate numbering for temporary operational | 3 | | uses of commercial trucks, including U.S. Department of | 4 | | Transportation numbers and placards; and (vi) generating | 5 | | revenue for the State by and through in-state and out-of-state | 6 | | licensing for utilization across all states. The pilot program | 7 | | may be used for unplated, unregistered, and temporary vehicles. | 8 | | The program shall only be available to no more than 1,000 motor | 9 | | vehicles that are used commercially, used for hire, or owned by | 10 | | a commercial business. The program is not available to | 11 | | providers of transportation network company services, as that | 12 | | term is defined in Section 5 of the Transportation Network | 13 | | Providers Act. | 14 | | (b) As used in this Section: | 15 | | "Commercial digital registration plate" means an | 16 | | electronic display that is mounted on the back or side of a | 17 | | vehicle in place of a license plate issued by the Secretary of | 18 | | State pursuant to this Code or in place of numbers or placards | 19 | | issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. | 20 | | "Commercial vehicle" means any vehicle operated for the | 21 | | transportation of persons or property in the furtherance of any | 22 | | commercial or industrial enterprise by a business or commercial | 23 | | entity that owns at least 25 other such vehicles. | 24 | | "Dual-number digital license plate" means a digital | 25 | | electronic license place that displays both the license number | 26 | | for the registered owner of a commercial vehicle and a |
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| 1 | | temporary license number for the nonowner user of a commercial | 2 | | vehicle during an operational use. | 3 | | "Dynamic expiration" means the time of expiration of a | 4 | | dynamic license plate number. | 5 | | "Dynamic license plate number" means a temporary digital | 6 | | license number assigned to a nonowner user of a commercial | 7 | | vehicle during a limited, defined operational use period. | 8 | | "Operational use" means the temporary use by a nonowner of | 9 | | a commercial vehicle with a dual-number digital license plate | 10 | | to transport a commercial vehicle from one location to another | 11 | | location or during the rental period by a nonowner of a | 12 | | commercial vehicle while renting a car from a rental car | 13 | | company or business or a car-sharing company or business. An | 14 | | operational use may be approved for hourly increments. | 15 | | (c) The registered owner of a vehicle interested in | 16 | | participating in the program shall sign an informed consent | 17 | | agreement designed by the Secretary of State. The form and fee | 18 | | shall be submitted to the Secretary of State for processing. | 19 | | (d) For the purposes of developing and evaluating the use | 20 | | of a digital electronic license plate, the State may enter into | 21 | | any of the following: | 22 | | (1) A request for proposals. | 23 | | (2) A memorandum of understanding. | 24 | | (3) A letter of intent. | 25 | | (4) Other instruments deemed appropriate by the | 26 | | Secretary. |
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| 1 | | (e) The Secretary shall, at a date determined by the | 2 | | Secretary, enter into a 12-month contract with a private vendor | 3 | | for the purposes of researching, reporting, developing, | 4 | | acquiring, and implementing the utilization of a commercial | 5 | | digital registration plate for operational uses of commercial | 6 | | vehicles. The contract shall not allow data collection for a | 7 | | period longer than 12 months. The contract shall include a | 8 | | requirement that the private vendor pay for the costs of all | 9 | | relevant activities incurred by the Secretary for | 10 | | implementation of the program pursuant to this Section. The | 11 | | contract shall permit the vendor to charge a fee for each | 12 | | operational use of a commercial digital registration plate. The | 13 | | contract shall also include a confidentiality provision | 14 | | sufficient to provide protection for the vendor's proprietary | 15 | | information and methods. In no event shall the Secretary of | 16 | | State receive a lesser registration fee for a vehicle | 17 | | registered under this Section than would otherwise be received | 18 | | as a normal annual registration fee. | 19 | | All commercial digital registration plates used in this | 20 | | State shall be capable of clearly displaying digital numbering | 21 | | and must be capable of detection by equipment owned and | 22 | | operated by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority or a | 23 | | municipal government or law enforcement agency in this State. | 24 | | The plates shall be capable of displaying messages, as | 25 | | determined by the Secretary, at and past the date of dynamic | 26 | | expiration. |
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| 1 | | (f) Each operational use of a dynamic license plate number | 2 | | shall require the vendor to utilize a variety of driver data, | 3 | | including, but not limited to, cross-checking motor vehicle | 4 | | records and the Global Terrorist Watch List database before | 5 | | issuing and authorizing the dynamic license plate number and | 6 | | operational use.
The application process for an operational use | 7 | | may only be initiated by the scan of a valid driver's license. | 8 | | In no event shall any dynamic license plate number be issued | 9 | | until after an applicant selects and purchases temporary | 10 | | operational use insurance as made available through the vendor. | 11 | | Such insurance shall be effective for the duration of the | 12 | | operational use and all properly licensed insurance providers | 13 | | may participate in the program. Each operational use shall be | 14 | | subject to dynamic expiration at the termination of the | 15 | | operational use. | 16 | | (g) Personal information derived from the application | 17 | | process for an operational use shall be retained by the | 18 | | Secretary and made available to law enforcement as consistent | 19 | | with this Code. | 20 | | (h) On or before the repeal date of this Section under | 21 | | subsection (j), the Secretary shall submit a report to the | 22 | | General Assembly concerning the operation of the program, | 23 | | including, but not limited to, the prospect of increased | 24 | | revenues to the State by expanding the program, the nature and | 25 | | cost savings associated with the program, the security and | 26 | | reliability of the digital electronic license plates, options |
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| 1 | | for the driver of the vehicle to display and to change the | 2 | | messages displayed on the digital electronic license plate, and | 3 | | any recommendations on the future use of commercial digital | 4 | | registration plates that the Secretary deems appropriate. | 5 | | (i) This Section specifically grants authority to the | 6 | | Secretary of State to issue commercial digital registration | 7 | | plates. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Secretary of | 8 | | State from creating or implementing any other digital | 9 | | registration plate program for vehicles. | 10 | | (j) This Section is repealed 3 years after the effective | 11 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
| 12 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-305)
| 13 | | Sec. 6-305. Renting motor vehicle to another.
| 14 | | (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other | 15 | | person unless the
latter person, or a driver designated by a | 16 | | nondriver with disabilities and
meeting any minimum age and | 17 | | driver's record requirements that are uniformly
applied by the | 18 | | person renting a motor vehicle, is then duly licensed
hereunder | 19 | | or, in the case of a
nonresident, then duly licensed under the | 20 | | laws of the State or country of
his residence unless the State | 21 | | or country of his residence does not require
that a driver be | 22 | | licensed.
| 23 | | (b) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until | 24 | | he has
inspected , including through electronic or digital | 25 | | means, the driver's drivers license of the person to whom the |
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| 1 | | vehicle is to be
rented, or by whom it is to be driven, and | 2 | | compared and verified the license is unexpired
signature | 3 | | thereon with the signature
of such person written in his | 4 | | presence unless, in the case of a
nonresident, the State or | 5 | | country wherein the nonresident resides does not
require that a | 6 | | driver be licensed.
| 7 | | (c) No person shall rent a motorcycle to another unless the | 8 | | latter
person is then duly licensed hereunder as a motorcycle | 9 | | operator, and in the
case of a nonresident, then duly licensed | 10 | | under the laws of the State or
country of his residence, unless | 11 | | the State or country of his residence does
not require that a | 12 | | driver be licensed. | 13 | | (c-1) A rental car company that rents a motor vehicle shall | 14 | | ensure that the renter is provided with an emergency telephone | 15 | | number to personnel capable of fielding roadside assistance and | 16 | | other customer service inquiries, including the ability to | 17 | | provide the caller with the telephone number of the location | 18 | | from which the vehicle was rented, if requested by the caller. | 19 | | If an owner's manual is not available in the vehicle at the | 20 | | time of the rental, an owner's manual for that vehicle or a | 21 | | similar model shall be accessible by the personnel answering | 22 | | the emergency telephone number for assistance with inquiries | 23 | | about the operation of the vehicle.
| 24 | | (d) (Blank).
| 25 | | (e) (Blank).
| 26 | | (f) Subject to subsection (l), any person who rents a motor |
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| 1 | | vehicle to another shall only
advertise, quote, and charge a | 2 | | rental rate that includes the entire amount
except taxes, a | 3 | | mileage charge, and airport concession charge, if any, which a | 4 | | renter must pay to hire
or lease the vehicle for the period of | 5 | | time to which the rental rate
applies.
The person must provide, | 6 | | on the request of the renter, based on the
available | 7 | | information, an estimated total of the daily rental rate,
| 8 | | including all applicable taxes, fees, and other charges, or an
| 9 | | estimated total rental charge, based on the return date of the | 10 | | vehicle
noted on the rental agreement. Further, if the rental | 11 | | agreement does
not already provide an estimated total rental | 12 | | charge, the following
statement must be included in the rental | 13 | | agreement:
| 14 | | "NOTICE: UNDER ILLINOIS LAW, YOU MAY REQUEST, BASED ON
| 15 | | AVAILABLE INFORMATION, AN ESTIMATED TOTAL DAILY RENTAL | 16 | | RATE,
INCLUDING TAXES, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES, OR AN | 17 | | ESTIMATED
TOTAL RENTAL CHARGE, BASED ON THE VEHICLE RETURN | 18 | | DATE NOTED ON
THIS AGREEMENT."
| 19 | | Such person shall not charge in addition to the rental | 20 | | rate,
taxes, mileage charge, and airport concession charge, if | 21 | | any, any fee which must be paid by the renter
as a condition of | 22 | | hiring or leasing the vehicle, such as, but not limited
to, | 23 | | required fuel or airport surcharges, nor any fee for | 24 | | transporting the
renter to the location where the rented | 25 | | vehicle will be delivered to the
renter. In addition to the | 26 | | rental rate, taxes, mileage charge, and airport concession |
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| 1 | | charge, if any,
such person may charge for an item or service | 2 | | provided in connection with a
particular rental transaction if | 3 | | the renter can avoid incurring the charge by
choosing not to | 4 | | obtain or utilize the optional item or service. Items and
| 5 | | services for which such person may impose an additional charge | 6 | | include, but are
not limited to, optional insurance and | 7 | | accessories requested by the renter,
service charges incident | 8 | | to the renter's optional return of the vehicle to
a location | 9 | | other than the location where the vehicle was hired or leased,
| 10 | | and charges for refueling the vehicle at the conclusion of the | 11 | | rental
transaction in the event the renter did not return the | 12 | | vehicle with as much
fuel as was in the fuel tank at the | 13 | | beginning of the rental. "Airport concession charge" means a | 14 | | charge or fee imposed and collected from a renter to reimburse | 15 | | the motor vehicle rental company for the concession fee it is | 16 | | required to pay to a local government corporate authority or | 17 | | airport authority to rent motor vehicles at the airport | 18 | | facility. The airport concession charge is in addition to any | 19 | | customer facility charge or any other charge.
| 20 | | (f-5) A rental car company that offers a renter the | 21 | | opportunity to use a transponder or other electronic tolling | 22 | | device shall notify the renter of the opportunity to use the | 23 | | device at or before the beginning of the rental agreement. | 24 | | If a vehicle offered by a rental car company is equipped | 25 | | with a transponder or other electronic tolling device and the | 26 | | company fails to notify the renter of the option to use the |
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| 1 | | device, the rental car company shall not: | 2 | | (1) charge a renter a fee of more than $2 each day for | 3 | | the use of a transponder or other electronic tolling | 4 | | device; however, the company may recoup the actual cost | 5 | | incurred for any toll; and | 6 | | (2) charge a renter a daily fee on any day the renter | 7 | | does not drive through an electronic toll or only drives | 8 | | through an electronic toll collection system for which no | 9 | | alternative payment option exists. | 10 | | (g) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall | 11 | | keep a record
of the registration number of the motor vehicle | 12 | | so rented, the name and
address of the person to whom the | 13 | | vehicle is rented, the number of the
license, if any, of said | 14 | | latter person, and the date and place when and
where the | 15 | | license, if any, was issued. Such record may be maintained in | 16 | | an electronic or digital format, and shall be open
to
| 17 | | inspection by any police officer or designated agent of the | 18 | | Secretary of
State.
| 19 | | (h) A person licensed as a new car dealer under Section | 20 | | 5-101 of this
Code shall not be subject to the provisions of | 21 | | this Section regarding the
rental of private passenger motor | 22 | | vehicles when providing, free of charge,
temporary substitute | 23 | | vehicles for customers to operate during a period when
a | 24 | | customer's vehicle, which is either leased or owned by that | 25 | | customer, is
being repaired, serviced, replaced or otherwise | 26 | | made unavailable to the
customer in accordance with an |
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| 1 | | agreement with the licensed new car dealer
or vehicle | 2 | | manufacturer, so long as the customer orally or in writing is
| 3 | | made aware that the temporary substitute vehicle will be | 4 | | covered by his or
her
insurance policy and the customer shall | 5 | | only be liable to the extent of any
amount deductible from such | 6 | | insurance coverage in accordance with the terms
of the policy.
| 7 | | (i) This Section, except the requirements of subsection | 8 | | (g), also applies
to rental agreements of 30 continuous days or | 9 | | less involving a motor
vehicle that was delivered by an out of | 10 | | State person or business to a
renter in this State.
| 11 | | (j) A public airport
may, if approved by its local | 12 | | government corporate authorities or its airport
authority, | 13 | | impose a customer facility charge upon customers of rental car
| 14 | | companies for the purposes of financing, designing, | 15 | | constructing,
operating, and maintaining consolidated car | 16 | | rental facilities and common
use transportation equipment and
| 17 | | facilities,
which are used to transport the customer, | 18 | | connecting consolidated
car rental facilities with other | 19 | | airport facilities.
| 20 | | Notwithstanding
subsection (f) of this
Section, the | 21 | | customer facility charge shall
be collected by the rental car | 22 | | company as a separate charge, and clearly
indicated as
a | 23 | | separate charge
on the rental agreement and invoice.
Facility | 24 | | charges shall be immediately deposited into a trust account
for | 25 | | the benefit of the airport and
remitted at the direction of the | 26 | | airport, but
not more often than once per month.
The charge |
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| 1 | | shall be uniformly calculated on a per-contract or per-day
| 2 | | basis.
Facility charges imposed by the airport may not exceed | 3 | | the reasonable
costs of financing, designing, constructing, | 4 | | operating, and maintaining the
consolidated car rental | 5 | | facilities and common use transportation equipment and
| 6 | | facilities and may not be used for any other purpose.
| 7 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the charges | 8 | | collected
under
this Section are not subject to retailer | 9 | | occupation, sales,
use,
or transaction taxes.
| 10 | | (k) When a rental car company states a rental rate in any | 11 | | of its rate
advertisements, its proprietary computer
| 12 | | reservation systems, or its in-person quotations
intended to | 13 | | apply to
an airport rental, a company that collects from its | 14 | | customers a customer
facility charge for that rental under | 15 | | subsection (j) shall do all of the
following:
| 16 | | (1) Clearly and conspicuously disclose in any radio, | 17 | | television, or other
electronic media advertisements the | 18 | | existence and
amount of the charge if the advertisement is | 19 | | intended for rentals at an airport
imposing the charge or, | 20 | | if the
advertisement covers an area with multiple airports | 21 | | with different charges, a
range of amounts of customer | 22 | | facility charges if the advertisement is intended
for | 23 | | rentals at an airport imposing the charge.
| 24 | | (2) Clearly and conspicuously disclose in any print | 25 | | rate advertising the
existence and
amount of the charge if | 26 | | the advertisement is intended for rentals at an airport
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| 1 | | imposing the charge or, if the print rate advertisement | 2 | | covers an area with
multiple
airports with different | 3 | | charges, a range of amounts of customer facility
charges if | 4 | | the advertisement is intended for rentals at an airport | 5 | | imposing the
charge.
| 6 | | (3) Clearly and conspicuously disclose the existence | 7 | | and
amount of the charge in any telephonic, in-person, or | 8 | | computer-transmitted
quotation from the rental car | 9 | | company's proprietary computer reservation system
at the | 10 | | time of making an initial quotation of a
rental rate if the | 11 | | quotation is made by a rental car company location at an
| 12 | | airport imposing the charge and at the time of making a | 13 | | reservation of a rental
car if the reservation is made by a | 14 | | rental car company location at an airport
imposing the | 15 | | charge.
| 16 | | (4) Clearly and conspicuously display the charge in any | 17 | | proprietary
computer-assisted
reservation or transaction | 18 | | directly between the rental car company and the
customer,
| 19 | | shown or referenced on the
same page on the computer screen | 20 | | viewed by the customer as the
displayed rental rate and in | 21 | | a print size not smaller than the print size of
the rental | 22 | | rate.
| 23 | | (5) Clearly and conspicuously disclose
and separately | 24 | | identify the existence and amount of the charge on its | 25 | | rental
agreement.
| 26 | | (6) A rental car company that collects from its |
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| 1 | | customers a customer
facility charge under subsection (j) | 2 | | and engages in a practice which does not
comply with
| 3 | | subsections (f), (j), and (k) commits an unlawful
practice | 4 | | within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive | 5 | | Business
Practices Act.
| 6 | | (l) Notwithstanding subsection (f), any person who rents a | 7 | | motor vehicle to another may, in connection with the rental of | 8 | | a motor vehicle to (i) a business renter or (ii) a business | 9 | | program sponsor under the sponsor's business program, do the | 10 | | following: | 11 | | (1) separately quote, by telephone, in person, or by | 12 | | computer transmission, additional charges for the rental; | 13 | | and | 14 | | (2) separately impose additional charges for the | 15 | | rental. | 16 | | (l-5) A person licensed under Section 5-101, 5-101.2, or | 17 | | 5-102 of this Code shall not participate in a rental-purchase | 18 | | agreement vehicle program unless the licensee retains the | 19 | | vehicle in his or her name and retains proof of proper vehicle | 20 | | registration under Chapter 3 of this Code and liability | 21 | | insurance under Section 7-601 of this Code. The licensee shall | 22 | | transfer ownership of the vehicle to the renter within 20 | 23 | | calendar days of the agreed-upon date of completion of the | 24 | | rental-purchase agreement. If the licensee fails to transfer | 25 | | ownership of the vehicle to the renter within the 20 calendar | 26 | | days, then the renter may apply for the vehicle's title to the |
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| 1 | | Secretary of State by providing the Secretary the | 2 | | rental-purchase agreement, an application for title, the | 3 | | required title fee, and any other documentation the Secretary | 4 | | deems necessary to determine ownership of the vehicle. For | 5 | | purposes of this subsection (l-5), "rental-purchase agreement" | 6 | | has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Rental-Purchase | 7 | | Agreement Act. | 8 | | (m) As used in this Section: | 9 | | (1) "Additional charges" means charges other than: (i) | 10 | | a per period base rental rate; (ii) a mileage charge; (iii) | 11 | | taxes; or (iv) a customer facility charge. | 12 | | (2) "Business program" means: | 13 | | (A) a contract between a person who rents motor | 14 | | vehicles and a business program sponsor that | 15 | | establishes rental rates at which the person will rent | 16 | | motor vehicles to persons authorized by the sponsor; or | 17 | | (B) a plan, program, or other arrangement | 18 | | established by a person who rents motor vehicles at the | 19 | | request of, or with the consent of, a business program | 20 | | sponsor under which the person offers to rent motor | 21 | | vehicles to persons authorized by the sponsor on terms | 22 | | that are not the same as those generally offered by the | 23 | | rental company to the public. | 24 | | (3) "Business program sponsor" means any legal entity | 25 | | other than a natural person, including a corporation, | 26 | | limited liability company, partnership, government, |
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| 1 | | municipality or agency, or a natural person operating a | 2 | | business as a sole proprietor. | 3 | | (4) "Business renter" means any person renting a motor | 4 | | vehicle for business purposes or, for any business program | 5 | | sponsor, a person who is authorized by the sponsor to enter | 6 | | into a rental contract under the sponsor's business | 7 | | program. "Business renter" does not include a person | 8 | | renting as: | 9 | | (A) a non-employee member of a not-for-profit | 10 | | organization; | 11 | | (B) the purchaser of a voucher or other prepaid | 12 | | rental arrangement from a person, including a tour | 13 | | operator, engaged in the business of reselling those | 14 | | vouchers or prepaid rental arrangements to the general | 15 | | public; | 16 | | (C) an individual whose car rental is eligible for | 17 | | reimbursement in whole or in part as a result of the | 18 | | person being insured or provided coverage under a | 19 | | policy of insurance issued by an insurance company; or | 20 | | (D) an individual whose car rental is eligible for | 21 | | reimbursement in whole or in part as a result of the | 22 | | person purchasing motor vehicle repair services from a | 23 | | person licensed to perform those services.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-450, eff. 1-1-18; 100-878, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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