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92_HB5820
LRB9214021LDtm
1 AN ACT in relation to automobile rentals.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Renter's Financial Responsibility and
5 Protection Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 27/10)
7 Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Rental Company" means a person or entity that rents
9 private passenger vehicles to the public for 30 days or less.
10 "Renter" means a person or entity that obtains the use of
11 a private passenger vehicle from a rental company under terms
12 of a rental agreement.
13 "Rental Agreement" means an agreement for 30 days or less
14 setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a
15 private passenger vehicle provided by a rental company.
16 "Authorized Driver" means: the renter; the renter's
17 spouse if the spouse is a licensed driver and satisfies the
18 rental company's minimum age requirement; the renter's
19 employer, employee, or co-worker if that person is a licensed
20 driver, satisfies the rental company's minimum age
21 requirement, and at the time of the rental is engaged in a
22 business activity with the renter; any person who is
23 expressly listed by the rental company on the rental
24 agreement as an authorized driver; and any person driving
25 directly to a medical or police facility under circumstances
26 reasonably believed to constitute an emergency and who is a
27 licensed driver.
28 "Damage Waiver" means a rental company's agreement not to
29 hold an authorized driver liable for all or a part of any
30 damage to or loss of a rented vehicle for which the renter
31 may be liable pursuant to Section 6-305.2. "Damage Waiver"
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1 shall encompass within its meaning other similar terms used
2 by rental entities or companies, such as "Collision Damage
3 Waiver", "Loss Damage Waiver", "Physical Damage Waiver", and
4 the like.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-113, eff. 7-14-97.)