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Public Act 095-0802
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LRB095 19741 LCT 46111 b |
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AN ACT concerning business.
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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 New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act is amended |
by changing Section 2 as follows:
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(815 ILCS 380/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1202)
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Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the |
following words
have the meanings ascribed to them in this |
Section.
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(a) "Consumer" means an individual who purchases or leases |
for a period of
at least one year a new vehicle from the
seller |
for the purposes of transporting himself and others, as well as |
their
personal property, for primarily personal, household or |
family purposes or a fire department, fire protection district, |
or township fire department that purchases or leases for a |
period of at least one year a new vehicle from the seller.
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(b) "Express warranty" has the same meaning, for the |
purposes of this
Act, as it has for the purposes of the Uniform |
Commercial Code.
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(c) "New vehicle" means a passenger car, as defined in |
Section 1-157 of The
Illinois Vehicle Code, a motor vehicle of |
the Second Division having
a weight of under 8,000 pounds, as |
defined in Section 1-146 of that Code,
a vehicle purchased by a |
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fire department, a fire protection district, or a township fire |
department, and a recreational vehicle, except for a camping |
trailer or travel trailer that
does not qualify under the |
definition of a used motor vehicle, as set forth in
Section |
1-216 of that Code.
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(d) "Nonconformity" refers to a new vehicle's failure to |
conform
to all express warranties applicable to such vehicle, |
which failure
substantially impairs the use, market value or |
safety of that vehicle.
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(e) "Seller" means the manufacturer of a new vehicle, that |
manufacturer's
agent or distributor or that manufacturer's |
authorized dealer.
"Seller" also means, with respect to a new |
vehicle which is also a modified
vehicle, as defined in Section |
1-144.1 of The Illinois Vehicle Code, as now
or hereafter |
amended, the person who modified the vehicle and that person's
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agent or distributor or that person's authorized dealer.
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"Seller" also means, with respect to leased new vehicles, the |
manufacturer,
that manufacturer's agent or distributor or that |
manufacturer's dealer, who
transfers the right to possession |
and use of goods under a lease.
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(f) "Statutory warranty period" means the period of one |
year or 12,000
miles, whichever occurs first after the date of |
the delivery of a new vehicle
to the consumer who purchased or |
leased it.
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(g) "Lease cost" includes deposits, fees, taxes, down |
payments, periodic
payments, and any other amount paid to a |