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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 13-103 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/13-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13-103)
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| 7 | Sec. 13-103. Official testing stations - Fee - Permit - | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bond. Upon the
the
payment of a fee of $10 and the filing of an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | application
by the proprietor of any vehicle service station or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | public or private
garage upon forms furnished by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Department, accompanied by proof of
experience, training and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | ability of the operator of the testing
equipment, together with | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | proof of installation of approved testing
equipment as defined | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | in Section 13-102 and the giving of a bond
conditioned upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | faithful observance of this Section and of rules and
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| 16 | regulations issued by the Department in the amount of $1,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | with
security approved by the Department, the Department shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | issue a permit
to the proprietor of such vehicle service | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | station or garage to
operate an Official Testing Station. Such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | permit shall expire 12 months
following its issuance, but may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | be renewed annually by complying
with the requirements set | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | forth in this Section and upon the payment of a
renewal fee of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | $10. Proprietors of official testing stations for
which permits | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | have been issued prior to the effective date of this Act
may | ||||||
| 2 | renew such permits for the renewal fee of $10 on the expiration
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| 3 | of each 12 months following issuance of such permits, by | ||||||
| 4 | complying with
the requirements set forth in this Section. | ||||||
| 5 | However, any city, village or
incorporated town shall upon | ||||||
| 6 | application to the Department and without
payment of any fee or | ||||||
| 7 | filing of any bond, but upon proof of experience,
training and | ||||||
| 8 | ability of the operator of the testing equipment, and proof
of | ||||||
| 9 | the installation of approved testing equipment as defined in | ||||||
| 10 | Section
13-102, be issued a permit to operate such testing | ||||||
| 11 | station as an
Official Testing Station under this Act. The | ||||||
| 12 | permit so
issued shall at all times be displayed in a prominent | ||||||
| 13 | place in the vehicle
service station, garage or municipal | ||||||
| 14 | testing station which is licensed as
an Official Testing | ||||||
| 15 | Station under this Act. No
person or vehicle service station, | ||||||
| 16 | garage or municipal testing
station shall in any manner claim | ||||||
| 17 | or represent himself or itself to be
an official testing | ||||||
| 18 | station unless a permit has been issued to him or it
as | ||||||
| 19 | provided in this Section. | ||||||
| 20 | Any person or municipality who or which has received a | ||||||
| 21 | permit under
this Section may test his or its own second | ||||||
| 22 | division
vehicles and issue certificates of safety and conduct | ||||||
| 23 | emission inspections of
his or its own second division vehicles | ||||||
| 24 | in accordance with the requirements of
Section 13-109.1 with | ||||||
| 25 | respect to any such
second division vehicles owned, operated or | ||||||
| 26 | controlled by him or it.
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| 1 | Each such permit issued by the Department shall state on | ||||||
| 2 | its face the
location of the official testing station to be | ||||||
| 3 | operated under the permit and
safety tests shall be made only | ||||||
| 4 | at such location. However, the
Department may, upon | ||||||
| 5 | application, authorize a change in the
location of the official | ||||||
| 6 | testing station and the removal of the testing
equipment to the | ||||||
| 7 | new location. Upon approval of such application, the
Department | ||||||
| 8 | shall issue an endorsement which the applicant shall affix to
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| 9 | his permit. Such endorsement constitutes authority for the | ||||||
| 10 | applicant to
make such change in location and to remove his | ||||||
| 11 | testing equipment at the
times and to the places stated in the | ||||||
| 12 | endorsement.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 91-254, eff. 7-1-00.)
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