625 ILCS 5/13-103
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 13 - Inspection Of Vehicles

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