625 ILCS 5/3-400
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 3 - Certificates Of Title And Registration Of Vehicles

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400)Sec. 3-400. Definitions. Notwithstanding the definitions set forth in  Chapter 1 of this Act, for the purposes of this Article, the following  words shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows:"Apportionable Fee" means any periodic recurring fee required for  licensing or registering vehicles, such as, but not limited to,  registration fees, license or weight fees."Apportionable Vehicle" means any vehicle, except recreational  vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pickup and delivery  vehicles, buses used in transportation of chartered parties, and government  owned vehicles that are used or intended for use in 2 or more member  jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register vehicles, in a  fleet which is used for the transportation of persons for hire or the  transportation of property and which has a gross vehicle weight in excess of  26,000 pounds; or has three or more axles regardless of weight; or is used in  combination when the weight of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross  vehicle weight.  Vehicles, or combinations having a gross vehicle weight of  26,000 pounds or less and two-axle vehicles may be proportionally registered at  the option of such owner."Base Jurisdiction" means, for purposes of fleet registration, the  jurisdiction where the registrant has an established place of business,  where operational records of the fleet are maintained and where mileage  is accrued by the fleet.  In case a registrant operates more than one  fleet, and maintains records for each fleet in different places, the  "base jurisdiction" for a fleet shall be the jurisdiction where an  established place of business is maintained, where records of the  operation of that fleet are maintained and where mileage is accrued by  that fleet."Operational Records" means documents supporting miles traveled in  each jurisdiction and total miles traveled, such as fuel reports, trip  leases, and logs."Owner" means a person who holds legal title of a motor vehicle, or in the  event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional  sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the  conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of  possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee with right of  purchase, or in the event a mortgagor of such motor vehicle is entitled  to possession, or in the event a lessee of such motor vehicle is  entitled to possession or control, then such conditional vendee or  lessee with right of purchase or mortgagor or lessee is considered to be  the owner for the purpose of this Act."Registration plate or digital registration plate cover" means any tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object that is designed to (i) cover any of the characters of a motor vehicle's      registration plate or digital registration plate; or (ii) distort a recorded image of any of the characters      of a motor vehicle's registration plate or digital registration plate recorded by an automated enforcement system as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, or 11-1201.1 of this Code or recorded by an automated traffic control system as defined in Section 15 of the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act."Rental Owner" means an owner principally engaged, with respect to  one or more rental fleets, in renting to others or offering for rental  the vehicles of such fleets, without drivers."Restricted Plates" shall include, but is not limited to, dealer,  manufacturer, transporter, farm, repossessor, and permanently mounted type  plates.  Vehicles displaying any of these type plates from a foreign  jurisdiction that is a member of the International Registration Plan shall be  granted reciprocity but shall be subject to the same limitations as similar  plated Illinois registered vehicles.  (Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)