625 ILCS 5/13-109
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 13 - Inspection Of Vehicles

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13-109)Sec. 13-109. Safety test prior to application for  license - Subsequent tests - Repairs - Retest.(a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 13, each second division  vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, and medical transport vehicle, except those vehicles other than  school buses or medical transport vehicles owned or operated by a municipal  corporation or political subdivision having a population of 1,000,000 or  more inhabitants which are subjected to safety tests imposed by local  ordinance or resolution, operated in whole or in part over the highways  of this State, motor vehicle used for driver education training, and each vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers  operated by a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of  their employment  on a highway of this State, shall be subjected to the safety  test provided for in Chapter  13 of this Code.  Tests shall be conducted at an official testing station  within 6 months prior to the application for registration as provided  for in this Code.  Subsequently each vehicle shall be subject to tests (i) at  least every 6 months, (ii) in the case of school buses and first division vehicles including taxis which are used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, at least every 6  months or 10,000 miles, whichever occurs first, (iii) in the case of driver education vehicles used by public high schools, at least every 12 months for vehicles over 5 model years of age or having an odometer reading of over 75,000 miles, whichever occurs first, or (iv) in the case of truck tractors, semitrailers, and property-carrying vehicles registered for a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds but less than 26,001 pounds, at least every 12 months, and according to  schedules established by rules and regulations promulgated by the  Department.  Any component subject to regular inspection which is  damaged in a reportable accident must be reinspected before the bus or first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit is  returned to service.(b) The Department shall also conduct periodic nonscheduled inspections  of school buses, of buses registered as charitable vehicles and of  religious organization buses. If such inspection reveals that a vehicle is  not in substantial compliance with the rules promulgated by the Department,  the Department shall remove the Certificate of Safety from the vehicle, and  shall place the vehicle out-of-service.  A bright orange, triangular decal  shall be placed on an out-of-service vehicle where the Certificate of  Safety has been removed.  The vehicle must pass a safety test at an  official testing station before it is again placed in service.(c) If the violation is not substantial a bright yellow, triangular  sticker shall be placed next to the Certificate of Safety at the time the  nonscheduled inspection is made.  The Department shall reinspect the  vehicle after 3 working days to determine that the violation has been  corrected and remove the yellow, triangular decal.  If the violation is not  corrected within 3 working days, the Department shall place the vehicle  out-of-service in accordance with procedures in subsection (b).(d) If a violation is not substantial and does not directly affect the  safe operation of the vehicle, the Department shall issue a warning notice  requiring correction of the violation.  Such correction shall be  accomplished as soon as practicable and a report of the correction shall be  made to the Department within 30 days in a manner established by the  Department.  If the Department has not been advised that the corrections  have been made, and the violations still exist, the Department shall place  the vehicle out-of-service in accordance with procedures in subsection  (b).(e) The Department is authorized to promulgate regulations to implement its  program of nonscheduled inspections.  Causing or allowing the operation of  an out-of-service vehicle with passengers or unauthorized removal of an  out-of-service sticker is a Class 3 felony.  Causing or allowing the  operation of a vehicle with a 3-day sticker for longer than 3 days with the  sticker attached or the unauthorized removal of a 3-day sticker is a Class C  misdemeanor.(f) If a second division vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, medical transport vehicle, or  vehicle operated by a contract carrier as provided in subsection (a) of this  Section is in safe  mechanical condition, as determined pursuant to Chapter 13, the operator of  the official testing station must at once issue to the second division  vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, or medical transport vehicle a certificate of safety, in the form  and manner prescribed by the Department, which shall be affixed to the  vehicle by the certified safety tester who performed the safety tests.  The  owner of the second division vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, or medical transport vehicle or the  contract carrier shall at  all times display the Certificate of Safety on the second division vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, medical transport vehicle, or vehicle operated by a contract carrier  in the manner prescribed by the Department.(g) If a test shows that a second division vehicle, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, medical  transport  vehicle, or vehicle operated by a contract carrier is not in safe  mechanical condition as provided in this Section, it  shall not be operated on the highways until it has been repaired and  submitted to a retest at an official testing station.  If the owner or  contract carrier submits  the vehicle to a retest at  a  different official testing station from that where it failed to pass the  first test, he or she shall present to the operator of the second station the  report of the original test, and shall notify the Department in writing,  giving the name and address of the original testing station and the defects  which prevented the issuance of a Certificate of Safety, and the name and  address of the second official testing station making the retest.  (Source: P.A. 100-160, eff. 1-1-18; 100-683, eff. 1-1-19.)