625 ILCS 5/18a-400
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 18a - Illinois Commercial Relocation Of Trespassing Vehicles Law

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-400)Sec. 18a-400.     Relocator's licenses - Applications, original determinations.     (a) Each application for a license to operate as a commercial vehicle relocator  shall be made in writing to the Commission, shall be verified under oath, shall  be in  such form and contain such information as the Commission may by regulation  require, and  shall be accompanied by the required application fee  and  proof of security.(b) Upon the filing of such application, the Commission shall, within  a reasonable time, fix a time and place for public hearing thereon. At least  10 days before the hearing, the Commission shall notify the applicant and  all parties of record to such proceeding of the time and place  of such  hearing, by mailing a notice thereof to each such  party to  the address  of such party shown in the records of such proceeding.  Any person having  an interest in the subject matter may appear at the hearing in support of  or in objection to the application.(c) The applicant shall publish a notice on a form prescribed by the Commission  covering the filing of such application at least 10 days prior to the time  of the initial hearing in (i) the official newspaper selected by the Department  of Finance of the State of Illinois pursuant to Section 4 of the Illinois  Purchasing Act, and (ii) a secular newspaper of general  circulation and published in the  county in the State  of Illinois, wherein  the applicant or applicants propose to maintain their principal office and  place of business within the State of Illinois. The Commission may by regulation  or otherwise order applicants to give such further notice as it deems required.  The Commission may give additional notice of the filing of such application  as it may deem reasonable and proper as prescribed in its rules.  The Director  of the Department of Finance of the State of Illinois for the purposes hereof  shall over his or her signature as such Director annually and immediately  upon selecting the official newspaper certify to the Illinois Commerce  Commission  the name and address of said newspaper, together with the date of expiration  of the period of one year for which said newspaper was so selected and the  Commission shall filemark each such certification as of the date it receives  the  same and shall keep an official file of said certifications of said  Director conveniently available at its office in Springfield, Illinois;  provided, however, that in any and all events and for all purposes of this  Section and this Chapter, should the aforesaid Director for any reason fail  to make said certification annually, the newspaper set forth in the  certification  aforesaid of said Director filemarked by the Commission as of the most recent  date shall be the official newspaper in which publication is required hereby.  In case publication is required hereby in a newspaper published in a particular  county and no newspaper is so published, then and in that case  publication  shall be made in a newspaper published in the closest county thereto which  meets the circulation requirements of this Section.(d) The Commission shall issue a relocator's license to any qualified  applicant therefor after hearing, pursuant to an application filed, if it  is found that the applicant is fit, willing and able properly to  perform  the service proposed and to conform to provisions of this Chapter and the requirements,  rules and  regulations of the Commission thereunder; otherwise  such application  shall be denied.  The order of the Commission granting or denying a relocator's  license shall set forth the specific findings of fact on which such order  is based.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter no such license  shall be issued to any person who has failed to pay any registration fee  or any tax due from such person to the State of Illinois for the privilege  of  operating any motor vehicle on the public highways in the State of Illinois.(e) Operation over the public highways of this State conducted pursuant  to a relocator's license shall be in conformity with all of the laws of  this State pertaining to motor vehicle operation over such public highways.(f) No relocator's license shall confer  any proprietary or property rights in the use of the public highways.    (Source: P.A. 80-1459.)