Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1710 - RELOCATION TOWING › Subpart A - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 1710.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following terms, when used in this Part, shall have the
				  meanings ascribed to them in this Section.
"Addendum". A supplement to an existing lease.
"Air Mile". A distance of 5,280 feet as depicted on the
				  Official Illinois Highway Map, by reference to the distance scale shown on that
				  map, without regard to roads, streets or routes.
"Commission". The Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Equipment". Any truck designed or altered and equipped for
				  and used to push, tow or draw vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar,
				  towline or auxiliary axle, and rollback carriers when used to transport
				  vehicles.
"Heavy Duty Relocation". The relocation of a vehicle that, if
				  towed, would require use of heavy duty tow equipment for safe removal and
				  transportation, in compliance with applicable law, and without undue risk of
				  damage to the vehicle being relocated or the property from which the vehicle is
				  relocated.
"Heavy Duty Tow Equipment". A tow truck or truck tractor
				  designed to safely transport vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds.
"Law". The Illinois Commercial Relocation of Trespassing
				  Vehicles Law [625 ILCS 5 /Ch. 18a].
"Lease". A written document vesting possession, use, control
				  and responsibility in the lessee during the periods the vehicle is operated by
				  or for the lessee.
"Lessee". In a lease, the party acquiring the use of
				  equipment, with or without driver, from another.
"Lessor". In a lease, the party granting the use of
				  equipment, with or without driver, to another.
"Medium Duty Relocation". The relocation of a vehicle that,
				  if towed, would require use of medium duty tow equipment for safe removal and
				  transportation, in compliance with applicable law and without undue risk of
				  damage to the vehicle being relocated or the property from which the vehicle is
				  relocated.
"Medium Duty Tow Equipment". A tow truck or truck tractor
				  designed to safely transport vehicles weighing more than 8,000 pounds but not
				  more than 26,000 pounds.
"Operated under Authority of a Relocator's License". A
				  vehicle is being operated under authority of a relocator's license
				  while:
on patrol;
from the time the vehicle is dispatched to perform a call tow
				  until it arrives on the property from which a trespassing vehicle is to be
				  relocated;
while towing a trespassing vehicle from the property where it
				  was trespassing to the relocator's storage lot;
while at the relocator's storage lot until the vehicle is
				  dropped; and
while transporting a driver to the property where a vehicle
				  is trespassing, awaiting removal of the vehicle from such property by driving,
				  and accompanying the trespassing vehicle as it is driven back to the
				  relocator's storage lot.
"Owner". A person to whom title to equipment has been issued
				  or who, without title, has the right to exclusive use of equipment, for a
				  period longer than 30 days, or who has lawful possession of equipment,
				  registered and licensed in any state in the name of that person.
"Public Property". Property that is publicly funded through
				  tax revenues and that is accessible to the public.
"Relocated", "Relocating", and "Relocation". Refer to the
				  towing of trespassing vehicle from private property. A tow from public property
				  is not a relocation tow. A tow from private property pursuant to explicit
				  authorization from the vehicle owner or owner's agent is not a relocation
				  tow.
"Spotter". Any person who, as an employee or agent of a
				  commercial vehicle relocator, observes vehicles and drivers entering a parking
				  lot to identify trespassing vehicles and then contacts the relocator or an
				  operator to remove the trespassing vehicle.
"Truck Tractor". Every motor vehicle designed and used
				  primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load
				  other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn. [625 ILCS
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