Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 451 - ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICIAL TESTING STATIONS › Section 451.15 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Administrative Hearing" - Proceedings in which witnesses are
				heard, evidence is presented, and testimony is taken relative to:
Citation/Complaints issued by the Department to Official
				Testing Station personnel for alleged violation of Section 13-100 et seq. of
				the Illinois Vehicle Inspection Law or of this Part.
Petitions presented by Official Testing Station owners for
				approval of testing fee schedules.
Petitions presented by Official Testing Station owners or
				applicants for reconsideration of revocation or denial of their Station
				Permits.
"Appendix G" Inspection - Testing procedures established by US
				DOT in 49 CFR, Ch. III, Subchapter B. The Department has adopted these
				procedures pursuant to Section 13-101 of the Illinois Vehicle Inspection Law
				for trucks, truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers and buses except school
				buses, religious organization buses, buses registered as charitable vehicles,
				tow trucks, senior citizen transport buses, buses designed to transport 11-15
				persons and limousines.
"Applicant" - Any individual owner, partners, authorized agent
				of a corporation, or lessee applying for an Official Testing Station
				Permit.
"Authorized Inspection Equipment" - Those testing and measuring
				devices approved by the Department's Commercial Vehicle Safety Section for
				applicable Official Testing Station's (refer to Section
				451.20(d)
				for applicability) test procedures. (See Section 451.Appendix F for approved
				list.)
"Body" - Portion of vehicle that encloses the occupant and
				cargo spaces and separates those spaces from the chassis frame, engine
				compartment, driveline, and other chassis components, except certain chassis
				controls used by the driver.
"Body-on-Chassis" - Completed vehicle consisting of a passenger
				seating body mounted on a truck type chassis (or other separate chassis) so
				that the body and chassis are separate entities, although one may reinforce or
				brace the other.
"Bus" - Every motor vehicle, other than a commuter van,
				designed for carrying more than ten persons. (Section 1-107 of the Illinois
				Vehicle Code (the Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 951/2, par. 1-107)
				[625 ILCS 5/1-107 ])
"Certificate of Safety" - The authorized visible symbol
				furnished by the Department's Commercial Vehicle Safety Section to an Official
				Testing Station which is to be directly affixed by a Certified Safety Tester to
				a vehicle which meets the minimum prescribed safety standards established by
				the Department's Commercial Vehicle Safety Section (see Section 451.Appendices
				A, B, C, and D, and 92 Ill. Adm. Code 396 and 448 for procedures).
"Certified Safety Tester" (CST) - An individual who has passed
				a written exam and has demonstrated proficiency in the operation of authorized
				safety test equipment (if applicable, refer to Section
				451.20(d)
				for applicability) and has been issued evidence and authority by the
				Department.
"Certified Safety Tester Certificate" - Evidence issued by the
				Department to a Certified Safety Tester granting the individual named thereon
				the privilege and authority to test vehicles.
"Chassis" - Every frame or supportive element of a school bus
				that contains but is not limited to the axles, engine, drive train, steering
				components, and suspension which the body is attached to. (Section 1-110.1 of
				the Code)
"Citation/Complaint" - A formal statement charging that an act
				of commission or omission constituting a violation of Section 13-100 et seq. of
				the Illinois Vehicle Inspection Law or this Part was committed by Official
				Testing Station personnel. The Citation and Complaint will also contain an
				official summons to appear or otherwise plead, as well as a statement of the
				relief sought by the Department.
"Code" - The Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch.
				951/2, pars. 1-100 et seq.) [625 ILCS
				5/1-100 et seq.].
"Commercial Driver Training Car" - Any commercial vehicle or
				vehicle of the second division used in the preparation of an applicant for
				examination given by the Secretary of State for a driver's license or permit.
				Vehicles owned by public schools or educational institutions are exempt from
				inspection. (Section 6-401 of the Code)
"Commercial Vehicle Safety Section" (CVSS) - A section of the
				Bureau of Safety Programs of the Division of Traffic Safety of the Illinois
				Department of Transportation.
"Department" - The Department of Transportation of the State of
				Illinois, acting directly or through its authorized agents or officers.
				(Section 13-100 of the Illinois Vehicle Inspection Law.)
"Designated Testing Area" - An area clearly defined by
				perimeter lines within the Official Testing Station where Appendix G
				inspections are performed.
"Director" - The Director of the Division of Traffic Safety for
				the Illinois Department of Transportation.
"Division" - Division of Traffic Safety for the Illinois
				Department of Transportation.
"Empty Weight" - Unloaded vehicle weight; i.e., the weight of a
				vehicle with maximum capacity of all fluids necessary for operation of the
				vehicle but without cargo or occupant.
"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards" (FMVSS) - The rules,
				regulations and standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.
"Illinois Vehicle Equipment Law" - Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch.
				951/2, pars. 12-100 et seq. [625 ILCS 5/12-100 et seq.].
"Illinois Vehicle Inspection Law" - Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch.
				951/2, pars. 13-100 et seq. [625 ILCS 5/13-100 et seq.].
"Incomplete Vehicle" - An assemblage consisting, as a minimum,
				of frame and chassis structure, power train, steering system, suspension
				system, and braking system, to the extent that those systems are to be part of
				the completed vehicle, that requires further manufacturing operations (other
				than the addition of readily attachable components such as mirrors or tire and
				rim assemblies or minor finishing operations, such as painting) to become a
				completed vehicle for use in Illinois.
"Lane" - An area clearly defined by perimeter lines within the
				building of an Official Testing Station within which all authorized safety test
				equipment is installed or located and within which all special category and
				school bus safety tests and retests shall be conducted.
"Manufacturer" - (unless otherwise indicated at the point of
				use) means the person or organization whose name follows: "MANUFACTURED BY" or
				"MFD BY" on the federal and state certification label.
"Newton" (N) - Metric unit of force and weight. N = mass
				multiplied by the standard acceleration of free fall or "gravity" (i.e., 9.8
				).
"Official Records" - Those forms furnished by the Department's
				Commercial Vehicle Safety Section which have been completed incidental to the
				operation of an Official Testing Station.
"Official Testing Station(s)" (the Station or OTS) - All
				contiguous real and personal property which houses the testing lane(s) (if
				required) (refer to Section
				451.70(1)
				for requirement) and any and all equipment (if applicable) (refer to Section
				451.20(d)
				for applicability) and supplies relating to the safety testing of vehicles.
				Official Testing Stations are classified as either public or private. Public
				stations are open to the public and are classified as either A, B, B1, B2, C or
				D OTS (refer to Section
				451.110(b)
				for classification requirements). Private stations are established by companies
				for the purpose of inspecting vehicles which are owned or operated by the
				company. Private stations are not open to the public and are always classified
				as "P" OTS.
"Official Testing Station Permit" (Permit) - Evidence issued by
				the Commercial Vehicle Safety Section granting the owner named thereon the
				privilege of serving as an agent of the State of Illinois within the
				limitations set forth in the Section 13-103 of the Illinois Vehicle Inspection
				Law and this Part.
"Owner" - Any individual, partners, authorized agent of a
				corporation, lessee, or other person in whose name an Official Testing Station
				Permit has been issued. Such person(s) shall be responsible for the lawful
				operation of the Station's safety test program.
"Part" - The regulations contained in this document which are
				located at 92 Ill. Adm. Code 451.
"Passenger" - Every occupant of the vehicle who is not the
				driver.
"Purchase Date" - Date when purchase transaction was completed,
				not when body or chassis was built.
"Rebuilt/Salvage Vehicle" - A vehicle for which a salvage
				certificate has been issued and which subsequently has been put back into its
				original or operating condition by a licensed rebuilder and which has met all
				the requirements of a salvage vehicle inspection. (Section 1-168.1 of the
				Code)
"Rejected Vehicle" - A vehicle which failed to pass the safety
				test and which was not issued a Certificate of Safety.
"Safety Test" - Inspection of vehicles and components required
				to be tested by the Illinois Vehicle Equipment Law, the Illinois Vehicle
				Inspection Law and this Part.
"School Bus" -
Type I School Bus - A School Bus withagross vehicle weight
				rating of more than 10,000 pounds.
Type II School Bus - A School Bus withagross vehicle weight
				rating of 10,000 pounds or less. (Section 12-800 of the Illinois Vehicle
				Equipment Law)
Every motor vehicle, except as provided below, owned or
				operated by or for any of the following entities for the transportation of
				persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below in connection with
				any activity of such entity:
Any public or private primary or secondary school;
Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
				institution; or
Any public, private or religious nursery school.
This definition shall not include the following:
A bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or
				common carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of
				passengers when such bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but
				is:
On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other
				fare paying passengers;
Furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups on
				field trips or other special trips or in connection with other special events;
				or
Being used for shuttle service between attendance centers or
				other educational facilities.
A motor vehicle of the first division. (Section 1-182 of the
				Code)
"Secretary" - Secretary of the Illinois Department of
				Transportation.
"Special Category Vehicle (SCV)" - Driver education training
				cars, medical transport vehicles, rebuilt (salvage) vehicles, religious
				organization buses, buses registered as charitable vehicles, senior citizen
				transport vehicles, tow trucks, buses designed to transport 11-15 persons,
				including the driver, and limousines.
"Special Education School Buses" - Vehicles constructed to
				transport children with special needs which require the alteration of specific
				component requirements (i.e., ramps, lifts, wheelchair accommodations).
"Station" - See "Official Testing Station."
"Supplies" - All items issued to an Official Testing Station by
				the Commercial Vehicle Safety Section. All supplies remain the property of the
				Commercial Vehicle Safety Section.
"Vehicle" -
First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for the
				carrying of not more than ten persons.
Second Division: Those vehicles which are designed for carrying
				more than ten persons, those designed or used for living quarters and those
				vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying property, freight or cargo,
				those motor vehicles of the First Division remodeled for use and used as motor
				vehicles of the Second Division, and those motor vehicles of the First Division
				used and registered as school buses. (Section 1-217 of the
				Code)