(625 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13-101)
Sec. 13-101. Submission to safety test; certificate of safety. To
promote the safety of the general public, every owner of a second division
vehicle, medical transport vehicle, tow truck, first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, motor vehicle used for driver education training, or contract carrier
transporting employees in the course of their employment on a highway of
this State in a vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers shall,
before operating the vehicle
upon the highways of Illinois, submit it to a "safety test" and secure a
certificate of safety furnished by the Department as set forth in Section
13-109. Each second division motor vehicle that pulls or draws a trailer,
semitrailer or pole trailer, with a gross weight of 10,001 lbs or more or
is registered for a gross weight of 10,001 lbs or more, motor bus,
religious organization bus, school bus, senior citizen transportation vehicle,
and limousine shall be subject to
inspection by the Department and the Department is authorized to
establish rules and regulations for the implementation of such inspections.
The owners of each salvage vehicle shall submit it to a "safety test" and
secure a certificate of safety furnished by the Department prior to its
salvage vehicle inspection pursuant to Section 3-308 of this Code.
In implementing and enforcing the provisions of this Section, the
Department and other authorized State agencies shall do so in a manner
that is not inconsistent with any applicable federal law or regulation so
that no federal funding or support is jeopardized by the enactment or
application of these provisions.
However, none of the provisions of Chapter 13 requiring safety
tests or a certificate of safety shall apply to:
(a) farm tractors, machinery and implements, wagons, wagon-trailers or like farm |
The safety test shall include the testing and inspection of
brakes, lights, horns, reflectors, rear vision mirrors, mufflers,
safety chains, windshields and windshield wipers, warning flags and
flares, frame, axle, cab and body, or cab or body, wheels, steering
apparatus, and other safety devices and appliances required by this Code
and such other safety tests as the Department may by rule or regulation
require, for second division vehicles, school buses, medical transport
vehicles, tow trucks, first division vehicles including taxis which are used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, motor vehicles used for driver education training, vehicles 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, trailers, and
semitrailers subject to inspection.
For tow trucks, the safety test and inspection shall also include
the inspection of winch mountings, body panels, body
mounts, wheel lift swivel points,
and sling straps, and other tests and inspections the Department by
rule requires for tow trucks.
For driver education vehicles used by public high schools, the vehicle must also be equipped with dual control brakes, a mirror on each side of the vehicle so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear, and a sign visible from the front and the rear identifying the vehicle as a driver education car.
For trucks, truck tractors, trailers, semi-trailers, buses engaged in interstate commerce as defined Section 1-133 of this Code, and first division vehicles including taxis which are used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit, the
safety test shall be conducted in accordance with the Minimum Periodic
Inspection Standards promulgated by the Federal Highway Administration of
the U.S. Department of Transportation and contained in Appendix G to
Subchapter B of Chapter III of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Those standards, as now in effect, are made a part of this Code, in the
same manner as though they were set out in full in this Code.
The passing of the safety test shall not be a bar at any time to
prosecution for operating a second division vehicle, medical
transport
vehicle, motor vehicle used for driver education training, or vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers operated by a
contract carrier as provided in this Section that is unsafe, as determined by
the standards prescribed in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 103-476, eff. 1-1-24.)
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