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| Public Act 103-0209 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 3-402 and 3-407 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-402)
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Sec. 3-402. Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions.
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A. Exemptions and Policy. Every motor vehicle, trailer, | ||||
semitrailer and
pole trailer when driven or moved upon a | ||||
highway shall be subject to the
registration and certificate | ||||
of title provisions of this Chapter except:
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(1) Any such vehicle driven or moved upon a highway in | ||||
conformance with
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provisions of this Chapter relating | ||||
to manufacturers, transporters, dealers,
lienholders or | ||||
nonresidents or under a temporary registration permit | ||||
issued
by the Secretary of State;
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(2) Any implement of husbandry whether of a type | ||||
otherwise subject to
registration hereunder or not which | ||||
is only incidentally operated or moved
upon a highway, | ||||
which shall include a not-for-hire movement for the | ||||
purpose
of delivering farm commodities to a place of first | ||||
processing or sale, or
to a place of storage;
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(3) Any special mobile equipment as herein defined;
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(4) Any vehicle which is propelled exclusively by | ||
electric power obtained
from overhead trolley wires though | ||
not operated upon rails;
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(5) Any vehicle which is equipped and used exclusively | ||
as a pumper, ladder
truck, rescue vehicle, searchlight | ||
truck, or other fire apparatus, but not
a vehicle of a type | ||
which would otherwise be subject to registration as a
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vehicle of the first division;
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(6) Any vehicle which is owned and operated by the | ||
federal government
and externally displays evidence of | ||
federal ownership. It is the policy
of the State of | ||
Illinois to promote and encourage the fullest use of its
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highways and to enhance the flow of commerce thus | ||
contributing to the economic,
agricultural, industrial and | ||
social growth and development of this State,
by | ||
authorizing the Secretary of State to negotiate and enter | ||
into reciprocal
or proportional agreements or arrangements | ||
with other States, or to issue
declarations setting forth | ||
reciprocal exemptions, benefits and privileges
with | ||
respect to vehicles operated interstate which are properly | ||
registered
in this and other States, assuring nevertheless | ||
proper registration of vehicles
in Illinois as may be | ||
required by this Code;
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(7) Any converter dolly or tow dolly which merely | ||
serves as
substitute wheels for another
legally licensed | ||
vehicle. A title may be issued on a voluntary basis to
a | ||
tow dolly upon receipt of the manufacturer's certificate | ||
of origin or
the bill of sale;
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(8) Any house trailer found to be an abandoned mobile | ||
home under the
Abandoned Mobile Home Act;
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(9) Any vehicle that is not properly registered or | ||
does not have
registration plates or digital registration | ||
plates issued to the owner or operator affixed thereto, or | ||
that
does have registration plates or digital registration | ||
plates issued to the owner or operator affixed thereto
but | ||
the plates are not appropriate for the weight of the | ||
vehicle, provided that
this
exemption shall apply only | ||
while the vehicle is being transported or operated
by a | ||
towing service and has a third tow plate affixed to
it.
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B. Reciprocity. Any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or | ||
pole trailer
need not be registered under this Code provided | ||
the same is operated interstate
and in accordance with the | ||
following provisions and any rules and regulations
promulgated | ||
pursuant thereto:
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(1) A nonresident owner, except as otherwise provided | ||
in this Section,
owning any foreign registered vehicle of | ||
a type otherwise subject to
registration hereunder, may | ||
operate or permit the operation of such vehicle
within | ||
this State in interstate commerce without registering such | ||
vehicle
in, or paying any fees to, this State subject to | ||
the condition that such
vehicle at all times when operated | ||
in this State is operated pursuant to a
reciprocity | ||
agreement, arrangement or declaration by this State, and
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further subject to the condition that such vehicle at all | ||
times when
operated in this State is duly registered in, | ||
and displays upon it, a valid
registration card and | ||
registration plate or plates or digital registration plate | ||
or plates issued for such vehicle
in the place of | ||
residence of such owner and is issued and maintains in | ||
such
vehicle a valid Illinois reciprocity permit as | ||
required by the Secretary of
State, and provided like | ||
privileges are afforded to residents of this State
by the | ||
State of residence of such owner.
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Every nonresident including any foreign corporation | ||
carrying on business
within this State and owning and | ||
regularly operating in such business any
motor vehicle, | ||
trailer or semitrailer within this State in intrastate | ||
commerce,
shall be required to register each such vehicle | ||
and pay the same fees therefor
as is required with | ||
reference to like vehicles owned by residents of this
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State.
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(2) Any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole | ||
trailer operated
interstate need not be registered in this | ||
State, provided:
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(a) that the vehicle is properly registered in | ||
another
State pursuant to law or to a reciprocity | ||
agreement, arrangement or
declaration; or
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(b) that such vehicle is part of a fleet of | ||
vehicles owned or operated
by the same person who | ||
registers such fleet of vehicles pro rata among the
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various States in which such fleet operates; or
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(c) that such vehicle is part of a fleet of | ||
vehicles, a portion of which
are registered with the | ||
Secretary of State of Illinois in accordance with
an | ||
agreement or arrangement concurred in by the Secretary | ||
of State of
Illinois based on one or more of the | ||
following factors: ratio of miles in
Illinois as | ||
against total miles in all jurisdictions; situs
or | ||
base of a vehicle, or where it is principally garaged, | ||
or from whence
it is principally dispatched or where | ||
the movements of such vehicle usually
originate; situs | ||
of the residence of the owner or operator thereof, or | ||
of
his principal office or offices, or of his places of | ||
business; the routes
traversed and whether regular or | ||
irregular routes are traversed, and the
jurisdictions | ||
traversed and served; and such other factors as may be | ||
deemed
material by the Secretary and the motor vehicle | ||
administrators of the other
jurisdictions involved in | ||
such apportionment. Such vehicles shall maintain | ||
therein any reciprocity permit
which may be required | ||
by the Secretary of State pursuant to rules and
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regulations which the Secretary of State may | ||
promulgate in the
administration of this Code, in the | ||
public interest.
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(3)(a) In order to effectuate the purposes of this | ||
Code, the Secretary
of State of Illinois is empowered to | ||
negotiate and execute written reciprocal
agreements or | ||
arrangements with the duly authorized representatives of | ||
other
jurisdictions, including States, districts, | ||
territories and possessions
of the United States, and | ||
foreign states, provinces, or countries, granting
to | ||
owners or operators of vehicles duly registered or | ||
licensed in such
other jurisdictions and for which | ||
evidence of compliance is supplied,
benefits, privileges | ||
and exemption from the payment, wholly or partially,
of | ||
any taxes, fees or other charges imposed with respect to | ||
the ownership
or operation of such vehicles by the laws of | ||
this State except the tax
imposed by the Motor Fuel Tax | ||
Law, approved March 25, 1929, as amended, and
the tax | ||
imposed by the Use Tax Act, approved July 14, 1955, as | ||
amended.
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The Secretary of State may negotiate agreements or | ||
arrangements as are in
the best interests of this State | ||
and the residents of this State pursuant
to the policies | ||
expressed in this Section taking into consideration the
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reciprocal exemptions, benefits and privileges available | ||
and accruing to
residents of this State and vehicles | ||
registered in this State.
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(b) Such reciprocal agreements or arrangements shall | ||
provide that vehicles
duly registered or licensed in this | ||
State when operated upon the highways
of such other | ||
jurisdictions, shall receive exemptions, benefits and | ||
privileges
of a similar kind or to a similar degree as | ||
extended to vehicles from such
jurisdictions in this | ||
State.
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(c) Such agreements or arrangements may also authorize | ||
the apportionment of
registration or licensing of fleets | ||
of vehicles operated interstate, based
on any or all of | ||
the following factors: ratio of miles in Illinois as | ||
against
total miles in all jurisdictions; situs or base of | ||
a vehicle, or where it
is principally garaged or from | ||
whence it is principally dispatched or where
the movements | ||
of such vehicle usually originate; situs of the residence
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of the owner or operator thereof, or of his principal | ||
office or offices,
or of his places of business; the | ||
routes traversed and whether regular or
irregular routes | ||
are traversed, and the jurisdictions traversed and served;
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and such other factors as may be deemed material by the | ||
Secretary and the
motor vehicle administrators of the | ||
other jurisdictions involved in such
apportionment, and | ||
such vehicles shall likewise be entitled to reciprocal
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exemptions, benefits and privileges.
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(d) Such agreements or arrangements shall also provide | ||
that vehicles being
operated in intrastate commerce in | ||
Illinois shall comply with the registration
and licensing | ||
laws of this State, except that vehicles which are part of
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an apportioned fleet may conduct an intrastate operation | ||
incidental to their
interstate operations. Any motor | ||
vehicle properly registered and qualified
under any | ||
reciprocal agreement or arrangement under this Code and | ||
not having
a situs or base within Illinois may complete | ||
the inbound movement of a trailer
or semitrailer to an | ||
Illinois destination that was brought into Illinois
by a | ||
motor vehicle also properly registered and qualified under | ||
this Code
and not having a situs or base within Illinois, | ||
or may complete an outbound
movement of a trailer or | ||
semitrailer to an out-of-state destination that
was | ||
originated in Illinois by a motor vehicle also properly | ||
registered and
qualified under this Code and not having a | ||
situs or base in Illinois, only
if the operator thereof | ||
did not break bulk of the cargo laden in such
inbound or | ||
outbound trailer or semitrailer. Adding or unloading | ||
intrastate
cargo on such inbound or outbound trailer or | ||
semitrailer shall be deemed
as breaking bulk.
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(e) Such agreements or arrangements may also provide | ||
for the determination
of the proper State in which leased | ||
vehicles shall be registered based on
the factors set out | ||
in subsection (c) above and for apportionment of
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registration of fleets of leased vehicles by the lessee or | ||
by the lessor
who leases such vehicles to persons who are | ||
not fleet operators.
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(f) Such agreements or arrangements may also include | ||
reciprocal
exemptions, benefits or privileges accruing | ||
under The Illinois Driver
Licensing Law or The Driver | ||
License Compact.
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(4) The Secretary of State is further authorized to | ||
examine the laws
and requirements of other jurisdictions, | ||
and, in the absence of a written
agreement or arrangement, | ||
to issue a written declaration of the extent and
nature of | ||
the exemptions, benefits and privileges accorded to | ||
vehicles of
this State by such other jurisdictions, and | ||
the extent and nature of reciprocal
exemptions, benefits | ||
and privileges thereby accorded by this State to the
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vehicles of such other jurisdictions. A declaration by the | ||
Secretary of
State may include any, part or all reciprocal | ||
exemptions, benefits and
privileges or provisions as may | ||
be included within an agreement or arrangement.
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(5) All agreements, arrangements, declarations and | ||
amendments thereto,
shall be in writing and become | ||
effective when signed by the Secretary of
State, and | ||
copies of all such documents shall be available to the | ||
public upon request.
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(6) The Secretary of State is further authorized to | ||
require the display
by foreign registered trucks, | ||
truck-tractors and buses, entitled to reciprocal
benefits, | ||
exemptions or privileges hereunder, a reciprocity permit | ||
for
external display before any such reciprocal benefits, | ||
exemptions or privileges
are granted. The Secretary of | ||
State shall provide suitable application forms
for such | ||
permit and shall promulgate and publish reasonable rules | ||
and
regulations for the administration and enforcement of | ||
the provisions of
this Code including a provision for | ||
revocation of such permit as to any
vehicle operated | ||
wilfully in violation of the terms of any reciprocal
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agreement, arrangement or declaration or in violation
of | ||
the Illinois Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended.
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(7)(a) Upon the suspension, revocation or denial of | ||
one or more of all
reciprocal benefits, privileges and | ||
exemptions existing pursuant to the
terms and provisions | ||
of this Code or by virtue of a reciprocal agreement
or | ||
arrangement or declaration thereunder; or, upon the | ||
suspension, revocation
or denial of a reciprocity permit; | ||
or, upon any action or inaction of the
Secretary in the | ||
administration and enforcement of the provisions of this
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Code, any person, resident or nonresident, so aggrieved, | ||
may serve upon
the Secretary, a petition in writing and | ||
under oath, setting forth the
grievance of the petitioner, | ||
the grounds and basis for the relief sought,
and all | ||
necessary facts and particulars, and request an | ||
administrative
hearing thereon. Within 20 days, the | ||
Secretary shall set a hearing date as
early as practical. | ||
The Secretary may, in his discretion, supply forms for
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such a petition.
The Secretary may require the payment of | ||
a fee of not more than $50 for the
filing of any petition, | ||
motion, or request for hearing conducted pursuant to
this | ||
Section. These fees must be deposited into the Secretary | ||
of State DUI
Administration Fund, a special fund that is | ||
hereby created in the State
treasury, and, subject
to | ||
appropriation and as directed by the Secretary of State, | ||
shall be used to
fund
the operation of the hearings | ||
department of the Office of the Secretary of
State
and for | ||
no other purpose. The
Secretary shall establish by rule | ||
the amount and the procedures, terms, and
conditions | ||
relating to these fees.
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(b) The Secretary may likewise, in his discretion and | ||
upon his own
petition,
order a hearing, when in his best | ||
judgment, any person is not entitled to
the reciprocal | ||
benefits, privileges and exemptions existing pursuant to
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the terms and provisions of this Code or under a | ||
reciprocal agreement or
arrangement or declaration | ||
thereunder or that a vehicle owned or operated
by such | ||
person is improperly registered or licensed, or that an | ||
Illinois
resident has improperly registered or licensed a | ||
vehicle in another
jurisdiction for the purposes of | ||
violating or avoiding the registration
laws of this State.
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(c) The Secretary shall notify a petitioner or any | ||
other person involved
of such a hearing, by giving at | ||
least 10 days notice, in writing, by U.S.
Mail, Registered | ||
or Certified, or by personal service, at the last known
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address of such petitioner or person, specifying the time | ||
and place of such
hearing. Such hearing shall be held | ||
before the Secretary, or any person
as he may designate, | ||
and unless the parties mutually agree to some other
county | ||
in Illinois, the hearing shall be held in the County of | ||
Sangamon
or the County of Cook. Appropriate records of the | ||
hearing shall be kept,
and the Secretary shall issue or | ||
cause to be issued, his decision on the
case, within 30 | ||
days after the close of such hearing or within 30 days | ||
after
receipt of the transcript thereof, and a copy shall | ||
likewise be served or
mailed to the petitioner or person | ||
involved.
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(d) The actions or inactions or determinations, or | ||
findings and decisions
upon an administrative hearing, of | ||
the Secretary, shall be subject to judicial
review in the | ||
Circuit Court of the County of Sangamon or the County of | ||
Cook,
and the provisions of the Administrative Review Law,
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and all amendments and modifications thereof and rules | ||
adopted pursuant
thereto, apply to and govern all such | ||
reviewable matters.
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Any reciprocal agreements or arrangements entered into | ||
by the Secretary
of State or any declarations issued by | ||
the Secretary of State pursuant to
any law in effect prior | ||
to the effective date of this Code are not hereby
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abrogated, and such shall continue in force and effect | ||
until amended pursuant
to the provisions of this Code or | ||
expire pursuant to the terms or provisions
thereof.
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C. Vehicles purchased out-of-state. A resident of this | ||
State who
purchases a vehicle in another state and transports | ||
the vehicle to Illinois
shall apply for registration and | ||
certificate of title as soon
as practicable, but in no event | ||
more than 45 days after the purchase of the
vehicle. If an | ||
Illinois motorist who purchased a vehicle from an out-of-state
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licensed dealer is unable to meet the 45-day deadline due to a | ||
delay in
paperwork from the seller, that motorist may obtain | ||
an Illinois temporary
registration plate with: (i) proof of | ||
purchase; (ii) proof of meeting the
Illinois driver's license | ||
or identification card requirement; and (iii) proof
that | ||
Illinois title and registration fees have been paid. If fees | ||
have not
been paid, the motorist may pay the fees in order to | ||
obtain the temporary
registration plate. The owner of such a | ||
vehicle shall display any temporary
permit or registration | ||
issued in accordance with Section 3-407. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-407)
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Sec. 3-407. Temporary permit or registration pending | ||
registration.
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(a) Temporary Permit. The Secretary of State in his | ||
discretion may
grant a temporary permit or placard to operate | ||
a vehicle for which
application for
registration and | ||
certificate of title has been made where such application
is | ||
made by the holder of a valid Illinois driver's license or | ||
identification
card, or equivalent documentation, and | ||
accompanied by the proper fee, pending action upon said | ||
application by
the Secretary of State. If the person making
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the application is primarily a resident of a state other than | ||
the State of
Illinois, that person shall provide a valid | ||
driver's license or
identification card, or equivalent | ||
documentation, of that primary state of
residence, accompanied | ||
by the proper fee, and one or more of the following:
(i) proof | ||
of ownership or lease agreement for a residence in Illinois; | ||
(ii)
proof of enrollment in an Illinois college, university, | ||
or other institution of
higher education; or (iii) proof of | ||
active duty military status. In lieu of payment of the proper | ||
fee, the Secretary
of State may accept a bond therefor or a | ||
certificate of deposit, in the
proper amount, and in the same | ||
form and subject to the same requirements as
the payment of | ||
such fees or taxes on an installment basis, except that the
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fees or taxes due shall be payable and paid to the Secretary of | ||
State. The
design, color and format of the temporary permit or | ||
placard shall be wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary | ||
of State.
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(b) Temporary Registration. The Secretary of State in his | ||
discretion may
issue registration plates to an owner for which | ||
application and certificate
of title has been made where such | ||
application is accompanied by the proper
fee and tax, pending | ||
completion of the said application by the applicant
and the | ||
Secretary, subject however to rules and regulations | ||
promulgated by
the Secretary.
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(c) Revocation. A temporary permit or registration is | ||
subject to
revocation to the same extent as any other | ||
registration.
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(Source: P.A. 88-298.)
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