Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 Vehicles: Article 18c - Illinois Commercial Transportation Law

Sub-chapter 1. General Provisions

Article I. Short Title, Legislative Intent, State Transportation Policy, and Definitions

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1101
  Short Title. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Commercial Transportation Law". (Source: P.A. 84-796.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1102
  Legislative Intent. The General Assembly finds that: (a) a comprehensive recodification of existing transportation regulatory statutes is needed to delete obsolete provisions and facilitate...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1103
  State Transportation Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Illinois to actively supervise and regulate commercial transportation of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1104
  Definitions. The following terms, when used in this Chapter, have the hereinafter designated meanings unless their context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Broker" means any...

Article II. Jurisdiction and Power of the Commission

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1201
  Jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the Commission under this Chapter shall extend to for-hire transportation by motor carrier and rail carrier, the activities of brokers,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1202
  Enumeration of Powers. The Commission shall have the power to: (1) Administer and enforce provisions of this Chapter; (2) Regulate the entry, exit, and...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1203
  Initial Decisions. (1) Delegation of Authority. (a) General Delegation. The power to make an initial decision in all matters under this Chapter and Chapter...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1204
  Transportation Division. (1) Establishment. There shall be established within the staff of the Commission a Transportation Division in which primary staff responsibility for the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1204a
  Docketing Procedures. (1) Mandatory Docketing Requirement. All pleadings filed with the Commission under this Chapter and Chapter 18a shall be docketed in a timely...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1204b
  Certification of Records. Copies of all official documents and orders filed or deposited according to the law in the office of the Commission under...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1204c
  Independent Review of Decisions on Administrative Appeal. (1) Requirement of Independent Review. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this Section: (a) Review...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1204d
  Staff participation. (1) General Provisions. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, Commission staff participation in the administration or enforcement of this Law in...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1204e
  Communications with the Office of Chairman and Commissioners. (1) The chairman, members and executive director shall jointly adopt and adhere to written procedures concerning...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1205
  Qualifications of Transportation Compliance Program Staff. (1) General provisions. The manager of the Transportation Division shall establish and adhere to written professional standards and...

Article III. Employee Boards

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1301
  Employee Boards Generally. The Commission may, except as expressly provided in this Section, delegate one or more of its functions under this Chapter to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1302
  Members of Employee Boards. (1) Appointment of Members. Each board shall have 3 members. Members of employee boards established under provisions of this Article...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1303
  Conduct of Employee Board Proceedings. A majority of an Employee Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Decisions on matters before...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1304
  Orders of Employee Boards. Employee Board orders shall be served, in writing, on all parties to the proceeding in which the order is entered....

Article IV. Modification of Standards and Procedures

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1401
  Modification of Standards and Procedures in Response to Preemptive Federal Legislation. The Commission may, except with regard to licensing and ratemaking standards for motor...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1402
  Interim Rulemaking. The Commission may, by publishing interim rules in the official state newspaper and simultaneously initiating rulemaking proceedings in accordance with the Administrative...

Article V. Fees and Taxes

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1501
  Franchise, Franchise Renewal, Filing and Other Fees for Motor Carriers of Property. (1) Franchise, Franchise Renewal, Filing, and Other Fee Levels in Effect Absent...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1502
  Gross Receipts Taxes For Motor Carriers of Passengers and Rail Carriers. Each motor carrier of passengers and rail carrier shall pay to the Commission,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1502.05
  Route Mileage Fee for Rail Carriers. Beginning with calendar year 2004, every rail carrier shall pay to the Commission for each calendar year a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1502.10
  Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing and Grade Separation Fee. Beginning with calendar year 2004, every rail carrier shall pay to the Commission for each calendar year...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1503
  Legislative Intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that the exercise of powers under Sections 18c-1501 and 18c-1502 of this Chapter shall not diminish...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1504
  Reciprocity. The Commission may enter into agreements with agencies in other jurisdictions for the reciprocal waiver of motor carrier fees or taxes administered by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1505
  Proration of Fees. The Commission may prorate fees and levies provided in this Chapter throughout the calendar year. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

Article VI. Transportation Regulatory Fund

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1601
  Deposit of Monies into the Transportation Regulatory Fund. (1) Deposit of Fees, Taxes, and Monies Other Than Criminal Fines. All fees, penalties (other than...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1602
  Appropriations from the Transportation Regulatory Fund. (1) Appropriation of Monies. Appropriations from the Transportation Regulatory Fund shall be separately identified both in the Commission's...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1603
  Expenditures from the Transportation Regulatory Fund. (1) Authorization of Expenditures from the Fund. Monies deposited in the Transportation Regulatory Fund shall be expended only for...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1604
  Annual Report of Expenditures. The Commission shall, within 60 calendar days after the end of the lapse period for each fiscal year, submit to the...

Article VII. Violations of the Law

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1701
  Violations Defined. Each person who fails to comply, in whole or in part, with any provision of this Chapter, Commission regulations or orders shall...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1702
  Responsibility for Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Commission and of the State Police and the Secretary of State to conduct investigations,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1703
  Investigations and Arrests. (1) Enforcement Officers and Investigators. Enforcement officers and investigators appointed by the Commission shall have, and may exercise throughout the state,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1704
  Sanctions. Each violation of this Chapter shall subject the violator to the following sanctions, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Chapter. Sanctions provided...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1705
  Expedited Enforcement Procedures. The Commission shall, within 60 days from the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987, implement expedited administrative enforcement procedures....

Article VIII. Service of Notices, Orders and Process

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1801
  Persons Who May be Served. It shall be the responsibility of each person subject to the licensing or ratemaking provisions of this Chapter to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-1802
  Time of Service. Notices, orders, process and other correspondence of the Commission shall be deemed served at the time they are deposited in the...

Sub-chapter 2. Proceedings Before the Commission and the Courts

Article I. Administrative Proceedings Before the Commission

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2101
  Hearings in household goods carrier licensing cases. (1) Hearing required. The Commission shall issue orders in household goods carrier licensing cases only after notice...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2102
  Hearings in other than household goods carrier authority cases. (1) Hearing required. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this Section, and in Section...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2103
  Rules of Practice. (1) General Provisions. The Commission shall adopt General and Special rules of practice to govern administrative proceedings under this Chapter. Such...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2104
  Rules of Evidence. The rules of evidence which apply in civil cases before the circuit courts of this State shall, except as otherwise provided...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2105
  Discovery. (1) Discovery Generally. Any party may utilize written interrogatories, depositions, requests for discovery or inspection of documents or property and other discovery tools...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2106
  Standing. (1) General Provisions. Each person with an administratively cognizable interest in a proceeding before the Commission shall, upon compliance with procedural rules adopted by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2107
  Orders in household goods carrier authority proceedings. (1) Emergency Proceedings Orders. The Commission may, on request, and upon a finding that urgent and immediate...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2108
  Orders in other than household goods carriers authority and enforcement proceedings. (1) Emergency Orders. The Commission may, on request, and upon a finding that...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2109
  Prompt Final Disposition of Proceedings. The Commission shall consider matters properly before it in the most expeditious manner possible, and in no case shall...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2110
  Reconsideration, Rehearing and Reopening of Proceedings. (1) Motions for Rehearing or Reconsideration. (a) Who May File Motions. Any party of record to an administrative...

Article II. Judicial Review Proceedings

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2201
  Availability of Judicial Review. (1) Standing to Seek Judicial Review. No person shall have standing to seek judicial review of a Commission action unless...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2202
  Scope of Judicial Review. (1) Issues on Review. The reviewing court shall be limited in its review to whether: (a) The Commission's order is...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2203
  Submission of the Administrative Record. It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to submit to the court certified copies of the record before...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2204
  Relief. The reviewing court may grant relief in accordance with provisions of the Illinois Administrative Review Law. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2205
  Stay of Action Pending Judicial Review. (1) Commission Orders Not Stayed by Filing of Appeal. The filing or pendency of a petition for judicial...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2206
  Application of the Illinois Administrative Review Law. Where this Article is silent, proceedings for judicial review of a Commission action, regulation or order shall...

Article III. Administrative and Judicial Enforcement Proceedings

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2301
  Initiation of Proceedings. The Commission may initiate either administrative or judicial proceedings, or both, to enforce provisions of this Chapter, and Commission regulations and...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2302
  Governing Procedures. Administrative enforcement proceedings initiated hereunder shall be governed by the Commission's rules of practice. Judicial enforcement proceedings initiated hereunder shall be governed...

Article IV. Venue and Jurisdiction

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2401
  Venue and Jurisdiction in Actions for Judicial Review. (1) Venue. Actions for judicial review under this Chapter may be filed in the circuit courts...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-2402
  Venue and Jurisdiction in Actions to Enforce this Chapter. (a) Venue in Suits for Criminal Misdemeanor Penalties. Actions in which criminal misdemeanor penalties are...

Sub-chapter 3. Substantive Provisions Applicable to More Than One Transportation Mode

Article I. Licensing

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3101
  Terms, Conditions, and Limitations. The Commission may attach to the exercise of rights under any license or other authorization issued or granted by it...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3102
  Geographical Restrictions. A prima facie determination whether transportation is within the geographical scope of a license may be made by reference to a copy...

Article II. Ratemaking

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3201
  Prohibition of transportation services in the absence of effective rates. No common carrier by pipeline, household goods carrier, rail carrier, or passenger carrier shall...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3202
  Effective Dates of New or Amended Rates. The Commission shall prescribe the periods of notice which must elapse between the filing of a proposed...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3203
  Filing, publishing and posting of tariffs and schedules. (1) General requirement of filing, publication and posting. Each common carrier of household goods or passengers...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3204
  Rate Proceedings. (1) Initiation of proceedings. The Commission may initiate a proceeding to investigate or prescribe tariffs or schedules on its own motion or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3205
  Ratemaking Standards. (1) Reasonableness. Rates for household goods common carrier service must be just, reasonable, and not discriminatory. (2) Factors to be Considered. The...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3206
  Charges to conform to tariffs or schedules and orders of the Commission. (1) Overcharges and undercharges prohibited. No common or contract household goods or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3207
  Zones of Rate Flexibility. (1) Zone for Motor Carriers of Passengers. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Sub-chapter, the Commission may not investigate, suspend,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3208
  Joint rates and routes. (1) Establishment by carriers. Two or more common carriers of household goods or passengers may establish through routes and joint...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3209
  Charges Not Part of Direct Transportation Cost. Any agreement, arrangement, or device, or part thereof, which, as a condition to the provision of transportation...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3210
  Presentation of freight bills, payment of freight charges, and extension of credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, this Section is applicable only...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3211
  Free or Reduced Rate Carriage. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent a carrier from establishing reduced rate or free carriage rates applicable to transportation...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3212
  Statute of Limitations for Freight Charges. (1) Collection Actions. Actions to collect freight charges under lawfully applicable rates must be instituted within 3 years...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3213
  Application of Rate Regulations to Exempt Traffic. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the provisions of this Article shall not...

Article III. Other Provisions Common to All Transportation Modes

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3301
  Certain Third Party Payments Prohibited. Whenever a shipper or receiver of property requires that any person who owns or operates a motor vehicle transporting...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3302
  Prohibition against discrimination. It shall be unlawful for any household goods carrier, rail carrier, common carrier by pipeline, or passenger carrier to discriminate by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3303
  Failure to Reject or Suspend, or to Invoke Sanctions, Not to be Construed as Acceptance. Failure of the Commission to reject or suspend any...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-3304
  Records and accounts. Each household goods carrier, rail carrier, common carrier by pipeline, and passenger carrier shall: (1) Keep written accounts and records of...

Sub-chapter 4. Motor Carriers of Property

Article I. General Provisions Governing Motor Carriers of Property

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4101
  Scope of Commission Jurisdiction. Except as provided in Section 18c-4102 of this Chapter, the jurisdiction of the Commission shall extend to all motor carriers...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4102
  Exemptions from Commission Jurisdiction. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to transportation, by motor vehicle: (a) of mail exclusively for the United...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4103
  Leasing. (1) Prohibition Against Single-Source Leasing. No private carrier shall lease any motor vehicle with driver, nor shall any person lease a motor vehicle...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4104
  Unlawful Operations. (1) Prohibition. Except as provided in Article I of this Sub-chapter, and subject to the provisions stated herein, it shall be unlawful...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4105
  Indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contracts void. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a provision, clause, covenant, or agreement contained in, collateral to,...

Article II. Licensing

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4201
  Licensing cases. (1) Scope of Section. The provisions of this Chapter relating to household goods carrier licensing apply to applications: (a) For a license authorizing...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4202
  Household goods common carrier certificates. (1) Prerequisite to operation as a household goods common carrier. No person shall operate as a household goods common...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4203
  Household goods contract carrier permits. (1) Prerequisite to operation as a household goods contract carrier. No person shall operate as a household goods contract carrier...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4204
  Standards to be considered in issuing common and contract household goods carrier licenses. The Commission shall exercise its discretion in regard to issuance of common...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4204a
  Fitness standards. (1) Establishment of administrative standards. The Commission shall, within 180 days from the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987, adopt...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4206
  Dual operations. (1) Dual common/contract operations. No person shall hold both a household goods common carrier certificate and a household goods contract carrier permit...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4207
  Cessation of service under a license. No household goods carrier shall abandon, discontinue, or suspend any service that it is authorized to provide pursuant...

Article III. Transfer of Licenses

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4301
  Power of Commission to Approve Transfers. A license issued under this Sub-chapter may be transferred, with Commission approval, under the conditions specified in this...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4302
  Types of Transfers Which May be Approved. It is lawful, with prior authorization from the Commission, for: (1) Two or more motor carriers of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4303
  Applications for Approval. Applications for approval of the transfer of a license shall be on forms prescribed by the Commission and shall, where possible,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4304
  Standard for Review of Applications. The Commission may approve a proposed transfer if it finds that: (1) The license to be transferred is in...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4305
  Abandonment, Discontinuance, or Suspension of Service Under a License to be Transferred. In determining whether the proposed transferor has abandoned, discontinued or suspended service...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4306
  Expedited Transfer Procedures. (1) The Commission may provide for the transfer of a license, without notice and hearing, and without the necessity of making...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4307
  Unapproved Transfers. (1) Unapproved Transfers Prohibited. Except as provided in this Article, no person may enter into a transaction to accomplish or effectuate, or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4308
  Enforcement of Transfer Requirements. The Commission may, on its own motion or on complaint, investigate and determine whether violations of this Article have occurred....
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4309
  Temporary Suspension and Transfer. Periods during which a license is temporarily suspended by order of the Commission shall not be considered as part of...

Article IV. Rate Filings and Registration of Intrastate Public Carriers and Equipment and Registration of Interstate Carriers and Equipment

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4401
  Registration required. (1) General provisions. No intrastate public carrier and no interstate carrier shall operate over the public roads of this State without a registration...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4402
  Registration Standards. The Commission shall not issue a registration until after the carrier has: (1) Properly filed an application for registration; and (2) Complied...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4403
  Issuance of registrations. The Commission may issue registrations to any qualified applicant authorizing bona fide intrastate public carrier or interstate operations, if it is...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4404
  Revocation of Registrations. The Commission may revoke any registration if it determines that the carrier has failed to comply with this Chapter, Commission regulations...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4405
  Intrastate public carrier rate filings. Public carriers that voluntarily file rates under an agreement approved by the Commission under Section 18c-4502 of this Chapter...

Article V. Ratemaking.

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4501
  Jurisdiction and power of the Commission. (1) Power to set rates. The Commission shall have jurisdiction and power to set the maximum or minimum,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4502
  Collective Ratemaking. (1) Application for Approval. Any carrier party to an agreement between or among 2 or more carriers relating to rates, fares, classifications,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4503
  Terminal Area Operations. (1) Exemption From Rate Regulation. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, nothing contained in this Chapter shall be...

Article VI. Cab Cards and Identifiers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4601
  Cab Card and Identifier to be Carried and Displayed in Each Vehicle. (1) General Provisions. (a) Carrying Requirement. Each motor vehicle used in for-hire...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4602
  Commission to Prescribe Cab Cards and Identifiers. The Commission shall prescribe the cab cards and identifiers required under Section 18c-4601 of this Chapter. (Source:...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4603
  Issuance of Cab Cards and Identifiers. (1) Applications for Cards and Identifiers. Applications for cab cards and identifiers shall be on forms prescribed by the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4604
  Enforcement. It shall be a violation of this Chapter, separate and apart from any other violation, for a person to: (1) Operate a vehicle...

Article VII. Identification of Carriers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4701
  Insignia on Vehicles. (1) General Requirements to be Prescribed by Commission. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no intrastate carrier shall operate any...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4702
  Identification of Carrier in Advertising, Solicitation, and other Documents. No carrier shall use in any advertising, solicitation, correspondence, publication, or other document connected with...

Article VIII. Bills of Lading

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4801
  Rights, Obligations, and Liabilities. The provisions of Sections 7-101, 7-102, 7-103, 7-104, 7-105, 7-301, 7-302, 7-303, 7-304, 7-305, 7-306, 7-307, 7-308, 7-309, 7-401, 7-402,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4802
  Straight Bill of Lading. A bill in which it is stated that the goods are consigned or destined to a specific person is a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4803
  Order Bill of Lading. A bill of lading in which it is stated that the goods are consigned or destined to the order of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4804
  Limitation of Liability. The provisions of this Section respecting liability for full actual loss, damage or injury, notwithstanding subsection 2 of Section 7-309 of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4805
  Other Remedies Available to Holder of Bill of Lading Not Preempted. This Article does not deprive any holder of a receipt or bill of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4806
  Delivering Carrier Defined. For the purposes of this Section the delivering carrier is the carrier performing transportation service to or nearest to the point...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4807
  Bill of Lading or Similar Documentation Required. (1) General Requirements. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, every motor common carrier of...

Article IX. Safety Regulations for Motor Carriers of Property: Insurance

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4901
  Insurance Coverage as a Prerequisite to Operations. No motor carrier of property shall operate within this State unless it has on file with the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4902
  Commission to Set Insurance Coverage Limits and Establish Procedures. The Commission shall prescribe the amounts of insurance or surety coverage required as a minimum,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4903
  Implied Terms of Insurance Coverage. Each certificate or other proof of insurance or surety coverage shall have, as an implied term, that the insurance...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4904
  Liability to Be Covered by Insurance. Insurance or surety under this Article shall cover the carrier's liability for injury to persons and damage to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-4905
  Self-insurance. The Commission may exempt a carrier from the requirement of Sections 18c-4901, 18c-4902, 18c-4903, and 18c-4904 of this Chapter if it determines that...

Sub-chapter 5. Special Provisions Applicable to Transportation of Property Over Public Roads

Article I. Brokers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5101
  Unlawful Activities. It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To act as a broker without a license in good standing issued to it...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5102
  Licensing of Brokers. (1) Procedures for Issuing Brokers' Licenses. The Provisions of Article II of Sub-chapter 4 of this Chapter which govern the form...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5103
  The Fitness Standard. A person shall be rebuttably presumed unfit to act or to continue to act as a broker if: (1) The person...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5104
  Transfer of Brokers' Licenses. (1) Transfer of Brokers' Licenses Permitted. A broker's license may be transferred, with Commission approval, under the conditions specified in...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5105
  Bonds and Insurance. The Commission may prescribe for brokers such requirements regarding bonds, insurance, and the terms of coverage thereof, as the Commission determines...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5106
  Records of Brokers. (1) Records to be Kept by Brokers. A broker shall keep a record of each transaction which shows: (a) The name,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5107
  Brokers and Motor Carrier Applications. A Broker shall not have standing to support any application for motor carrier of property authority. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

Article II. Resolution of Household Goods Disputes

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5201
  Application of Article. The provisions of this Article apply to the collect-on-delivery transportation of household goods for non-commercial use where: (1) The dispute relates...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5202
  Commission to prescribe dispute resolution procedures. (1) Within 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, the Commission shall propose...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5203
  Award of Attorneys Fees. (1) Award to Complaining Shipper. In any court action to resolve a dispute within the scope of this Article, the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5204
  Investigation of Practices of Household Goods Carriers. The Commission may, on its own motion or on complaint, conduct an investigation to determine whether a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5205
  Applicability of Article. This Article applies to disputes arising from transactions which occur at least 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory...

Article III. Non-relocation Towing

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5301
  Application of Article. The provisions of this Article shall apply to non-relocation towing. Where the provisions of this Article conflict with any other provisions...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5302
  Commission to Adopt Special Rules. (1) General Provisions. The Commission shall, within 180 days after the effective date of this Article, have finally adopted...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5303
  The Fitness Test. (1) Prima Facie Evidence of Applicant Fitness in Licensing Cases. Applicants for non-relocation towing licenses may establish a prima facie showing...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5304
  The Public Need/Public Convenience and Necessity Test. Applicants for non-relocation towing licenses may establish, and other parties may rebut, a prima facie showing of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5305
  Hearings in Non-Relocation Towing Authority Cases. (1) Hearings on Fitness Required. Hearings on applications for non-relocation towing licenses shall be governed by the provisions...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5306
  Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses. If, at any time during or after adjudication of a non-relocation towing license application, there exists an issue...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5307
  False Statements by Applicant. Any false statement of a material fact by an applicant shall be grounds for denial or revocation of a license....
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5308
  Intervention in Opposition to Non-Relocation Towing applications. (1) Filing Fee for Petitions for Leave to Intervene in Opposition. The Commission shall prescribe a filing...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5309
  Ratemaking. Unless otherwise specified in the tariff, rates applicable to non-relocation towing shall be the maximum rates which may be charged by carriers participating...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-5310
  Insurance. (1) Implied Garagekeeper's Liability. The filing of a form E certificate of insurance shall constitute a representation by the insurance company that the...

Sub-chapter 6. Motor Carriers of Passengers

Article I. General Provisions Governing Motor Carriers of Passengers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6101
  Scope of Commission Jurisdiction. Except as provided in Section 18c-6102 of this Chapter, the jurisdiction of the Commission shall extend to all motor carriers...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6102
  Exemptions From Commission Jurisdiction. The provisions of this Sub-chapter shall not, except as provided in Section 18c-6501 of this Chapter, apply to: (1) carriers...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6103
  Unlawful Operations. Except as provided in Article I of this Sub-chapter, and subject to the provisions stated herein, no person shall: (1) Operate as...

Article II. Licensing

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6201
  Requirements for Issuance of Licenses. (1) General Requirements. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, the Commission shall grant an application for...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6202
  Other Provisions Relating to Licensing and Registration. Provisions in Articles II, III, and IV of Sub-chapter 4 of this Chapter, governing the suspension, revocation,...

Article III. Addition, Change, Reduction, or Discontinuance of Scheduled Motor Bus Service

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6301
  General Provisions. No motor common carrier of passengers shall add to, change, reduce, or discontinue service to any point along a route over which...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6302
  Definitions. The following terms, when used in this Article, shall have the hereinafter designated meanings. (1) "Addition" to service means the institution of new...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6303
  Schedule Changes and Reductions in Service. Any motor common carrier of passengers may add to, change, or reduce the level of its service to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6304
  Discontinuances. No motor common carrier of passengers shall discontinue service to any point along a route over which the carrier is authorized to provide...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6305
  Prior Notice and Petition for Authorization. (1) Annual and Amended Lists of Points Under Consideration for Discontinuance. By March of each calendar year, each...

Article IV. Ratemaking

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6401
  Ratemaking. The Commission may exercise, with respect to rate regulation of motor carriers of passengers, any and all power which it may exercise with...

Article V. Safety Requirements for Motor Carriers of Passengers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6501
  Hours of Service for Drivers. No motor carrier of passengers shall operate any vehicle with a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of more than 8...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6502
  Report and Investigation of Accidents. (1) Reports. Every motor carrier of passengers shall report to the Commission, by the speediest means possible, whether telephone,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-6503
  Insurance. The provisions of Article IX of Subchapter 4 of this Chapter regarding insurance for motor carriers of property shall apply to motor carriers...

Sub-chapter 7 Rail Carriers.

Article I. Jurisdiction Over Rail Carriers.

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7101
  Jurisdiction Over Rail Carriers. The jurisdiction of the Commission under this Sub-chapter shall be exclusive and shall extend to all intrastate and interstate rail...

Article II. Registration and Services of Rail Carriers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7201
  Registration as a Rail Carrier. (1) General Provisions. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, no person shall operate as a rail...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7202
  Duties and Obligations of Rail Carriers. Each rail carrier shall provide adequate service to the public at reasonable rates and without discrimination. (Source: P.A.
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7203
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-796. Repealed by P.A. 90-257, eff. 7-30-97.)

Article III. Ratemaking

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7301
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-796. Repealed by P.A. 90-257, eff. 7-30-97.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7302
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-796. Repealed by P.A. 90-257, eff. 7-30-97.)

Article IV. Safety Requirements for Rail Carriers

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7401
  Safety Requirements for Track, Facilities, and Equipment. (1) General Requirements. Each rail carrier shall, consistent with rules, orders, and regulations of the Federal Railroad Administration,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7401.1
  Rules for safe railroad worker walkways. Within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Commission shall...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7402
  Safety Requirements for Railroad Operations. (1) Obstruction of Crossings. (a) Obstruction of Emergency Vehicles. Every railroad shall be operated in such a manner as...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7402.1
  Pilot projects; automated audible warning devices. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that, for the communities of the State that are traversed by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7402.5
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-187, eff. 1-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 2-1-01.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7403
  Enforcement and Waiver of Safety Requirements. (1) Enforcement. Except with regard to grade crossing obstructions under Section 18c-7402 of this Chapter and trespass on...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7404
  Transportation of Hazardous Materials by Rail Carriers. (1) Commission to Regulate Hazardous Materials Transportation by Rail Carrier. (a) Powers of the Commission. The Commission...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7405
  Accident counseling. (a) Every Class I and Class II rail carrier, according to federal regulations, operating in this State must establish a counseling or trauma...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7406
  Closure of at-grade crossings; bicycle and pedestrian trails. When considering the closure of an at-grade railroad crossing to public use, the Commission shall consider the...

Article V. Miscellaneous Provisions.

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7501
  Eminent Domain. If any rail carrier shall be unable to agree with the owner for the purchase of any real estate required for the purposes...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7502
  Malicious removal of or damage to railroad property or freight. (a) Malicious removal of or damage to railroad property or freight. A person is guilty...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7503
  Trespassing on railroad property; terminal security. (1) Trespassing on railroad property prohibited. (a) General prohibition. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-7504
  Construction of Fences, Farm Crossings, and Damages. (1) Fencing. Every rail carrier shall, within 6 months after any part of its line is open...

Sub-chapter 8. Common Carriers by Pipeline

Article I. Jurisdiction and Power Over Common Carriers by Pipeline

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-8101
  (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-42, eff. 1-1-96.)

Article II. Licensing and Ratemaking

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-8201
  (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-42, eff. 1-1-96.)

Article III. Safety Regulation

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-8301
  (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-42, eff. 1-1-96.)

Article IV. Miscellaneous Provisions

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-8401
  (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-42, eff. 1-1-96.)

Sub-chapter 9. Miscellaneous Provisions of Law

Article I. Remedies Cumulative

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-9101
  Remedies Cumulative. Rights and remedies under this Chapter shall be cumulative of each other and of rights and remedies under other provisions of law,...

Article II. Grandfather Provisions

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 18c-9201
  Grandfather Clause. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Chapter, valid regulations adopted, licenses, registrations, certifications and other authorizations issued or recognized, rates established...

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