Chapter 625 — VEHICLES

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2202) Sec. 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 against the manifest weight of evidence in the record before the Comm…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2203) Sec. 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 the Commission. The record submitted must be complete in al…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2204) Sec. 18c-2204. Relief. The reviewing court may grant relief in accordance with provisions of the Illinois Administrative Review Law. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2205) Sec. 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 review shall not of itself stay, suspend, restrain or enjoin the o…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2206) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2206) Sec. 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 be governed by provisions of the Administra…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2301) Sec. 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 orders. In addition, any inte…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2302) Sec. 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 b…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2401) Sec. 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 of Sangamon or Cook Counties. (2) Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction i…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-2402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-2402) Sec. 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 sought may be brought in the county where an…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3101) Sec. 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 such terms, conditions, and limitations as will protect t…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3102) Sec. 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 of the official state highway map and the distance …

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3201) Sec. 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 render service until such carrier has i…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3202) Sec. 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 rate and its proposed effective date. In no case shall the Commis…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3203) Sec. 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 shall file, publish, and make available …

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3204) Sec. 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 on complaint. (2) Suspension of tariffs and schedu…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3205) Sec. 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 Commission shall, in exercising its…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3206) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3206) Sec. 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 passenger carrier shall offer, advertise, charge, d…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3207) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3207) Sec. 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, revise, or revoke any single-line rat…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3208) Sec. 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 rates, provided that the rates, and divisions and pract…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3209) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3209) Sec. 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 service, requires or permits any carrier, shipper…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3210) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3210) Sec. 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 to household goods carriers. (1) Presentation of…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3211) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3211) Sec. 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 provided for the United States, the State of Ill…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3212) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3212) Sec. 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 after rendition of the service. (2) Repar…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3213) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3213) Sec. 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 apply to traffic which is altogether exempt from …

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3301) Sec. 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 property in intrastate commerce under the provision…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3302) Sec. 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 giving or causing to be given any unre…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3303) Sec. 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 rate, contract, application, or other document filed with it, or to in…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-3304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-3304) Sec. 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 its revenues, expenses, contracts, and other a…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4101) Sec. 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 of property operating within the State of Illinois…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4102) Sec. 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 States Postal Service; (b) of agricultural com…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4103) Sec. 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 with driver to any private carrier. Likewise, no …

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4104) Sec. 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 for any person to: (a) Operate as an intrastate motor…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4105) Sec. 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, or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract t…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4201) Sec. 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 a carrier to operate as an intrastate hou…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4202) Sec. 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 carrier unless such person possesses a common …

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4203) Sec. 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 of property unless such person posses…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4204) Sec. 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 carrier of household goods or contract ca…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4204a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4204a) Sec. 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 and implement standards for determining f…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4206) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4206) Sec. 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 unless the Commission determines, or ha…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4207) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4207) Sec. 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 to a license issued by the Commission without author…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4301) Sec. 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 Article and in accordance with such rules a…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4302) Sec. 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 property to consolidate or merge their properties into one business e…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4303) Sec. 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, be accompanied by a copy of the written contract execu…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4304) Sec. 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 good standing and has not been abandoned, discontinued, or suspended…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4305) Sec. 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 without authorization, th…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4306) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4306) Sec. 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 the findings specified above, when such transfer or c…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4307) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4307) Sec. 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 participate in accomplishing or effectuating…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4308) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4308) Sec. 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. When the Commission determines that a car…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4309) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4309) Sec. 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 the 1-year period for which an abstract of shipments must…

(625 ILCS 5/18c-4401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-4401) Sec. 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 issued pursuant to this Article and…