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 1        AN ACT regarding vehicles.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 3-100 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/3-100) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-100)
 7        Sec.  3-100.  Definitions. As used in For the purposes of
 8    this Chapter, the following words  shall  have  the  meanings
 9    ascribed to them:
10        "Electronic"   includes  electrical,  digital,  magnetic,
11    optical, electromagnetic, or any  other  form  of  technology
12    that entails capabilities similar to these technologies.
13        "Electronic    record"    means   a   record   generated,
14    communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use
15    in  an  information  system  or  for  transmission  from  one
16    information system to another.
17        "Electronic signature" means a  signature  in  electronic
18    form  attached  to or logically associated with an electronic
19    record.
20        "Owner" means  a  person  who  holds  legal  document  of
21    ownership  of  a vehicle, limited to a certificate of origin,
22    certificate  of  title,  salvage  certificate,   or   junking
23    certificate.   However, in the event a vehicle is the subject
24    of an agreement for the conditional  sale  or  lease  thereof
25    with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions
26    stated  in  the  agreement  and  with  an  immediate right of
27    possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or  in
28    the  event  a  mortgagor  of  such  vehicle  is  entitled  to
29    possession,   then  such  conditional  vendee  or  lessee  or
30    mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose  of  this
31    Chapter,  except  as  provided under paragraph (c) of Section
 
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 1    3-118.
 2        "Record" means information that is inscribed, stored,  or
 3    otherwise  fixed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an
 4    electronic or other medium and is retrievable in  perceivable
 5    form.
 6        "Signature"  or  "signed" includes any symbol executed or
 7    adopted, or any security procedure employed or adopted, using
 8    electronic means or otherwise, by or on behalf  of  a  person
 9    with intent to authenticate a record.
10    (Source:  P.A.  91-79,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357,  eff. 7-29-99;
11    91-772, eff. 1-1-01.)