Full Text of SB2422 95th General Assembly
SB2422eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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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 New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 380/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1202)
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| Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the | 8 |
| following words
have the meanings ascribed to them in this | 9 |
| Section.
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| (a) "Consumer" means an individual who purchases or leases | 11 |
| for a period of
at least one year a new vehicle from the
seller | 12 |
| for the purposes of transporting himself and others, as well as | 13 |
| their
personal property, for primarily personal, household or | 14 |
| family purposes or a fire department, fire protection district, | 15 |
| or township fire department that purchases or leases for a | 16 |
| period of at least one year a new vehicle from the seller .
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| (b) "Express warranty" has the same meaning, for the | 18 |
| purposes of this
Act, as it has for the purposes of the Uniform | 19 |
| Commercial Code.
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| (c) "New vehicle" means a passenger car, as defined in | 21 |
| Section 1-157 of The
Illinois Vehicle Code, a motor vehicle of | 22 |
| the Second Division having
a weight of under 8,000 pounds, as | 23 |
| defined in Section 1-146 of that Code,
a vehicle purchased by a |
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| fire department, a fire protection district, or a township fire | 2 |
| department, and a recreational vehicle, except for a camping | 3 |
| trailer or travel trailer that
does not qualify under the | 4 |
| definition of a used motor vehicle, as set forth in
Section | 5 |
| 1-216 of that Code.
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| (d) "Nonconformity" refers to a new vehicle's failure to | 7 |
| conform
to all express warranties applicable to such vehicle, | 8 |
| which failure
substantially impairs the use, market value or | 9 |
| safety of that vehicle.
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| (e) "Seller" means the manufacturer of a new vehicle, that | 11 |
| manufacturer's
agent or distributor or that manufacturer's | 12 |
| authorized dealer.
"Seller" also means, with respect to a new | 13 |
| vehicle which is also a modified
vehicle, as defined in Section | 14 |
| 1-144.1 of The Illinois Vehicle Code, as now
or hereafter | 15 |
| amended, the person who modified the vehicle and that person's
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| agent or distributor or that person's authorized dealer.
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| "Seller" also means, with respect to leased new vehicles, the | 18 |
| manufacturer,
that manufacturer's agent or distributor or that | 19 |
| manufacturer's dealer, who
transfers the right to possession | 20 |
| and use of goods under a lease.
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| (f) "Statutory warranty period" means the period of one | 22 |
| year or 12,000
miles, whichever occurs first after the date of | 23 |
| the delivery of a new vehicle
to the consumer who purchased or | 24 |
| leased it.
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| (g) "Lease cost" includes deposits, fees, taxes, down | 26 |
| payments, periodic
payments, and any other amount paid to a |
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| seller by a consumer in connection
with the lease of a new | 2 |
| vehicle.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-375, eff. 8-18-95.)
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