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35 ILCS 505/1.16 (2026)

"Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle used, designed, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property and either having 2 axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight exceeding 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms, or having 3 or more axles regardless of weight, or that is used in combination, when the weight of the combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight, except for motor vehicles operated by this State or the United States, recreational vehicles, school buses, and commercial motor vehicles operated solely within this State for which all motor fuel is purchased within this State

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(35 ILCS 505/1.16) (from Ch. 120, par. 417.16)
    Sec. 1.16. "Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle used, designed, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property and either having 2 axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight exceeding 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms, or having 3 or more axles regardless of weight, or that is used in combination, when the weight of the combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or 11,793 kilograms gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight, except for motor vehicles operated by this State or the United States, recreational vehicles, school buses, and commercial motor vehicles operated solely within this State for which all motor fuel is purchased within this State. Vehicles that are exempted from registration, but are required to be registered for operations in other jurisdictions may apply for a motor fuel use tax license and decal under the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section 14a of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1074, eff. 12-26-06.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2011 · leading case: People v. Olender, 854 N.E.2d 593 (Ill. 2005).
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People v. Olender, 854 N.E.2d 593 (Ill. 2005). “Section 90 — 4 amended the Motor Fuel Tax Law by making changes to the terminology used, by changing the requirements for display of a motor fuel tax license, by making it a Class A misdemeanor to fail or refuse to keep required books and records, and by making it a criminal…”
Interstate Trucks, LLC v. State, 959 N.E.2d 64 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 4× “16 of the Tax Law (35 ILCS 505/1.16 (West 2006)). For the following reasons, we reverse the circuit court's decision affirming the Department's decision.”
Interstate Trucks, LLC v. State, 2011 IL App (4th) 100603 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “17 of the Tax Law (35 ILCS 505/1.16, 1.17 (West 2006)). ¶ 10 Further, the Department argued the admission of the fuel receipts into evidence was insufficient to prove the fuel for all five trucks was purchased in Illinois because two of the trucks would have been fueled at two…”
People v. Olender (Ill. 2005). “Section 90–4 amended the Motor Fuel Tax Law by making changes to the terminology used, by changing the requirements for display of a motor fuel tax license, by making it a Class A misdemeanor to fail or refuse to keep required books and records, and by making it a criminal…”
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