Section 6-500

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Illinois Code › Chapter 625 › Act 5 › Section 6-500

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(625 ILCS 5/6-500) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-500) Sec. 6-500. Definitions of words and phrases. Notwithstanding the definitions set forth elsewhere in this Code, for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act (UCDLA), the words and phrases listed below have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1) Alcohol. "Alcohol" means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including but not limited to ethanol, methanol, propanol, and isopropanol. (2) Alcohol concentration. "Alcohol concentration" means: (A) the number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath; or (B) the number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood; or (C) the number of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine. Alcohol tests administered within 2 hours of the driver being "stopped or detained" shall be considered that driver's "alcohol concentration" for the purposes of enforcing this UCDLA. (3) (Blank). (4) (Blank). (5) (Blank). (5.3) CDLIS driver record. "CDLIS driver record" means the electronic record of the individual CDL driver's status and history stored by the State-of-Record as part of the Commercial Driver's License Information System, or CDLIS, established under 49 U.S.C. 31309. (5.5) CDLIS motor vehicle record. "CDLIS motor vehicle record" or "CDLIS MVR" means a report generated from the CDLIS driver record meeting the requirements for access to CDLIS information and provided by states to users authorized in 49 C.F.R. 384.225(e)(3) and (4), subject to the provisions of the Driver Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. 2721-2725. (5.7) Commercial driver's license downgrade. "Commercial driver's license downgrade" or "CDL downgrade" means either: (A) a state allows the driver to change his or her self-certification to interstate, but

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