Illinois Statutes Chapter 625. Vehicles § 27/10. Definitions

§ 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

“Rental Company” means a person or entity that rents private passenger vehicles to the public for 30 days or less.

“Renter” means a person or entity that obtains the use of a private passenger vehicle from a rental company under terms of a rental agreement.

“Rental Agreement” means an agreement for 30 days or less setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a private passenger vehicle provided by a rental company.

“Authorized Driver” means: the renter; the renter's spouse if the spouse is a licensed driver and satisfies the rental company's minimum age requirement; the renter's employer, employee, or co-worker if that person is a licensed driver, satisfies the rental company's minimum age requirement, and at the time of the rental is engaged in a business activity with the renter; any person who is expressly listed by the rental company on the rental agreement as an authorized driver; and any person driving directly to a medical or police facility under circumstances reasonably believed to constitute an emergency and who is a licensed driver.

“Damage Waiver” means a rental company's agreement not to hold an authorized driver liable for all or a part of any damage to or loss of a rented vehicle for which the renter may be liable pursuant to Section 6-305.2. “Damage Waiver” shall encompass within its meaning other similar terms used by rental companies, such as “Collision Damage Waiver”, “Loss Damage Waiver”, “Physical Damage Waiver”, and the like.