Public Act 093-0723
 		





SB2122 Enrolled
LRB093 13660 DRH 19040 b






    AN ACT concerning vehicles. 

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

 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Sections 3-405 and 3-415 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-405)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)


    Sec. 3-405. Application for registration. 

    (a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under 
this Code shall
make application to the Secretary of State for 
the registration of such
vehicle upon the appropriate form or 
forms furnished by the Secretary.
Every such application shall 
bear the signature of the owner
written with pen and ink and 
contain:


        1. The name, bona fide residence (except as otherwise 
    provided in this
paragraph 1) and mail address of the owner 
    or
business address of the owner if a firm, association or 
    corporation.  If
the mailing address is a post office box 
    number, the address listed on the
driver license record may 
    be used to verify residence.
A police officer, a deputy 
    sheriff, an elected sheriff, a law enforcement
officer for 
    the Department of State Police, or a fire investigator may 
    elect to
furnish
the address of the headquarters of the 
    governmental entity or police district
where he or she

    works instead of his or her residence address, in which 
    case that address shall
be deemed to be his or her 
    residence address for all purposes under this
Chapter 3.

    The spouse and children of a person who may elect under 
    this paragraph 1 to
furnish the address of the headquarters 
    of the government entity or police
district where the 
    person works instead of the person's residence address may,

    if they reside with that person, also elect to furnish the 
    address of the
headquarters of the government entity or 
    police district where the person works
as their residence 
    address, in which case that address shall be deemed to be

    their residence address for all purposes under this Chapter 
    3.
In this paragraph 1: (A)
"police officer" has the 
    meaning ascribed to "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of
the 
    Illinois Municipal Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a 
    deputy sheriff
appointed under Section 3-6008 of the 
    Counties Code; (C) "elected sheriff"
means a sheriff 
    commissioned pursuant to Section 3-6001 of the Counties 
    Code;
and (D) "fire
investigator" means a person classified 
    as a peace officer under the Peace
Officer Fire 
    Investigation Act.


        2. A description of the vehicle, including such 
    information as is
required in an application for a 
    certificate of title, determined under such
standard 
    rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.


        3. Information, as may be required by the Secretary,

    relating to the
insurance policy for the
a motor vehicle, 
    including, but not limited
to, the name of the insurer 
    which issued the policy, the policy number, and the 
    expiration date of the policy.


        4. Such further information as may reasonably be 
    required by the
Secretary to enable him to determine 
    whether the vehicle is
lawfully entitled to registration 
    and the owner entitled to a certificate
of title.


        5. An affirmation by the applicant that all information 
    set forth is
true and correct. If the
application is for 
    the registration of a motor vehicle, the applicant also

    shall affirm that the motor vehicle is insured as required 
    by this Code,
that such insurance will be maintained 
    throughout the period for which the
motor vehicle shall be 
    registered, and that neither the owner, nor any
person 
    operating the motor vehicle with the owner's permission, 
    shall
operate the motor vehicle unless the required 
    insurance is in effect.  If
the person signing the 
    affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle,
such 
    person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all 
    the owners of
the vehicle.  If the person signing the 
    affirmation is not an owner of the
vehicle, such person 
    shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of the
owner or 
    owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the 
    application
shall not in any manner exempt the owner or 
    owners from any provisions,
requirements or penalties of 
    this Code.

    (b) When such application refers to a new vehicle purchased 
from a
dealer the application shall be accompanied by a 
Manufacturer's Statement
of Origin from the dealer, and a 
statement showing any lien retained by the
dealer.

(Source: P.A. 91-575, eff. 8-14-99.)


 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-415)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)



    Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration. 
(a) Calendar
year.  Application for renewal of a vehicle 
registration shall be made by
the owner, as to those vehicles 
required to be registered on a calendar
registration year, not 
later than December 1 of each year, upon proper
application
and 
by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as 
provided
by law except that application for renewal of a 
vehicle registration, as
to those vehicles required to be 
registered on a staggered calendar year
basis, shall be made by 
the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of 
State.

    (b) Fiscal year.  Application for renewal of a vehicle

registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles

required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not

later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by

payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as

provided by law, except that application for renewal of a 
vehicle registration,
as to those vehicles required to be 
registered on a staggered fiscal year
basis, shall be made by 
the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of 
State.

    (c) Two calendar years.  Application for renewal of a 
vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those 
vehicles
required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not 
later than
December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the 
2-year
registration period, except that application for 
renewal of a vehicle
registration, as to those vehicles 
required to be registered for 2 years
on a staggered 
registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form
and 
manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.

    (d) Two fiscal years.  Application for renewal of a vehicle

registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles

required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than

June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year

registration period, except that application for renewal of a 
vehicle
registration, as to those vehicles required to be 
registered for 2 fiscal
years on a staggered registration 
basis, shall be made by the owner in the
form and manner 
prescribed by the Secretary of State.

    (e) Time of application.  The Secretary of State may receive

applications for renewal of registration and grant the same
and 
issue new registration cards and plates or registration

stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration.
No 
person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration

plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the 
Secretary of State
in his discretion
may select.

    (f) Verification.  The Secretary of State may further

require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be

accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois

Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.

    (g) Applications for registration renewal shall include 
information relating to the insurance policy for the motor 
vehicle, including the name of the insurer that issued the 
policy, the policy number, and the expiration date of the 
policy.

(Source: P.A. 80-230; 80-1185.)


 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2005.