Public Act 093-0796
 		





SB2401 Enrolled
LRB093 18151 DRH 43844 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 2-114 and 3-414 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/2-114)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-114)



    Sec. 2-114. Giving of notice. Whenever the Secretary of 
State is authorized or required to give any
notice under this 
Act or other law regulating the operation of vehicles,
unless a 
different method of giving such notice is otherwise expressly

prescribed, such notice shall be given either by personal 
delivery thereof
to the person to be so notified or by deposit 
in the United States mail of
such notice in an envelope with 
postage prepaid, addressed to such person
at his address as 
shown by the records of the Office of the Secretary of
State. 
The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of 
4
days after such deposit of said notice. Proof of the giving 
of notice in
either such manner may be made by the certificate 
of any officer or
employee of the Secretary of State or 
affidavit of any person over 18 years
of age, naming the person 
to whom such notice was given and specifying the
time, place 
and manner of the giving thereof.

    The Secretary may include with the notice any material, 
from any source, relating to the donation of any vehicle to any 
charitable not-for-profit organization that is exempt from 
federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code.

(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-414)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414)



    Sec. 3-414. Expiration of registration. 

    (a) Every vehicle registration under this Chapter and every 
registration
card and registration plate or registration 
sticker issued hereunder to a
vehicle shall be for the periods 
specified in this Chapter and shall expire
at midnight on the 
day and date specified in this Section as follows:


        1. When registered on a calendar year basis commencing 
    January 1,
expiration shall be on the 31st day of December 
    or at such other date as
may be selected in the discretion 
    of the Secretary of State; however,
through December 31, 
    2004, registrations of apportionable vehicles, 
    motorcycles, motor driven cycles
and pedalcycles shall 
    commence on the first day of April and shall expire
March 
    31st of the following calendar year;

        1.1. Beginning January 1, 2005, registrations of 
    motorcycles and motor driven cycles shall commence on 
    January 1 and shall expire on December 31 or on another 
    date that may be selected by the Secretary; registrations 
    of apportionable vehicles and pedalcycles, however, shall 
    commence on the first day of April and shall expire March 
    31 of the following calendar year;


        2. When registered on a 2 calendar year basis 
    commencing January 1
of an even-numbered year, expiration 
    shall be on the 31st day of
December of the ensuing 
    odd-numbered year, or at such other later date
as may be 
    selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not

    beyond March 1 next;


        3. When registered on a fiscal year basis commencing 
    July 1,
expiration shall be on the 30th day of June or at 
    such other later date
as may be selected in the discretion 
    of the Secretary of State not
beyond September 1 next;


        4. When registered on a 2 fiscal year basis commencing 
    July 1 of an
even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the 
    30th day of June of the
ensuing even-numbered year, or at 
    such other later date as may be
selected in the discretion 
    of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 next;


        5. When registered on a 4 fiscal year basis commencing 
    July 1 of an
even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the 
    30th day of June of the
second ensuing even-numbered year, 
    or at such other later date as may be
selected in the 
    discretion of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 
    next;

    (b) Vehicle registrations of vehicles of the first division 
shall be
for a calendar year or 2 calendar year basis as 
provided for in this
Chapter.

    Vehicle registrations of vehicles under Sections 3-807, 
3-808 and
3-809 shall be on an indefinite term basis or a 2 
calendar year basis as
provided for in this Chapter.

    Vehicle registrations for vehicles of the second division 
shall be
for a fiscal year, 2 fiscal year or calendar year 
basis as provided for
in this Chapter.

    Motor vehicles registered under the provisions of
Sections 
3-402.1 and 3-405.3 shall
be issued multi-year registration 
plates with a new registration card
issued annually upon 
payment of the appropriate fees.  Apportionable
trailers and 
apportionable semitrailers registered under the provisions of

Section 3-402.1 shall be issued multi-year registration plates 
and cards
that will be subject to revocation for failure to pay 
annual fees required
by Section 3-814.1.  The Secretary shall 
determine when these vehicles
shall be issued new registration 
plates.

    (c) Every vehicle registration specified in  Section 3-810 
and every
registration card and registration plate or 
registration sticker issued
thereunder shall expire on the 31st 
day of December of each year or at
such other date as may be 
selected in the discretion of the Secretary of
State.

    (d) Every vehicle registration for a vehicle of the second 
division
weighing over 8,000 pounds,
except as provided in 
paragraph (g) of this Section, and every
registration card and 
registration plate or registration sticker, where
applicable, 
issued hereunder to such vehicles shall be issued for a
fiscal 
year commencing on July 1st of each registration year. However,

the Secretary of State may, pursuant to an agreement or 
arrangement or
declaration providing for apportionment of a 
fleet of vehicles with
other jurisdictions, provide for 
registration of such vehicles under
apportionment or for all of 
the vehicles registered in Illinois by an
applicant who 
registers some of his vehicles under apportionment on a

calendar year basis instead, and the fees or taxes to be paid 
on a
calendar year basis shall be identical to those specified 
in this Act
for a fiscal year registration.  Provision for 
installment payment may
also be made.

    (e) Semitrailer registrations under apportionment may be 
on a
calendar year under a reciprocal agreement or arrangement 
and all other
semitrailer registrations shall be on fiscal year 
or 2 fiscal year or 4
fiscal year basis as provided for in this 
Chapter.

    (f) The Secretary of State may convert annual registration 
plates or
2-year registration plates, whether registered on a 
calendar year or fiscal
year basis, to multi-year plates.  The 
determination of which plate categories
and when to convert to 
multi-year plates is solely within the discretion of the

Secretary of State.

    (g) After January 1, 1975, each registration, registration 
card and
registration plate or registration sticker, where 
applicable, issued for
a recreational vehicle or recreational 
or camping trailer, except a
house trailer, used exclusively by 
the owner for recreational purposes,
and not used commercially 
nor as a truck or bus, nor for hire, shall be
on a calendar year 
basis; except that the Secretary of State shall
provide for 
registration and the issuance of registration cards and
plates 
or registration stickers, where applicable, for one 6-month

period in order to accomplish an orderly transition from a 
fiscal year
to a calendar year basis.  Fees and taxes due under 
this Act for a
registration year shall be appropriately reduced 
for such 6-month
transitional registration period.

    (h) The Secretary of State may, in order to accomplish an 
orderly
transition for vehicles registered under Section 
3-402.1 of this Code from
a calendar year registration to a 
March 31st expiration, require applicants
to pay fees and taxes 
due under this Code on a 15 month registration basis.
However, 
if in the discretion of the Secretary of State this creates an

undue hardship on any applicant the Secretary may allow the 
applicant to
pay 3 month fees and taxes at the time of 
registration and the additional
12 month fees and taxes to be 
payable no later than March 31 of the year
after this 
amendatory Act of 1991 takes effect.

    (i) The Secretary of State may stagger registrations, of 
vehicles for
which multi-year plates are issued pursuant to 
Section 3-414.1, as necessary
for the convenience of the public 
and the efficiency of his Office.  In
order to appropriately and 
effectively accomplish any such staggering, the
Secretary of 
State is authorized to prorate required registration fees,
but 
in no event for a period longer than 15 months, at a monthly 
rate for
a 12 month registration fee.

(Source: P.A. 92-629, eff. 7-1-03.)


 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.