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91_HB2882
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Sections 3-405.1 and 3-806.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 3-405.1 and 4-806.1 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/3-405.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1)
8 Sec. 3-405.1. Application for vanity and personalized
9 license plates.
10 (a) Vanity license plates mean any license plates,
11 assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division,
12 to a motor vehicle of the second division registered at not
13 more than 8,000 pounds, or to a recreational vehicle, or to a
14 trailer that is designed and used for a purpose set forth in
15 subsection (g) of this Section, which display a registration
16 number containing 4 to 7 letters as requested by the owner of
17 the vehicle and license plates issued to retired members of
18 Congress under Section 3-610.1 or to retired members of the
19 General Assembly as provided in Section 3-606.1. A license
20 plate consisting of 3 letters and no numbers or of 1, 2 or 3
21 numbers, upon its becoming available, is a vanity license
22 plate. Personalized license plates mean any license plates,
23 assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division,
24 to a motor vehicle of the second division, or to a
25 recreational vehicle, or to a trailer that is designed and
26 used for a purpose set forth in subsection (g) of this
27 Section, which display a registration number containing a
28 combination of letters and numbers as prescribed by rule, as
29 requested by the owner of the vehicle.
30 (b) For any registration period commencing after 1979,
31 any person who is the registered owner of a passenger motor
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1 vehicle of the first division, of a motor vehicle of the
2 second division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, or
3 of a recreational vehicle, or of a trailer that is designed
4 and used for a purpose set forth in subsection (g) of this
5 Section registered with the Secretary of State or who makes
6 application for an original registration of such a motor
7 vehicle or trailer or renewal registration of such a motor
8 vehicle or trailer may, upon payment of a fee prescribed in
9 Section 3-806.1, apply to the Secretary of State for
10 personalized license plates.
11 (c) Except for plates issued under Sections 3-627,
12 3-631, and 3-632, vanity and personalized license plates as
13 issued under this Section shall be the same color and design
14 as other passenger vehicle or trailer license plates and
15 shall not in any manner conflict with any other existing
16 passenger, commercial, trailer, motorcycle, or special
17 license plate series. However, special registration plates
18 issued under Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for vehicles operated
19 by or for persons with disabilities may also be vanity or
20 personalized license plates.
21 (d) Vanity and personalized license plates shall be
22 issued only to the registered owner of the vehicle on which
23 they are to be displayed, except as provided in Sections
24 3-611 and 3-616 for special registration plates for vehicles
25 operated by or for persons with disabilities.
26 (e) An applicant for the issuance of vanity or
27 personalized license plates or subsequent renewal thereof
28 shall file an application in such form and manner and by such
29 date as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion,
30 require.
31 No vanity nor personalized license plates shall be
32 approved, manufactured, or distributed that contain any
33 characters, symbols other than the international
34 accessibility symbol for vehicles operated by or for persons
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1 with disabilities, foreign words, or letters of punctuation.
2 (f) Vanity and personalized license plates as issued
3 pursuant to this Act may be subject to the Staggered
4 Registration System as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
5 (g) The Secretary of State may issue vanity or
6 personalized license plates assigned to a trailer if that
7 trailer is designed and used for one of the following
8 purposes:
9 (1) the transportation of a boat or other
10 watercraft;
11 (2) the transportation of a horse;
12 (3) the transportation of a single motor vehicle.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95;
14 89-611, eff. 1-1-97.)
15 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.1)
16 Sec. 3-806.1. Additional fees for vanity license plates.
17 In addition to the regular registration fee, an applicant
18 shall be charged $75 for each set of vanity license plates
19 issued to a motor vehicle of the first division, or to a
20 motor vehicle of the second division registered at not more
21 than 8,000 pounds, or to a recreational vehicle, or to a
22 trailer and $40 for each set of vanity plates issued to a
23 motorcycle. In addition to the regular renewal fee, an
24 applicant shall be charged $10 for the renewal of each set of
25 vanity license plates.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-480.)