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91_SB0209
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1 AN ACT concerning vehicles, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.490 and changing Section 8.3 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 105/5.490 new)
7 Sec. 5.490. The Secretary of State Registration Plate
8 Replacement Fund.
9 (30 ILCS 105/8.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
10 Sec. 8.3. Money in the road fund shall, if and when the
11 State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
12 construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
13 the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
14 and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and
15 payable, and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in
16 the road fund after the payment of principal and interest on
17 that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
18 follows:
19 first--to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
20 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the
21 cost of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3
22 of that Code; and
23 secondly--for expenses of the Department of
24 Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
25 improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
26 administration of highways in accordance with the
27 provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
28 related or incident to and connected therewith, including
29 the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
30 and with highways and including the payment of awards
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1 made by the Industrial Commission under the terms of the
2 Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational
3 Diseases Act for injury or death of an employee of the
4 Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation;
5 or for the acquisition of land and the erection of
6 buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition
7 of highway right-of-way or for investigations to
8 determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
9 needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications
10 and estimates for and in the construction and maintenance
11 of flight strips and of highways necessary to provide
12 access to military and naval reservations, to defense
13 industries and defense-industry sites, and to the sources
14 of raw materials and for replacing existing highways and
15 highway connections shut off from general public use at
16 military and naval reservations and defense-industry
17 sites, or for the purchase of right-of-way, except that
18 the State shall be reimbursed in full for any expense
19 incurred in building the flight strips; or for the
20 operating and maintaining of highway garages; or for
21 patrolling and policing the public highways and
22 conserving the peace; or for any of those purposes or any
23 other purpose that may be provided by law.
24 Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
25 the road fund. Appropriations may also be made from the road
26 fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
27 are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
28 vehicles.
29 Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no road
30 fund monies shall be appropriated to the following
31 Departments or agencies of State government for
32 administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
33 not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
34 road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement;
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1 1. Department of Public Health;
2 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect
3 to subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
4 Reduced Fare for Elderly;
5 3. Department of Central Management Services,
6 except for expenditures incurred for group insurance
7 premiums of appropriate personnel;
8 4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
9 Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no road
10 fund monies shall be appropriated to the following
11 Departments or agencies of State government for
12 administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
13 not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
14 road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
15 1. Department of State Police, except for
16 expenditures with respect to the Division of State
17 Troopers;
18 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect
19 to Intercity Rail Subsidies and Rail Freight Services.
20 Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no road
21 fund monies shall be appropriated to the following
22 Departments or agencies of State government for
23 administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
24 not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
25 road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
26 Department of Central Management Services, except for awards
27 made by the Industrial Commission under the terms of the
28 Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
29 Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
30 Highways in the Department of Transportation.
31 Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no road
32 fund monies shall be appropriated to the following
33 Departments or agencies of State government for
34 administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
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1 not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
2 road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
3 1. Department of State Police, except not more than
4 40% of the funds appropriated for the Division of State
5 Troopers;
6 2. State Officers.
7 Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no road
8 fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
9 of State government for administration, grants, or operations
10 except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
11 restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any road
12 fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It
13 shall not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation
14 limitations by governmental reorganization or other methods.
15 Appropriations shall be made from the road fund only in
16 accordance with the provisions of this Section.
17 Money in the road fund shall, if and when the State of
18 Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction
19 of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose
20 of paying and discharging during each fiscal year the
21 principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it
22 becomes due and payable as provided in the Transportation
23 Bond Act, and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in
24 the road fund after the payment of principal and interest on
25 that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
26 follows:
27 first--to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
28 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
29 secondly--no road fund monies derived from fees,
30 excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
31 operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
32 fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
33 appropriated or expended other than for costs of
34 administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
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1 license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
2 thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
3 Transportation, payment of debts and liabilities incurred
4 in construction and reconstruction of public highways and
5 bridges, acquisition of rights-of-way for and the cost of
6 construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and
7 operation of public highways and bridges under the
8 direction and supervision of the State, political
9 subdivision, or municipality collecting those monies, and
10 the costs for patrolling and policing the public highways
11 (by State, political subdivision, or municipality
12 collecting that money) for enforcement of traffic laws.
13 The separation of grades of such highways with railroads
14 and costs associated with protection of at-grade highway
15 and railroad crossing shall also be permissible.
16 Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
17 the road fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as
18 provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
19 Beginning with fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, no Road
20 Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State
21 Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of its
22 total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund appropriations for those
23 purposes unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
24 It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
25 appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
26 methods unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
27 In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
28 appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
29 this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road
30 Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for those
31 purposes, plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to
32 circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental
33 reorganization or other method.
34 Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, except
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1 for road fund moneys appropriated to the Secretary of State
2 for required replating issuance of motor vehicle registration
3 plates, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the
4 Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section in excess
5 of the total fiscal year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the
6 Secretary of State for those purposes. It shall not be lawful
7 to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
8 governmental reorganization or other methods.
9 No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
10 thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations
11 imposed by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter,
12 insofar as appropriation of road fund monies is concerned.
13 Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
14 Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e
15 of this Act.
16 (Source: P.A. 87-774; 87-1228; 88-78.)
17 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
18 changing Sections 2-119, 3-401, 3-412, 3-413, 3-602, and
19 3-810 as follows:
20 (625 ILCS 5/2-119) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-119)
21 Sec. 2-119. Disposition of fees and taxes.
22 (a) All moneys received from Salvage Certificates shall
23 be deposited in the Common School Fund in the State Treasury.
24 (b) Beginning January 1, 1990 and concluding December
25 31, 1994, of the money collected for each certificate of
26 title, duplicate certificate of title and corrected
27 certificate of title, $0.50 shall be deposited into the Used
28 Tire Management Fund. Beginning January 1, 1990 and
29 concluding December 31, 1994, of the money collected for each
30 certificate of title, duplicate certificate of title and
31 corrected certificate of title, $1.50 shall be deposited in
32 the Park and Conservation Fund. Beginning January 1, 1995,
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1 of the money collected for each certificate of title,
2 duplicate certificate of title and corrected certificate of
3 title, $2 shall be deposited in the Park and Conservation
4 Fund. The moneys deposited in the Park and Conservation Fund
5 pursuant to this Section shall be used for the acquisition
6 and development of bike paths as provided for in Section
7 63a36 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Except as
8 otherwise provided in this Code, all remaining moneys
9 collected for certificates of title, and all moneys collected
10 for filing of security interests, shall be placed in the
11 General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
12 (c) All moneys collected for that portion of a driver's
13 license fee designated for driver education under Section
14 6-118 shall be placed in the Driver Education Fund in the
15 State Treasury.
16 (d) Beginning January 1, 1999, of the monies collected
17 as a registration fee for each motorcycle, motor driven cycle
18 and motorized pedalcycle, 27% of each annual registration fee
19 for such vehicle and 27% of each semiannual registration fee
20 for such vehicle is deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety
21 Training Fund.
22 Beginning January 1, 2000, of the moneys collected as
23 registration fees under Section 3-414.1 of this Code, 75
24 cents of each registration or renewal fee shall be deposited
25 in the Secretary of State Registration Plate Replacement
26 Fund.
27 (e) Of the monies received by the Secretary of State as
28 registration fees or taxes or as payment of any other fee, as
29 provided in this Act, except fees received by the Secretary
30 under paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of Section 5-101 and
31 Section 5-109 of this Code, 37% shall be deposited into the
32 State Construction Fund.
33 (f) Of the total money collected for a CDL instruction
34 permit or original or renewal issuance of a commercial
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1 driver's license (CDL) pursuant to the Uniform Commercial
2 Driver's License Act (UCDLA), $6 of the total fee for an
3 original or renewal CDL, and $6 of the total CDL instruction
4 permit fee when such permit is issued to any person holding a
5 valid Illinois driver's license, shall be paid into the
6 CDLIS/AAMVAnet Trust Fund (Commercial Driver's License
7 Information System/American Association of Motor Vehicle
8 Administrators network Trust Fund) and shall be used for the
9 purposes provided in Section 6z-23 of the State Finance Act.
10 (g) All remaining moneys received by the Secretary of
11 State as registration fees or taxes or as payment of any
12 other fee, as provided in this Act, except fees received by
13 the Secretary under paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of
14 Section 5-101 and Section 5-109 of this Code, shall be
15 deposited in the Road Fund in the State Treasury. Moneys in
16 the Road Fund shall be used for the purposes provided in
17 Section 8.3 of the State Finance Act.
18 (h) (Blank).
19 (i) (Blank).
20 (j) (Blank).
21 (k) There is created in the State Treasury a special
22 fund to be known as the Secretary of State Special License
23 Plate Fund. Money deposited into the Fund shall, subject to
24 appropriation, be used by the Office of the Secretary of
25 State (i) to help defray plate manufacturing and plate
26 processing costs for the issuance and, when applicable,
27 renewal of any new or existing special registration plates
28 authorized under this Code and (ii) for grants made by the
29 Secretary of State to benefit Illinois Veterans Home
30 libraries.
31 On or before October 1, 1995, the Secretary of State
32 shall direct the State Comptroller and State Treasurer to
33 transfer any unexpended balance in the Special Environmental
34 License Plate Fund, the Special Korean War Veteran License
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1 Plate Fund, and the Retired Congressional License Plate Fund
2 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
3 (l) The Motor Vehicle Review Board Fund is created as a
4 special fund in the State Treasury. Moneys deposited into
5 the Fund under paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of Section
6 5-101 and Section 5-109 shall, subject to appropriation, be
7 used by the Office of the Secretary of State to administer
8 the Motor Vehicle Review Board, including without limitation
9 payment of compensation and all necessary expenses incurred
10 in administering the Motor Vehicle Review Board under the
11 Motor Vehicle Franchise Act.
12 (m) Effective July 1, 1996, there is created in the
13 State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Family
14 Responsibility Fund. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall,
15 subject to appropriation, be used by the Office of the
16 Secretary of State for the purpose of enforcing the Family
17 Financial Responsibility Law.
18 (n) The Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund is created
19 as a special fund in the State Treasury. Moneys deposited
20 into the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the
21 Office of the State Fire Marshal for construction of the
22 Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial to be located at the State
23 Capitol grounds in Springfield, Illinois. Upon the
24 completion of the Memorial, the Office of the State Fire
25 Marshal shall certify to the State Treasurer that
26 construction of the Memorial has been completed.
27 (o) Of the money collected for each certificate of title
28 for all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles, $17
29 shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
30 (p) The Secretary of State Registration Plate
31 Replacement Fund is created as a special fund in the State
32 treasury. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall, subject to
33 appropriation, be used by the Office of the Secretary of
34 State for the plate manufacturing and plate processing costs
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1 for registrations issued under Section 3-414.1. Moneys
2 appropriated from this Fund are in addition to any moneys
3 otherwise appropriated to the Secretary of State for the same
4 or similar purposes.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-92, eff. 7-1-96; 89-145, eff. 7-14-95;
6 89-282, eff. 8-10-95; 89-612, eff. 8-9-96; 89-626, eff.
7 8-9-96; 89-639, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-287, eff.
8 1-1-98; 90-622, eff. 1-1-99.)
9 (625 ILCS 5/3-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-401)
10 Sec. 3-401. Effect of provisions.
11 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any
12 provision of this Chapter or to drive or move or for an owner
13 knowingly to permit to be driven or moved upon any highway
14 any vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder
15 which is not registered or for which the appropriate fee has
16 not been paid when and as required hereunder, except that
17 when application accompanied by proper fee has been made for
18 registration of a vehicle it may be operated temporarily
19 pending complete registration upon displaying a duplicate
20 application duly verified or other evidence of such
21 application or otherwise under rules and regulations
22 promulgated by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State
23 may adopt rules for the enforcement of vehicle registrations
24 to insure compliance with this Section.
25 (b) The appropriate fees required to be paid under the
26 various provisions of this Act for registration of vehicles
27 shall mean the fee or fees which would have been paid
28 initially, if proper and timely application had been made to
29 the Secretary of State for the appropriate registration
30 required, whether such registration be a flat weight
31 registration, a single trip permit, a reciprocity permit or a
32 supplemental application to an original prorate application
33 together with payment of fees due under the supplemental
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1 application for prorate decals.
2 (c) Effective October 1, 1984, no vehicle required to
3 pay a Federal Highway Users Tax shall be registered unless
4 proof of payment, in a form prescribed and approved by the
5 Secretary of State, is submitted with the appropriate
6 registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
7 Code, failure of the applicant to comply with this paragraph
8 shall be deemed grounds for the Secretary to refuse
9 registration.
10 (d) Second division vehicles.
11 (1) A vehicle of the second division moved or
12 operated within this State shall have had paid for it the
13 appropriate registration fees and flat weight tax, as
14 evidenced by the Illinois registration issued for that
15 vehicle, for the gross weight of the vehicle and load
16 being operated or moved within this State. Second
17 division vehicles of foreign jurisdictions operated
18 within this State under a single trip permit, fleet
19 reciprocity plan, prorate registration plan, or
20 apportional registration plan, instead of second division
21 vehicle registration under Article VIII of this Chapter,
22 must have had paid for it the appropriate registration
23 fees and flat weight tax in the base jurisdiction of that
24 vehicle, as evidenced by the maximum gross weight shown
25 on the foreign registration cards, plus any appropriate
26 fees required under this Code.
27 (2) If a vehicle and load are operated in this
28 State and the appropriate fees and taxes have not been
29 paid or the vehicle and load exceed the registered gross
30 weight for which the required fees and taxes have been
31 paid by 2001 pounds or more, the operator or owner shall
32 be fined as provided in Section 15-113 of this Code.
33 However, an owner or operator shall not be subject to
34 arrest under this subsection for any weight in excess of
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1 80,000 pounds. Further, for any unregistered vehicle or
2 vehicle displaying expired registration, no fine shall
3 exceed the actual cost of what the appropriate
4 registration for that vehicle and load should have been
5 as established in subsection (a) of Section 3-815 of this
6 Chapter regardless of the route traveled.
7 (3) Any person operating a legal combination of
8 vehicles displaying valid registration shall not be
9 considered in violation of the registration provision of
10 this subsection unless the total gross weight of the
11 combination exceeds the total licensed weight of the
12 vehicles in the combination. The gross weight of a
13 vehicle exempt from the registration requirements of this
14 Chapter shall not be included when determining the total
15 gross weight of vehicles in combination.
16 (4) If the defendant claims that he or she had
17 previously paid the appropriate Illinois registration
18 fees and taxes for this vehicle before the alleged
19 violation, the defendant shall have the burden of proving
20 the existence of the payment by competent evidence.
21 Proof of proper Illinois registration issued by the
22 Secretary of State, or the appropriate registration
23 authority from the foreign state, shall be the only
24 competent evidence of payment.
25 (Source: P.A. 88-476; 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)
26 (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
27 Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration
28 stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
29 (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle
30 subject to annual registration for the first time shall
31 issue or shall cause to be issued to the owner one
32 registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
33 motorized pedalcycle or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates
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1 for other motor vehicles and, where applicable, current
2 registration stickers for motor vehicles of the first
3 division. The provisions of this Section may be made
4 applicable to such vehicles of the second division, as the
5 Secretary of State may, from time to time, in his discretion
6 designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term
7 of the registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the
8 Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued registration
9 stickers as evidence of current registration. However, the
10 issuance of annual registration stickers to vehicles
11 registered under the provisions of Section 3-402.1 of this
12 Code may not be required if the Secretary deems the issuance
13 unnecessary.
14 (b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon
15 it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which
16 it is issued, the name of this State, which may be
17 abbreviated, the year number for which it was issued, which
18 may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln", except as
19 provided in Sections 3-626, 3-629, 3-633, 3-634, 3-637,
20 3-638, and 3-642, and such other letters or numbers as the
21 Secretary may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates
22 issued to vehicles registered under Section 3-402.1, the
23 phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for the word
24 "apportioned" to be displayed. The Secretary may in his
25 discretion prescribe that letters be used as prefixes only on
26 registration plates issued to vehicles of the first division
27 which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes on
28 registration plates issued to other vehicles. Every
29 registration sticker issued as evidence of current
30 registration shall designate the year number for which it is
31 issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may
32 prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color with the
33 registration plates and registration stickers of the previous
34 year.
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1 (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and
2 numerals thereon, except the year number for which issued,
3 shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a
4 distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be coated
5 with reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate
6 issued to vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12
7 inches.
8 (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
9 passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type
10 of registration plates as the type of plates issued for a
11 private passenger vehicle.
12 (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
13 passenger car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive
14 registration plates.
15 (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
16 motorcycle distinctive registration plates distinguishing
17 between motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters
18 piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
19 piston displacement.
20 (g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
21 display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
22 such vehicles are for-hire.
23 (h) The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
24 vehicle distinctive registration plates which shall
25 distinguish between electric vehicles having a maximum
26 operating speed of 45 miles per hour or more and those having
27 a maximum operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
28 (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public
29 and private ambulance registration plates identifying the
30 vehicle as an ambulance. The Secretary shall forward to the
31 Department of Public Aid registration information for the
32 purpose of verification of claims filed with the Department
33 by ambulance owners for payment for services to public
34 assistance recipients.
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1 (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public
2 and private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery
3 registration plates displaying numbers within ranges of
4 numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue
5 vehicles. The Secretary shall forward to the Department of
6 Public Aid registration information for the purpose of
7 verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
8 medical carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services
9 to public assistance recipients.
10 (k) Beginning in 2000, the Secretary of State shall,
11 from road fund moneys appropriated for replating purposes,
12 begin to replace multi-year registration plates issued under
13 Section 3-414.1. After completion of the replacement of the
14 multi-year registration plates beginning in 2000, the
15 Secretary of State shall, in the Secretary of State's
16 discretion, periodically replace multi-year registration
17 plates issued under Section 3-414.1.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-564, eff. 7-1-97;
19 89-612, eff. 8-9-96; 89-621, eff. 1-1-97; 89-639, eff.
20 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-533, eff. 11-14-97; 90-655,
21 eff. 7-30-98.)
22 (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
23 Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration
24 stickers and driveway decal permits.
25 (a) Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
26 than a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor,
27 apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached
28 thereto, one in the front and one in the rear. The
29 registration plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer or
30 semitrailer required to be registered hereunder and any
31 apportionment plate issued to a bus under the provisions of
32 this Code shall be attached to the rear thereof. The
33 registration plate issued for a truck-tractor or an
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1 apportioned truck required to be registered hereunder shall
2 be attached to the front thereof.
3 (b) Every registration plate shall at all times be
4 securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for
5 which it is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging
6 and at a height of not less than 12 inches from the ground,
7 measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a place and
8 position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained in a
9 condition to be clearly legible, free from any materials that
10 would obstruct the visibility of the plate, including, but
11 not limited to, glass covers and tinted plastic covers.
12 Clear plastic covers are permissible as long as they remain
13 clear and do not obstruct the visibility of the plates.
14 Registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed annual
15 registration shall be attached to registration plates as
16 required by the Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at
17 all times.
18 (c) Every driveway decal permit issued pursuant to this
19 Code shall be firmly attached to the inside windshield of the
20 motor vehicle in such a manner that it cannot be removed
21 without being destroyed. If such decal permits are affixed
22 to a motor vehicle in any other manner the permit shall be
23 void and of no effect.
24 (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign
25 registered vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned
26 with Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate and
27 displayed on the front of such vehicle in the same manner as
28 an Illinois registration plate.
29 (e) The registration plate issued for a camper body
30 mounted on a truck displaying registration plates shall be
31 attached to the rear of the camper body.
32 (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the
33 operation of a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois
34 registration plate, plates or registration stickers after the
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1 termination of the registration period for which issued or
2 after the expiration date set pursuant to Sections 3-414 and
3 3-414.1 of this Code. A person who violates this subsection
4 (f) is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less
5 than $100 and not more than $500.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 89-375, eff. 8-18-95.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.