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Public Act 91-0769
HB3176 Enrolled LRB9109930DHmb
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
Section 3-616.
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 Section 3-616 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-616) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616)
Sec. 3-616. Person with disabilities license plates.
(a) Upon receiving an application for a certificate of
registration for a motor vehicle of the first division or for
a motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than
8,000 pounds, accompanied with payment of the registration
fees required under this Code from a person with disabilities
or a person who is deaf or hard of hearing person, the
Secretary of State, if so requested, shall issue to such
person registration plates as provided for in Section 3-611,
provided that the person with disabilities or person who is
deaf or hard of hearing must not be disqualified from
obtaining a driver's license under subsection 8 of Section
6-103 of this Code, and further provided that any person
making such a request must submit a statement certified by a
licensed physician to the effect that such person is a person
with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code,
or alternatively provide adequate documentation that such
person has a Class 1A, Class 2A or Type Four disability
under the provisions of Section 4A of the Illinois
Identification Card Act. For purposes of this Section, an
Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card issued pursuant
to The Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that the
person thereon named has a disability shall be adequate
documentation of such a disability.
(b) The Secretary shall issue plates under this Section
to a person without disabilities if a member of that person's
immediate family has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability as
defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act
or is a person with disabilities as defined by Section
1-159.1 of this Code, and does not possess a vehicle
registered in the name of the person with disabilities under
Section 3-616, provided that the person with disabilities
relies frequently on the applicant for transportation in the
vehicle to be registered. Only two vehicles per family may
be registered under this subsection. Any person requesting
special plates under this subsection shall submit such
documentation or such physician's statement as is required in
paragraph (a) and a statement describing the circumstances
qualifying for issuance of special plates under this
subsection.
(c) The Secretary may issue a person with disabilities
parking decal or device to a person with disabilities as
defined by Section 1-159.1 without regard to qualification of
such person with disabilities for a driver's license or
registration of a vehicle by such person with disabilities or
such person's immediate family, provided such person with
disabilities making such a request has been issued a Disabled
Person Identification Card indicating that the person named
thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability, or
alternatively, submits a statement certified by a licensed
physician to the effect that such person is a person with
disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1.
(d) The Secretary shall prescribe by rules and
regulations procedures to certify or re-certify as necessary
the eligibility of persons whose disabilities are other than
permanent for special plates or person with disabilities
parking decals or devices issued under subsections (a), (b)
and (c). Except as provided under subsection (f) of this
Section, no such special plates, decals or devices shall be
issued by the Secretary of State to or on behalf of any
person with disabilities unless such person is certified as
meeting the definition of a person with disabilities pursuant
to Section 1-159.1 or meeting the requirement of a Type Four
disability as provided under Section 4A of the Illinois
Identification Card Act for the period of time that the
physician determines the applicant will have the disability,
but not to exceed 6 months from the date of certification or
recertification.
(e) Any person requesting special plates under this
Section may also apply to have the special plates
personalized, as provided under Section 3-405.1.
(f) The Secretary of State, upon application, shall
issue person with disabilities registration plates or a
person with disabilities parking decal to corporations,
school districts, State or municipal agencies, limited
liability companies, nursing homes, convalescent homes, or
special education cooperatives which will transport persons
with disabilities. The Secretary shall prescribe by rule a
means to certify or re-certify the eligibility of
organizations to receive person with disabilities plates or
decals and to designate which of the two person with
disabilities emblems shall be placed on qualifying vehicles.
(g) The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter
into agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign
jurisdictions, on behalf of this State relating to the
extension of parking privileges by such jurisdictions to
permanently disabled residents of this State who display a
special license plate or parking device that contains the
International symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle,
and to recognize such plates or devices issued by such other
jurisdictions. This State shall grant the same parking
privileges which are granted to disabled residents of this
State to any non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed in
another state, district, territory or foreign country if such
vehicle displays the International symbol of access or a
distinguishing insignia on license plates or parking device
issued in accordance with the laws of the non-resident's
state, district, territory or foreign country.
(Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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