Full Text of SB2354

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2354

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-606 rep.
625 ILCS 5/3-606.1 rep.
625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 rep.
625 ILCS 5/3-610 rep.
625 ILCS 5/3-610.1 rep.
625 ILCS 5/3-405.1	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1
625 ILCS 5/3-604	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-604

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals provisions concerning the issuance of special registration plates to current and retired members of the General Assembly, current and retired members of Congress, and executive branch officers and makes conforming changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

(625 ILCS 5/3-606 rep.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-606.1 rep.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 rep.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-610 rep.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-610.1 rep.)

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by repealing Sections 3-606, 3-606.1, 3-606.5, 3-610, and 3-610.1.

Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Sections 3-405.1 and 3-604 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-405.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1)

Sec. 3-405.1. Application for vanity and personalized license plates.

(a) Vanity license plates mean any license plates, assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division, to a motor vehicle of the second division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, to a trailer weighing 8,000 pounds or less paying the flat weight tax, to a funeral home vehicle, an electric vehicle, or a recreational vehicle, which display a registration number containing 1 to 7 letters and no numbers or 1, 2, or 3 numbers and no letters as requested by the owner of the vehicle and license plates issued to retired members of Congress under Section 3-610.1 or to retired members of the General Assembly as provided in Section 3-606.1. Personalized license plates mean any license plates, assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division, to a motor vehicle of the second division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, to a trailer weighing 8,000 pounds or less paying the flat weight tax, to a funeral home vehicle, an electric vehicle, or a recreational vehicle, which display a registration number containing one of the following combinations of letters and numbers, as requested by the owner of the vehicle:

Standard Passenger Plates

First Division Vehicles

1 letter plus 0-99

2 letters plus 0-99

3 letters plus 0-99

4 letters plus 0-99

5 letters plus 0-99

6 letters plus 0-9

Second Division Vehicles

8,000 pounds or less, Trailers

8,000 pounds or less paying the flat

weight tax, and Recreation Vehicles

0-999 plus 1 letter

0-999 plus 2 letters

0-999 plus 3 letters

0-99 plus 4 letters

0-9 plus 5 letters

(b) For any registration period commencing after December 31, 2003, any person who is the registered owner of a passenger motor vehicle of the first division, of a motor vehicle of the second division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, of a trailer weighing 8,000 pounds or less paying the flat weight tax, of a funeral home vehicle, of an electric vehicle, or of a recreational vehicle registered with the Secretary of State or who makes application for an original registration of such a motor vehicle or renewal registration of such a motor vehicle may, upon payment of a fee prescribed in Section 3-806.1 or Section 3-806.5, apply to the Secretary of State for vanity or personalized license plates.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter 3, vanity and personalized license plates as issued under this Section shall be the same color and design as other passenger vehicle license plates or electric vehicle license plates and shall not in any manner conflict with any other existing passenger, commercial, trailer, motorcycle, or special license plate series. However, special registration plates issued under Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for vehicles operated by or for persons with disabilities may also be vanity or personalized license plates.

(d) Vanity and personalized license plates shall be issued only to the registered owner of the vehicle on which they are to be displayed, except as provided in Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for special registration plates for vehicles operated by or for persons with disabilities.

(e) An applicant for the issuance of vanity or personalized license plates or subsequent renewal thereof shall file an application in such form and manner and by such date as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion, require.

No vanity nor personalized license plates shall be approved, manufactured, or distributed that contain any characters, symbols other than the international accessibility symbol for vehicles operated by or for persons with disabilities, foreign words, or letters of punctuation.

(f) Vanity and personalized license plates as issued pursuant to this Act may be subject to the Staggered Registration System as prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(g) For purposes of this Section, "funeral home vehicle" means any motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or less that is owned or leased by a funeral home.

(h) As used in this Section, "electric vehicle" means any vehicle that is required to be registered under Section 3-805.

(Source: P.A. 102-154, eff. 1-1-22.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-604)

Sec. 3-604. Expiration of special plates. Every special plate issued, except those issued for dealers, manufacturers and transporters under Section 3-602 and persons with disabilities under Section 3-609 or 3-616, or deaf or hard of hearing under Section 3-616 of this Code, may be issued for a 2-year 2 year period beginning January 1st of each odd-numbered year and ending December 31st of the subsequent even-numbered year. The special plates issued to a person with disabilities or a person who is deaf or hard of hearing shall expire according to the multi-year procedure as established by Section 3-414 of this Code.

Special plates issued to members of the General Assembly under Section 3-606 shall expire at midnight on the 31st day of January in odd-numbered years.

(Source: P.A. 95-167, eff. 1-1-08; 96-79, eff. 1-1-10.)