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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2882
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2882 as follows:
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 3-405.1 and 3-806.1 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, to a trailer registered at 3,000
14 pounds or less, or to a recreational vehicle, which display a
15 registration number containing 4 to 7 letters as requested by
16 the owner of the vehicle and license plates issued to retired
17 members of Congress under Section 3-610.1 or to retired
18 members of the General Assembly as provided in Section
19 3-606.1. A license plate consisting of 3 letters and no
20 numbers or of 1, 2 or 3 numbers, upon its becoming available,
21 is a vanity license plate. Personalized license plates mean
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1 any license plates, assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of
2 the first division, to a motor vehicle of the second
3 division, to a trailer registered at 3,000 pounds or less, or
4 to a recreational vehicle, which display a registration
5 number containing a combination of letters and numbers as
6 prescribed by rule, as requested by the owner of the vehicle.
7 (b) For any registration period commencing after 1979,
8 any person who is the registered owner of a passenger motor
9 vehicle of the first division, of a motor vehicle of the
10 second division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, of
11 a trailer registered at 3,000 pounds or less, or of a
12 recreational vehicle registered with the Secretary of State
13 or who makes application for an original registration of such
14 a motor vehicle or renewal registration of such a motor
15 vehicle may, upon payment of a fee prescribed in Section
16 3-806.1, apply to the Secretary of State for personalized
17 license plates.
18 (c) Except for plates issued under Sections 3-627,
19 3-631, and 3-632, vanity and personalized license plates as
20 issued under this Section shall be the same color and design
21 as other passenger vehicle license plates and shall not in
22 any manner conflict with any other existing passenger,
23 commercial, trailer, motorcycle, or special license plate
24 series. However, special registration plates issued under
25 Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for vehicles operated by or for
26 persons with disabilities may also be vanity or personalized
27 license plates.
28 (d) Vanity and personalized license plates shall be
29 issued only to the registered owner of the vehicle on which
30 they are to be displayed, except as provided in Sections
31 3-611 and 3-616 for special registration plates for vehicles
32 operated by or for persons with disabilities.
33 (e) An applicant for the issuance of vanity or
34 personalized license plates or subsequent renewal thereof
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1 shall file an application in such form and manner and by such
2 date as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion,
3 require.
4 No vanity nor personalized license plates shall be
5 approved, manufactured, or distributed that contain any
6 characters, symbols other than the international
7 accessibility symbol for vehicles operated by or for persons
8 with disabilities, foreign words, or letters of punctuation.
9 (f) Vanity and personalized license plates as issued
10 pursuant to this Act may be subject to the Staggered
11 Registration System as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
12 (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95;
13 89-611, eff. 1-1-97.)
14 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.1)
15 Sec. 3-806.1. Additional fees for vanity license plates.
16 In addition to the regular registration fee, an applicant
17 shall be charged $94 for each set of vanity license plates
18 issued to a motor vehicle of the first division or a motor
19 vehicle of the second division registered at not more than
20 8,000 pounds or to a trailer registered at 3,000 pounds or
21 less or to a recreational vehicle and $50 for each set of
22 vanity plates issued to a motorcycle. In addition to the
23 regular renewal fee, an applicant shall be charged $13 for
24 the renewal of each set of vanity license plates.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
27 1, 2004.".
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