Public Act 0808 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0669 Enrolled LRB096 04343 AJT 14390 b

Public Act 096-0808

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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 3-611.5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-611.5)

Sec. 3-611.5. Fire Chief license plates.

(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a municipality or fire protection district that operates a fire department, accompanied by an application and the appropriate fee, may issue, to a fire chief of each municipal fire department or fire protection district, special registration plates designated as Fire Chief license plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, owned by the fire department or the chief officer of the fire department. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

(b) The design and color of the special plates shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The plates are not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary may prescribe rules governing the requirements and approval of the special plates. The fee for this plate for a vehicle owned by the fire chief shall be the same as the fee prescribed for first division vehicles in Section 3-806 of this Code. Permanent license plates for fire chief vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire protection district shall be issued at the fee prescribed in Section 3-808.1(b).

(Source: P.A. 95-556, eff. 6-1-08.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.