Public Act 098-0971
 
SB3402 EnrolledLRB098 18844 MLW 53989 b


  
    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 3-701 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-701)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)



    Sec. 3-701. 
Operation of vehicles without evidence of

registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer 
broken or
disconnected.  No person shall operate, nor shall an 
owner knowingly permit to
be
operated, upon any highway unless 
there shall be attached thereto and
displayed thereon when and 
as required by law, proper evidence of
registration in 
Illinois, as follows:


        (1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A 
    current and
valid Illinois registration sticker or 
    stickers and plate or plates, or
an Illinois temporary 
    registration permit, or a drive-away or
in-transit permit, 
    issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or


        (2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and 
    valid
reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates 
    properly issued to such
vehicle or a temporary registration 
    issued therefor, by the reciprocal
State, and, in addition, 
    when required by the Secretary, a current and
valid 
    Illinois Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued

    therefor by the Secretary of State; or except as otherwise 
    expressly
provided for in this Chapter.

        (3)   A vehicle commuting for repairs in Illinois.  A 
    dealer plate issued by a foreign state shall exempt a 
    vehicle from the requirements of this Section if the 
    vehicle is being operated for the purpose of transport to a 
    repair facility in Illinois to have repairs performed on 
    the vehicle displaying foreign dealer plates.  The driver of 
    the motor vehicle bearing dealer plates shall provide a 
    work order or contract with the repair facility to a law 
    enforcement officer upon request. 
    No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly 
permit to be
operated, any vehicle of the second division for 
which the owner has
made an election to pay the mileage tax in 
lieu of the annual flat
weight tax, at any time when the 
odometer of such vehicle is broken or
disconnected, or is 
inoperable or not operating.

(Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02.)