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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 3-421 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-421. Right of reassignment. |
| 8 | | (a) Every natural person
shall have the right of |
| 9 | | reassignment of the license number issued
to him during the |
| 10 | | current registration plate term, for the
ensuing registration |
| 11 | | plate term, provided his application
for reassignment is |
| 12 | | received in the Office of the Secretary of
State on or before |
| 13 | | September 30 of the final year of the
registration plate term |
| 14 | | as to a vehicle registered on a calendar
year, and on or before |
| 15 | | March 31 as to a vehicle registered on
a fiscal year. The right |
| 16 | | of reassignment shall apply to every natural person
under the |
| 17 | | staggered registration system provided the application for |
| 18 | | reassignment
is received in the Office of the Secretary of |
| 19 | | State by the 1st day of the
month immediately preceding the |
| 20 | | applicant's month of expiration.
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| 21 | | In addition, every natural person shall have the right of
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| 22 | | reassignment of the license number issued to him for a two-year
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| 23 | | registration, for the ensuing two-year period. Where the
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| 1 | | two-year period is for two calendar years, the application
for |
| 2 | | reassignment must be received by the Secretary
of State on or |
| 3 | | before September 30th of the year preceding
commencement of the |
| 4 | | two-year period. Where the two-year
period is for two fiscal |
| 5 | | years commencing on July 1, the
application for reassignment |
| 6 | | must be received by the Secretary
of State on or before April |
| 7 | | 30th immediately preceding
commencement of the two-year |
| 8 | | period.
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| 9 | | (b) Notwithstanding the above provision, the Secretary of
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| 10 | | State shall, subject to the existing right of reassignment,
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| 11 | | have the authority to designate new specific combinations of
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| 12 | | numerical, alpha-numerical, and numerical-alpha licenses for
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| 13 | | vehicles registered on a calendar year or on a fiscal year,
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| 14 | | whether the license be issued for one or more years. The new
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| 15 | | combinations so specified shall not be subject to the right
of |
| 16 | | reassignment, and no right of reassignment thereto may at
any |
| 17 | | future time be acquired.
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| 18 | | (c) If a person has a registration plate in his or her name |
| 19 | | and seeks to reassign the registration plate to his or her |
| 20 | | spouse, the Secretary shall waive any transfer fee or vanity or |
| 21 | | personalized registration plate fee upon both spouses signing a |
| 22 | | form authorizing the reassignment of registration. |
| 23 | | (c-1) If a person that has a registration plate in his or |
| 24 | | her name seeks to reassign the registration plate to his or her |
| 25 | | child, the Secretary shall waive any transfer fee or vanity or |
| 26 | | personalized registration plate fee. |