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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2615 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. David Friess SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/1-171 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-171 | 625 ILCS 5/3-412 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412 | 625 ILCS 5/3-413 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the next registration year after the effective date, the Secretary of State shall issue one registration plate (instead of 2) for newly registered motor vehicles and the registration plate shall be attached to the rear (instead of front and rear) of the motor vehicle.
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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 |
5 | | changing Sections 1-171, 3-412, and 3-413 as follows:
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6 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-171) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-171)
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7 | | Sec. 1-171. Registration - Registration Sticker. |
8 | | Registration. The registration certificate or certificates, |
9 | | registration
plates and registration stickers issued under the |
10 | | laws of this State pertaining
to the registration of vehicles.
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11 | | Registration Sticker or Stickers. A device or devices to |
12 | | be attached to
a rear registration plate that will renew the |
13 | | registration and registration
plate or plates for a |
14 | | pre-determined period not to exceed one registration
year |
15 | | except as provided in subsection (1) of Section 3-414 of this |
16 | | Code.
Should the Secretary of State determine it is advisable |
17 | | to require a registration
sticker to be attached to a front |
18 | | registration plate, he may require such
action and provide the |
19 | | necessary additional sticker. Such determination
shall be |
20 | | publicly announced at least 30 days in advance of a new annual
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21 | | registration year. |
22 | | "Registration" and "registration sticker or stickers" |
23 | | includes digital registration plates and digital registration |
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1 | | stickers issued by the Secretary of State under Section |
2 | | 3-401.5.
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3 | | Beginning with the next registration year after the |
4 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
5 | | Assembly, any reference to "plates" in the plural number in |
6 | | any law or rule shall be deemed to be a reference to
the single |
7 | | registration plate required to be furnished and displayed in
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8 | | accordance with this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
9 | | Assembly. |
10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
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11 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
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12 | | Sec. 3-412. Registration plates or digital registration |
13 | | plates and registration stickers or digital registration |
14 | | stickers to be
furnished by the Secretary of State. |
15 | | (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle |
16 | | subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue |
17 | | or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate |
18 | | or digital registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, |
19 | | semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or truck-tractor, 2 |
20 | | registration plates, or a digital registration plate and metal |
21 | | plate as set forth in Section 3-401.5, for other motor |
22 | | vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers |
23 | | or digital registration stickers for motor vehicles of the
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24 | | first division. Beginning with the next registration year |
25 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd |
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1 | | General Assembly, the Secretary of State, upon registering a |
2 | | vehicle subject to annual
registration for the first time, |
3 | | shall issue or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one |
4 | | registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, |
5 | | motorized
pedalcycle, or truck-tractor, one registration plate |
6 | | for other motor vehicles,
and, when applicable, current |
7 | | registration stickers for motor vehicles of the
first |
8 | | division. |
9 | | The provisions of this Section may be made applicable to |
10 | | such
vehicles of the second division, as the Secretary of |
11 | | State may, from time to
time, in his discretion designate. On |
12 | | subsequent annual registrations
during the term of the |
13 | | registration plate or digital registration plate as provided |
14 | | in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause to be |
15 | | issued registration stickers or digital registration stickers |
16 | | as evidence
of current registration. However, the issuance of |
17 | | annual registration stickers or digital registration stickers
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18 | | to vehicles registered under the provisions of Sections |
19 | | 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required if the |
20 | | Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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21 | | (b) Every registration plate or digital registration plate |
22 | | shall have displayed upon it the registration
number assigned |
23 | | to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of this State,
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24 | | which may be abbreviated, the year number for which it was |
25 | | issued, which may
be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" |
26 | | (except as otherwise provided in
this Code), and such other |
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1 | | letters or numbers as the Secretary
may prescribe. However, |
2 | | for apportionment plates issued to vehicles registered
under |
3 | | Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates issued to vehicles registered |
4 | | under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be |
5 | | omitted to allow for
the word "apportioned", the word "fleet", |
6 | | or other similar language to be
displayed. Registration plates |
7 | | or digital registration plates issued to a vehicle registered |
8 | | as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation determined by the |
9 | | Secretary.
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10 | | The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters |
11 | | be used as prefixes only on registration plates or digital |
12 | | registration plates issued to vehicles
of the first division |
13 | | which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes
on |
14 | | registration plates or digital registration plates issued to |
15 | | other vehicles. Every registration sticker or digital |
16 | | registration sticker
issued as evidence of current |
17 | | registration shall designate the year number
for which it is |
18 | | issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may
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19 | | prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color with the |
20 | | registration plates or digital registration plates and
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21 | | registration stickers or digital registration stickers of the |
22 | | previous year.
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23 | | (c) Each registration plate or digital registration plate |
24 | | and the required letters and numerals thereon,
except the year |
25 | | number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be
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26 | | plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight, |
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1 | | and shall be
coated with reflectorizing material. The |
2 | | dimensions of the plate issued to
vehicles of the first |
3 | | division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
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4 | | (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger |
5 | | motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of |
6 | | registration plates or digital registration plates as the type |
7 | | of
plates issued for a private passenger vehicle.
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8 | | (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
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9 | | car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration |
10 | | plates or digital registration plates.
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11 | | (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every |
12 | | motorcycle
distinctive registration plates or digital |
13 | | registration plates distinguishing between
motorcycles having |
14 | | 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
displacement, or having |
15 | | less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston displacement.
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16 | | (g) Registration plates or digital registration plates |
17 | | issued to vehicles for-hire may
display a designation as |
18 | | determined by the Secretary that
such vehicles are for-hire.
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19 | | (h) (Blank).
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20 | | (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public |
21 | | and private
ambulance registration plates or digital |
22 | | registration plates identifying the vehicle as an ambulance.
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23 | | The Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare |
24 | | and Family Services registration
information for the purpose |
25 | | of verification of claims filed with the
Department by |
26 | | ambulance owners for payment for services to public assistance
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1 | | recipients.
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2 | | (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public |
3 | | and private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery |
4 | | registration plates or digital registration plates displaying
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5 | | numbers within ranges of numbers reserved respectively for |
6 | | medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The Secretary shall |
7 | | forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
8 | | registration information for the purpose of verification of |
9 | | claims filed
with the Department by owners of medical carriers |
10 | | or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to public |
11 | | assistance recipients.
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12 | | (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license |
13 | | plates or digital registration plates or distinctive license |
14 | | plate stickers or digital registration stickers for every |
15 | | vehicle exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section |
16 | | 12-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection |
17 | | (g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory |
18 | | Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue |
19 | | these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the |
20 | | physician's certification required under subsection (g) of |
21 | | Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued |
22 | | when the certification is renewed as provided in that |
23 | | subsection.
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24 | | (l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive |
25 | | registration plates or digital registration plates for |
26 | | low-speed vehicles. |
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1 | | (m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive |
2 | | registration plates or digital registration plates for |
3 | | autocycles. The dimensions of the plate issued to autocycles |
4 | | shall be 4 by 7 inches. |
5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
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6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
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7 | | Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates or digital |
8 | | registration plates, registration stickers or digital |
9 | | registration stickers,
and drive-away permits; registration |
10 | | plate or digital registration plate covers. |
11 | | (a) Registration plates or digital registration plates |
12 | | issued for a
motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, autocycle, |
13 | | trailer, semitrailer,
truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or |
14 | | apportioned truck shall be attached
thereto, one in the front |
15 | | and one in the
rear. Beginning with the next registration year |
16 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd |
17 | | General Assembly, the registration plate issued for a
motor |
18 | | vehicle other than a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
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19 | | truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be |
20 | | attached
to the rear of the vehicle. |
21 | | The registration plate or digital registration plate |
22 | | issued for a motorcycle, autocycle, trailer or
semitrailer |
23 | | required to be registered hereunder and any apportionment
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24 | | plate issued to a bus under the provisions of this Code shall |
25 | | be attached
to the rear thereof. The registration plate or |
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1 | | digital registration plate issued for a truck-tractor or
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2 | | apportioned truck required to be registered hereunder shall be
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3 | | attached to the front thereof.
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4 | | (b) Except for vehicles with rear loaded motorized |
5 | | forklifts, every registration plate or digital registration |
6 | | plate shall at all times be securely fastened
in a horizontal |
7 | | position to the vehicle for which it is issued so as to
prevent |
8 | | the plate from swinging and at a height of not less than 5
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9 | | inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such |
10 | | plate, in a
place and position to be clearly visible and shall |
11 | | be maintained in a
condition to be clearly legible, free
from |
12 | | any materials that would obstruct the visibility of the plate. |
13 | | A registration plate or digital registration plate on a |
14 | | motorcycle may be mounted vertically as long as it is |
15 | | otherwise clearly visible. Registration stickers or digital |
16 | | registration stickers issued as
evidence of renewed annual |
17 | | registration shall be attached to registration
plates or |
18 | | displayed on digital registration plates as required by the |
19 | | Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at
all times. For |
20 | | those vehicles with rear loaded motorized forklifts, if the |
21 | | rear plate is securely fastened in a horizontal position as |
22 | | prescribed, the plate and registration sticker shall not be |
23 | | required to be clearly visible at all times as a result of the |
24 | | rear mounted motorized forklift obstructing the view.
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25 | | (c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this
Code |
26 | | shall
be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner |
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1 | | prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit |
2 | | is affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the
permit |
3 | | shall be void and of no effect.
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4 | | (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign |
5 | | registered
vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned |
6 | | with Illinois, shall be
displayed on a registration plate or |
7 | | digital registration plate and displayed on the front of such
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8 | | vehicle in the same manner as an Illinois registration plate |
9 | | or digital registration plate.
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10 | | (e) The registration plate or digital registration plate |
11 | | issued for a camper body mounted on a
truck displaying |
12 | | registration plates or digital registration plates shall be |
13 | | attached to the rear of
the camper body.
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14 | | (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the |
15 | | operation of a
vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois |
16 | | registration plate or plates or digital registration plate or |
17 | | plates
or registration stickers or digital registration |
18 | | stickers, except as provided for in subsection (b) of Section |
19 | | 3-701 of this Code, after the termination of the registration
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20 | | period for which issued or after the expiration date set |
21 | | pursuant to
Sections 3-414 and 3-414.1 of this Code.
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22 | | (g) A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is |
23 | | equipped with registration plate or digital registration plate |
24 | | covers. A violation of this subsection (g) or a similar |
25 | | provision of a local ordinance is an offense against laws and |
26 | | ordinances regulating the movement of traffic. |
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1 | | (h) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration |
2 | | plate or digital registration plate cover. A violation of this |
3 | | subsection (h) is a business offense. |
4 | | (i) A person may not advertise for the purpose of |
5 | | promoting the sale of registration plate or digital |
6 | | registration plate covers. A violation of this subsection (i) |
7 | | is a business offense. |
8 | | (j) A person may not modify the original manufacturer's |
9 | | mounting location of the rear registration plate or digital |
10 | | registration plate on any vehicle so as to conceal the |
11 | | registration or to knowingly cause it to be obstructed in an |
12 | | effort to hinder a peace officer from obtaining the |
13 | | registration for the enforcement of a violation of this Code, |
14 | | Section 27.1 of the Toll Highway Act concerning toll evasion, |
15 | | or any municipal ordinance. Modifications prohibited by this |
16 | | subsection (j) include but are not limited to the use of an |
17 | | electronic device. A violation of this subsection (j) is a |
18 | | Class A misdemeanor. |
19 | | (Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
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