95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1265


 
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Antonio Munoz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/3-413
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413







    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits clear (as well as tinted) plastic license plate covers.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 3-413 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-413)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)



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    Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration 
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stickers
and drive-away permits.

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    (a) Registration plates issued for a
motor vehicle other 
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than a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
truck-tractor, 
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apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached

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thereto, one in the front and one in the
rear.  The registration 
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plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer or
semitrailer required 
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to be registered hereunder and any apportionment
plate issued 
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to a bus under the provisions of this Code shall be attached
to 
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the rear thereof. The registration plate issued for a 
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truck-tractor or
an apportioned truck required to be registered 
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hereunder shall be
attached to the front thereof.

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    (b) Every registration plate shall at all times be securely 
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fastened
in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it 
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is issued so as to
prevent the plate from swinging and at a 
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height of not less than 5
inches from the ground, measuring 
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from the bottom of such plate, in a
place and position to be 
 


 






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clearly visible and shall be maintained in a
condition to be 
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clearly legible, free
from any materials that would obstruct 
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the visibility of the plate,
 including, but not limited to, 
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glass covers and tinted plastic covers.  Clear
plastic covers 
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are permissible as long as they remain clear and do not 
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obstruct
the visibility of the plates. Registration stickers 
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issued as
evidence of renewed annual registration shall be 
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attached to registration
plates as required by the Secretary of 
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State, and be clearly visible at
all times.

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    (c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this
Code 
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shall
be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner 
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prescribed by the Secretary of State.  If a drive-away permit is 
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affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the
permit shall 
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be void and of no effect.

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    (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign 
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registered
vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned with 
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Illinois, shall be
displayed on a registration plate and 
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displayed on the front of such
vehicle in the same manner as an 
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Illinois registration plate.

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    (e) The registration plate issued for a camper body mounted 
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on a
truck displaying registration plates shall be attached to 
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the rear of
the camper body.

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    (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the 
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operation of a
vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois 
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registration plate, plates
or registration stickers after the 
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termination of the registration
period for which issued or 
 


 






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after the expiration date set pursuant to
Sections 3-414 and 
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3-414.1 of this Code.

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(Source: P.A. 92-668, eff. 1-1-03; 92-680, eff. 7-16-02; 
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revised 10-2-02.)