Sen. David Koehler
Filed: 5/8/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 797
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 797 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 3-684 and by changing Section 3-809 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-684 new)
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7 | Sec. 3-684. Special registration plate for county | ||||||
8 | officials. | ||||||
9 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and | ||||||
10 | applications made
in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may | ||||||
11 | issue special registration plates
to county officials. | ||||||
12 | The special plates issued under this Section shall be | ||||||
13 | affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division or | ||||||
14 | motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not more than | ||||||
15 | 8,000 pounds. | ||||||
16 | Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to |
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1 | the multi-year
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this | ||||||
2 | Code. | ||||||
3 | (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be | ||||||
4 | wholly within the
discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate | ||||||
5 | documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, shall accompany | ||||||
6 | each application. | ||||||
7 | An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a $15 | ||||||
8 | fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
9 | registration fee. This
additional fee shall be deposited into | ||||||
10 | the Secretary of State Special License
Plate Fund, to be used | ||||||
11 | by the Secretary to help defray the administrative
processing | ||||||
12 | costs. | ||||||
13 | For each registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition | ||||||
14 | to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. This | ||||||
15 | additional fee shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State | ||||||
16 | Special License Plate Fund. | ||||||
17 | (c) For purposes of this Section, "county official" means | ||||||
18 | any county board member or commissioner, county executive, | ||||||
19 | chairman or president of the county board, and county officer, | ||||||
20 | including the auditor, clerk, circuit clerk, coroner or medical | ||||||
21 | examiner, public defender, recorder, sheriff, State's | ||||||
22 | Attorney, and treasurer of a county of this State.
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23 | (625 ILCS 5/3-809) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809)
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24 | Sec. 3-809. Farm machinery, exempt vehicles and fertilizer | ||||||
25 | spreaders -
registration fee.
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1 | (a) Vehicles of the second division having a corn
sheller, | ||||||
2 | a well driller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer and | ||||||
3 | unloader,
or other farm machinery permanently mounted thereon | ||||||
4 | and used solely for
transporting the same, farm wagon type | ||||||
5 | trailers having a fertilizer
spreader attachment permanently | ||||||
6 | mounted thereon, having a gross weight of
not to exceed 36,000 | ||||||
7 | pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk
fertilizer, | ||||||
8 | and farm wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed 3,000
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9 | gallons capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as | ||||||
10 | field-storage
"nurse tanks" supplying the fertilizer to a field | ||||||
11 | applicator and moved on
highways only for bringing the | ||||||
12 | fertilizer from a local source of supply to
farm or field or | ||||||
13 | from one farm or field to another, or used during the lime
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14 | season and moved on the highways only for bringing from a local | ||||||
15 | source of
supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to | ||||||
16 | another, shall be
registered upon the filing of a proper | ||||||
17 | application and the payment of a
registration fee of $13 per | ||||||
18 | 2-year registration period. This
registration fee of $13 shall | ||||||
19 | be paid in full and shall not be
reduced even though such | ||||||
20 | registration is made after the beginning of the
registration | ||||||
21 | period.
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22 | (b) Vehicles exempt from registration under the provisions | ||||||
23 | of Section
3-402.A of this Act, as amended, except those | ||||||
24 | vehicles required to be
registered under paragraph (c) of this | ||||||
25 | Section, may, at the option of the
owner, be identified as | ||||||
26 | exempt vehicles by displaying registration plates
issued by the |
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1 | Secretary of State. The owner thereof may apply for such
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2 | permanent, non-transferable
registration plates upon the | ||||||
3 | filing of a proper application and the payment
of a | ||||||
4 | registration fee of $13. The application for and display of | ||||||
5 | such registration
plates for identification purposes by | ||||||
6 | vehicles exempt from registration
shall not be deemed as a | ||||||
7 | waiver or recision of its exempt status, nor make
such vehicle | ||||||
8 | subject to registration. Nothing in this Section prohibits the | ||||||
9 | towing of another vehicle by the exempt vehicle if the towed | ||||||
10 | vehicle: | ||||||
11 | (i) does not exceed the registered weight of 8,000 | ||||||
12 | pounds; | ||||||
13 | (ii) is used exclusively for transportation to and from | ||||||
14 | the work site; | ||||||
15 | (iii) is not used for carrying counter weights or other | ||||||
16 | material related to the operation of the exempt vehicle | ||||||
17 | while under tow; and
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18 | (iv) displays proper and current registration plates. | ||||||
19 | (c) Any single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer | ||||||
20 | implement,
designed for both on and off road use, equipped with | ||||||
21 | flotation tires and
otherwise specially adapted for the | ||||||
22 | application of plant food materials
or agricultural chemicals, | ||||||
23 | desiring to be operated upon the highways ladened
with load | ||||||
24 | shall be registered upon the filing of a proper application and
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25 | payment of a registration fee of $250. The registration fee | ||||||
26 | shall
be paid
in full and shall not be reduced even though such |
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1 | registration is made
during the second half of the registration | ||||||
2 | year. These vehicles shall,
whether loaded or unloaded, be | ||||||
3 | limited to a maximum gross weight of 36,000
pounds, restricted | ||||||
4 | to a highway speed of not more than 30 miles per hour
and a | ||||||
5 | legal width of not more than 12 feet. Such vehicles shall be | ||||||
6 | limited
to the furthering of agricultural or horticultural | ||||||
7 | pursuits and in
furtherance of these pursuits, such vehicles | ||||||
8 | may be operated upon the
highway, within a 50 mile radius of | ||||||
9 | their point of loading as indicated on
the written or printed | ||||||
10 | statement required by the "Illinois Fertilizer Act
of 1961", as | ||||||
11 | amended, for the purpose of moving plant food materials or
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12 | agricultural chemicals to the field, or from field to field, | ||||||
13 | for the sole
purpose of application.
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14 | No single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer | ||||||
15 | implement, designed
for both on and off road use, equipped with | ||||||
16 | flotation tires and
otherwise specially adapted for the | ||||||
17 | application of plant food materials
or agricultural chemicals, | ||||||
18 | having a width of more than 12 feet or a gross
weight in excess | ||||||
19 | of 36,000 pounds, shall be permitted to operate upon the
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20 | highways ladened with load.
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21 | Whenever any vehicle is operated in violation of Section | ||||||
22 | 3-809 (c) of
this Act, the owner or the driver of such vehicle | ||||||
23 | shall be deemed guilty of
a petty offense and either may be | ||||||
24 | prosecuted for such violation.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 92-15, eff. 7-1-01; 93-312, eff. 1-1-04.)".
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