Rep. Rich Brauer
Filed: 3/31/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 853
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 853 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 | ||||||
5 | changing Section 3-806 and by adding Sections 3-684 and 3-806.7 | ||||||
6 | as follows: | ||||||
7 | (625 ILCS 5/3-684 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 3-684. Operation Iraqi Freedom License Plates. | ||||||
9 | (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the | ||||||
10 | Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications | ||||||
11 | made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may | ||||||
12 | issue Operation Iraqi Freedom license plates to residents of | ||||||
13 | Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the | ||||||
14 | Secretary of State. The special Operation Iraqi Freedom plate | ||||||
15 | issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger | ||||||
16 | vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and motor vehicles |
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1 | of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. | ||||||
2 | Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the | ||||||
3 | staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 | ||||||
4 | of this Code. | ||||||
5 | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | ||||||
6 | wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | ||||||
7 | Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||||||
8 | issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with | ||||||
9 | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to | ||||||
10 | designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of | ||||||
11 | Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | ||||||
12 | eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall | ||||||
13 | approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under | ||||||
14 | Section 3-412. | ||||||
15 | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original | ||||||
16 | issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. This | ||||||
17 | additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State | ||||||
18 | Special License Plate Fund.
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19 | (625 ILCS 5/3-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806)
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20 | Sec. 3-806. Registration Fees; Motor Vehicles of the First
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21 | Division. Every owner of any other motor vehicle of the first
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22 | division, except as provided in Sections 3-804, 3-805, 3-806.3, | ||||||
23 | 3-806.7, and 3-808,
and every second division vehicle weighing | ||||||
24 | 8,000 pounds or less,
shall pay the Secretary of State an | ||||||
25 | annual registration fee
at the following rates:
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6 | Beginning with the 2010 registration year a $1 surcharge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | shall be collected in addition to the above fees for motor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, motor driven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | cycles, and pedalcycles to be deposited into the State Police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Vehicle Fund.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 95-1009, eff. 12-15-08.)
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12 | (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7 new)
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13 | Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | personnel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | States and stationed outside of the United States for a period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (b) Illinois residents who are members of the armed forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the |
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1 | United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who | ||||||
2 | placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the | ||||||
3 | time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the | ||||||
4 | unused portion of that registration when they renew the | ||||||
5 | registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United | ||||||
6 | States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in | ||||||
7 | storage and had current registration, the member of the armed | ||||||
8 | forces shall receive one month of registration without | ||||||
9 | charge. ".
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