101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3251

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Swanson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-415  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that beginning in registration year 2021, a member of the active-duty or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces returning from a combat mission shall receive a 50% discount on any subsequent registration fees. Effective January 1, 2021.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Sections 3-415 and 3-806.7 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-415)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)
7    Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration.
8    (a) Calendar year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
9registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
10required to be registered on a calendar registration year, not
11later than December 1 of each year, upon proper application and
12by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as
13provided by law except that application for renewal of a
14vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
15registered on a staggered calendar year basis, shall be made by
16the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
17State.
18    (b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
19registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
20required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
21later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
22payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
23provided by law, except that application for renewal of a

 

 

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1vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
2registered on a staggered fiscal year basis, shall be made by
3the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
4State.
5    (c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a
6vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
7vehicles required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not
8later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the
92-year registration period, except that application for
10renewal of a vehicle registration, as to those vehicles
11required to be registered for 2 years on a staggered
12registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and
13manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
14    (d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
15registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
16required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
17June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
18registration period, except that application for renewal of a
19vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
20registered for 2 fiscal years on a staggered registration
21basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner
22prescribed by the Secretary of State.
23    (d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a
24vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
25vehicles required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not
26later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the

 

 

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13-year registration period.
2    (d-10) Five calendar years. Application for renewal of a
3vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
4vehicles required to be registered for 5 calendar years, not
5later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the
65-year registration period.
7    (e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may receive
8applications for renewal of registration and grant the same and
9issue new registration cards and plates or registration
10stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration. No
11person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration
12plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the
13Secretary of State in his discretion may select.
14    (f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
15require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
16accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
17Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.
18    (g) (Blank).
19    (h) Returning combat mission veterans. Beginning in
20registration year 2017, the application for renewal, and
21subsequent fees, of a vehicle registration for a member of the
22active-duty or reserve component of the United States Armed
23Forces returning from a combat mission shall not be required
24for that service member's next scheduled renewal. Beginning in
25registration year 2021, a member of the active-duty or reserve
26component of the United States Armed Forces returning from a

 

 

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1combat mission shall receive a 50% discount on any subsequent
2registration fees. Proof of combat mission service shall come
3from the service member's hostile fire pay or imminent danger
4pay documentation received any time in the 12 months preceding
5the registration renewal. Nothing in this subsection is
6applicable to the additional fees incurred by specialty,
7personalized, or vanity license plates.
8(Source: P.A. 98-539, eff. 1-1-14; 98-787, eff. 7-25-14; 99-32,
9eff. 7-10-15; 99-80, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
11    Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military
12personnel.
13    (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard
14registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
15passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
16vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
17pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
18be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on
19active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
20States and stationed outside of the United States for a period
21of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.
22    (b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces
23of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the
24United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who
25placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the

 

 

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1time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the
2unused portion of that registration when they renew the
3registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United
4States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in
5storage and had current registration, the member of the armed
6forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
7    (c) Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the standard
8registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
9passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
10vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
11pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
12be waived for the year following the return of any Illinois
13vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or reserve
14component of the United States Armed Forces who can provide
15proof of serving in a combat mission. Beginning in registration
16year 2021, a member of the active-duty or reserve component of
17the United States Armed Forces returning from a combat mission
18shall receive a 50% discount on any subsequent registration
19fees. Nothing in this subsection is applicable to the
20additional fees incurred by specialty, personalized, or vanity
21license plates.
22(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
241, 2021.