102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3604

 

Introduced 1/19/2022, by Sen. Craig Wilcox

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-703  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-703

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not knowingly display upon a vehicle a General Assembly registration plate unless the registration plate is issued for the vehicle or otherwise lawfully used thereon. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.


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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
5changing Section 3-703 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-703)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-703)
7    Sec. 3-703. Improper use of evidences of registration or
8certificate of title.
9    (a) No person shall lend to another any certificate of
10title, registration card, registration plate or digital
11registration plate, registration sticker or digital
12registration sticker, special plate or permit or other
13evidences of proper registration issued to him if the person
14desiring to borrow the same would not be entitled to the use
15thereof, nor shall any person knowingly permit the use of any
16of the same by one not entitled thereto, nor shall any person
17display upon a vehicle any registration card, registration
18sticker or digital registration sticker, registration plate or
19digital registration plate or other evidences of proper
20registration not issued for such vehicle or not otherwise
21lawfully used thereon under this Code. No person shall
22duplicate, alter or attempt to reproduce in any manner a
23registration plate or digital registration plate or

 

 

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1registration sticker or digital registration sticker issued
2under this Code. No person shall make fraudulent use of
3evidences of registration or certificates of title issued
4erroneously by the Secretary of State. No person shall
5manufacture, advertise, distribute or sell any certificate of
6title, registration card, registration plate or digital
7registration plate, registration sticker or digital
8registration sticker, special plate or permit or other
9evidences of proper registration which purports to have been
10issued under this Code. The Secretary of State may request the
11Attorney General to seek a restraining order in the circuit
12court against any person who violates this Section by
13advertising such fraudulent items. Any violation of this
14subsection Section is a Class C misdemeanor.
15    (b) A person shall not knowingly display upon a vehicle a
16General Assembly registration plate issued under Section 3-606
17unless the registration plate is issued for the vehicle or
18otherwise lawfully used thereon under this Code. A violation
19of this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
20(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.