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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2947 Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/3-699.22 new | | 625 ILCS 5/3-802 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates designated as Defense Superior Service license plates to Illinois residents who have been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal. Provides that no registration fee shall be charged for the issuance or renewal of a Defense Superior Service plate. Adds vehicle owners who qualify for a Defense Superior Service plate to the list of vehicle owners who may reclass their registration upon acquiring a special license plate without a replacement plate fee or registration sticker cost.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 3-802 and by adding Section 3-699.22 as |
6 | | follows: |
7 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-699.22 new) |
8 | | Sec. 3-699.22. Defense Superior Service plates. The |
9 | | Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form |
10 | | prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special registration |
11 | | plates designated as Defense Superior Service license plates |
12 | | to Illinois residents who have been awarded the Defense |
13 | | Superior Service Medal by a branch of the armed forces of the |
14 | | United States. The special plates issued pursuant to this |
15 | | Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the |
16 | | first division, motorcycles, and motor vehicles of the second |
17 | | division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. The Secretary |
18 | | may allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized |
19 | | plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1. The Secretary shall |
20 | | make a version of the special registration plates authorized |
21 | | under this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles. The |
22 | | design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the |
23 | | discretion of the Secretary. No registration fee, including |
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1 | | the fees established under Section 3-806, shall be charged for |
2 | | the issuance or renewal of any plates issued under this |
3 | | Section.
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4 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802)
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5 | | Sec. 3-802. Reclassifications and upgrades.
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6 | | (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the |
7 | | following words
shall have the meanings ascribed to them as |
8 | | follows:
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9 | | "Reclassification" means changing the registration of a |
10 | | vehicle from one
plate category to another.
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11 | | "Upgrade" means increasing the registered weight of a |
12 | | vehicle within the
same plate category.
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13 | | (b) When reclassing the registration of a vehicle from one |
14 | | plate category
to another, the owner shall receive credit for |
15 | | the unused portion of the
present
plate and be charged the |
16 | | current portion fees for the new plate. In addition,
the |
17 | | appropriate replacement plate and replacement sticker fees |
18 | | shall be
assessed.
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19 | | (b-5) Any Beginning with the 2019 registration year, any |
20 | | individual who has a registration issued under either Section |
21 | | 3-405 or 3-405.1 that qualifies for a special license plate |
22 | | under Section 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, |
23 | | 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, |
24 | | 3-651, 3-664, 3-666, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, 3-676, 3-677, 3-680, |
25 | | 3-681, 3-683, 3-686, 3-688, 3-693, 3-698, 3-699.12, 3-699.15, |
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1 | | 3-699.16, 3-699.17, 3-699.19, or 3-699.20 , or 3-699.22 may |
2 | | reclass his or her registration upon acquiring a special |
3 | | license plate listed in this subsection (b-5) without a |
4 | | replacement plate or digital plate fee or registration sticker |
5 | | or digital registration sticker cost. |
6 | | (b-10) Any Beginning with the 2019 registration year, any |
7 | | individual who has a special license plate issued under |
8 | | Section 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, |
9 | | 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-651, |
10 | | 3-664, 3-666, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, 3-676, 3-677, 3-680, 3-681, |
11 | | 3-683, 3-686, 3-688, 3-693, 3-698, 3-699.12, or 3-699.17 , or
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12 | | 3-699.22 may reclass his or her special license plate upon |
13 | | acquiring a new registration under Section 3-405 or 3-405.1 |
14 | | without a replacement plate or digital plate fee or |
15 | | registration sticker or digital registration sticker cost. |
16 | | (c) When upgrading the weight of a registration within the |
17 | | same plate
category, the owner shall pay the difference in |
18 | | current period fees between the 2
plates. In addition, the |
19 | | appropriate replacement plate and replacement
sticker fees |
20 | | shall be assessed. In the event new plates are not required, |
21 | | the
corrected registration card fee shall be assessed.
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22 | | (d) In the event the owner of the vehicle desires to change |
23 | | the registered
weight and change the plate category, the owner |
24 | | shall receive credit for the
unused portion of the |
25 | | registration fee of the current plate and pay the current
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26 | | portion of the registration fee for the new plate, and in |
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1 | | addition, pay the
appropriate replacement plate
and |
2 | | replacement sticker fees.
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3 | | (e) Reclassing from one plate category to another plate |
4 | | category can be done
only once within any registration period.
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5 | | (f) No refunds shall be made in any of the circumstances |
6 | | found in subsection
(b), subsection (c), or subsection (d); |
7 | | however, when reclassing from a flat
weight plate to an |
8 | | apportioned plate, a refund may be issued if the credit |
9 | | amounts to an overpayment.
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10 | | (g) In the event the registration of a vehicle registered |
11 | | under the mileage
tax option is revoked, the owner shall be |
12 | | required to pay the annual
registration fee in the new plate |
13 | | category and shall not receive any credit for
the mileage |
14 | | plate fees.
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15 | | (h) Certain special interest plates may be displayed on |
16 | | first division
vehicles, second division vehicles weighing |
17 | | 8,000 pounds or less, and
recreational
vehicles. Those plates |
18 | | can be transferred within those vehicle groups.
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19 | | (i) Plates displayed on second division vehicles weighing |
20 | | 8,000 pounds or
less and passenger vehicle plates may be |
21 | | reclassed from one division to the
other.
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22 | | (j) Other than in subsection (i), reclassing from one |
23 | | division to the
other division is prohibited. In addition, a |
24 | | reclass from a motor vehicle to a
trailer or a trailer to a |
25 | | motor vehicle is prohibited.
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26 | | (Source: P.A. 101-51, eff. 7-12-19; 101-395, eff. 8-16-19; |