SB3471 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3471

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-820

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-820

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a new set of license plates to an owner of a vehicle whose plates were stolen. Provides that the new set of plates shall be issued without a fee. Requires the Secretary to assign a new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate or plates that were stolen. Make changes to the registration fee for lost or destroyed plates.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 3-820 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-820) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-820)

Sec. 3-820. Duplicate Number Plates.

(a) Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State an affidavit to the effect that an original number plate for a vehicle is lost, stolen or destroyed, a duplicate number plate shall be furnished upon payment of a fee of $6 for each duplicate plate and a fee of $9 for a pair of duplicate plates.

Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State an affidavit to the effect that an original registration sticker or digital registration sticker for a vehicle is lost, stolen or destroyed, a new registration sticker or digital registration sticker shall be furnished upon payment of a fee of $5 for registration stickers or digital registration stickers issued on or before February 28, 2005 and $20 for registration stickers or digital registration stickers issued on or after March 1, 2005.

The Secretary of State may, in his discretion, assign a new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate or plates so lost, stolen or destroyed, but such assignment of a new plate or plates shall not affect the right of the owner to secure a reassignment of his original registration number in the manner provided in this Act. The fee for one new number plate shall be $6, and for a pair of new number plates, $9.

For the administration of this Section, the Secretary shall consider the loss of a registration plate or digital registration plate or plates with properly affixed registration stickers or digital registration stickers as requiring the payment of:

(i) $11 for each duplicate issued on or before February 28, 2005 and $26 for each duplicate issued on or after March 1, 2005; or

(ii) $14 for a pair of duplicate plates issued on or before February 28, 2005 and $29 for a pair of duplicate plates issued on or after March 1, 2005.

(b) Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a police report and an affidavit to the effect that an original number plate for a vehicle is stolen, a new plate shall be issued with no fee.

Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a police report and an affidavit to the effect that an original registration sticker or a digital registration sticker for a vehicle is stolen, a new registration sticker or digital registration sticker shall be issued with no fee.

The Secretary of State shall assign a new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate or plates that were stolen. The replacement fees set forth under subsection (a) shall not apply to plates or registration stickers that were stolen and indicated in a police report.

(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)