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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-808.1 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-808.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1)
7     Sec. 3-808.1. (a) Permanent vehicle registration plates
8 shall be issued, at no charge, to the following:
9         1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
10     owned and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
11     agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
12     Assembly;
13         2. Special disability plates issued to vehicles owned
14     and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
15     agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
16     Assembly.
17     (b) Permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued,
18 for a one time fee of $8.00, to the following:
19         1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
20     operated by or for any county, township or municipal
21     corporation;
22         2. Vehicles owned by counties, townships or municipal
23     corporations for persons with disabilities.

 

 

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1         3. Beginning with the 1991 registration year,
2     county-owned vehicles operated by or for any county sheriff
3     and designated deputy sheriffs. These registration plates
4     shall contain the specific county code and unit number.
5         4. All-terrain vehicles owned by counties, townships,
6     or municipal corporations and used for law enforcement
7     purposes when the Manufacturer's Statement of Origin is
8     accompanied with a letter from the original manufacturer or
9     a manufacturer's franchised dealer stating that this
10     all-terrain vehicle has been converted to a street worthy
11     vehicle that meets the equipment requirements set forth in
12     Chapter 12 of this Code.
13         5. Beginning with the 2001 registration year,
14     municipally-owned vehicles operated by or for any police
15     department. These registration plates shall contain the
16     designation "municipal police" and shall be numbered and
17     distributed as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
18         6. Beginning with the 2008 registration year, vehicles
19     owned by the fire department of a municipality or a fire
20     protection district, or owned by the chief of the fire
21     department or the chief's first deputy officer, if (i) the
22     chief or the chief's first deputy officer is authorized by
23     the corporate authorities of the municipality or fire
24     protection district to use the vehicle as an emergency
25     response vehicle and (ii) the fire department does not
26     provide a vehicle for the chief or the chief's first deputy

 

 

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1     officer. There shall appear on these plates, in addition to
2     the designation of the State and the year for which the
3     license plate was issued, the letters FD displayed
4     vertically on the left side of the plate, followed by the
5     Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Division number of the fire
6     department and the radio signature number of the vehicle,
7     followed in the next line by the words "Fire Department".
8 (Source: P.A. 94-619, eff. 1-1-06.)