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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 3-802 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-802. Reclassifications and upgrades.
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| 8 | | (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the |
| 9 | | following words
shall have the meanings ascribed to them as |
| 10 | | follows:
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| 11 | | "Reclassification" means changing the registration of |
| 12 | | a vehicle from one
plate category to another.
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| 13 | | "Upgrade" means increasing the registered weight of a |
| 14 | | vehicle within the
same plate category.
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| 15 | | (b) When reclassing the registration of a vehicle from one |
| 16 | | plate category
to another, the owner shall receive credit for |
| 17 | | the unused portion of the
present
plate and be charged the |
| 18 | | current portion fees for the new plate. In addition,
the |
| 19 | | appropriate replacement plate and replacement sticker fees |
| 20 | | shall be
assessed.
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| 21 | | (b-5) Beginning with the 2018 registration year, any |
| 22 | | individual who has a registration issued under either Section |
| 23 | | 3-405 or 3-405.1 that qualifies for a special license plate |
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| 1 | | under Sections 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, |
| 2 | | 3-626, 3-638, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, 3-676, |
| 3 | | 3-677, 3-680, 3-683, 3-686, or 3-693 may reclass his or her |
| 4 | | registration upon acquiring a special license plate listed in |
| 5 | | this subsection (b-5) without a replacement plate fee or |
| 6 | | registration sticker cost. |
| 7 | | (c) When upgrading the weight of a registration within the |
| 8 | | same plate
category, the owner shall pay the difference in |
| 9 | | current period fees between the
two plates. In addition, the |
| 10 | | appropriate replacement plate and replacement
sticker fees |
| 11 | | shall be assessed. In the event new plates are not required, |
| 12 | | the
corrected registration card fee shall be assessed.
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| 13 | | (d) In the event the owner of the vehicle desires to change |
| 14 | | the registered
weight and change the plate category, the owner |
| 15 | | shall receive credit for the
unused portion of the registration |
| 16 | | fee of the current plate and pay the current
portion of the |
| 17 | | registration fee for the new plate, and in addition, pay the
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| 18 | | appropriate replacement plate
and replacement sticker fees.
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| 19 | | (e) Reclassing from one plate category to another plate |
| 20 | | category can be done
only once within any registration period.
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| 21 | | (f) No refunds shall be made in any of the circumstances |
| 22 | | found in subsection
(b), subsection (c), or subsection (d); |
| 23 | | however, when reclassing from a flat
weight plate to an |
| 24 | | apportioned plate, a refund may be issued if the credit amounts |
| 25 | | to an overpayment.
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| 26 | | (g) In the event the registration of a vehicle registered |
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| 1 | | under the mileage
tax option is revoked, the owner shall be |
| 2 | | required to pay the annual
registration fee in the new plate |
| 3 | | category and shall not receive any credit for
the mileage plate |
| 4 | | fees.
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| 5 | | (h) Certain special interest plates may be displayed on |
| 6 | | first division
vehicles, second division vehicles weighing |
| 7 | | 8,000 pounds or less, and
recreational
vehicles. Those plates |
| 8 | | can be transferred within those vehicle groups.
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| 9 | | (i) Plates displayed on second division vehicles weighing |
| 10 | | 8,000 pounds or
less and passenger vehicle plates may be |
| 11 | | reclassed from one division to the
other.
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| 12 | | (j) Other than in subsection (i), reclassing from one |
| 13 | | division to the
other division is prohibited. In addition, a |
| 14 | | reclass from a motor vehicle to a
trailer or a trailer to a |
| 15 | | motor vehicle is prohibited.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 93-365, eff. 7-24-03; 94-239, eff. 1-1-06.)
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