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Full Text of HB4695  102nd General Assembly

HB4695 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4695

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Tim Ozinga

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-412  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that registration plates or digital registration plates issued to a vehicle registered as a fleet vehicle may display the logo of the company for which the fleet is being operated at the company's request.


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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 3-412 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-412)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
7    Sec. 3-412. Registration plates or digital registration
8plates and registration stickers or digital registration
9stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
10    (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle
11subject to annual registration for the first time shall issue
12or shall cause to be issued to the owner one registration plate
13or digital registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer,
14semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or truck-tractor, 2
15registration plates, or a digital registration plate and metal
16plate as set forth in Section 3-401.5, for other motor
17vehicles and, where applicable, current registration stickers
18or digital registration stickers for motor vehicles of the
19first division. The provisions of this Section may be made
20applicable to such vehicles of the second division, as the
21Secretary of State may, from time to time, in his discretion
22designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term
23of the registration plate or digital registration plate as

 

 

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1provided in Section 3-414.1, the Secretary shall issue or
2cause to be issued registration stickers or digital
3registration stickers as evidence of current registration.
4However, the issuance of annual registration stickers or
5digital registration stickers to vehicles registered under the
6provisions of Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of this Code may
7not be required if the Secretary deems the issuance
8unnecessary.
9    (b) Every registration plate or digital registration plate
10shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned
11to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of this State,
12which may be abbreviated, the year number for which it was
13issued, which may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln"
14(except as otherwise provided in this Code), and such other
15letters or numbers as the Secretary may prescribe. However,
16for apportionment plates issued to vehicles registered under
17Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates issued to vehicles registered
18under Section 3-405.3, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be
19omitted to allow for the word "apportioned", the word "fleet",
20or other similar language to be displayed. Registration plates
21or digital registration plates issued to a vehicle registered
22as a fleet vehicle may display a designation determined by the
23Secretary. Registration plates or digital registration plates
24issued to a vehicle registered as a fleet vehicle may also
25display the logo of the company for which the fleet is being
26operated at the company's request.

 

 

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1    The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe that letters
2be used as prefixes only on registration plates or digital
3registration plates issued to vehicles of the first division
4which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes on
5registration plates or digital registration plates issued to
6other vehicles. Every registration sticker or digital
7registration sticker issued as evidence of current
8registration shall designate the year number for which it is
9issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may
10prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color with the
11registration plates or digital registration plates and
12registration stickers or digital registration stickers of the
13previous year.
14    (c) Each registration plate or digital registration plate
15and the required letters and numerals thereon, except the year
16number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be
17plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight,
18and shall be coated with reflectorizing material. The
19dimensions of the plate issued to vehicles of the first
20division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
21    (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
22motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of
23registration plates or digital registration plates as the type
24of plates issued for a private passenger vehicle.
25    (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
26car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration

 

 

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1plates or digital registration plates.
2    (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
3motorcycle distinctive registration plates or digital
4registration plates distinguishing between motorcycles having
5150 or more cubic centimeters piston displacement, or having
6less than 150 cubic centimeter piston displacement.
7    (g) Registration plates or digital registration plates
8issued to vehicles for-hire may display a designation as
9determined by the Secretary that such vehicles are for-hire.
10    (h) (Blank).
11    (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public
12and private ambulance registration plates or digital
13registration plates identifying the vehicle as an ambulance.
14The Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare
15and Family Services registration information for the purpose
16of verification of claims filed with the Department by
17ambulance owners for payment for services to public assistance
18recipients.
19    (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public
20and private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery
21registration plates or digital registration plates displaying
22numbers within ranges of numbers reserved respectively for
23medical carriers and rescue vehicles. The Secretary shall
24forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
25registration information for the purpose of verification of
26claims filed with the Department by owners of medical carriers

 

 

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1or rescue vehicles for payment for services to public
2assistance recipients.
3    (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license
4plates or digital registration plates or distinctive license
5plate stickers or digital registration stickers for every
6vehicle exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section
712-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection
8(g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory
9Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue
10these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the
11physician's certification required under subsection (g) of
12Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued
13when the certification is renewed as provided in that
14subsection.
15    (l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
16registration plates or digital registration plates for
17low-speed vehicles.
18    (m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
19registration plates or digital registration plates for
20autocycles. The dimensions of the plate issued to autocycles
21shall be 4 by 7 inches.
22(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)