Full Text of SB1265 95th General Assembly
SB1265 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB1265
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Antonio Munoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-413 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits clear (as well as tinted) plastic license plate covers.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 04156 DRH 24194 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-413 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
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| Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration | 8 |
| stickers
and drive-away permits.
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| (a) Registration plates issued for a
motor vehicle other | 10 |
| than a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
truck-tractor, | 11 |
| apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached
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| thereto, one in the front and one in the
rear. The registration | 13 |
| plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer or
semitrailer required | 14 |
| to be registered hereunder and any apportionment
plate issued | 15 |
| to a bus under the provisions of this Code shall be attached
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| the rear thereof. The registration plate issued for a | 17 |
| truck-tractor or
an apportioned truck required to be registered | 18 |
| hereunder shall be
attached to the front thereof.
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| (b) Every registration plate shall at all times be securely | 20 |
| fastened
in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it | 21 |
| is issued so as to
prevent the plate from swinging and at a | 22 |
| height of not less than 5
inches from the ground, measuring | 23 |
| from the bottom of such plate, in a
place and position to be |
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| clearly visible and shall be maintained in a
condition to be | 2 |
| clearly legible, free
from any materials that would obstruct | 3 |
| the visibility of the plate,
including, but not limited to, | 4 |
| glass covers and tinted plastic covers. Clear
plastic covers | 5 |
| are permissible as long as they remain clear and do not | 6 |
| obstruct
the visibility of the plates. Registration stickers | 7 |
| issued as
evidence of renewed annual registration shall be | 8 |
| attached to registration
plates as required by the Secretary of | 9 |
| State, and be clearly visible at
all times.
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| (c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this
Code | 11 |
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be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner | 12 |
| prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit is | 13 |
| affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the
permit shall | 14 |
| be void and of no effect.
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| (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign | 16 |
| registered
vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned with | 17 |
| Illinois, shall be
displayed on a registration plate and | 18 |
| displayed on the front of such
vehicle in the same manner as an | 19 |
| Illinois registration plate.
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| (e) The registration plate issued for a camper body mounted | 21 |
| on a
truck displaying registration plates shall be attached to | 22 |
| the rear of
the camper body.
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| (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the | 24 |
| operation of a
vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois | 25 |
| registration plate, plates
or registration stickers after the | 26 |
| termination of the registration
period for which issued or |
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| after the expiration date set pursuant to
Sections 3-414 and | 2 |
| 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-668, eff. 1-1-03; 92-680, eff. 7-16-02; | 4 |
| revised 10-2-02.)
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