Full Text of SB0616 100th General Assembly
SB0616 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB0616 Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. Dan McConchie - Karen McConnaughay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/3-616 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that upon receiving an application for a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle of the first division or for a motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds, accompanied with payment of required registration fees, the Secretary of State shall, if requested, issue certain registration plates with an imprinted and reasonably recognizable international accessibility symbol for a person with disabilities or a person who is deaf or hard of hearing, if certain conditions are met.
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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 3-616 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-616) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-616. Disability license plates.
| 8 | | (a) Upon receiving an application for a certificate of | 9 | | registration for
a motor vehicle of the first division or for a | 10 | | motor vehicle of the second
division weighing no more than | 11 | | 8,000 pounds, accompanied with payment of the
registration fees | 12 | | required under this Code from a person with disabilities or
a | 13 | | person who is deaf or hard of hearing, the Secretary of State ,
| 14 | | if so requested, shall issue to such person registration plates | 15 | | as provided for
in Section 3-611 or, if so requested, | 16 | | registration plates authorized under Article IV or Article VI | 17 | | of this Chapter with a reasonably recognizable international | 18 | | accessibility symbol imprinted on the plates , provided that the | 19 | | person with disabilities or person who is
deaf or hard of | 20 | | hearing must not be disqualified from obtaining a driver's
| 21 | | license under subsection 8 of Section 6-103 of this Code and is | 22 | | otherwise qualified to receive the particular registration | 23 | | plates requested , and further provided
that any person making |
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| 1 | | such a request must submit a statement, certified by
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licensed | 2 | | physician, by a licensed physician assistant, or by a licensed
| 3 | | advanced practice nurse, to
the effect that such person is a | 4 | | person with disabilities
as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this | 5 | | Code, or alternatively provide adequate
documentation that | 6 | | such person has a Class 1A, Class 2A or Type Four
disability | 7 | | under the provisions of Section 4A of the Illinois | 8 | | Identification
Card Act. For purposes of this Section, an | 9 | | Illinois Person
with a Disability Identification Card issued | 10 | | pursuant to the Illinois Identification Card Act
indicating | 11 | | that the person thereon named has a disability shall be | 12 | | adequate
documentation of such a disability.
| 13 | | (b) The Secretary shall issue plates under this Section to | 14 | | a parent or
legal guardian of a person with disabilities if the | 15 | | person with disabilities
has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability | 16 | | as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
Identification Card | 17 | | Act or is a person with disabilities as defined by Section
| 18 | | 1-159.1 of this Code, and does not possess a vehicle registered | 19 | | in his or her
name, provided that the person with disabilities | 20 | | relies frequently on the
parent or legal guardian for | 21 | | transportation. Only one vehicle per family
may be registered | 22 | | under this subsection, unless the applicant can justify in
| 23 | | writing the need for one additional set of plates. Any person | 24 | | requesting
special plates under this subsection shall submit | 25 | | such documentation or such
physician's, physician assistant's, | 26 | | or advanced practice nurse's
statement as is required in |
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| 1 | | subsection
(a) and a statement
describing the circumstances | 2 | | qualifying for issuance of special plates under
this | 3 | | subsection. An optometrist may certify a Class 2A Visual | 4 | | Disability, as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois | 5 | | Identification Card Act, for the purpose of qualifying a person | 6 | | with disabilities for special plates under this subsection.
| 7 | | (c) The Secretary may issue a
parking decal or
device to a | 8 | | person with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 without
| 9 | | regard to qualification of such person with disabilities for a | 10 | | driver's license
or registration of a vehicle by such person | 11 | | with disabilities or such person's
immediate family, provided | 12 | | such person with disabilities making such a request
has been | 13 | | issued an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card | 14 | | indicating that the
person named thereon has a Class 1A or | 15 | | Class 2A disability, or alternatively,
submits a statement | 16 | | certified by a licensed physician, or by a licensed physician
| 17 | | assistant or a licensed advanced practice nurse as provided in | 18 | | subsection (a), to
the effect that such
person is a person with | 19 | | disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1. An optometrist may | 20 | | certify a Class 2A Visual Disability as defined in Section 4A | 21 | | of the Illinois Identification Card Act for the purpose of | 22 | | qualifying a person with disabilities for a parking decal or | 23 | | device under this subsection.
| 24 | | (d) The Secretary shall prescribe by rules and regulations | 25 | | procedures
to certify or re-certify as necessary the | 26 | | eligibility of persons whose
disabilities are other than |
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| 1 | | permanent for special plates or
parking decals or devices | 2 | | issued under subsections (a), (b)
and (c). Except as provided | 3 | | under subsection (f) of this Section, no
such special plates, | 4 | | decals or devices shall be issued by the Secretary of
State to | 5 | | or on behalf of any person with disabilities unless such person | 6 | | is
certified as meeting the definition of a person with | 7 | | disabilities pursuant to
Section 1-159.1 or meeting the | 8 | | requirement of a Type Four disability as
provided under Section | 9 | | 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act for the
period of | 10 | | time that the physician, or the physician assistant or advanced
| 11 | | practice nurse as provided in
subsection (a), determines the | 12 | | applicant will have the
disability, but not to exceed 6 months | 13 | | from the date of certification or
recertification.
| 14 | | (e) Any person requesting special plates under this Section | 15 | | may also apply
to have the special plates personalized, as | 16 | | provided under Section 3-405.1.
| 17 | | (f) The Secretary of State, upon application, shall issue | 18 | | disability registration plates or a parking decal to
| 19 | | corporations, school districts, State or municipal agencies, | 20 | | limited liability
companies, nursing homes, convalescent | 21 | | homes, or special education cooperatives
which will transport | 22 | | persons with disabilities. The Secretary shall prescribe
by | 23 | | rule a means to certify or re-certify the eligibility of | 24 | | organizations to
receive disability plates or decals and to | 25 | | designate which of the
2 person with disabilities emblems shall | 26 | | be placed on qualifying
vehicles.
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| 1 | | (g) The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter into
| 2 | | agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign | 3 | | jurisdictions, on
behalf of this State relating to the | 4 | | extension of parking privileges by
such jurisdictions to | 5 | | residents of this State with disabilities who
display a special | 6 | | license plate or parking device that contains the
International | 7 | | symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle, and to
recognize | 8 | | such plates or devices issued by such other jurisdictions. This
| 9 | | State shall grant the same parking privileges which are granted | 10 | | to
residents of this State with disabilities to any | 11 | | non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed
in another state, | 12 | | district, territory or foreign country if such vehicle
displays | 13 | | the international symbol of access or a distinguishing insignia | 14 | | on
license plates or parking device issued in accordance with | 15 | | the laws of the
non-resident's state, district, territory or | 16 | | foreign country.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; | 18 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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