Full Text of SB3241 100th General Assembly
SB3241 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB3241 Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/3-412 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412 | 625 ILCS 5/18b-101 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration plates for covered farm vehicles. Provides that a $10 surcharge shall be collected, in addition to all applicable fees for the issuance of a registration plate. Provides that the surcharge shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that a designation as a covered farm vehicle shall not limit the purposes for which that vehicle may otherwise be used. Modifies the definition of "covered farm vehicle". Effective immediately.
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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 | | Sections 3-412 and 18b-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers | 8 | | to be
furnished by the Secretary of State. | 9 | | (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | 10 | | subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | 11 | | or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | 12 | | for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or | 13 | | truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor vehicles
| 14 | | and, where applicable, current registration stickers for motor | 15 | | vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of this Section | 16 | | may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the second division, | 17 | | as the Secretary of State may, from time to
time, in his | 18 | | discretion designate. On subsequent annual registrations
| 19 | | during the term of the registration plate as provided in | 20 | | Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause to be | 21 | | issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | 22 | | registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | 23 | | stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of |
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| 1 | | Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required | 2 | | if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
| 3 | | (b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | 4 | | the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | 5 | | issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | 6 | | year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | 7 | | the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
| 8 | | this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary
| 9 | | may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates issued to | 10 | | vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates | 11 | | issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase | 12 | | "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | 13 | | "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | 14 | | be
displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | 15 | | registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | 16 | | determined by the Secretary.
| 17 | | The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | 18 | | be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | 19 | | vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | 20 | | Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | 21 | | other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | 22 | | of current registration shall designate the year number
for | 23 | | which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | 24 | | Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | 25 | | with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | 26 | | previous year.
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| 1 | | (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | 2 | | numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | 3 | | shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | 4 | | distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | 5 | | reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
| 6 | | vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
| 7 | | (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger | 8 | | motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | 9 | | registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | 10 | | passenger vehicle.
| 11 | | (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
| 12 | | car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration | 13 | | plates.
| 14 | | (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
| 15 | | distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
| 16 | | motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
| 17 | | displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston | 18 | | displacement.
| 19 | | (g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
| 20 | | display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
such | 21 | | vehicles are for-hire.
| 22 | | (h) (Blank).
| 23 | | (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | 24 | | private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | 25 | | as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department | 26 | | of Healthcare and Family Services registration
information for |
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| 1 | | the purpose of verification of claims filed with the
Department | 2 | | by ambulance owners for payment for services to public | 3 | | assistance
recipients.
| 4 | | (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | 5 | | private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | 6 | | plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | 7 | | respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | 8 | | Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and | 9 | | Family Services registration information for the purpose of | 10 | | verification of claims filed
with the Department by owners of | 11 | | medical carriers or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to | 12 | | public assistance recipients.
| 13 | | (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license | 14 | | plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle | 15 | | exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 12-503 by | 16 | | subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that | 17 | | Section before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th | 18 | | General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or | 19 | | stickers immediately upon receiving the physician's | 20 | | certification required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. | 21 | | New plates or stickers shall also be issued when the | 22 | | certification is renewed as provided in that subsection.
| 23 | | (l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | 24 | | registration plates for low-speed vehicles. | 25 | | (m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | 26 | | registration plates for autocycles. The dimensions of the plate |
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| 1 | | issued to autocycles shall be 4 by 7 inches. | 2 | | (n) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | 3 | | registration plates for covered farm vehicles as defined in | 4 | | Section 18b-101 of this Code. Beginning in registration year | 5 | | 2020, the owner of a motor vehicle weighing 8,000 pounds or | 6 | | less who obtains a special registration plate under this | 7 | | subsection (n) shall be assessed a $10 surcharge in addition to | 8 | | all applicable fees prescribed by the Secretary for the | 9 | | issuance of registration plates under this Code. The $10 | 10 | | surcharge collected under this subsection (n) shall be | 11 | | deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate | 12 | | Fund. The $10 surcharge is an annual fee that shall be based on | 13 | | an applicant's new or existing registration year for each | 14 | | vehicle displaying a registration plate issued under this | 15 | | subsection (n). A designation as a covered farm vehicle under | 16 | | this subsection (n) shall not limit the purposes for which that | 17 | | vehicle may otherwise be used. The Secretary shall adopt any | 18 | | rules necessary to implement this subsection (n). | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-777, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 20 | | (625 ILCS 5/18b-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-101)
| 21 | | Sec. 18b-101. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise | 22 | | clearly
requires, as used in this Chapter: | 23 | | "Agricultural commodities" means any agricultural | 24 | | commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock, | 25 | | including insects. |
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| 1 | | "Agricultural operations" means the operation of a motor | 2 | | vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting agricultural | 3 | | commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes.
| 4 | | "Air mile" means a nautical mile, which is equivalent to | 5 | | 6,076 feet or 1,852 meters. Accordingly, 100 air miles are | 6 | | equivalent to 115.08 statute miles or 185.2 kilometers.
| 7 | | "Commercial motor vehicle" means any self propelled or | 8 | | towed
vehicle used on public highways in interstate and | 9 | | intrastate commerce to
transport passengers or property when | 10 | | the vehicle has a gross vehicle
weight, a gross vehicle
weight | 11 | | rating, a gross combination weight, or a gross combination
| 12 | | weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds;
or the vehicle is used | 13 | | or designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including
the | 14 | | driver; or the vehicle is designed to carry 15 or fewer | 15 | | passengers and is
operated by a contract carrier transporting | 16 | | employees in the course of their
employment
on a highway of | 17 | | this State; or the vehicle is used or designed to transport | 18 | | between 9 and 15 passengers, including the driver, for direct | 19 | | compensation; or the vehicle is used in the
transportation of | 20 | | hazardous
materials in a quantity requiring placarding under | 21 | | the Illinois Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act. This | 22 | | definition shall not include farm
machinery, fertilizer | 23 | | spreaders, and other special agricultural movement
equipment | 24 | | described in Section 3-809 nor implements of husbandry as | 25 | | defined
in Section 1-130.
| 26 | | "Covered farm vehicle", for purposes of this Chapter and |
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| 1 | | rule-making under this Chapter, means a straight truck or | 2 | | articulated vehicle, excluding vehicles transporting hazardous | 3 | | materials of a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be | 4 | | placarded in accordance with the Illinois Hazardous Materials | 5 | | Transportation Act, registered in this State or another state | 6 | | and equipped with a special license plate or other designation | 7 | | by the state in which the vehicle is registered identifying the | 8 | | vehicle as a covered farm vehicle for law enforcement personnel | 9 | | and: | 10 | | (1) is operated by a farm or ranch owner or operator, | 11 | | or an employee or family member of the farm or ranch owner | 12 | | or operator; and | 13 | | (2) is being used to transport the following to or from | 14 | | a farm or ranch: | 15 | | (A) agricultural commodities; | 16 | | (B) livestock; or | 17 | | (C) machinery or supplies; and | 18 | | (3) if registered in this State, is: | 19 | | (A) registered as a farm truck under subsection (c) | 20 | | of Section 3-815 of this Code; or | 21 | | (B) operated in combination as an articulated | 22 | | vehicle when the truck in the combination is registered | 23 | | for 12,000 lbs. or less as a covered farm vehicle under | 24 | | subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 3-815 of this Code | 25 | | or subsection (a) of Section 3-818 of this Code and | 26 | | contains in the cab of the motor vehicle a registration |
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| 1 | | designating the vehicle as a covered farm vehicle under | 2 | | subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 3-815 of this Code | 3 | | and the trailer in the combination is registered as a | 4 | | farm trailer under subsection (a) of Section 3-819 of | 5 | | this Code and displays a farm registration license | 6 | | plate; or | 7 | | (C) a truck registered for 12,000 lbs. or less as a | 8 | | covered farm vehicle under subsections (a) and (a-5) of | 9 | | Section 3-815 of this Code or subsection (a) of Section | 10 | | 3-818 of this Code containing in the cab of the motor | 11 | | vehicle a registration designating the vehicle as a | 12 | | covered farm vehicle under subsections (a) and (a-5) of | 13 | | Section 3-815 of this Code that is towing an implement | 14 | | of husbandry as part of a farming operation; or and | 15 | | (D) a motor vehicle of the second division weighing | 16 | | 8,000 pounds or less with a registration plate issued | 17 | | under subsection (n) of Section 3-412 of this Code | 18 | | containing in the cab of the motor vehicle a | 19 | | registration designating the vehicle as a covered farm | 20 | | vehicle; and | 21 | | (4) is not used in for-hire motor carrier operations; | 22 | | however, for-hire motor carrier operations do not include | 23 | | the operation of a vehicle meeting the definition of a | 24 | | covered farm vehicle by a tenant pursuant to a crop share | 25 | | farm lease agreement to transport the landlord's portion of | 26 | | the crops under that agreement; and |
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| 1 | | (5) has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), a gross | 2 | | combination weight rating (GCWR), or a gross vehicle weight | 3 | | or gross vehicle combination weight, whichever is greater, | 4 | | that is: | 5 | | (A) 26,001 lbs. or less, for vehicles operating in | 6 | | interstate commerce; or | 7 | | (B) greater than 26,001 lbs., operating in | 8 | | interstate commerce and registered in this State; or | 9 | | (C) greater than 26,001 lbs. and traveling | 10 | | interstate within 150 air miles of the farm or ranch | 11 | | for which the vehicle is being operated, regardless of | 12 | | whether it is registered in this State; or | 13 | | (D) greater than 10,000 lbs. and traveling | 14 | | intrastate. | 15 | | "Direct compensation" means payment made to the motor | 16 | | carrier by the passengers or a person acting on behalf of the | 17 | | passengers for the transportation services provided, and not | 18 | | included in a total package charge or other assessment for | 19 | | highway transportation services. | 20 | | "Farm supplies for agricultural purposes" means products | 21 | | directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural | 22 | | commodities and livestock feed at any time of the year. | 23 | | "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry | 24 | | (including egg-producing poultry), fish used for food, and | 25 | | other animals designated by the Secretary of the United States | 26 | | Department of Transportation (at his or her sole discretion) |
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| 1 | | that are part of a foundation herd (including producing dairy | 2 | | cattle) or offspring.
| 3 | | "Officer" means Illinois State Police Officer.
| 4 | | "Person" means any natural person or individual, | 5 | | governmental body,
firm, association, partnership, | 6 | | copartnership, joint venture, company,
corporation, joint | 7 | | stock company, trust, estate or any other legal entity
or their | 8 | | legal representative, agent or assigns.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-795, eff. 1-1-13; 98-882, eff. 8-13-14.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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