Full Text of HB5298 100th General Assembly
HB5298 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5298 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-808 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that special event plates in commemoration of this State's bicentennial shall be valid for the calendar year 2018. 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 | | Section 3-808 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-808) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-808. Governmental and charitable vehicles; | 8 | | Registration fees.
| 9 | | (a) A registration fee of $10 per 2 year registration | 10 | | period
shall be paid by the owner in the following cases:
| 11 | | 1. Vehicles operated exclusively as a school bus for | 12 | | school purposes by
any school district or any religious or | 13 | | denominational institution, except
that such a school bus | 14 | | may be used by such a religious or denominational
| 15 | | institution for the transportation of persons to or from | 16 | | any of its official
activities.
| 17 | | 2. Vehicles operated exclusively in a high school | 18 | | driver training
program by any school district or school | 19 | | operated by a religious
institution.
| 20 | | 3. Rescue squad vehicles which are owned and operated | 21 | | by a corporation or association organized
and operated not | 22 | | for profit for the purpose of conducting such rescue
| 23 | | operations.
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| 1 | | 4. Vehicles, used exclusively as school buses for any | 2 | | school district,
which are neither owned nor operated by | 3 | | such district.
| 4 | | 5. Charitable vehicles.
| 5 | | (b) Annual vehicle registration plates shall be issued, at | 6 | | no charge,
to the following:
| 7 | | 1. Medical transport vehicles owned and operated by the | 8 | | State of Illinois
or by any State agency financed by funds | 9 | | appropriated by the General Assembly.
| 10 | | 2. Medical transport vehicles operated by or for any | 11 | | county, township
or municipal corporation.
| 12 | | (c) Ceremonial plates. Upon payment of a registration fee | 13 | | of $98 per 2-year registration period, the Secretary of State | 14 | | shall issue
registration plates to vehicles operated | 15 | | exclusively for ceremonial purposes by
any not-for-profit | 16 | | veterans', fraternal, or civic organization. The Secretary
of | 17 | | State may prescribe that ceremonial vehicle registration | 18 | | plates be issued
for an indefinite term, that term to | 19 | | correspond to the term of registration
plates issued generally, | 20 | | as provided in Section 3-414.1.
| 21 | | All of the proceeds of the additional fees imposed by this | 22 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be deposited | 23 | | into the Capital Projects Fund. | 24 | | (d) In any event, any vehicle registered under this Section | 25 | | used or
operated for purposes other than those herein | 26 | | prescribed shall be
subject to revocation, and in that event, |
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| 1 | | the owner may be required to
properly register such vehicle | 2 | | under the provisions of this Code.
| 3 | | (e) As a prerequisite to registration under this Section, | 4 | | the Secretary
of State may require the vehicle owners listed in | 5 | | subsection (a) of this
Section who are exempt from federal | 6 | | income taxation under subsection (c) of
Section 501 of the | 7 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or
hereafter amended, to | 8 | | submit to him a determination letter, ruling or other
written | 9 | | evidence of tax exempt status issued by the Internal Revenue | 10 | | Service.
The Secretary may accept a certified copy of the | 11 | | document issued by the
Internal Revenue Service as evidence of | 12 | | the exemption. The Secretary may
require documentation of | 13 | | eligibility under this Section to accompany an
application for | 14 | | registration.
| 15 | | (f) Special event plates. The Secretary of State may issue | 16 | | registration
plates in recognition or commemoration of special | 17 | | events which promote the
interests of Illinois citizens. These | 18 | | plates shall be valid for no more
than 60 days
prior to the | 19 | | date of expiration , except special event plates issued in | 20 | | commemoration of this State's bicentennial shall be valid | 21 | | during calendar year 2018 . The Secretary shall require the | 22 | | applicant
for such plates to pay for the costs of furnishing | 23 | | the plates.
| 24 | | Beginning July 1, 1991, all special event plates shall be | 25 | | recorded in the
Secretary of State's files for immediate | 26 | | identification.
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| 1 | | The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of | 2 | | special event
plates, shall notify all law enforcement | 3 | | officials of the design
and other special features of the | 4 | | special plate series.
| 5 | | All special event plates shall indicate, in the lower right | 6 | | corner, the
date of expiration in characters no less than 1/2 | 7 | | inch high.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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