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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 |
| Sections 3-414, 3-415, and 3-806 and by adding Sections 3-684 | 6 |
| and 3-806.7 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414)
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| Sec. 3-414. Expiration of registration.
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| (a) Every vehicle registration under this Chapter and every | 10 |
| registration
card and registration plate or registration | 11 |
| sticker issued hereunder to a
vehicle shall be for the periods | 12 |
| specified in this Chapter and shall expire
at midnight on the | 13 |
| day and date specified in this Section as follows:
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| 1. When registered on a calendar year basis commencing | 15 |
| January 1,
expiration shall be on the 31st day of December | 16 |
| or at such other date as
may be selected in the discretion | 17 |
| of the Secretary of State; however,
through December 31, | 18 |
| 2004, registrations of apportionable vehicles, | 19 |
| motorcycles, motor driven cycles
and pedalcycles shall | 20 |
| commence on the first day of April and shall expire
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| 31st of the following calendar year;
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| 1.1. Beginning January 1, 2005, registrations of | 23 |
| motorcycles and motor driven cycles shall commence on |
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| January 1 and shall expire on December 31 or on another | 2 |
| date that may be selected by the Secretary; registrations | 3 |
| of apportionable vehicles and pedalcycles, however, shall | 4 |
| commence on the first day of April and shall expire March | 5 |
| 31 of the following calendar year;
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| 2. When registered on a 2 calendar year basis | 7 |
| commencing January 1
of an even-numbered year, expiration | 8 |
| shall be on the 31st day of
December of the ensuing | 9 |
| odd-numbered year, or at such other later date
as may be | 10 |
| selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not
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| beyond March 1 next;
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| 3. When registered on a fiscal year basis commencing | 13 |
| July 1,
expiration shall be on the 30th day of June or at | 14 |
| such other later date
as may be selected in the discretion | 15 |
| of the Secretary of State not
beyond September 1 next;
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| 4. When registered on a 2 fiscal year basis commencing | 17 |
| July 1 of an
even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the | 18 |
| 30th day of June of the
ensuing even-numbered year, or at | 19 |
| such other later date as may be
selected in the discretion | 20 |
| of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 next;
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| 5. When registered on a 4 fiscal year basis commencing | 22 |
| July 1 of an
even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the | 23 |
| 30th day of June of the
second ensuing even-numbered year, | 24 |
| or at such other later date as may be
selected in the | 25 |
| discretion of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 | 26 |
| next;
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| (b) Vehicle registrations of vehicles of the first division | 2 |
| shall be
for a calendar year , or 2 calendar year , or 3 calendar | 3 |
| year basis as provided for in this
Chapter.
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| Vehicle registrations of vehicles under Sections 3-807, | 5 |
| 3-808 and
3-809 shall be on an indefinite term basis or a 2 | 6 |
| calendar year basis as
provided for in this Chapter.
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| Vehicle registrations for vehicles of the second division | 8 |
| shall be
for a fiscal year, 2 fiscal year or calendar year | 9 |
| basis as provided for
in this Chapter.
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| Motor vehicles registered under the provisions of
Section | 11 |
| Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 shall
be issued multi-year | 12 |
| registration plates with a new registration card
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| annually upon payment of the appropriate fees. Motor vehicles | 14 |
| registered under the provisions of Section 3-405.3 shall be | 15 |
| issued mutli-year registration plates with a new multi-year | 16 |
| registration card issued pursuant to subsections (j) and (k) of | 17 |
| this Section upon payment of the appropriate fees. | 18 |
| Apportionable
trailers and apportionable semitrailers | 19 |
| registered under the provisions of
Section 3-402.1 shall be | 20 |
| issued multi-year registration plates and cards
that will be | 21 |
| subject to revocation for failure to pay annual fees required
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| by Section 3-814.1. The Secretary shall determine when these | 23 |
| vehicles
shall be issued new registration plates.
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| (c) Every vehicle registration specified in Section 3-810 | 25 |
| and every
registration card and registration plate or | 26 |
| registration sticker issued
thereunder shall expire on the 31st |
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| day of December of each year or at
such other date as may be | 2 |
| selected in the discretion of the Secretary of
State.
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| (d) Every vehicle registration for a vehicle of the second | 4 |
| division
weighing over 8,000 pounds,
except as provided in | 5 |
| paragraph (g) of this Section, and every
registration card and | 6 |
| registration plate or registration sticker, where
applicable, | 7 |
| issued hereunder to such vehicles shall be issued for a
fiscal | 8 |
| year commencing on July 1st of each registration year. However,
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| the Secretary of State may, pursuant to an agreement or | 10 |
| arrangement or
declaration providing for apportionment of a | 11 |
| fleet of vehicles with
other jurisdictions, provide for | 12 |
| registration of such vehicles under
apportionment or for all of | 13 |
| the vehicles registered in Illinois by an
applicant who | 14 |
| registers some of his vehicles under apportionment on a
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| calendar year basis instead, and the fees or taxes to be paid | 16 |
| on a
calendar year basis shall be identical to those specified | 17 |
| in this Act
for a fiscal year registration. Provision for | 18 |
| installment payment may
also be made.
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| (e) Semitrailer registrations under apportionment may be | 20 |
| on a
calendar year under a reciprocal agreement or arrangement | 21 |
| and all other
semitrailer registrations shall be on fiscal year | 22 |
| or 2 fiscal year or 4
fiscal year basis as provided for in this | 23 |
| Chapter.
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| (f) The Secretary of State may convert annual registration | 25 |
| plates or
2-year registration plates, whether registered on a | 26 |
| calendar year or fiscal
year basis, to multi-year plates. The |
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| determination of which plate categories
and when to convert to | 2 |
| multi-year plates is solely within the discretion of the
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| Secretary of State.
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| (g) After January 1, 1975, each registration, registration | 5 |
| card and
registration plate or registration sticker, where | 6 |
| applicable, issued for
a recreational vehicle or recreational | 7 |
| or camping trailer, except a
house trailer, used exclusively by | 8 |
| the owner for recreational purposes,
and not used commercially | 9 |
| nor as a truck or bus, nor for hire, shall be
on a calendar year | 10 |
| basis; except that the Secretary of State shall
provide for | 11 |
| registration and the issuance of registration cards and
plates | 12 |
| or registration stickers, where applicable, for one 6-month
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| period in order to accomplish an orderly transition from a | 14 |
| fiscal year
to a calendar year basis. Fees and taxes due under | 15 |
| this Act for a
registration year shall be appropriately reduced | 16 |
| for such 6-month
transitional registration period.
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| (h) The Secretary of State may, in order to accomplish an | 18 |
| orderly
transition for vehicles registered under Section | 19 |
| 3-402.1 of this Code from
a calendar year registration to a | 20 |
| March 31st expiration, require applicants
to pay fees and taxes | 21 |
| due under this Code on a 15 month registration basis.
However, | 22 |
| if in the discretion of the Secretary of State this creates an
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| undue hardship on any applicant the Secretary may allow the | 24 |
| applicant to
pay 3 month fees and taxes at the time of | 25 |
| registration and the additional
12 month fees and taxes to be | 26 |
| payable no later than March 31 of the year
after this |
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| amendatory Act of 1991 takes effect.
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| (i) The Secretary of State may stagger registrations, or | 3 |
| change the annual expiration date, as necessary
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| convenience of the public and the efficiency of his Office. In
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| order to appropriately and effectively accomplish any such | 6 |
| staggering, the
Secretary of State is authorized to prorate all | 7 |
| required registration fees, rounded to the nearest dollar,
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| in no event for a period longer than 18 months, at a monthly | 9 |
| rate for
a 12 month registration fee.
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| (j) The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with | 11 |
| a rental owner, as defined in Section 3-400 of this Code, who | 12 |
| registers a fleet of motor vehicles of the first division | 13 |
| pursuant to Section 3-405.3 of this Code to provide for the | 14 |
| registration of the rental owner's vehicles on a 2 or 3 | 15 |
| calendar year basis and the issuance of multi-year registration | 16 |
| plates with a new registration card
issued up to every 3 years. | 17 |
| (k) The Secretary of State may provide multi-year | 18 |
| registration cards for any registered fleet of motor vehicles | 19 |
| of the first or second division that are registered pursuant to | 20 |
| Section 3-405.3 of this Code. Each motor vehicle of the | 21 |
| registered fleet must carry an unique multi-year registration | 22 |
| card that displays the vehicle identification number of the | 23 |
| registered motor vehicle. The Secretary of State shall | 24 |
| promulgate rules in order to implement multi-year | 25 |
| registrations. | 26 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-287, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)
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| Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration. | 3 |
| (a) Calendar
year. Application for renewal of a vehicle | 4 |
| registration shall be made by
the owner, as to those vehicles | 5 |
| required to be registered on a calendar
registration year, not | 6 |
| later than December 1 of each year, upon proper
application
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| by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as | 8 |
| provided
by law except that application for renewal of a | 9 |
| vehicle registration, as
to those vehicles required to be | 10 |
| registered on a staggered calendar year
basis, shall be made by | 11 |
| the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of | 12 |
| State.
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| (b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
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| registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
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| required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
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| later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
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| payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
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| provided by law, except that application for renewal of a | 19 |
| vehicle registration,
as to those vehicles required to be | 20 |
| registered on a staggered fiscal year
basis, shall be made by | 21 |
| the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of | 22 |
| State.
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| (c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a | 24 |
| vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those | 25 |
| vehicles
required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not |
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| later than
December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the | 2 |
| 2-year
registration period, except that application for | 3 |
| renewal of a vehicle
registration, as to those vehicles | 4 |
| required to be registered for 2 years
on a staggered | 5 |
| registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form
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| manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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| (d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
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| registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
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| required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
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| June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
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| registration period, except that application for renewal of a | 12 |
| vehicle
registration, as to those vehicles required to be | 13 |
| registered for 2 fiscal
years on a staggered registration | 14 |
| basis, shall be made by the owner in the
form and manner | 15 |
| prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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| (d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a | 17 |
| vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those | 18 |
| vehicles
required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not | 19 |
| later than
December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the | 20 |
| 3-year
registration period. | 21 |
| (e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may receive
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| applications for renewal of registration and grant the same
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| issue new registration cards and plates or registration
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| stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration.
No | 25 |
| person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration
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| plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the |
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| Secretary of State
in his discretion
may select.
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| (f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
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| require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
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| accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
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| Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.
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| (g) Applications for registration renewal shall include | 7 |
| information relating to the insurance policy for the motor | 8 |
| vehicle, including the name of the insurer that issued the | 9 |
| policy, the policy number, and the expiration date of the | 10 |
| policy.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-723, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-684 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 3-684. Operation Iraqi Freedom License Plates. | 14 |
| (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the | 15 |
| Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications | 16 |
| made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may | 17 |
| issue Operation Iraqi Freedom license plates to residents of | 18 |
| Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the | 19 |
| Secretary of State. The special Operation Iraqi Freedom plate | 20 |
| issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger | 21 |
| vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and motor vehicles | 22 |
| of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. | 23 |
| Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the | 24 |
| staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 | 25 |
| of this Code. |
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| (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | 2 |
| wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | 3 |
| Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | 4 |
| issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with | 5 |
| Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to | 6 |
| designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of | 7 |
| Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | 8 |
| eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall | 9 |
| approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under | 10 |
| Section 3-412. | 11 |
| (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original | 12 |
| issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. This | 13 |
| additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State | 14 |
| Special License Plate Fund.
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806)
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| Sec. 3-806. Registration Fees; Motor Vehicles of the First
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| Division. Every owner of any other motor vehicle of the first
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| division, except as provided in Sections 3-804, 3-805, 3-806.3, | 19 |
| 3-806.7, and 3-808,
and every second division vehicle weighing | 20 |
| 8,000 pounds or less,
shall pay the Secretary of State an | 21 |
| annual registration fee
at the following rates:
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6 | | Motorcycles, Motor Driven |
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7 | | Cycles and Pedalcycles |
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| Beginning with the 2010 registration year a $1 surcharge | 3 |
| shall be collected in addition to the above fees for motor | 4 |
| vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, motor driven | 5 |
| cycles, and pedalcycles to be deposited into the State Police | 6 |
| Vehicle Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-1009, eff. 12-15-08.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7 new)
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| Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military | 10 |
| personnel. | 11 |
| (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard | 12 |
| registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for | 13 |
| passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor | 14 |
| vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 | 15 |
| pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall | 16 |
| be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on | 17 |
| active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United | 18 |
| States and stationed outside of the United States for a period | 19 |
| of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year. | 20 |
| (b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces | 21 |
| of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the | 22 |
| United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who | 23 |
| placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the | 24 |
| time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the | 25 |
| unused portion of that registration when they renew the |
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| registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United | 2 |
| States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in | 3 |
| storage and had current registration, the member of the armed | 4 |
| forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
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