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90_HB0968

      625 ILCS 5/3-412          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Requires the Secretary
      of State to conduct a replating process every 5 years and  to
      issue  new  registration  plates  for  all  registered  motor
      vehicles at that time.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Section 3-412.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 6    changing Section 3-412 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
 8        Sec.   3-412.  Registration   plates   and   registration
 9    stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
10        (a)  The Secretary of State upon  registering  a  vehicle
11    subject  to  annual  registration  for  the first time  shall
12    issue  or  shall  cause  to  be  issued  to  the  owner   one
13    registration  plate  for  a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
14    motorized pedalcycle or truck-tractor, 2 registration  plates
15    for  other  motor  vehicles  and,  where  applicable, current
16    registration  stickers  for  motor  vehicles  of  the   first
17    division.   The  provisions  of  this  Section  may  be  made
18    applicable  to  such  vehicles of the second division, as the
19    Secretary of State may, from time to time, in his  discretion
20    designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term
21    of the registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the
22    Secretary  shall  issue  or  cause  to be issued registration
23    stickers as evidence of current  registration.  However,  the
24    issuance   of   annual   registration  stickers  to  vehicles
25    registered under the provisions of Section  3-402.1  of  this
26    Code  may not be required if the Secretary deems the issuance
27    unnecessary.
28        (b)  Every registration plate shall have  displayed  upon
29    it  the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which
30    it  is  issued,  the  name  of  this  State,  which  may   be
31    abbreviated,  the  year number for which it was issued, which
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 1    may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln",  except  as
 2    provided  in  Sections  3-626,  Section  3-629, 3-633, 3-634,
 3    3-637, and 3-638 and Section 3-631, and such other letters or
 4    numbers  as  the  Secretary  may  prescribe.    However,  for
 5    apportionment plates  issued  to  vehicles  registered  under
 6    Section  3-402.1, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted
 7    to allow for the word "apportioned"  to  be  displayed.   The
 8    Secretary  may  in  his  discretion prescribe that letters be
 9    used as  prefixes  only  on  registration  plates  issued  to
10    vehicles  of  the  first  division which are registered under
11    this Code and only as suffixes on registration plates  issued
12    to  other  vehicles.   Every  registration  sticker issued as
13    evidence of current registration  shall  designate  the  year
14    number  for  which  it  is  issued  and such other letters or
15    numbers as the Secretary may prescribe  and  shall  be  of  a
16    contrasting   color   with   the   registration   plates  and
17    registration stickers of the previous year.
18        (c)  Each registration plate and the required letters and
19    numerals thereon, except the year number  for  which  issued,
20    shall  be  of  sufficient  size to be plainly readable from a
21    distance of 100 feet during daylight,  and  shall  be  coated
22    with  reflectorizing  material.   The dimensions of the plate
23    issued to vehicles of the first division shall  be  6  by  12
24    inches.
25        (d)  The   Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for  every
26    passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type
27    of registration plates as the type of  plates  issued  for  a
28    private passenger vehicle.
29        (e)  The   Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for  every
30    passenger car  used  as  a  taxicab  or  livery,  distinctive
31    registration plates.
32        (f)  The   Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for  every
33    motorcycle  distinctive  registration  plates  distinguishing
34    between motorcycles having  150  or  more  cubic  centimeters
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 1    piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
 2    piston displacement.
 3        (g)  Registration  plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
 4    display a designation as determined  by  the  Secretary  that
 5    such vehicles are for-hire.
 6        (h)  The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
 7    vehicle   distinctive   registration   plates   which   shall
 8    distinguish   between  electric  vehicles  having  a  maximum
 9    operating speed of 45 miles per hour or more and those having
10    a maximum operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
11        (i)  The Secretary of State shall issue for every  public
12    and  private  ambulance  registration  plates identifying the
13    vehicle as an ambulance.  The Secretary shall forward to  the
14    Department  of  Public  Aid  registration information for the
15    purpose of verification of claims filed with  the  Department
16    by  ambulance  owners  for  payment  for  services  to public
17    assistance recipients.
18        (j)  The Secretary of State shall issue for every  public
19    and   private   medical  carrier  or  rescue  vehicle  livery
20    registration  plates  displaying  numbers  within  ranges  of
21    numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue
22    vehicles.  The Secretary shall forward to the  Department  of
23    Public  Aid  registration  information  for  the  purpose  of
24    verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
25    medical  carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services
26    to public assistance recipients.
27        (k)  The Secretary of State  shall  conduct  a  replating
28    process every 5 years and shall issue new registration plates
29    for all registered motor vehicles at that time.
30    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-485;  89-424,  eff. 6-1-96; 89-564,
31    eff.  7-1-97;  89-612,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-621,  eff.  1-1-97;
32    89-639, eff. 1-1-97; revised 9-9-96.)
33        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
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 1    becoming law.

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