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91_HB0141
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle code by changing
2 Sections 3-405.1 and 3-806.1.
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 Sections 3-405.1 and 3-806.1 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/3-405.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1)
8 Sec. 3-405.1. Application for vanity and personalized
9 license plates.
10 (a) Vanity license plates mean any license plates,
11 assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division,
12 to a motor vehicle of the second division registered at not
13 more than 8,000 pounds, or to a recreational vehicle, or to a
14 commercial vehicle of the first division that is part of a
15 livery service, which display a registration number
16 containing 4 to 7 letters as requested by the owner of the
17 vehicle and license plates issued to retired members of
18 Congress under Section 3-610.1 or to retired members of the
19 General Assembly as provided in Section 3-606.1. A license
20 plate consisting of 3 letters and no numbers or of 1, 2 or 3
21 numbers, upon its becoming available, is a vanity license
22 plate. Personalized license plates mean any license plates,
23 assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division,
24 to a motor vehicle of the second division, or to a
25 recreational vehicle, or to a commercial vehicle of the first
26 division that is part of a livery service, which display a
27 registration number containing a combination of letters and
28 numbers as prescribed by rule, as requested by the owner of
29 the vehicle.
30 (b) For any registration period commencing after 1979,
31 any person who is the registered owner of a passenger motor
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1 vehicle of the first division, of a motor vehicle of the
2 second division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, or
3 of a recreational vehicle, or to a commercial vehicle of the
4 first division that is part of a livery service, registered
5 with the Secretary of State or who makes application for an
6 original registration of such a motor vehicle or renewal
7 registration of such a motor vehicle may, upon payment of a
8 fee prescribed in Section 3-806.1, apply to the Secretary of
9 State for personalized license plates.
10 (c) Except for plates issued under Sections 3-627,
11 3-631, and 3-632, vanity and personalized license plates as
12 issued under this Section shall be the same color and design
13 as other passenger vehicle license plates and shall not in
14 any manner conflict with any other existing passenger,
15 commercial, trailer, motorcycle, or special license plate
16 series. However, special registration plates issued under
17 Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for vehicles operated by or for
18 persons with disabilities may also be vanity or personalized
19 license plates.
20 (d) Vanity and personalized license plates shall be
21 issued only to the registered owner of the vehicle on which
22 they are to be displayed, except as provided in Sections
23 3-611 and 3-616 for special registration plates for vehicles
24 operated by or for persons with disabilities.
25 (e) An applicant for the issuance of vanity or
26 personalized license plates or subsequent renewal thereof
27 shall file an application in such form and manner and by such
28 date as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion,
29 require.
30 No vanity nor personalized license plates shall be
31 approved, manufactured, or distributed that contain any
32 characters, symbols other than the international
33 accessibility symbol for vehicles operated by or for persons
34 with disabilities, foreign words, or letters of punctuation.
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1 (f) Vanity and personalized license plates as issued
2 pursuant to this Act may be subject to the Staggered
3 Registration System as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
4 (g) For purposes of this Section, "livery service" means
5 any commercial entity that:
6 (1) owns 10 or fewer first division motor vehicles;
7 (2) uses its first division motor vehicles for the
8 transportation of persons for-hire when the payment is
9 not based on a meter charge, but is prearranged for a
10 designated destination; and
11 (3) is not located within a municipality with a
12 population greater than 2,000,000.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95;
14 89-611, eff. 1-1-97.)
15 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.1)
16 Sec. 3-806.1. Additional fees for vanity license plates.
17 In addition to the regular registration fee, an applicant
18 shall be charged $75 for each set of vanity license plates
19 issued to a motor vehicle of the first division, to or a
20 motor vehicle of the second division registered at not more
21 than 8,000 pounds, or to a recreational vehicle, or to a
22 commercial vehicle of the first division that is part of a
23 livery service, as defined in Section 3-405.1, and $40 for
24 each set of vanity plates issued to a motorcycle. In
25 addition to the regular renewal fee, an applicant shall be
26 charged $10 for the renewal of each set of vanity license
27 plates.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-480.)