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91_SB0518
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 3-616.
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 3-616 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/3-616) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616)
8 Sec. 3-616. Person with disabilities license plates.
9 (a) Upon receiving an application for a certificate of
10 registration for a motor vehicle of the first division or for
11 a motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than
12 8,000 pounds, accompanied with payment of the registration
13 fees required under this Code from a person with disabilities
14 or a person who is deaf or hard of hearing person, the
15 Secretary of State, if so requested, shall issue to such
16 person registration plates as provided for in Section 3-611,
17 provided that the person with disabilities or person who is
18 deaf or hard of hearing must not be disqualified from
19 obtaining a driver's license under subsection 8 of Section
20 6-103 of this Code, and further provided that any person
21 making such a request must submit a statement certified by a
22 licensed physician to the effect that such person is a person
23 with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code,
24 or alternatively provide adequate documentation that such
25 person has a Class 1A, Class 2A or Type Four disability
26 under the provisions of Section 4A of the Illinois
27 Identification Card Act. For purposes of this Section, an
28 Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card issued pursuant
29 to The Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that the
30 person thereon named has a disability shall be adequate
31 documentation of such a disability.
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1 (b) The Secretary shall issue plates under this Section
2 to a person without disabilities if a member of that person's
3 immediate family has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability as
4 defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act
5 or is a person with disabilities as defined by Section
6 1-159.1 of this Code, and does not possess a vehicle
7 registered in the name of the person with disabilities under
8 Section 3-616, provided that the person with disabilities
9 relies frequently on the applicant for transportation in the
10 vehicle to be registered. Only two vehicles per family may
11 be registered under this subsection. Any person requesting
12 special plates under this subsection shall submit such
13 documentation or such physician's statement as is required in
14 paragraph (a) and a statement describing the circumstances
15 qualifying for issuance of special plates under this
16 subsection.
17 (c) The Secretary may issue a person with disabilities
18 parking decal or device to a person with disabilities as
19 defined by Section 1-159.1 without regard to qualification of
20 such person with disabilities for a driver's license or
21 registration of a vehicle by such person with disabilities or
22 such person's immediate family, provided such person with
23 disabilities making such a request has been issued a Disabled
24 Person Identification Card indicating that the person named
25 thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability, or
26 alternatively, submits a statement certified by a licensed
27 physician to the effect that such person is a person with
28 disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1.
29 (d) The Secretary shall prescribe by rules and
30 regulations procedures to certify or re-certify as necessary
31 the eligibility of persons whose disabilities are other than
32 permanent for special plates or person with disabilities
33 parking decals or devices issued under subsections (a), (b)
34 and (c). Except as provided under subsection (f) of this
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1 Section, no such special plates, decals or devices shall be
2 issued by the Secretary of State to or on behalf of any
3 person with disabilities unless such person is certified as
4 meeting the definition of a person with disabilities pursuant
5 to Section 1-159.1 or meeting the requirement of a Type Four
6 disability as provided under Section 4A of the Illinois
7 Identification Card Act for the period of time that the
8 physician determines the applicant will have the disability,
9 but not to exceed 6 months from the date of certification or
10 recertification.
11 (e) Any person requesting special plates under this
12 Section may also apply to have the special plates
13 personalized, as provided under Section 3-405.1.
14 (f) The Secretary of State, upon application, shall
15 issue person with disabilities registration plates or a
16 person with disabilities parking decal to corporations,
17 school districts or special education cooperatives which will
18 transport persons with disabilities. The Secretary shall
19 prescribe by rule a means to certify or re-certify the
20 eligibility of organizations to receive person with
21 disabilities plates or decals and to designate which of the
22 two person with disabilities emblems shall be placed on
23 qualifying vehicles.
24 (g) The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter
25 into agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign
26 jurisdictions, on behalf of this State relating to the
27 extension of parking privileges by such jurisdictions to
28 permanently disabled residents of this State who display a
29 special license plate or parking device that contains the
30 International symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle,
31 and to recognize such plates or devices issued by such other
32 jurisdictions. This State shall grant the same parking
33 privileges which are granted to disabled residents of this
34 State to any non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed in
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1 another state, district, territory or foreign country if such
2 vehicle displays the International symbol of access or a
3 distinguishing insignia on license plates or parking device
4 issued in accordance with the laws of the non-resident's
5 state, district, territory or foreign country.
6 (h) The Secretary of State, upon application and doctor
7 certification, shall issue to pregnant women in their third
8 trimesters temporary disabilities parking decals. All
9 applications for a temporary disabilities parking decal under
10 this subsection (h) shall be accompanied by certification
11 from a licensed physician stating the applicant is pregnant
12 and the date the physician reasonably believes the applicant
13 will enter her third trimester of pregnancy. A temporary
14 disabilities parking decal issued under this subsection (h)
15 shall be valid until the end of the pregnancy for which it
16 was issued.
17 (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95.)