Public Act 099-0809
 
HB5402 EnrolledLRB099 17522 AXK 41880 b



    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3-802 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-802)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802)



    Sec. 3-802. Reclassifications and upgrades. 

    (a) Definitions.  For the purposes of this Section, the 
following words
shall have the meanings ascribed to them as 
follows:


        "Reclassification" means changing the registration of 
    a vehicle from one
plate category to another.


        "Upgrade" means increasing the registered weight of a 
    vehicle within the
same plate category.

    (b) When reclassing the registration of a vehicle from one 
plate category
to another, the owner shall receive credit for 
the unused portion of the
present
plate and be charged the 
current portion fees for the new plate.  In addition,
the 
appropriate replacement plate and replacement sticker fees 
shall be
assessed.

    (b-5)   Beginning with the 2018 registration year, any 
individual who has a registration issued under either Section 
3-405 or 3-405.1 that qualifies for a special license plate 
under Sections 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 
3-626, 3-638, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, 3-676, 
3-677, 3-680, 3-683, 3-686, or 3-693 may reclass his or her 
registration upon acquiring a special license plate listed in 
this subsection (b-5) without a replacement plate fee or 
registration sticker cost. 
    (c) When upgrading the weight of a registration within the 
same plate
category, the owner shall pay the difference in 
current period fees between the
two plates.  In addition, the 
appropriate replacement plate and replacement
sticker fees 
shall be assessed.  In the event new plates are not required, 
the
corrected registration card fee shall be assessed.

    (d) In the event the owner of the vehicle desires to change 
the registered
weight and change the plate category, the owner 
shall receive credit for the
unused portion of the registration 
fee of the current plate and pay the current
portion of the 
registration fee for the new plate, and in addition, pay the

appropriate replacement plate
and replacement sticker fees.

    (e) Reclassing from one plate category to another plate 
category can be done
only once within any registration period.

    (f) No refunds shall be made in any of the circumstances 
found in subsection
(b), subsection (c), or subsection (d); 
however, when reclassing from a flat
weight plate to an 
apportioned plate, a refund may be issued if the credit amounts 
to an overpayment.

    (g) In the event the registration of a vehicle registered 
under the mileage
tax option is revoked, the owner shall be 
required to pay the annual
registration fee in the new plate 
category and shall not receive any credit for
the mileage plate 
fees.

    (h) Certain special interest plates may be displayed on 
first division
vehicles, second division vehicles weighing 
8,000 pounds or less, and
recreational
vehicles.  Those plates 
can be transferred within those vehicle groups.

    (i) Plates displayed on second division vehicles weighing 
8,000 pounds or
less and passenger vehicle plates may be 
reclassed from one division to the
other.

    (j) Other than in subsection (i), reclassing from one 
division to the
other division is prohibited.  In addition, a 
reclass from a motor vehicle to a
trailer or a trailer to a 
motor vehicle is prohibited.

(Source: P.A. 93-365, eff. 7-24-03; 94-239, eff. 1-1-06.)