97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5554

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-421  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning reassignment of license plate numbers.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-421 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-421)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421)
7    Sec. 3-421. Right of reassignment. (a) Every natural person
8shall have the the right of reassignment of the license number
9issued to him during the current registration plate term, for
10the ensuing registration plate term, provided his application
11for reassignment is received in the Office of the Secretary of
12State on or before September 30 of the final year of the
13registration plate term as to a vehicle registered on a
14calendar year, and on or before March 31 as to a vehicle
15registered on a fiscal year. The right of reassignment shall
16apply to every natural person under the staggered registration
17system provided the application for reassignment is received in
18the Office of the Secretary of State by the 1st day of the
19month immediately preceding the applicant's month of
20expiration.
21    In addition, every natural person shall have the right of
22reassignment of the license number issued to him for a two-year
23registration, for the ensuing two-year period. Where the

 

 

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1two-year period is for two calendar years, the application for
2reassignment must be received by the Secretary of State on or
3before September 30th of the year preceding commencement of the
4two-year period. Where the two-year period is for two fiscal
5years commencing on July 1, the application for reassignment
6must be received by the Secretary of State on or before April
730th immediately preceding commencement of the two-year
8period.
9    (b) Notwithstanding the above provision, the Secretary of
10State shall, subject to the existing right of reassignment,
11have the authority to designate new specific combinations of
12numerical, alpha-numerical, and numerical-alpha licenses for
13vehicles registered on a calendar year or on a fiscal year,
14whether the license be issued for one or more years. The new
15combinations so specified shall not be subject to the right of
16reassignment, and no right of reassignment thereto may at any
17future time be acquired.
18(Source: P.A. 80-230; 80-1185.)