HB4341 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4341

Introduced 02/02/04, by Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/7-602.1 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any motor vehicle subject to the mandatory insurance requirements of the Code must display on the left side of its rear license plate a sticker indicating that the vehicle is covered by liability insurance. Provides that an insurer must provide an insurance sticker for each vehicle insured under its policy. Provides that the insurer may not issue a similar sticker with any policy that does not provide the coverage required by the Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall prescribe the form and content of the sticker and shall adopt any rules necessary for implementing the provision.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning vehicles.

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 adding Section 7-602.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/7-602.1 new)

Sec. 7-602.1. Insurance sticker.

(a) Any motor vehicle subject to Section 7-601 of this Code must display on the left side of its rear registration plate a current sticker, provided by the insurer under this Section, indicating that the vehicle is covered by liability insurance.

(b) An insurance sticker must be provided for each motor vehicle insured by the insurer issuing the liability insurance policy. An insurer may not issue a sticker, similar in form and content to the insurance sticker issued under this Section, with an insurance policy that does not provide the liability insurance coverage required under Section 7-601.

(c) The Secretary shall prescribe the form and content of the insurance sticker and shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.