HB5590eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5590 Engrossed LRB096 17848 AJT 33216 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 adding Section 3-611.7 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-611.7 new)

Sec. 3-611.7. Retired Fire Chief license plates.

(a) As used in this Section, "retired fire chief" means a person who has served as the fire chief of a municipal fire department or fire protection district and has retired as fire chief from the municipal fire department or fire protection district.

(b) The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a retired fire chief, accompanied by an application and the appropriate fee, may issue, to a retired fire chief special registration plates designated as Retired Fire Chief license plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, owned by the retired fire chief. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

(c) The design and color of the special plates shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The plates are not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary may prescribe rules governing the requirements and approval of the special plates. The fee for this plate for a vehicle owned by the retired fire chief shall be the same as the fee prescribed for first division vehicles in Section 3-806 of this Code.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.