Full Text of SB1940 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 3-405 and 3-415 and by adding Section 3-918 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)
| 8 | | Sec. 3-405. Application for registration.
| 9 | | (a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under | 10 | | this Code shall
make application to the Secretary of State for | 11 | | the registration of such
vehicle upon the appropriate form or | 12 | | forms furnished by the Secretary.
Every such application shall | 13 | | bear the signature of the owner
written with pen and ink and | 14 | | contain:
| 15 | | 1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section | 16 | | 1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in this
| 17 | | paragraph 1) and mail address of the owner or
business | 18 | | address of the owner if a firm, association or corporation. | 19 | | If
the mailing address is a post office box number, the | 20 | | address listed on the
driver license record may be used to | 21 | | verify residence.
A police officer, a deputy sheriff, an | 22 | | elected sheriff, a law enforcement
officer for the | 23 | | Department of State Police, a fire investigator, a state's |
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| 1 | | attorney, an assistant state's attorney, a state's | 2 | | attorney special investigator, or a judicial officer may | 3 | | elect to
furnish
the address of the headquarters of the | 4 | | governmental entity, police district, or business address
| 5 | | where he or she
works instead of his or her domicile | 6 | | address, in which case that address shall
be deemed to be | 7 | | his or her domicile address for all purposes under this
| 8 | | Chapter 3.
The spouse and children of a person who may | 9 | | elect under this paragraph 1 to
furnish the address of the | 10 | | headquarters of the government entity, police
district, or | 11 | | business address where the person works instead of the | 12 | | person's domicile address may,
if they reside with that | 13 | | person, also elect to furnish the address of the
| 14 | | headquarters of the government entity, police district, or | 15 | | business address where the person works
as their domicile | 16 | | address, in which case that address shall be deemed to be
| 17 | | their domicile address for all purposes under this Chapter | 18 | | 3.
In this paragraph 1: (A)
"police officer" has the | 19 | | meaning ascribed to "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of
the | 20 | | Illinois Municipal Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a | 21 | | deputy sheriff
appointed under Section 3-6008 of the | 22 | | Counties Code; (C) "elected sheriff"
means a sheriff | 23 | | commissioned pursuant to Section 3-6001 of the Counties | 24 | | Code;
(D) "fire
investigator" means a person classified as | 25 | | a peace officer under the Peace
Officer Fire Investigation | 26 | | Act; (E) "state's attorney", "assistant state's attorney", |
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| 1 | | and "state's attorney special investigator" mean a state's | 2 | | attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney | 3 | | special investigator commissioned or appointed under | 4 | | Division 3-9 of the Counties Code; and (F) "judicial | 5 | | officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of | 6 | | the Judicial Privacy Act.
| 7 | | 2. A description of the vehicle, including such | 8 | | information as is
required in an application for a | 9 | | certificate of title, determined under such
standard | 10 | | rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
| 11 | | 3. Information
relating to the
insurance policy for the | 12 | | motor vehicle, including the name of the insurer which | 13 | | issued the policy, the policy number, and the expiration | 14 | | date of the policy. Registration shall not be issued to | 15 | | persons that submit an application that does not contain | 16 | | this information.
| 17 | | 4. Such further information as may reasonably be | 18 | | required by the
Secretary to enable him to determine | 19 | | whether the vehicle is
lawfully entitled to registration | 20 | | and the owner entitled to a certificate
of title.
| 21 | | 5. An affirmation by the applicant that all information | 22 | | set forth is
true and correct. If the
application is for | 23 | | the registration of a motor vehicle, the applicant also
| 24 | | shall affirm that the motor vehicle is insured as required | 25 | | by this Code,
that such insurance will be maintained | 26 | | throughout the period for which the
motor vehicle shall be |
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| 1 | | registered, and that neither the owner, nor any
person | 2 | | operating the motor vehicle with the owner's permission, | 3 | | shall
operate the motor vehicle unless the required | 4 | | insurance is in effect. If
the person signing the | 5 | | affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle,
such | 6 | | person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all | 7 | | the owners of
the vehicle. If the person signing the | 8 | | affirmation is not an owner of the
vehicle, such person | 9 | | shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of the
owner or | 10 | | owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the | 11 | | application
shall not in any manner exempt the owner or | 12 | | owners from any provisions,
requirements or penalties of | 13 | | this Code. Any person that knowingly submits false | 14 | | insurance information shall be guilty of a Class C | 15 | | misdemeanor.
| 16 | | (b) When such application refers to a new vehicle purchased | 17 | | from a
dealer the application shall be accompanied by a | 18 | | Manufacturer's Statement
of Origin from the dealer, and a | 19 | | statement showing any lien retained by the
dealer.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-580, eff. 1-1-10; 97-847, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 21 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)
| 22 | | Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration. | 23 | | (a) Calendar
year. Application for renewal of a vehicle | 24 | | registration shall be made by
the owner, as to those vehicles | 25 | | required to be registered on a calendar
registration year, not |
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| 1 | | later than December 1 of each year, upon proper
application
and | 2 | | by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as | 3 | | provided
by law except that application for renewal of a | 4 | | vehicle registration, as
to those vehicles required to be | 5 | | registered on a staggered calendar year
basis, shall be made by | 6 | | the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of | 7 | | State.
| 8 | | (b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
| 9 | | registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
| 10 | | required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
| 11 | | later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
| 12 | | payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
| 13 | | provided by law, except that application for renewal of a | 14 | | vehicle registration,
as to those vehicles required to be | 15 | | registered on a staggered fiscal year
basis, shall be made by | 16 | | the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of | 17 | | State.
| 18 | | (c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a | 19 | | vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those | 20 | | vehicles
required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not | 21 | | later than
December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the | 22 | | 2-year
registration period, except that application for | 23 | | renewal of a vehicle
registration, as to those vehicles | 24 | | required to be registered for 2 years
on a staggered | 25 | | registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form
and | 26 | | manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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| 1 | | (d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
| 2 | | registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
| 3 | | required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
| 4 | | June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
| 5 | | registration period, except that application for renewal of a | 6 | | vehicle
registration, as to those vehicles required to be | 7 | | registered for 2 fiscal
years on a staggered registration | 8 | | basis, shall be made by the owner in the
form and manner | 9 | | prescribed by the Secretary of State.
| 10 | | (d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a | 11 | | vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those | 12 | | vehicles
required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not | 13 | | later than
December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the | 14 | | 3-year
registration period. | 15 | | (e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may receive
| 16 | | applications for renewal of registration and grant the same
and | 17 | | issue new registration cards and plates or registration
| 18 | | stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration.
No | 19 | | person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration
| 20 | | plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the | 21 | | Secretary of State
in his discretion
may select.
| 22 | | (f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
| 23 | | require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
| 24 | | accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
| 25 | | Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.
| 26 | | (g) Applications for registration renewal shall include |
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| 1 | | information relating to the insurance policy for the motor | 2 | | vehicle, including the name of the insurer that issued the | 3 | | policy, the policy number, and the expiration date of the | 4 | | policy.
Registration shall not be renewed for persons that | 5 | | submit an application that does not contain this information. | 6 | | Any person that knowingly submits false insurance information | 7 | | shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-747, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 9 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-918 new) | 10 | | Sec. 3-918. Vehicle registration and insurance. Any | 11 | | remittance agent engaged in the business of remitting | 12 | | applications for the issuance or renewal of vehicle | 13 | | registration shall ask applicants for information relating to | 14 | | the insurance policy for the motor vehicle, including the name | 15 | | of the insurer that issued the policy, the policy number, and | 16 | | the expiration date of the policy. This information shall be | 17 | | remitted to the Secretary of State as part of the application. | 18 | | Failure to obtain this information and supply it to the | 19 | | Secretary of State shall subject the remittance agent to | 20 | | suspension or revocation of their license as described in | 21 | | Section 3-907 of this Code.
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