101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3089

 

Introduced 2/6/2020, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-412  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, for a vehicle that can obtain a registration sticker related to the exemption from window treatment requirements, the Secretary of State shall make the registration sticker available for any license plate offered by the Secretary.


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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 3-412 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-412)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
7    Sec. 3-412. Registration plates or digital registration
8plates and registration stickers or digital registration
9stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
10    (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle
11subject to annual registration for the first time shall issue
12or shall cause to be issued to the owner one registration plate
13or digital registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer,
14semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or truck-tractor, 2
15registration plates, or a digital registration plate and metal
16plate as set forth in Section 3-401.5, for other motor vehicles
17and, where applicable, current registration stickers or
18digital registration stickers for motor vehicles of the first
19division. The provisions of this Section may be made applicable
20to such vehicles of the second division, as the Secretary of
21State may, from time to time, in his discretion designate. On
22subsequent annual registrations during the term of the
23registration plate or digital registration plate as provided in

 

 

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1Section 3-414.1, the Secretary shall issue or cause to be
2issued registration stickers or digital registration stickers
3as evidence of current registration. However, the issuance of
4annual registration stickers or digital registration stickers
5to vehicles registered under the provisions of Sections 3-402.1
6and 3-405.3 of this Code may not be required if the Secretary
7deems the issuance unnecessary.
8    (b) Every registration plate or digital registration plate
9shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned
10to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of this State,
11which may be abbreviated, the year number for which it was
12issued, which may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln"
13(except as otherwise provided in this Code), and such other
14letters or numbers as the Secretary may prescribe. However, for
15apportionment plates issued to vehicles registered under
16Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates issued to vehicles registered
17under Section 3-405.3, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be
18omitted to allow for the word "apportioned", the word "fleet",
19or other similar language to be displayed. Registration plates
20or digital registration plates issued to a vehicle registered
21as a fleet vehicle may display a designation determined by the
22Secretary.
23    The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe that letters
24be used as prefixes only on registration plates or digital
25registration plates issued to vehicles of the first division
26which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes on

 

 

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1registration plates or digital registration plates issued to
2other vehicles. Every registration sticker or digital
3registration sticker issued as evidence of current
4registration shall designate the year number for which it is
5issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may
6prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color with the
7registration plates or digital registration plates and
8registration stickers or digital registration stickers of the
9previous year.
10    (c) Each registration plate or digital registration plate
11and the required letters and numerals thereon, except the year
12number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be
13plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight,
14and shall be coated with reflectorizing material. The
15dimensions of the plate issued to vehicles of the first
16division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
17    (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
18motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of
19registration plates or digital registration plates as the type
20of plates issued for a private passenger vehicle.
21    (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
22car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration
23plates or digital registration plates.
24    (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
25distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates
26distinguishing between motorcycles having 150 or more cubic

 

 

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1centimeters piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic
2centimeter piston displacement.
3    (g) Registration plates or digital registration plates
4issued to vehicles for-hire may display a designation as
5determined by the Secretary that such vehicles are for-hire.
6    (h) (Blank).
7    (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and
8private ambulance registration plates or digital registration
9plates identifying the vehicle as an ambulance. The Secretary
10shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family
11Services registration information for the purpose of
12verification of claims filed with the Department by ambulance
13owners for payment for services to public assistance
14recipients.
15    (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and
16private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration
17plates or digital registration plates displaying numbers
18within ranges of numbers reserved respectively for medical
19carriers and rescue vehicles. The Secretary shall forward to
20the Department of Healthcare and Family Services registration
21information for the purpose of verification of claims filed
22with the Department by owners of medical carriers or rescue
23vehicles for payment for services to public assistance
24recipients.
25    (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license
26plates or digital registration plates or distinctive license

 

 

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1plate stickers or digital registration stickers for every
2vehicle exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section
312-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection
4(g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory
5Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue
6these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the
7physician's certification required under subsection (g) of
8Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued
9when the certification is renewed as provided in that
10subsection. If a vehicle is eligible for a sticker issued under
11this subsection, the Secretary shall make the sticker available
12for any license plate offered by the Secretary.
13    (l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
14registration plates or digital registration plates for
15low-speed vehicles.
16    (m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
17registration plates or digital registration plates for
18autocycles. The dimensions of the plate issued to autocycles
19shall be 4 by 7 inches.
20(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)