96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1943

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - John D'Amico

 

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

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning registration plates and stickers.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-412 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-412)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
7     Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers
8 to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
9     (a) The The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle
10 subject to annual registration for the first time shall issue
11 or shall cause to be issued to the owner one registration plate
12 for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized pedalcycle
13 or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor
14 vehicles and, where applicable, current registration stickers
15 for motor vehicles of the first division. The provisions of
16 this Section may be made applicable to such vehicles of the
17 second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
18 time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual
19 registrations during the term of the registration plate as
20 provided in Section 3-414.1, the Secretary shall issue or cause
21 to be issued registration stickers as evidence of current
22 registration. However, the issuance of annual registration
23 stickers to vehicles registered under the provisions of

 

 

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

 

 

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1     (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and
2 numerals thereon, except the year number for which issued,
3 shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a
4 distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be coated with
5 reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
6 vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
7     (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
8 motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of
9 registration plates as the type of plates issued for a private
10 passenger vehicle.
11     (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
12 car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration
13 plates.
14     (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
15 distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
16 motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
17 displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter piston
18 displacement.
19     (g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
20 display a designation as determined by the Secretary that such
21 vehicles are for-hire.
22     (h) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
23 registration plates for electric vehicles.
24     (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and
25 private ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle
26 as an ambulance. The Secretary shall forward to the Department

 

 

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1 of Healthcare and Family Services registration information for
2 the purpose of verification of claims filed with the Department
3 by ambulance owners for payment for services to public
4 assistance recipients.
5     (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and
6 private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration
7 plates displaying numbers within ranges of numbers reserved
8 respectively for medical carriers and rescue vehicles. The
9 Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and
10 Family Services registration information for the purpose of
11 verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
12 medical carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services to
13 public assistance recipients.
14     (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license
15 plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle
16 exempted from subsection (a) of Section 12-503 by subsection
17 (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that Section
18 before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th General
19 Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or stickers
20 immediately upon receiving the physician's certification
21 required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. New plates or
22 stickers shall also be issued when the certification is renewed
23 as provided in that subsection.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-564, eff. 8-12-05;
25 95-202, eff. 8-16-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)