97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1070

 

Introduced 02/03/11, by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-600  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600
625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2013 registration year, the Secretary of State may reissue only those non-military and non-veteran special plates that belong to any plate category for which the Secretary has received at least 3,000 applications as of the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that persons who have been issued special plates that are discontinued under the new provision may continue to display those special plates, and the Secretary shall continue to accept annual fees for renewal stickers for those plates from those persons. Provides that the Secretary shall no longer issue any new category of special plates. Provides that persons and organizations seeking issuance of special plates, and persons holding discontinued plates who need to replace them, may apply for Universal Charitable Organization license plates and decals under the Code.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 3-600 and adding Section 3-600.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-600)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)
7    Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.
8    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates
9that have been authorized by the General Assembly. The
10Secretary of State shall not issue a series of special plates
11unless applications, as prescribed by the Secretary, have been
12received for 10,000 plates of that series; except that the
13Secretary of State may prescribe some other required number of
14applications if that number is sufficient to pay for the total
15cost of designing, manufacturing and issuing the special
16license plate.
17    (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of
18special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement
19officials of the design, color and other special features of
20the special license plate series.
21    (c) This Section shall not apply to special license plate
22categories in existence on the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of 1990, or to the Secretary of State's

 

 

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1discretion as established in Section 3-611.
2    (d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the
3provisions of Section 3-600.1 control the issuance and
4re-issuance of special plates.
5(Source: P.A. 95-359, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new)
7    Sec. 3-600.1. Special plates; minimum number of
8applications required for continued issuance.
9    (a) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the
10Secretary of State may reissue only those non-military and
11non-veteran special plates that belong to any plate category
12for which the Secretary has received at least 3,000
13applications as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
14the 97th General Assembly.
15    (b) Persons who have been issued special plates that are
16discontinued under subsection (a) may continue to display those
17special plates, and the Secretary shall continue to accept
18annual fees for renewal stickers for those plates from those
19persons.
20    (c) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the
21Secretary may not issue any new category of special plates.
22    (d) Persons and organizations seeking issuance of special
23plates may apply for Universal Charitable Organization license
24plates under Section 3-633 of this Code, with charitable decals
25approved under that Section. When special plates of a

 

 

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1discontinued plate category must be replaced, the Secretary
2shall issue Universal Charitable Organization plates and
3decals under Section 3-633 to replace them, upon receipt of all
4applicable fees and applications.