98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2802
 
Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



625 ILCS 5/3-701  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may operate a motor vehicle that has been registered but does not display a current and valid Illinois  registration sticker provided that he or she has proof, in the form of a printed receipt from the Secretary, that he or she has registered the vehicle before the previous registration's expiration but has not yet received a new registration sticker from the Secretary. Provides that this printed proof of registration is only valid for 30 days from the expiration of the previous registration sticker's date.
  


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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 3-701 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/3-701)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)



7    Sec. 3-701. Operation of vehicles without evidence of

8registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer 
9broken or
disconnected.  
10    (a) No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly 
11permit to
be
operated, except as provided in subsection (b) of 
12this Section, upon any highway unless there shall be attached 
13thereto and
displayed thereon when and as required by law, 
14proper evidence of
registration in Illinois, as follows:


15        (1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A 
16    current and
valid Illinois registration sticker or 
17    stickers and plate or plates, or
an Illinois temporary 
18    registration permit, or a drive-away or
in-transit permit, 
19    issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or


20        (2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and 
21    valid
reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates 
22    properly issued to such
vehicle or a temporary registration 
23    issued therefor, by the reciprocal
State, and, in addition, 
 
 
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1    when required by the Secretary, a current and
valid 
2    Illinois Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued

3    therefor by the Secretary of State; or except as otherwise 
4    expressly
provided for in this Chapter.

5    (b) A person may operate upon any highway a vehicle that 
6has been properly registered but does not display a current and 
7valid Illinois registration sticker provided that he or she has 
8proof, in the form of a printed receipt from the Secretary, 
9that he or she has registered the vehicle before the previous 
10registration's expiration but has not yet received a new 
11registration sticker from the Secretary. This printed proof of 
12registration is only valid for 30 days from the expiration of 
13the previous registration sticker's date. 
14    (c) No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly 
15permit to be
operated, any vehicle of the second division for 
16which the owner has
made an election to pay the mileage tax in 
17lieu of the annual flat
weight tax, at any time when the 
18odometer of such vehicle is broken or
disconnected, or is 
19inoperable or not operating.

20(Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02.)