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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
5Sections 3-415 and 3-806.7 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-415)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)
7    Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration.
8    (a) Calendar year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
9registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
10required to be registered on a calendar registration year, not
11later than December 1 of each year, upon proper application and
12by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as
13provided by law except that application for renewal of a
14vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
15registered on a staggered calendar year basis, shall be made by
16the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
17State.
18    (b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
19registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
20required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
21later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
22payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
23provided by law, except that application for renewal of a

 

 

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1vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
2registered on a staggered fiscal year basis, shall be made by
3the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
4State.
5    (c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a
6vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
7vehicles required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not
8later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the
92-year registration period, except that application for
10renewal of a vehicle registration, as to those vehicles
11required to be registered for 2 years on a staggered
12registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and
13manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
14    (d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
15registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
16required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
17June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
18registration period, except that application for renewal of a
19vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
20registered for 2 fiscal years on a staggered registration
21basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner
22prescribed by the Secretary of State.
23    (d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a
24vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
25vehicles required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not
26later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the

 

 

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13-year registration period.
2    (e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may receive
3applications for renewal of registration and grant the same and
4issue new registration cards and plates or registration
5stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration. No
6person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration
7plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the
8Secretary of State in his discretion may select.
9    (f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
10require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
11accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
12Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.
13    (g) (Blank).
14    (h) Returning combat mission veterans. Beginning in
15registration year 2017, the application for renewal, and
16subsequent fees, of a vehicle registration for a member of the
17active-duty or reserve component of the United States Armed
18Forces returning from a combat mission shall not be required
19for that service member's next scheduled renewal. Proof of
20combat mission service shall come from the service member's
21hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay documentation received
22any time in the 12 months preceding the registration renewal.
23Nothing in this subsection is applicable to the additional fees
24incurred by specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.
25(Source: P.A. 98-539, eff. 1-1-14; 98-787, eff. 7-25-14.)
 

 

 

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1    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
2    Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military
3personnel.
4    (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard
5registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
6passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
7vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
8pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
9be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on
10active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
11States and stationed outside of the United States for a period
12of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.
13    (b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces
14of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the
15United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who
16placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the
17time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the
18unused portion of that registration when they renew the
19registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United
20States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in
21storage and had current registration, the member of the armed
22forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
23    (c) Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the standard
24registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
25passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
26vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000

 

 

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1pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
2be waived for the year following the return of any Illinois
3vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or reserve
4component of the United States Armed Forces who can provide
5proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this
6subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by
7specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.
8(Source: P.A. 96-747, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.