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HB1274 Enrolled                      LRB093 03506 DRH 03535 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 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
 5    changing Section 3-802 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/3-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802)
 7        Sec. 3-802.  Reclassifications and upgrades.
 8        (a)  Definitions.   For the purposes of this Section, the
 9    following words shall have the meanings ascribed to  them  as
10    follows:
11             "Reclassification"  means  changing the registration
12        of a vehicle from one plate category to another.
13             "Upgrade" means increasing the registered weight  of
14        a vehicle within the same plate category.
15        (b)  When  reclassing  the registration of a vehicle from
16    one plate category to another, the owner shall receive credit
17    for the unused portion of the present plate  and  be  charged
18    the current portion fees for the new plate.  In addition, the
19    appropriate  replacement  plate  and replacement sticker fees
20    shall be assessed.
21        (c)  When upgrading the weight of a  registration  within
22    the  same  plate category, the owner shall pay the difference
23    in current period fees between the two plates.  In  addition,
24    the  appropriate  replacement  plate  and replacement sticker
25    fees shall be assessed.  In the  event  new  plates  are  not
26    required,  the  corrected  registration  card  fee  shall  be
27    assessed.
28        (d)  In  the  event  the  owner of the vehicle desires to
29    change the registered weight and change the  plate  category,
30    the  owner shall receive credit for the unused portion of the
31    registration fee of the current plate  and  pay  the  current
 
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 1    portion  of  the  registration  fee for the new plate, and in
 2    addition,  pay  the   appropriate   replacement   plate   and
 3    replacement sticker fees.
 4        (e)  Reclassing  from one plate category to another plate
 5    category can  be  done  only  once  within  any  registration
 6    period.
 7        (f)  No refunds shall be made in any of the circumstances
 8    found  in  subsection (b), subsection (c), or subsection (d);
 9    however, when  reclassing  from  a  flat  rate  plate  to  an
10    apportioned  plate,  a  refund may be issued if the applicant
11    was issued the wrong plate originally and the credit  amounts
12    to an overpayment.
13        (g)  In   the   event   the  registration  of  a  vehicle
14    registered under the mileage tax option is revoked, the owner
15    shall be required to pay the annual registration fee  in  the
16    new  plate  category and shall not receive any credit for the
17    mileage plate fees.
18        (h)  Certain special interest plates may be displayed  on
19    first  division  vehicles,  second division vehicles weighing
20    8,000 pounds  or  less,  and  recreational  vehicles.   Those
21    plates can be transferred within those vehicle groups.
22        (i)  Plates   displayed   on   second  division  vehicles
23    weighing 8,000 pounds or less and  passenger  vehicle  plates
24    may be reclassed from one division to the other.
25        (j)  Other  than  in  subsection (i), reclassing from one
26    division to the other division is prohibited.  In addition, a
27    reclass from a motor vehicle to a trailer or a trailer  to  a
28    motor vehicle is prohibited.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 90-774, eff. 8-14-98.)

30        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
31    becoming law.