SB0248sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. George P. Shadid

Filed: 4/11/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 248

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 248 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 2-128 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/2-128 new)

Sec. 2-128. License plate feasibility studies.

(a) The Secretary of State shall undertake a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a standard license plate that would (i) replace some or all special plates currently issued under Article VI of Chapter 3 of this Code and (ii) identify its special plate classification by means of a sticker attached to its left side.

(b) The Secretary shall undertake a study of the feasibility of identifying, on the license plates issued to any vehicle of the first division, the county in which the vehicle is registered, by use of a registration sticker or some other device or method.

(c) The Secretary shall undertake a study of the feasibility of permitting the attachment of a special plate to the front of a vehicle of the first division or a vehicle of second division weighing 8,000 pounds or less and the attachment of a standard registration plate to the rear of that vehicle.

(d) The Secretary shall, by March 1, 2006, report to the Governor and the General Assembly the results of the studies undertaken in compliance with subsections (a), (b), and (c). The Secretary's reports shall contain cost estimates and comparisons of those estimates to comparable costs under present law.

(e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2007.

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