HB5546 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 16089 LCT 42107 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5546

Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-806	from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806
625 ILCS 5/806.7 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, commencing with the 2009 registration year, the registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who is a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty shall be reduced by 50% of the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year registration plates. Provides that widows, widowers, and parents of a deceased member of the armed forces of the United States, who was killed while on active duty, shall also be entitled to this reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the deceased member of the armed forces of the United States was eligible and for a period of 5 years thereafter. Effective July 1, 2008.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 3-806 and by adding Section 806.7 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806)

Sec. 3-806. Registration Fees; Motor Vehicles of the First Division. Every owner of any other motor vehicle of the first division, except as provided in Sections 3-804, 3-805, 3-806.3, 3-806.7 and 3-808, and every second division vehicle weighing 8,000 pounds or less, shall pay the Secretary of State an annual registration fee at the following rates:

(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)

(625 ILCS 5/806.7 new)

Sec. 806.7. Military personnel plates. Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who is a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty shall be reduced by 50% of the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1. Widows, widowers, and parents of a deceased member of the armed forces of the United States, who was killed while on active duty, shall also be entitled to this reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the deceased member of the armed forces of the United States was eligible and for a period of 5 years thereafter.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.