HB5546ham002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

Filed: 4/15/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5546

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5546 on page 1, line 5, by replacing "by adding Section 806.7" with "by adding Section 3-806.7"; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 22 through 25 with the following:

"(625 ILCS 5/3-806.7 new)

Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military personnel.

(a) Beginning with the 2010 registration year, the standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States and stationed outside of the United States for a period of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.

(b) Illinois residents who are members of the armed forces of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the unused portion of that registration when they renew the registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in storage and had current registration, the member of the armed forces shall receive one month of registration without charge."; and

on page 3, by deleting lines 1 through 9.