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91_HB0809

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 3-412.

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

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 3-412 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
 8        Sec.   3-412.  Registration   plates   and   registration
 9    stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
10        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State upon registering a vehicle
11    subject to annual registration  for  the  first  time   shall
12    issue   or  shall  cause  to  be  issued  to  the  owner  one
13    registration plate for a  motorcycle,  trailer,  semitrailer,
14    motorized  pedalcycle or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates
15    for other  motor  vehicles  and,  where  applicable,  current
16    registration   stickers  for  motor  vehicles  of  the  first
17    division.   The  provisions  of  this  Section  may  be  made
18    applicable to any such vehicles of the  second  division,  as
19    the  Secretary  of  State  may,  from  time  to  time, in his
20    discretion  designate.  On  subsequent  annual  registrations
21    during the term of the  registration  plate  as  provided  in
22    Section  3-414.1,  the  Secretary  shall issue or cause to be
23    issued  registration  stickers   as   evidence   of   current
24    registration.  However,  the  issuance of annual registration
25    stickers to  vehicles  registered  under  the  provisions  of
26    Section  3-402.1  of  this  Code  may  not be required if the
27    Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
28        (b)  Every registration plate shall have  displayed  upon
29    it  the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which
30    it  is  issued,  the  name  of  this  State,  which  may   be
31    abbreviated,  the  year number for which it was issued, which
 
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 1    may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln",  except  as
 2    provided  in  Sections  3-626,  3-629,  3-633,  3-634, 3-637,
 3    3-638, and 3-642, and such other letters or  numbers  as  the
 4    Secretary  may  prescribe.  However, for apportionment plates
 5    issued to vehicles  registered  under  Section  3-402.1,  the
 6    phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for the word
 7    "apportioned"  to  be  displayed.   The  Secretary may in his
 8    discretion prescribe that letters be used as prefixes only on
 9    registration plates issued to vehicles of the first  division
10    which  are registered under this Code and only as suffixes on
11    registration  plates  issued  to   other   vehicles.    Every
12    registration   sticker   issued   as   evidence   of  current
13    registration shall designate the year number for which it  is
14    issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may
15    prescribe  and  shall  be  of  a  contrasting  color with the
16    registration plates and registration stickers of the previous
17    year.
18        (c)  Each registration plate and the required letters and
19    numerals thereon, except the year number  for  which  issued,
20    shall  be  of  sufficient  size to be plainly readable from a
21    distance of 100 feet during daylight,  and  shall  be  coated
22    with  reflectorizing  material.   The dimensions of the plate
23    issued to vehicles of the first division shall  be  6  by  12
24    inches.
25        (d)  The   Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for  every
26    passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type
27    of registration plates as the type of  plates  issued  for  a
28    private passenger vehicle.
29        (e)  The   Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for  every
30    passenger car  used  as  a  taxicab  or  livery,  distinctive
31    registration plates.
32        (f)  The   Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for  every
33    motorcycle  distinctive  registration  plates  distinguishing
34    between motorcycles having  150  or  more  cubic  centimeters
 
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 1    piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
 2    piston displacement.
 3        (g)  Registration  plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
 4    display a designation as determined  by  the  Secretary  that
 5    such vehicles are for-hire.
 6        (h)  The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
 7    vehicle   distinctive   registration   plates   which   shall
 8    distinguish   between  electric  vehicles  having  a  maximum
 9    operating speed of 45 miles per hour or more and those having
10    a maximum operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
11        (i)  The Secretary of State shall issue for every  public
12    and  private  ambulance  registration  plates identifying the
13    vehicle as an ambulance.  The Secretary shall forward to  the
14    Department  of  Public  Aid  registration information for the
15    purpose of verification of claims filed with  the  Department
16    by  ambulance  owners  for  payment  for  services  to public
17    assistance recipients.
18        (j)  The Secretary of State shall issue for every  public
19    and   private   medical  carrier  or  rescue  vehicle  livery
20    registration  plates  displaying  numbers  within  ranges  of
21    numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue
22    vehicles.  The Secretary shall forward to the  Department  of
23    Public  Aid  registration  information  for  the  purpose  of
24    verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
25    medical  carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services
26    to public assistance recipients.
27    (Source: P.A.  89-424,  eff.  6-1-96;  89-564,  eff.  7-1-97;
28    89-612,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-621,  eff.  1-1-97;  89-639,  eff.
29    1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-533,  eff.  11-14-97;  90-655,
30    eff. 7-30-98.)

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