Public Act 097-0540
 
SB2064 EnrolledLRB097 10157 HEP 50345 b

    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 3-704 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-704)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-704)
    Sec. 3-704. Authority of Secretary of State to suspend or
revoke a registration or certificate of title; authority to
suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle.
    (a) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the
registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title,
registration card, registration sticker, registration plate,
disability parking decal or device, or any nonresident or other
permit in any of the following events:
        1. When the Secretary of State is satisfied that such
    registration or that such certificate, card, plate,
    registration sticker or permit was fraudulently or
    erroneously issued;
        2. When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or
    wrecked or is not properly equipped;
        3. When the Secretary of State determines that any
    required fees have not been paid to the Secretary of State,
    to the Illinois Commerce Commission, or to the Illinois
    Department of Revenue under the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and the
    same are not paid upon reasonable notice and demand;
        4. When a registration card, registration plate,
    registration sticker or permit is knowingly displayed upon
    a vehicle other than the one for which issued;
        5. When the Secretary of State determines that the
    owner has committed any offense under this Chapter
    involving the registration or the certificate, card,
    plate, registration sticker or permit to be suspended or
    revoked;
        6. When the Secretary of State determines that a
    vehicle registered not-for-hire is used or operated
    for-hire unlawfully, or used or operated for purposes other
    than those authorized;
        7. When the Secretary of State determines that an owner
    of a for-hire motor vehicle has failed to give proof of
    financial responsibility as required by this Act;
        8. When the Secretary determines that the vehicle is
    not subject to or eligible for a registration;
        9. When the Secretary determines that the owner of a
    vehicle registered under the mileage weight tax option
    fails to maintain the records specified by law, or fails to
    file the reports required by law, or that such vehicle is
    not equipped with an operable and operating speedometer or
    odometer;
        10. When the Secretary of State is so authorized under
    any other provision of law;
        11. When the Secretary of State determines that the
    holder of a disability parking decal or device has
    committed any offense under Chapter 11 of this Code
    involving the use of a disability parking decal or device.
    (a-5) The Secretary of State may revoke a certificate of
title and registration card and issue a corrected certificate
of title and registration card, at no fee to the vehicle owner
or lienholder, if there is proof that the vehicle
identification number is erroneously shown on the original
certificate of title.
    (b) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the
registration of a vehicle as follows:
        1. When the Secretary of State determines that the
    owner of a vehicle has not paid a civil penalty or a
    settlement agreement arising from the violation of rules
    adopted under the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law or the
    Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act or that a
    vehicle, regardless of ownership, was the subject of
    violations of these rules that resulted in a civil penalty
    or settlement agreement which remains unpaid.
        2. When the Secretary of State determines that a
    vehicle registered for a gross weight of more than 16,000
    pounds within an affected area is not in compliance with
    the provisions of Section 13-109.1 of the Illinois Vehicle
    Code.
        3. When the Secretary of State is notified by the
    United States Department of Transportation that a vehicle
    is in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
    Regulations, as they are now or hereafter amended, and is
    prohibited from operating.
    (c) The Secretary of State may suspend the registration of
a vehicle when a court finds that the vehicle was used in a
violation of Section 24-3A of the Criminal Code of 1961
relating to gunrunning. A suspension of registration under this
subsection (c) may be for a period of up to 90 days.
(Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-619, eff. 1-1-06; 94-759,
eff. 5-12-06; 95-287, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2012.