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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3-412 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
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7 | Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | to be
furnished by the Secretary of State. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The
The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, moped or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor vehicles
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14 | and, where applicable, current registration stickers for motor | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of this Section | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the second division, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | as the Secretary of State may, from time to
time, in his | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | discretion designate. On subsequent annual registrations
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19 | during the term of the registration plate as provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause to be | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of |
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1 | Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required | ||||||
2 | if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary. | ||||||
3 | (b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | ||||||
4 | the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | ||||||
5 | issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | ||||||
6 | year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | ||||||
7 | the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
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8 | this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary
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9 | may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates issued to | ||||||
10 | vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates | ||||||
11 | issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase | ||||||
12 | "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | ||||||
13 | "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | ||||||
14 | be
displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | ||||||
15 | registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | ||||||
16 | determined by the Secretary.
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17 | The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | ||||||
18 | be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | ||||||
19 | vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | ||||||
20 | Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | ||||||
21 | other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | ||||||
22 | of current registration shall designate the year number
for | ||||||
23 | which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | ||||||
24 | Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | ||||||
25 | with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | ||||||
26 | previous year.
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1 | (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | ||||||
2 | numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | ||||||
3 | shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | ||||||
4 | distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | ||||||
5 | reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
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6 | vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
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7 | (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger | ||||||
8 | motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | ||||||
9 | registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | ||||||
10 | passenger vehicle.
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11 | (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
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12 | car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration | ||||||
13 | plates.
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14 | (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
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15 | distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
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16 | motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
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17 | displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston | ||||||
18 | displacement.
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19 | (g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
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20 | display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
such | ||||||
21 | vehicles are for-hire.
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22 | (h) (Blank).
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23 | (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||||||
24 | private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | ||||||
25 | as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department | ||||||
26 | of Healthcare and Family Services registration
information for |
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1 | the purpose of verification of claims filed with the
Department | ||||||
2 | by ambulance owners for payment for services to public | ||||||
3 | assistance
recipients.
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4 | (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||||||
5 | private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | ||||||
6 | plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | ||||||
7 | respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | ||||||
8 | Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
9 | Family Services registration information for the purpose of | ||||||
10 | verification of claims filed
with the Department by owners of | ||||||
11 | medical carriers or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to | ||||||
12 | public assistance recipients.
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13 | (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license | ||||||
14 | plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle | ||||||
15 | exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 12-503 by | ||||||
16 | subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that | ||||||
17 | Section before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
18 | General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or | ||||||
19 | stickers immediately upon receiving the physician's | ||||||
20 | certification required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. | ||||||
21 | New plates or stickers shall also be issued when the | ||||||
22 | certification is renewed as provided in that subsection.
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23 | (l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | ||||||
24 | registration plates for low-speed vehicles. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 95-202, eff. 8-16-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; | ||||||
26 | 96-554, eff. 1-1-10; 96-653, eff. 1-1-10; 96-815, eff. |
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1 | 10-30-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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