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91_HB3176

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 3-616.

 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 3-616 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-616) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616)
 8        Sec. 3-616.  Person with disabilities license plates.
 9        (a)  Upon  receiving  an application for a certificate of
10    registration for a motor vehicle of the first division or for
11    a motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more  than
12    8,000  pounds,  accompanied  with payment of the registration
13    fees required under this Code from a person with disabilities
14    or a person who is  deaf  or  hard  of  hearing  person,  the
15    Secretary  of  State,  if  so  requested, shall issue to such
16    person registration plates as provided for in Section  3-611,
17    provided  that  the person with disabilities or person who is
18    deaf or  hard  of  hearing  must  not  be  disqualified  from
19    obtaining  a  driver's  license under subsection 8 of Section
20    6-103 of this Code, and  further  provided  that  any  person
21    making  such a request must submit a statement certified by a
22    licensed physician to the effect that such person is a person
23    with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code,
24    or alternatively provide  adequate  documentation  that  such
25    person  has  a  Class  1A,  Class 2A or Type Four  disability
26    under  the  provisions  of  Section  4A   of   the   Illinois
27    Identification  Card  Act.   For purposes of this Section, an
28    Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card issued  pursuant
29    to  The  Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that the
30    person thereon named  has  a  disability  shall  be  adequate
31    documentation of such a disability.
 
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 1        (b)  The  Secretary shall issue plates under this Section
 2    to a person without disabilities if a member of that person's
 3    immediate family has a Class 1A or  Class  2A  disability  as
 4    defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act
 5    or  is  a  person  with  disabilities  as  defined by Section
 6    1-159.1  of  this  Code,  and  does  not  possess  a  vehicle
 7    registered in the name of the person with disabilities  under
 8    Section  3-616,  provided  that  the person with disabilities
 9    relies frequently on the applicant for transportation in  the
10    vehicle  to  be registered.  Only two vehicles per family may
11    be registered under this subsection.  Any  person  requesting
12    special  plates  under  this  subsection  shall  submit  such
13    documentation or such physician's statement as is required in
14    paragraph  (a)  and  a statement describing the circumstances
15    qualifying  for  issuance  of  special  plates   under   this
16    subsection.
17        (c)  The  Secretary  may issue a person with disabilities
18    parking decal or device to  a  person  with  disabilities  as
19    defined by Section 1-159.1 without regard to qualification of
20    such  person  with  disabilities  for  a  driver's license or
21    registration of a vehicle by such person with disabilities or
22    such person's immediate family,  provided  such  person  with
23    disabilities making such a request has been issued a Disabled
24    Person  Identification  Card indicating that the person named
25    thereon  has  a  Class  1A  or  Class   2A   disability,   or
26    alternatively,  submits  a  statement certified by a licensed
27    physician to the effect that such person  is  a  person  with
28    disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1.
29        (d)  The   Secretary   shall   prescribe   by  rules  and
30    regulations procedures to certify or re-certify as  necessary
31    the  eligibility of persons whose disabilities are other than
32    permanent for special  plates  or  person  with  disabilities
33    parking  decals  or devices issued under subsections (a), (b)
34    and (c).  Except as provided under  subsection  (f)  of  this
 
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 1    Section,  no  such special plates, decals or devices shall be
 2    issued by the Secretary of State  to  or  on  behalf  of  any
 3    person  with  disabilities unless such person is certified as
 4    meeting the definition of a person with disabilities pursuant
 5    to Section 1-159.1 or meeting the requirement of a Type  Four
 6    disability  as  provided  under  Section  4A  of the Illinois
 7    Identification Card Act for  the  period  of  time  that  the
 8    physician  determines the applicant will have the disability,
 9    but not to exceed 6 months from the date of certification  or
10    recertification.
11        (e)  Any  person  requesting  special  plates  under this
12    Section  may  also  apply  to   have   the   special   plates
13    personalized, as provided under Section 3-405.1.
14        (f)  The  Secretary  of  State,  upon  application, shall
15    issue person  with  disabilities  registration  plates  or  a
16    person  with  disabilities  parking  decal  to  corporations,
17    school   districts,  State  or  municipal  agencies,  limited
18    liability companies, nursing homes,  convalescent  homes,  or
19    special  education  cooperatives which will transport persons
20    with disabilities. The Secretary shall  prescribe by  rule  a
21    means   to   certify   or   re-certify  the  eligibility   of
22    organizations to receive person with disabilities  plates  or
23    decals  and  to  designate  which  of  the  two  person  with
24    disabilities emblems shall be placed on qualifying vehicles.
25        (g)  The  Secretary  of State, or his designee, may enter
26    into agreements with other jurisdictions,  including  foreign
27    jurisdictions,  on  behalf  of  this  State  relating  to the
28    extension of parking  privileges  by  such  jurisdictions  to
29    permanently  disabled  residents  of this State who display a
30    special license plate or parking  device  that  contains  the
31    International  symbol  of access on his or her motor vehicle,
32    and to recognize such plates or devices issued by such  other
33    jurisdictions.   This  State  shall  grant  the  same parking
34    privileges which are granted to disabled  residents  of  this
 
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 1    State  to any non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed in
 2    another state, district, territory or foreign country if such
 3    vehicle displays the International  symbol  of  access  or  a
 4    distinguishing  insignia  on license plates or parking device
 5    issued in accordance with  the  laws  of  the  non-resident's
 6    state, district, territory or foreign country.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95.)

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.

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