Public Act 93-0365

HB1274 Enrolled                      LRB093 03506 DRH 03535 b

    AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

    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 3-802 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/3-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802)
    Sec. 3-802.  Reclassifications and upgrades.
    (a)  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Section,  the
following  words  shall have the meanings ascribed to them as
follows:
         "Reclassification" means changing  the  registration
    of a vehicle from one plate category to another.
         "Upgrade"  means increasing the registered weight of
    a vehicle within the same plate category.
    (b)  When reclassing the registration of a  vehicle  from
one plate category to another, the owner shall receive credit
for  the  unused  portion of the present plate and be charged
the current portion fees for the new plate.  In addition, the
appropriate replacement plate and  replacement  sticker  fees
shall be assessed.
    (c)  When  upgrading  the weight of a registration within
the same plate category, the owner shall pay  the  difference
in  current period fees between the two plates.  In addition,
the appropriate replacement  plate  and  replacement  sticker
fees  shall  be  assessed.   In  the event new plates are not
required,  the  corrected  registration  card  fee  shall  be
assessed.
    (d)  In the event the owner of  the  vehicle  desires  to
change  the  registered weight and change the plate category,
the owner shall receive credit for the unused portion of  the
registration  fee  of  the  current plate and pay the current
portion of the registration fee for the  new  plate,  and  in
addition,   pay   the   appropriate   replacement  plate  and
replacement sticker fees.
    (e)  Reclassing from one plate category to another  plate
category  can  be  done  only  once  within  any registration
period.
    (f)  No refunds shall be made in any of the circumstances
found in subsection (b), subsection (c), or  subsection  (d);
however,  when  reclassing  from  a  flat  rate  plate  to an
apportioned plate, a refund may be issued  if  the  applicant
was  issued the wrong plate originally and the credit amounts
to an overpayment.
    (g)  In  the  event  the  registration   of   a   vehicle
registered under the mileage tax option is revoked, the owner
shall  be  required to pay the annual registration fee in the
new plate category and shall not receive any credit  for  the
mileage plate fees.
    (h)  Certain  special interest plates may be displayed on
first division vehicles, second  division  vehicles  weighing
8,000  pounds  or  less,  and  recreational  vehicles.  Those
plates can be transferred within those vehicle groups.
    (i)  Plates  displayed  on   second   division   vehicles
weighing  8,000  pounds  or less and passenger vehicle plates
may be reclassed from one division to the other.
    (j)  Other than in subsection (i),  reclassing  from  one
division to the other division is prohibited.  In addition, a
reclass  from  a motor vehicle to a trailer or a trailer to a
motor vehicle is prohibited.
(Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 90-774, eff. 8-14-98.)

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