Public Act 093-0796
 
SB2401 Enrolled LRB093 18151 DRH 43844 b

    AN ACT concerning 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
Sections 2-114 and 3-414 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/2-114)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-114)
    Sec. 2-114. Giving of notice. Whenever the Secretary of
State is authorized or required to give any notice under this
Act or other law regulating the operation of vehicles, unless a
different method of giving such notice is otherwise expressly
prescribed, such notice shall be given either by personal
delivery thereof to the person to be so notified or by deposit
in the United States mail of such notice in an envelope with
postage prepaid, addressed to such person at his address as
shown by the records of the Office of the Secretary of State.
The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of
4 days after such deposit of said notice. Proof of the giving
of notice in either such manner may be made by the certificate
of any officer or employee of the Secretary of State or
affidavit of any person over 18 years of age, naming the person
to whom such notice was given and specifying the time, place
and manner of the giving thereof.
    The Secretary may include with the notice any material,
from any source, relating to the donation of any vehicle to any
charitable not-for-profit organization that is exempt from
federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-414)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414)
    Sec. 3-414. Expiration of registration.
    (a) Every vehicle registration under this Chapter and every
registration card and registration plate or registration
sticker issued hereunder to a vehicle shall be for the periods
specified in this Chapter and shall expire at midnight on the
day and date specified in this Section as follows:
        1. When registered on a calendar year basis commencing
    January 1, expiration shall be on the 31st day of December
    or at such other date as may be selected in the discretion
    of the Secretary of State; however, through December 31,
    2004, registrations of apportionable vehicles,
    motorcycles, motor driven cycles and pedalcycles shall
    commence on the first day of April and shall expire March
    31st of the following calendar year;
        1.1. Beginning January 1, 2005, registrations of
    motorcycles and motor driven cycles shall commence on
    January 1 and shall expire on December 31 or on another
    date that may be selected by the Secretary; registrations
    of apportionable vehicles and pedalcycles, however, shall
    commence on the first day of April and shall expire March
    31 of the following calendar year;
        2. When registered on a 2 calendar year basis
    commencing January 1 of an even-numbered year, expiration
    shall be on the 31st day of December of the ensuing
    odd-numbered year, or at such other later date as may be
    selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not
    beyond March 1 next;
        3. When registered on a fiscal year basis commencing
    July 1, expiration shall be on the 30th day of June or at
    such other later date as may be selected in the discretion
    of the Secretary of State not beyond September 1 next;
        4. When registered on a 2 fiscal year basis commencing
    July 1 of an even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the
    30th day of June of the ensuing even-numbered year, or at
    such other later date as may be selected in the discretion
    of the Secretary of State not beyond September 1 next;
        5. When registered on a 4 fiscal year basis commencing
    July 1 of an even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the
    30th day of June of the second ensuing even-numbered year,
    or at such other later date as may be selected in the
    discretion of the Secretary of State not beyond September 1
    next;
    (b) Vehicle registrations of vehicles of the first division
shall be for a calendar year or 2 calendar year basis as
provided for in this Chapter.
    Vehicle registrations of vehicles under Sections 3-807,
3-808 and 3-809 shall be on an indefinite term basis or a 2
calendar year basis as provided for in this Chapter.
    Vehicle registrations for vehicles of the second division
shall be for a fiscal year, 2 fiscal year or calendar year
basis as provided for in this Chapter.
    Motor vehicles registered under the provisions of Sections
3-402.1 and 3-405.3 shall be issued multi-year registration
plates with a new registration card issued annually upon
payment of the appropriate fees. Apportionable trailers and
apportionable semitrailers registered under the provisions of
Section 3-402.1 shall be issued multi-year registration plates
and cards that will be subject to revocation for failure to pay
annual fees required by Section 3-814.1. The Secretary shall
determine when these vehicles shall be issued new registration
plates.
    (c) Every vehicle registration specified in Section 3-810
and every registration card and registration plate or
registration sticker issued thereunder shall expire on the 31st
day of December of each year or at such other date as may be
selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State.
    (d) Every vehicle registration for a vehicle of the second
division weighing over 8,000 pounds, except as provided in
paragraph (g) of this Section, and every registration card and
registration plate or registration sticker, where applicable,
issued hereunder to such vehicles shall be issued for a fiscal
year commencing on July 1st of each registration year. However,
the Secretary of State may, pursuant to an agreement or
arrangement or declaration providing for apportionment of a
fleet of vehicles with other jurisdictions, provide for
registration of such vehicles under apportionment or for all of
the vehicles registered in Illinois by an applicant who
registers some of his vehicles under apportionment on a
calendar year basis instead, and the fees or taxes to be paid
on a calendar year basis shall be identical to those specified
in this Act for a fiscal year registration. Provision for
installment payment may also be made.
    (e) Semitrailer registrations under apportionment may be
on a calendar year under a reciprocal agreement or arrangement
and all other semitrailer registrations shall be on fiscal year
or 2 fiscal year or 4 fiscal year basis as provided for in this
Chapter.
    (f) The Secretary of State may convert annual registration
plates or 2-year registration plates, whether registered on a
calendar year or fiscal year basis, to multi-year plates. The
determination of which plate categories and when to convert to
multi-year plates is solely within the discretion of the
Secretary of State.
    (g) After January 1, 1975, each registration, registration
card and registration plate or registration sticker, where
applicable, issued for a recreational vehicle or recreational
or camping trailer, except a house trailer, used exclusively by
the owner for recreational purposes, and not used commercially
nor as a truck or bus, nor for hire, shall be on a calendar year
basis; except that the Secretary of State shall provide for
registration and the issuance of registration cards and plates
or registration stickers, where applicable, for one 6-month
period in order to accomplish an orderly transition from a
fiscal year to a calendar year basis. Fees and taxes due under
this Act for a registration year shall be appropriately reduced
for such 6-month transitional registration period.
    (h) The Secretary of State may, in order to accomplish an
orderly transition for vehicles registered under Section
3-402.1 of this Code from a calendar year registration to a
March 31st expiration, require applicants to pay fees and taxes
due under this Code on a 15 month registration basis. However,
if in the discretion of the Secretary of State this creates an
undue hardship on any applicant the Secretary may allow the
applicant to pay 3 month fees and taxes at the time of
registration and the additional 12 month fees and taxes to be
payable no later than March 31 of the year after this
amendatory Act of 1991 takes effect.
    (i) The Secretary of State may stagger registrations, of
vehicles for which multi-year plates are issued pursuant to
Section 3-414.1, as necessary for the convenience of the public
and the efficiency of his Office. In order to appropriately and
effectively accomplish any such staggering, the Secretary of
State is authorized to prorate required registration fees, but
in no event for a period longer than 15 months, at a monthly
rate for a 12 month registration fee.
(Source: P.A. 92-629, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.