HB4945 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4945

Introduced , by Rep. Nick Sauer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-414.1

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414.1

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that beginning with the 2020 registration year, the Secretary of State shall offer to each owner of a motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds a registration period based on a one calendar year or 2 calendar year basis. Provides that the owner of the motor vehicle shall pay a one-time registration fee under the Code that shall, if applicable, be increased to reflect the registration year period chosen by the motor vehicle owner. Provides that if a vehicle issued a multi-year registration is subject to specified annual surcharges, the Secretary shall collect the surcharge for each registration year of the multi-year registration at the same time the Secretary collects the one-time registration fee. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

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 3-414.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414.1)

Sec. 3-414.1. Term of multi-year registration plates.

(a) Registration plates issued for motor vehicles shall be valid for an indefinite term of not less than one year. Registration plates issued as two-year or five-year plates may be issued as multi-year plates at the discretion of the Secretary of State. Current renewal registration stickers, when necessary, are to be attached as provided in Section 3-413. The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe a term greater than one year or may extend the term of current registration plates for an additional calendar year by appropriate public announcement made before August 1 of the current registration year.

(a-5) Beginning with the 2020 registration year, the Secretary shall offer to each owner of a motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds that is subject to registration under this Chapter a registration period based on a one calendar year or 2 calendar year basis. The owner of the motor vehicle shall pay a one-time registration fee under Section 3-806, 3-815, or 3-818 of this Code that shall, if applicable, be increased to reflect the registration year period chosen by the motor vehicle owner. If a vehicle issued a registration under this subsection is subject to an annual surcharge under Section 3-806 or 3-815, the Secretary shall collect the surcharge for each registration year of the multi-year registration at the same time the Secretary collects the one-time registration fee.

(b) Registration plates issued to owners of vehicles subject to annual registration for the first time during the term of the plates shall be valid until the expiration of the term. Current annual registration stickers are to be attached as provided in Section 3-413.

(Source: P.A. 99-80, eff. 1-1-16.)

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