HB0636 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022
HB0636

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Avery Bourne

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-819 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reduces the trailer flat weight tax for maximum loads of 3,000 pounds and less from $118 to $18. Effective immediately.

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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by

5 changing Section 3-819 as follows:

6 (625 ILCS 5/3-819) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819)

7 Sec. 3-819. Trailer; Flat weight tax.

8 (a) Farm Trailer. Any farm trailer drawn by a motor

9 vehicle of the second division registered under paragraph (a)

10 or (c) of Section 3-815 and used exclusively by the owner for

11 his own agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising

12 operations and not used for hire, or any farm trailer utilized

13 only in the transportation for-hire of seasonal, fresh,

14 perishable fruit or vegetables from farm to the point of first

15 processing, and any trailer used with a farm tractor that is

16 not an implement of husbandry may be registered under this

17 paragraph in lieu of registration under paragraph (b) of this

18 Section upon the filing of a proper application and the

19 payment of the $10 registration fee and the highway use tax

20 herein for use of the public highways of this State, at the

21 following rates which include the $10 registration fee:

22		`SCHEDULE OF FEES AND TAXES`
23		`Gross Weight in Lbs.`	`Class`	`Total Amount`

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1	`Including Vehicle`		`each`
2	`and Maximum Load`		`Fiscal Year`
3	`10,000 lbs. or less`	`VDD`	`$160`
4	`10,001 to 14,000 lbs.`	`VDE`	`206`
5	`14,001 to 20,000 lbs.`	`VDG`	`266`
6	`20,001 to 28,000 lbs.`	`VDJ`	`478`
7	`28,001 to 36,000 lbs.`	`VDL`	`750`

8 An owner may only apply for and receive two farm trailer

9 registrations.

10 (b) All other owners of trailers, other than apportionable

11 trailers registered under Section 3-402.1 of this Code, used

12 with a motor vehicle on the public highways, shall pay to the

13 Secretary of State for each registration year a flat weight

14 tax, for the use of the public highways of this State, at the

15 following rates (which includes the registration fee of $10

16 required by Section 3-813):

17	`SCHEDULE OF TRAILER FLAT`
18	`WEIGHT TAX REQUIRED`
19	`BY LAW`
20	`Gross Weight in Lbs.`		`Total Fees`
21	`Including Vehicle and`		`each`
22	`Maximum Load`	`Class`	`Fiscal Year`
23	`3,000 lbs. and less`	`TA`	`$18` ~~`$118`~~
24	`5,000 lbs. and more than 3,000`	`TB`	`154`
25	`8,000 lbs. and more than 5,000`	`TC`	`158`
26	`10,000 lbs. and more than 8,000`	`TD`	`206`

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1	`14,000 lbs. and more than 10,000`	`TE`	`270`
2	`20,000 lbs. and more than 14,000`	`TG`	`358`
3	`32,000 lbs. and more than 20,000`	`TK`	`822`
4	`36,000 lbs. and more than 32,000`	`TL`	`1,182`
5	`40,000 lbs. and more than 36,000`	`TN`	`1,602`

6 Of the fees collected under this subsection, other than

7 the flat weight tax for a Class TA trailer, $1 of the fees

8 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special

9 Services Fund and $99 of the ~~additional~~ fees shall be

10 deposited into the Road Fund.

11 (c) The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum

12 load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this

13 Code.

14 (Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19.)

15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

16 becoming law.