HB0799 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0799

Introduced 2/10/2021, by Rep. LaToya Greenwood

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-806.7

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing for reduced registration fees for active duty military personnel. Provides instead that the standard vehicle registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for any Illinois vehicle owner who is a veteran or is currently enlisted as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 3-806.7 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)

Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees waived for veterans and current for active duty military personnel.

(a) The Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall be waived reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who is a veteran or is currently enlisted was on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. As used in this Section, "veteran" means a person who has served in the armed forces and was discharged or separated under honorable conditions. and stationed outside of the United States for a period of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.

(b) (Blank). Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the unused portion of that registration when they renew the registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in storage and had current registration, the member of the armed forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.

(c) (Blank). Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall be waived for the year following the return of any Illinois vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who can provide proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.

(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)

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