103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3074
 
Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Craig Wilcox
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7
    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the standard 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 veteran who holds proof from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs of a service-connected disability.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
5changing Section 3-806.7 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
7    Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military 
8personnel and veterans with disabilities.
9    (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the 
10standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this 
11Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and 
12motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 
138,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, 
14shall be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was 
15on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United 
16States and stationed outside of the United States for a period 
17of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year. 
18    (b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces 
19of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the 
20United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who 
21placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the 
22time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the 
23unused portion of that registration when they renew the 
 
 
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1registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United 
2States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in 
3storage and had current registration, the member of the armed 
4forces shall receive one month of registration without charge. 
5    (c) Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the 
6standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this 
7Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and 
8motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 
98,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, 
10shall be waived for the year following the return of any 
11Illinois vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or 
12reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who can 
13provide proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this 
14subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by 
15specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates. 
16    (d) Beginning with the first registration year beginning 
17after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd 
18General Assembly, the standard registration fee under Section 
193-806 of this Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first 
20division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing 
21not more than 8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 
22of this Code shall be waived for any vehicle owner who is a 
23veteran holding proof from the United States Department of 
24Veterans Affairs of a service-connected disability. 
25(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)