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    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Sections 2-114 and 3-414 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/2-114)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-114)



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    Sec. 2-114. Giving of notice. Whenever the Secretary of 
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State is authorized or required to give any
notice under this 
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Act or other law regulating the operation of vehicles,
unless a 
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different method of giving such notice is otherwise expressly

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prescribed, such notice shall be given either by personal 
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delivery thereof
to the person to be so notified or by deposit 
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in the United States mail of
such notice in an envelope with 
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postage prepaid, addressed to such person
at his address as 
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shown by the records of the Office of the Secretary of
State. 
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The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of 
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days after such deposit of said notice. Proof of the giving 
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of notice in
either such manner may be made by the certificate 
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of any officer or
employee of the Secretary of State or 
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affidavit of any person over 18 years
of age, naming the person 
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to whom such notice was given and specifying the
time, place 
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and manner of the giving thereof.

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    The Secretary may include with the notice any material, 
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from any source, relating to the donation of any vehicle to any 
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charitable not-for-profit organization that is exempt from 
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federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
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Revenue Code.

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(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-414)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414)



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    Sec. 3-414. Expiration of registration. 

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    (a) Every vehicle registration under this Chapter and every 
 


 






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registration
card and registration plate or registration 
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sticker issued hereunder to a
vehicle shall be for the periods 
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specified in this Chapter and shall expire
at midnight on the 
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day and date specified in this Section as follows:


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        1. When registered on a calendar year basis commencing 
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    January 1,
expiration shall be on the 31st day of December 
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    or at such other date as
may be selected in the discretion 
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    of the Secretary of State; however,
through December 31, 
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    2004, registrations of apportionable vehicles, 
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    motorcycles, motor driven cycles
and pedalcycles shall 
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    commence on the first day of April and shall expire
March 
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    31st of the following calendar year;

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        1.1. Beginning January 1, 2005, registrations of 
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    motorcycles and motor driven cycles shall commence on 
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    January 1 and shall expire on December 31 or on another 
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    date that may be selected by the Secretary; registrations 
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    of apportionable vehicles and pedalcycles, however, shall 
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    commence on the first day of April and shall expire March 
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    31 of the following calendar year;


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        2. When registered on a 2 calendar year basis 
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    commencing January 1
of an even-numbered year, expiration 
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    shall be on the 31st day of
December of the ensuing 
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    odd-numbered year, or at such other later date
as may be 
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    selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not

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    beyond March 1 next;


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        3. When registered on a fiscal year basis commencing 
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    July 1,
expiration shall be on the 30th day of June or at 
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    such other later date
as may be selected in the discretion 
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    of the Secretary of State not
beyond September 1 next;


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        4. When registered on a 2 fiscal year basis commencing 
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    July 1 of an
even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the 
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    30th day of June of the
ensuing even-numbered year, or at 
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    such other later date as may be
selected in the discretion 
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    of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 next;


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        5. When registered on a 4 fiscal year basis commencing 
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    July 1 of an
even-numbered year, expiration shall be on the 
 


 






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    30th day of June of the
second ensuing even-numbered year, 
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    or at such other later date as may be
selected in the 
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    discretion of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 
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    next;

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    (b) Vehicle registrations of vehicles of the first division 
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shall be
for a calendar year or 2 calendar year basis as 
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provided for in this
Chapter.

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    Vehicle registrations of vehicles under Sections 3-807, 
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3-808 and
3-809 shall be on an indefinite term basis or a 2 
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calendar year basis as
provided for in this Chapter.

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    Vehicle registrations for vehicles of the second division 
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shall be
for a fiscal year, 2 fiscal year or calendar year 
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basis as provided for
in this Chapter.

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    Motor vehicles registered under the provisions of
Sections 
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3-402.1 and 3-405.3 shall
be issued multi-year registration 
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plates with a new registration card
issued annually upon 
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payment of the appropriate fees.  Apportionable
trailers and 
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apportionable semitrailers registered under the provisions of

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Section 3-402.1 shall be issued multi-year registration plates 
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and cards
that will be subject to revocation for failure to pay 
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annual fees required
by Section 3-814.1.  The Secretary shall 
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determine when these vehicles
shall be issued new registration 
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plates.

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    (c) Every vehicle registration specified in  Section 3-810 
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and every
registration card and registration plate or 
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registration sticker issued
thereunder shall expire on the 31st 
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day of December of each year or at
such other date as may be 
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selected in the discretion of the Secretary of
State.

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    (d) Every vehicle registration for a vehicle of the second 
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division
weighing over 8,000 pounds,
except as provided in 
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paragraph (g) of this Section, and every
registration card and 
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registration plate or registration sticker, where
applicable, 
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issued hereunder to such vehicles shall be issued for a
fiscal 
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year commencing on July 1st of each registration year. However,

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the Secretary of State may, pursuant to an agreement or 
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arrangement or
declaration providing for apportionment of a 
 


 






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fleet of vehicles with
other jurisdictions, provide for 
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registration of such vehicles under
apportionment or for all of 
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the vehicles registered in Illinois by an
applicant who 
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registers some of his vehicles under apportionment on a

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calendar year basis instead, and the fees or taxes to be paid 
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on a
calendar year basis shall be identical to those specified 
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in this Act
for a fiscal year registration.  Provision for 
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installment payment may
also be made.

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    (e) Semitrailer registrations under apportionment may be 
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on a
calendar year under a reciprocal agreement or arrangement 
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and all other
semitrailer registrations shall be on fiscal year 
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or 2 fiscal year or 4
fiscal year basis as provided for in this 
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Chapter.

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    (f) The Secretary of State may convert annual registration 
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plates or
2-year registration plates, whether registered on a 
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calendar year or fiscal
year basis, to multi-year plates.  The 
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determination of which plate categories
and when to convert to 
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multi-year plates is solely within the discretion of the

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Secretary of State.

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    (g) After January 1, 1975, each registration, registration 
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card and
registration plate or registration sticker, where 
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applicable, issued for
a recreational vehicle or recreational 
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or camping trailer, except a
house trailer, used exclusively by 
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the owner for recreational purposes,
and not used commercially 
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nor as a truck or bus, nor for hire, shall be
on a calendar year 
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basis; except that the Secretary of State shall
provide for 
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registration and the issuance of registration cards and
plates 
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or registration stickers, where applicable, for one 6-month

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period in order to accomplish an orderly transition from a 
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fiscal year
to a calendar year basis.  Fees and taxes due under 
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this Act for a
registration year shall be appropriately reduced 
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for such 6-month
transitional registration period.

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    (h) The Secretary of State may, in order to accomplish an 
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orderly
transition for vehicles registered under Section 
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3-402.1 of this Code from
a calendar year registration to a 
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March 31st expiration, require applicants
to pay fees and taxes 
 


 






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due under this Code on a 15 month registration basis.
However, 
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if in the discretion of the Secretary of State this creates an

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undue hardship on any applicant the Secretary may allow the 
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applicant to
pay 3 month fees and taxes at the time of 
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registration and the additional
12 month fees and taxes to be 
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payable no later than March 31 of the year
after this 
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amendatory Act of 1991 takes effect.

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    (i) The Secretary of State may stagger registrations, of 
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vehicles for
which multi-year plates are issued pursuant to 
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Section 3-414.1, as necessary
for the convenience of the public 
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and the efficiency of his Office.  In
order to appropriately and 
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effectively accomplish any such staggering, the
Secretary of 
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State is authorized to prorate required registration fees,
but 
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in no event for a period longer than 15 months, at a monthly 
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rate for
a 12 month registration fee.

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(Source: P.A. 92-629, eff. 7-1-03.)


 

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