94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4657


 
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/3-704
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-704







    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the registration of a vehicle if the Secretary determines that the owner of the vehicle is in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Effective immediately.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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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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Section 3-704 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-704)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-704)



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    Sec. 3-704. Authority of Secretary of State to suspend or 
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revoke a registration or
certificate of title; authority to 
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suspend or revoke the registration of a
vehicle.

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    (a) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the 
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registration of a
vehicle or a certificate of title, 
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registration card, registration sticker,
registration plate, 
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disability parking decal or device,
or any nonresident or other 
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permit in any of the following events:


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        1. When the Secretary of State is satisfied that such 
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    registration or
that such certificate, card, plate, 
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    registration sticker or permit was
fraudulently or

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    erroneously issued;


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        2. When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or 
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    wrecked or is not
properly equipped;


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        3. When the Secretary of State determines that any 
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    required fees have
not been paid to the Secretary of State, 
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    to the Illinois Commerce
Commission, or to the Illinois 
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    Department of Revenue under the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and the 
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    same are not paid upon reasonable notice and demand;


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        4. When a registration card, registration plate, 
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    registration sticker
or permit is knowingly
displayed upon 
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    a vehicle other than the one for which issued;


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        5. When the Secretary of State determines that the 
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    owner has committed
any offense under this Chapter 
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    involving the registration or the
certificate, card, 
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    plate, registration sticker or permit to be suspended or

 


 






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    revoked;


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        6. When the Secretary of State determines that a 
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    vehicle registered
not-for-hire is used or operated 
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    for-hire unlawfully, or used or operated
for purposes other 
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    than those authorized;


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        7. When the Secretary of State determines that an owner 
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    of a for-hire
motor vehicle has failed to give proof of 
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    financial responsibility as
required by this Act;


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        8. When the Secretary determines that the vehicle is 
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    not subject to or
eligible for a registration;


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        9. When the Secretary determines that the owner of a 
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    vehicle registered
under the mileage weight tax option 
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    fails to maintain the records specified
by law, or fails to 
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    file the reports required by law, or that such vehicle
is 
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    not equipped with an operable and operating speedometer or 
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    odometer;


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        10. When the Secretary of State is so authorized under 
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    any other
provision of law;


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        11. When the Secretary of State determines that the 
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    holder of a disability parking decal or device has 
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    committed any offense under Chapter 11
of this Code 
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    involving the use of a disability parking decal
or device.

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    (b) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the 
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registration of a
vehicle as follows:


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        1. When the Secretary of State determines that the 
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    owner of a vehicle has
not paid a civil penalty or a 
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    settlement agreement arising from the
violation of rules 
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    adopted under the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law or the

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    Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act or that a 
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    vehicle, regardless
of ownership, was the subject of 
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    violations of these rules that resulted in a
civil penalty 
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    or settlement agreement which remains unpaid.


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        2. When the Secretary of State determines that a 
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    vehicle registered for a
gross weight of more than 16,000 
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    pounds within an affected area is not in
compliance with 
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    the provisions of Section 13-109.1 of the Illinois Vehicle

 


 






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    Code.
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        3. When the Secretary of State determines that the 
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    owner of a vehicle is in violation of the Federal Motor 
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    Carrier Safety Regulations of the United States Department 
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    of Transportation, as they are now or hereafter amended.


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(Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-619, eff. 1-1-06; revised 
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8-29-05.)


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