94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0300


 
Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. Antonio Munoz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













625 ILCS 5/3-663 new






625 ILCS 5/3-664 new











    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Work Zone license plates and for the issuance Road Worker license plates to qualified applicants. Provides that both types of plates are to be displayed on first division vehicles or  on second division vehicles paying the flat weight tax. Provides that the additional fees collected for these plates shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.
















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SB0300

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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 adding 
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Sections 3-663 and 3-664 as follows: 
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/3-663 new)

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    Sec. 3-663. Work Zone license plates.
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    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
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the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
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registration plates designated
as Work Zone license plates.  The 
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special plates issued under this Section
shall be affixed only 
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to passenger vehicles of the first division and motor
vehicles 
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of the second division registered in accordance with subsection 
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(a) of Section 3-815 of this Code.
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    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the 
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discretion of
the Secretary. The Secretary shall prescribe 
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stickers or
decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this 
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Code.
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    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
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$40 fee for
original issuance, in addition to the appropriate 
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registration fee or the fee designated in subsection (a) of 
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Section 3-815.  Of this
fee, $25 shall be deposited into the 
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Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund and $15 shall be

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deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate 
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Fund, to be used by
the Secretary to help defray the 
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administrative processing costs.
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    For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in 
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addition to the
appropriate registration fee or the fee 
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designated in subsection (a) of Section 3-815, shall be 
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charged.  Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the 
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Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund and $2 shall be 
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deposited into the
Secretary of State Special License Plate 
 


 






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Fund.

 
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    (625 ILCS 5/3-664 new)

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    Sec. 3-664. Road Worker license plates.
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    (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 
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Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and applications 
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made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of State, may 
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issue Road Worker license plates to
residents of Illinois who 
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meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the
Secretary of 
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State.  The special Road Worker plate issued under this
Section 
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shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first 
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division and motor vehicles of the second division registered 
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in accordance with Section 3-815 of this Code.
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    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 
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wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  The 
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Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be 
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issued as vanity or personalized plates
in accordance with 
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Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required
to 
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designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of 
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Section
3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe the 
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eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall 
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approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under 
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Section 3-412.
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    (c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original 
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issuance, in
addition to the appropriate registration fee or 
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the fee designated in subsection (a) of Section 3-815. Of this 
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additional fee, $15 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of 
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State Special License Plate Fund and $25 shall be deposited 
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into the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.
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    For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in 
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addition to the appropriate registration fee or the fee 
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designated in subsection (a) of Section 3-815, shall be 
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charged. Of this additional fee, $2 shall be deposited into the 
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Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $25 shall be 
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deposited into the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back 
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Fund.