97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0998
 
Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


625 ILCS 5/3-421  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning reassignment of license plate numbers.



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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 changing 
5Section 3-421 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/3-421)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421)



7    Sec. 3-421. Right of reassignment. (a) Every natural person

8shall have the
the right of reassignment of the license number 
9issued
to him during the current registration plate term, for 
10the
ensuing registration plate term, provided his application

11for reassignment is received in the Office of the Secretary of

12State on or before September 30 of the final year of the

13registration plate term as to a vehicle registered on a 
14calendar
year, and on or before March 31 as to a vehicle 
15registered on
a fiscal year.  The right of reassignment shall 
16apply to every natural person
under the staggered registration 
17system provided the application for reassignment
is received in 
18the Office of the Secretary of State by the 1st day of the

19month immediately preceding the applicant's month of 
20expiration.
21    In addition, every natural person shall have the right of

22reassignment of the license number issued to him for a two-year

23registration, for the ensuing two-year period.  Where the

 
 
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1two-year period is for two calendar years, the application
for 
2reassignment must be received by the Secretary
of State on or 
3before September 30th of the year preceding
commencement of the 
4two-year period.  Where the two-year
period is for two fiscal 
5years commencing on July 1, the
application for reassignment 
6must be received by the Secretary
of State on or before April 
730th immediately preceding
commencement of the two-year 
8period.

9    (b) Notwithstanding the above provision, the Secretary of

10State shall, subject to the existing right of reassignment,

11have the authority to designate new specific combinations of

12numerical, alpha-numerical, and numerical-alpha licenses for

13vehicles registered on a calendar year or on a fiscal year,

14whether the license be issued for one or more years.  The new

15combinations so specified shall not be subject to the right
of 
16reassignment, and no right of reassignment thereto may at
any 
17future time be acquired.

18(Source: P.A. 80-230; 80-1185.)