98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3402
 
Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. William R. Haine
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
625 ILCS 5/3-701  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Provides that dealer plates issued by another state shall exempt a vehicle from the registration requirements of the Illinois Vehicle Code for the limited purpose of transport to a repair facility within this State as evidenced by a work order or contract with the repair facility that is displayed to a law enforcement officer upon request.
  


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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 3-701 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/3-701)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)



7    Sec. 3-701. 
Operation of vehicles without evidence of

8registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer 
9broken or
disconnected.  No person shall operate, nor shall an 
10owner knowingly permit to
be
operated, upon any highway unless 
11there shall be attached thereto and
displayed thereon when and 
12as required by law, proper evidence of
registration in 
13Illinois, as follows:


14        (1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A 
15    current and
valid Illinois registration sticker or 
16    stickers and plate or plates, or
an Illinois temporary 
17    registration permit, or a drive-away or
in-transit permit, 
18    issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or


19        (2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and 
20    valid
reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates 
21    properly issued to such
vehicle or a temporary registration 
22    issued therefor, by the reciprocal
State, and, in addition, 
23    when required by the Secretary, a current and
valid 
 
 
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1    Illinois Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued

2    therefor by the Secretary of State; or except as otherwise 
3    expressly
provided for in this Chapter.

4        (3)   A vehicle commuting for repairs in Illinois.  A 
5    dealer plate issued by a foreign state shall exempt a 
6    vehicle from the requirements of this Section if the 
7    vehicle is being operated for the purpose of transport to a 
8    repair facility in Illinois to have repairs performed on 
9    the vehicle displaying foreign dealer plates.  The driver of 
10    the motor vehicle bearing dealer plates shall provide a 
11    work order or contract with the repair facility to a law 
12    enforcement officer upon request. 
13    No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly 
14permit to be
operated, any vehicle of the second division for 
15which the owner has
made an election to pay the mileage tax in 
16lieu of the annual flat
weight tax, at any time when the 
17odometer of such vehicle is broken or
disconnected, or is 
18inoperable or not operating.

19(Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02.)