103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3074

 

Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Craig Wilcox

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the standard registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for any veteran who holds proof from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs of a service-connected disability.


LRB103 37877 MXP 68008 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3074LRB103 37877 MXP 68008 b

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
5changing Section 3-806.7 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
7    Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military
8personnel and veterans with disabilities.
9    (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the
10standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this
11Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and
12motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
138,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code,
14shall be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was
15on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
16States and stationed outside of the United States for a period
17of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.
18    (b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces
19of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the
20United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who
21placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the
22time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the
23unused portion of that registration when they renew the

 

 

SB3074- 2 -LRB103 37877 MXP 68008 b

1registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United
2States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in
3storage and had current registration, the member of the armed
4forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
5    (c) Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the
6standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this
7Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and
8motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
98,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code,
10shall be waived for the year following the return of any
11Illinois vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or
12reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who can
13provide proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this
14subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by
15specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.
16    (d) Beginning with the first registration year beginning
17after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
18General Assembly, the standard registration fee under Section
193-806 of this Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first
20division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing
21not more than 8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815
22of this Code shall be waived for any vehicle owner who is a
23veteran holding proof from the United States Department of
24Veterans Affairs of a service-connected disability.
25(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)