93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6611

 

Introduced 02/09/04, by Robert Rita

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-806.6 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for immediate issuance of a new and different set of plates to a victim of domestic violence if specified conditions are met.


LRB093 19092 DRH 44827 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB6611 LRB093 19092 DRH 44827 b

1     AN ACT concerning vehicles.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5 Section 3-806.6 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-806.6 new)
7     Sec. 3-806.6. Victims of domestic violence.
8     (a) The Secretary shall issue new and different license
9 plates immediately upon request to the registered owner of a
10 vehicle who appears in person and submits a completed
11 application, if all of the following are provided:
12         (1) proof of ownership of the vehicle that is
13     acceptable to the Secretary;
14         (2) a driver's license or identification card
15     containing a picture of the licensee or cardholder issued
16     to the registered owner by the Secretary under Section
17     6-110 or 6-107 of this Code or Section 4 of the Illinois
18     Identification Card Act. The Office of the Secretary shall
19     conduct a search of its records to verify the authenticity
20     of any document submitted under this paragraph (2);
21         (3) the previously issued license plates from the
22     vehicle;
23         (4) payment of the required fee for the issuance of
24     duplicate license plates under Section 3-417; and
25         (5) one of the following:
26             (A) a copy of a police report, court documentation,
27         or other law enforcement documentation identifying the
28         registered owner of the vehicle as the victim of an
29         incident of abuse, as defined in Section 103 of the
30         Domestic Violence Act, or the subject of stalking, as
31         defined in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961;
32             (B) a written acknowledgment, dated within 30 days

 

 

HB6611 - 2 - LRB093 19092 DRH 44827 b

1         of submission, on the letterhead of a domestic violence
2         agency, that the registered owner is actively seeking
3         assistance or has sought assistance from that agency
4         within the past year; or
5             (C) an order of protection issued under Section 214
6         of the Domestic Violence Act that names the registered
7         owner as a protected party.
8     (b) This Section does not apply to license plates issued
9     under Section 3-806.4 or to special license plates issued under
10     Article VI of this Chapter.