Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 5/8/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 797

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 797 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5 Section 3-684 and by changing Section 3-809 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-684 new)
7     Sec. 3-684. Special registration plate for county
8 officials.
9     (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
10 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may
11 issue special registration plates to county officials.
12     The special plates issued under this Section shall be
13 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or
14 motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
15 8,000 pounds.
16     Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to

 

 

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1 the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this
2 Code.
3     (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be
4 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate
5 documentation, as determined by the Secretary, shall accompany
6 each application.
7     An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a $15
8 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate
9 registration fee. This additional fee shall be deposited into
10 the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used
11 by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing
12 costs.
13     For each registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition
14 to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. This
15 additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State
16 Special License Plate Fund.
17     (c) For purposes of this Section, "county official" means
18 any county board member or commissioner, county executive,
19 chairman or president of the county board, and county officer,
20 including the auditor, clerk, circuit clerk, coroner or medical
21 examiner, public defender, recorder, sheriff, State's
22 Attorney, and treasurer of a county of this State.
 
23     (625 ILCS 5/3-809)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809)
24     Sec. 3-809. Farm machinery, exempt vehicles and fertilizer
25 spreaders - registration fee.

 

 

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1     (a) Vehicles of the second division having a corn sheller,
2 a well driller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer and
3 unloader, or other farm machinery permanently mounted thereon
4 and used solely for transporting the same, farm wagon type
5 trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently
6 mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed 36,000
7 pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk fertilizer,
8 and farm wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed 3,000
9 gallons capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as
10 field-storage "nurse tanks" supplying the fertilizer to a field
11 applicator and moved on highways only for bringing the
12 fertilizer from a local source of supply to farm or field or
13 from one farm or field to another, or used during the lime
14 season and moved on the highways only for bringing from a local
15 source of supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to
16 another, shall be registered upon the filing of a proper
17 application and the payment of a registration fee of $13 per
18 2-year registration period. This registration fee of $13 shall
19 be paid in full and shall not be reduced even though such
20 registration is made after the beginning of the registration
21 period.
22     (b) Vehicles exempt from registration under the provisions
23 of Section 3-402.A of this Act, as amended, except those
24 vehicles required to be registered under paragraph (c) of this
25 Section, may, at the option of the owner, be identified as
26 exempt vehicles by displaying registration plates issued by the

 

 

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1 Secretary of State. The owner thereof may apply for such
2 permanent, non-transferable registration plates upon the
3 filing of a proper application and the payment of a
4 registration fee of $13. The application for and display of
5 such registration plates for identification purposes by
6 vehicles exempt from registration shall not be deemed as a
7 waiver or recision of its exempt status, nor make such vehicle
8 subject to registration. Nothing in this Section prohibits the
9 towing of another vehicle by the exempt vehicle if the towed
10 vehicle:
11         (i) does not exceed the registered weight of 8,000
12     pounds;
13         (ii) is used exclusively for transportation to and from
14     the work site;
15         (iii) is not used for carrying counter weights or other
16     material related to the operation of the exempt vehicle
17     while under tow; and
18         (iv) displays proper and current registration plates.
19     (c) Any single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer
20 implement, designed for both on and off road use, equipped with
21 flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
22 application of plant food materials or agricultural chemicals,
23 desiring to be operated upon the highways ladened with load
24 shall be registered upon the filing of a proper application and
25 payment of a registration fee of $250. The registration fee
26 shall be paid in full and shall not be reduced even though such

 

 

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1 registration is made during the second half of the registration
2 year. These vehicles shall, whether loaded or unloaded, be
3 limited to a maximum gross weight of 36,000 pounds, restricted
4 to a highway speed of not more than 30 miles per hour and a
5 legal width of not more than 12 feet. Such vehicles shall be
6 limited to the furthering of agricultural or horticultural
7 pursuits and in furtherance of these pursuits, such vehicles
8 may be operated upon the highway, within a 50 mile radius of
9 their point of loading as indicated on the written or printed
10 statement required by the "Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961", as
11 amended, for the purpose of moving plant food materials or
12 agricultural chemicals to the field, or from field to field,
13 for the sole purpose of application.
14     No single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer
15 implement, designed for both on and off road use, equipped with
16 flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
17 application of plant food materials or agricultural chemicals,
18 having a width of more than 12 feet or a gross weight in excess
19 of 36,000 pounds, shall be permitted to operate upon the
20 highways ladened with load.
21     Whenever any vehicle is operated in violation of Section
22 3-809 (c) of this Act, the owner or the driver of such vehicle
23 shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and either may be
24 prosecuted for such violation.
25 (Source: P.A. 92-15, eff. 7-1-01; 93-312, eff. 1-1-04.)".