99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0364

 

Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-801  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-801
625 ILCS 5/3-905  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-905
625 ILCS 5/15-314  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-314

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to decline to accept personal or company electronic payments for payment of fees and taxes on new resident vehicle registration applications submitted by mail (currently only payments made by personal or company check may be declined). Provides remittances made in the form of electronic payments which are payable directly to the Secretary of State or the Department of Revenue are not to be included in the determination of the aggregate sum of remittances for bond amounts required of licensed remitters submitting payments on behalf of other persons for registration plates, vehicle certificates of title, taxes, or registration fees (currently the provision only applies to remittances in the form of money orders or checks). Allows the Department of Transportation to charge a service fee of $3 for all dishonored payments returned for any reason for permits for operating or moving vehicles or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified by law (rather than just for returned checks).


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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
5Sections 3-801, 3-905, and 15-314 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-801)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-801)
7    Sec. 3-801. Registration.
8    (a) Except as provided herein for new residents, every
9owner of any vehicle which shall be operated upon the public
10highways of this State shall, within 24 hours after becoming
11the owner or at such time as such vehicle becomes subject to
12registration under the provisions of this Act, file in an
13office of the Secretary of State, an application for
14registration properly completed and executed. New residents
15need not secure registration until 30 days after establishing
16residency in this State, provided the vehicle is properly
17registered in another jurisdiction. By the expiration of such
1830 day statutory grace period, a new resident shall comply with
19the provisions of this Act and apply for Illinois vehicle
20registration. All applications for registration shall be
21accompanied by all documentation required under the provisions
22of this Act. The appropriate registration fees and taxes
23provided for in this Article of this Chapter shall be paid to

 

 

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1the Secretary of State with the application for registration of
2vehicles subject to registration under this Act.
3    (b) Any resident of this State, who has been serving as a
4member of the United States Armed Services outside of the State
5of Illinois, need not secure registration until 45 days after
6returning to this State, provided the vehicle displays
7temporary military registration.
8    (c) When an application is submitted by mail, the applicant
9may not submit cash or postage stamps for payment of fees or
10taxes due. The Secretary in his discretion, may decline to
11accept a personal or company check or electronic payment in
12payment of fees or taxes. An application submitted to a dealer,
13or a remittance made to the Secretary of State shall be deemed
14in compliance with this Section.
15(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
16    (625 ILCS 5/3-905)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-905)
17    Sec. 3-905. Bond; fee; duration of license. Such applicant
18shall, with his application, deposit with the Secretary of
19State a bond as hereinafter provided, for each location at
20which the applicant intends to act as a remittance agent. The
21application shall be accompanied by the payment of a license
22fee in the sum of $50.00 (or $25.00 if such application is
23filed after July 1) for each location at which he proposes to
24act as a remittance agent. If the applicant shall have complied
25with all of the requirements of this Section and the Secretary

 

 

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1of State shall find after investigation that the applicant is
2financially sound and of good business integrity, he shall
3issue the required license. Such license shall terminate on
4December 31 of the year for which it is issued, but upon
5application prior to November 15 of any year for which a
6license is in effect may be renewed for the next succeeding
7calendar year. Such application shall be accompanied by the
8payment of an annual license fee of $50.00 for each location at
9which the applicant proposes to act as a remittance agent and
10the posting of the bond herein provided, for each such
11location.
12    The bond required by this Section shall be for the term of
13the license, or renewal thereof, for which application is made,
14and shall run to the People of the State of Illinois, with
15surety by a bonding or insurance company authorized to do
16business in this State, to be approved by the Secretary of
17State. It shall be conditioned upon the proper transmittal of
18all remittances by the applicant as a remittance agent and the
19performance of all undertakings in connection therewith. It
20shall be in the minimum sum of $10,000, or in an amount equal
21to the aggregate sum of money transmitted to the State by the
22applicant during the highest 15 day period in the fiscal year
23immediately preceding the one for which application is made
24(rounded to the nearest $1,000), whichever is the greater.
25However, for the purpose of determining the bond requirements
26hereunder, remittances made by applicants in the form of money

 

 

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1orders, or checks, or electronic payments which are made
2payable directly to the Secretary of State or the Illinois
3Department of Revenue by the remitter, shall not be considered
4in the aggregate. The bond requirement of this Section shall
5not apply to banks, savings and loan associations, and credit
6unions chartered by the State of Illinois or the United States;
7provided that the banks, savings and loan associations, and
8credit unions provide to the Secretary of State an affidavit
9stating that the bank, savings and loan association, or credit
10union is sufficiently bonded to meet the requirements as
11required above. Such affidavit shall be signed by an officer of
12the bank, savings and loan association, or credit union and
13shall be notarized.
14(Source: P.A. 87-206; 88-470; 88-643, eff. 1-1-95.)
 
15    (625 ILCS 5/15-314)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-314)
16    Sec. 15-314. Payment of Fees. The Department shall
17prescribe the time and method of payment of all appropriate
18fees authorized by Section 15-302 through 15-313.
19    The Department may, at its discretion, establish credit
20accounts with billing to be made at intervals not exceeding one
21month.
22    Failure to pay invoices in full within a period of 30 days
23after the billing date shall be sufficient cause for the
24Department to withhold issuance of any further permits or
25credit to the individual, company, or subsidiary firm.

 

 

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1    The Department is authorized to charge a service fee of $3
2for a dishonored payment check returned for any reason. All
3money received by the Department under the provisions of this
4Section shall be deposited in the Road Fund. No refund shall be
5made to applicant following issuance of a permit if move is not
6completed.
7(Source: P.A. 81-199.)