Full Text of HB7040 93rd General Assembly
HB7040 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB7040
Introduced 02/09/04, by Susana Mendoza SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-412 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to provide that registration plates issued to persons with 3 or more convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds are of a bright color that is distinct from the color of any plates that may be issued to a person who has not been convicted of DUI 3 times. Provides that the choice of a bright, distinct color is at the Secretary's discretion. Provides that the Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing the new provision.
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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-412 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
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| Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers | 8 |
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furnished by the Secretary of State.
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| (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | 10 |
| subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | 11 |
| or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | 12 |
| for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized
pedalcycle | 13 |
| or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor | 14 |
| vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers | 15 |
| for motor vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of | 16 |
| this Section may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the | 17 |
| second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
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| time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual | 19 |
| registrations
during the term of the registration plate as | 20 |
| provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause | 21 |
| to be issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | 22 |
| registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | 23 |
| stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of | 24 |
| Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required | 25 |
| if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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| (b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | 27 |
| the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | 28 |
| issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | 29 |
| year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | 30 |
| the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
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| this Code Chapter 3 ), and such other letters or numbers as the | 32 |
| Secretary
may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates |
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| issued to vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet | 2 |
| plates issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the | 3 |
| phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | 4 |
| "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | 5 |
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displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | 6 |
| registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | 7 |
| determined by the Secretary.
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| The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | 9 |
| be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | 10 |
| vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | 11 |
| Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | 12 |
| other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | 13 |
| of current registration shall designate the year number
for | 14 |
| which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | 15 |
| Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | 16 |
| with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | 17 |
| previous year.
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| (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | 19 |
| numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | 20 |
| shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | 21 |
| distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | 22 |
| reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
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| vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
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| (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger | 25 |
| motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | 26 |
| registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | 27 |
| passenger vehicle.
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| (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
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| car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration | 30 |
| plates.
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| (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
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| distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
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| motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
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| displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston | 35 |
| displacement.
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| (g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
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| display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
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| vehicles are for-hire.
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| (h) The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
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| vehicle distinctive registration plates which shall | 5 |
| distinguish
between electric vehicles having a maximum | 6 |
| operating speed
of 45 miles per hour or more and those having a | 7 |
| maximum
operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
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| (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | 9 |
| private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | 10 |
| as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department | 11 |
| of Public Aid registration
information for the purpose of | 12 |
| verification of claims filed with the
Department by ambulance | 13 |
| owners for payment for services to public assistance
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| recipients.
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| (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | 16 |
| private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | 17 |
| plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | 18 |
| respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | 19 |
| Secretary shall forward to the Department of Public
Aid | 20 |
| registration information for the purpose of verification of | 21 |
| claims filed
with the Department by owners of medical carriers | 22 |
| or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to public | 23 |
| assistance recipients.
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| (k) The Secretary shall issue to any person convicted 3 or | 25 |
| more times of violating Section 11-501 of this Code, or a | 26 |
| similar provision of a law of another state, or a similar | 27 |
| provision of a local ordinance, registration plates of a bright | 28 |
| color that is distinct from the color of any registration | 29 |
| plates that may be issued to any person who has not been | 30 |
| convicted 3 or more times of any of these offenses. The choice | 31 |
| of a bright, distinct color is at the Secretary's discretion. | 32 |
| The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this | 33 |
| subsection (k).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-629, eff. 7-1-03; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; | 35 |
| revised 9-27-03.)
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