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SB1603 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1603

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Neil Anderson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-415  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that beginning in registration year 2016, the application for renewal, and subsequent fees, of a vehicle registration for a member of the Armed Forces of the United States returning from a combat mission shall not be required for that service member's next scheduled renewal. Provides that beginning in registration year 2016, the standard registration fee shall be waived for the year following the return of any Illinois vehicle owner who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who can provide proof of serving in a combat mission. Effective immediately.


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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 3-415 and 3-806.7 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-415)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)
7    Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration.
8    (a) Calendar year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
9registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
10required to be registered on a calendar registration year, not
11later than December 1 of each year, upon proper application and
12by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as
13provided by law except that application for renewal of a
14vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
15registered on a staggered calendar year basis, shall be made by
16the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
17State.
18    (b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
19registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
20required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
21later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
22payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
23provided by law, except that application for renewal of a

 

 

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1vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
2registered on a staggered fiscal year basis, shall be made by
3the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
4State.
5    (c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a
6vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
7vehicles required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not
8later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the
92-year registration period, except that application for
10renewal of a vehicle registration, as to those vehicles
11required to be registered for 2 years on a staggered
12registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and
13manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
14    (d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
15registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
16required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
17June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
18registration period, except that application for renewal of a
19vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
20registered for 2 fiscal years on a staggered registration
21basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner
22prescribed by the Secretary of State.
23    (d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a
24vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
25vehicles required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not
26later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the

 

 

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13-year registration period.
2    (e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may receive
3applications for renewal of registration and grant the same and
4issue new registration cards and plates or registration
5stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration. No
6person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration
7plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the
8Secretary of State in his discretion may select.
9    (f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
10require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
11accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
12Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.
13    (g) (Blank).
14    (h) Returning combat mission veterans. Beginning in
15registration year 2016, the application for renewal, and
16subsequent fees, of a vehicle registration for a member of the
17Armed Forces of the United States returning from a combat
18mission shall not be required for that service member's next
19scheduled renewal. Proof of combat mission service shall come
20from the service member's discharge documentation. Nothing in
21this subsection is applicable to specialty or vanity license
22plates.
23(Source: P.A. 98-539, eff. 1-1-14; 98-787, eff. 7-25-14.)
 
24    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
25    Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military

 

 

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1personnel.
2    (a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard
3registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
4passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
5vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
6pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
7be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on
8active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
9States and stationed outside of the United States for a period
10of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.
11    (b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces
12of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the
13United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who
14placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the
15time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the
16unused portion of that registration when they renew the
17registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United
18States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in
19storage and had current registration, the member of the armed
20forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
21    (c) Beginning with the 2016 registration year, the standard
22registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
23passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
24vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
25pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
26be waived for the year following the return of any Illinois

 

 

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1vehicle owner who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces
2of the United States who can provide proof of serving in a
3combat mission. Nothing in this subsection is applicable to
4specialty or vanity license plates.
5(Source: P.A. 96-747, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.