Full Text of HB0657 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 | 5 | | changing Sections 3-506 and 3-802 and by adding Section | 6 | | 3-699.22 as follows: | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-506) | 8 | | Sec. 3-506. Transfer of plates to spouses of military | 9 | | service members. Upon the death of a military service member | 10 | | who has been issued a special plate under Section 3-609.1, | 11 | | 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, | 12 | | 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-651, 3-666, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, | 13 | | 3-676, 3-677, 3-680, 3-681, 3-683, 3-686, 3-688, 3-693, 3-698, | 14 | | 3-699.12, or 3-699.17 , or 3-699.22 of this Code, the surviving | 15 | | spouse of that service member may retain the plate so long as | 16 | | that spouse is a resident of Illinois and transfers the | 17 | | registration to his or her name within 180 days of the death of | 18 | | the service member. | 19 | | For the purposes of this Section, "service member" means | 20 | | any individual who is serving or has served in any branch of | 21 | | the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard | 22 | | or other reserve components of the Armed Forces, and has been | 23 | | issued a special plate listed in this Section.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-51, eff. 7-12-19.) | 2 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-699.22 new) | 3 | | Sec. 3-699.22. Air Force Combat Action Medal license | 4 | | plates. | 5 | | (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the | 6 | | Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and | 7 | | applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of | 8 | | State, may issue Air Force Combat Action Medal license plates | 9 | | to residents of this State who have been awarded the Air Force | 10 | | Combat Action Medal. The special Air Force Combat Action Medal | 11 | | plate issued under this Section shall be affixed only to | 12 | | passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and | 13 | | motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than | 14 | | 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire | 15 | | according to the staggered multi-year procedure established by | 16 | | Section 3-414.1. | 17 | | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | 18 | | wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | 19 | | Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | 20 | | issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with | 21 | | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to | 22 | | designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) | 23 | | of Section 3-412. The Secretary shall approve and prescribe | 24 | | stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.
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| 1 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-802)
| 2 | | Sec. 3-802. Reclassifications and upgrades.
| 3 | | (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the | 4 | | following words
shall have the meanings ascribed to them as | 5 | | follows:
| 6 | | "Reclassification" means changing the registration of | 7 | | a vehicle from one
plate category to another.
| 8 | | "Upgrade" means increasing the registered weight of a | 9 | | vehicle within the
same plate category.
| 10 | | (b) When reclassing the registration of a vehicle from one | 11 | | plate category
to another, the owner shall receive credit for | 12 | | the unused portion of the
present
plate and be charged the | 13 | | current portion fees for the new plate. In addition,
the | 14 | | appropriate replacement plate and replacement sticker fees | 15 | | shall be
assessed.
| 16 | | (b-5) Any Beginning with the 2019 registration year, any | 17 | | individual who has a registration issued under either Section | 18 | | 3-405 or 3-405.1 that qualifies for a special license plate | 19 | | under Section 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, | 20 | | 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, | 21 | | 3-651, 3-664, 3-666, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, 3-676, 3-677, 3-680, | 22 | | 3-681, 3-683, 3-686, 3-688, 3-693, 3-698, 3-699.12, or | 23 | | 3-699.17 , or 3-699.22 may reclass his or her registration upon | 24 | | acquiring a special license plate listed in this subsection | 25 | | (b-5) without a replacement plate or digital plate fee or | 26 | | registration sticker or digital registration sticker cost. |
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| 1 | | (b-10) Any Beginning with the 2019 registration year, any | 2 | | individual who has a special license plate issued under | 3 | | Section 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, | 4 | | 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-651, | 5 | | 3-664, 3-666, 3-667, 3-668, 3-669, 3-676, 3-677, 3-680, 3-681, | 6 | | 3-683, 3-686, 3-688, 3-693, 3-698, 3-699.12, or 3-699.17 , or | 7 | | 3-699.22 may reclass his or her special license plate upon | 8 | | acquiring a new registration under Section 3-405 or 3-405.1 | 9 | | without a replacement plate or digital plate fee or | 10 | | registration sticker or digital registration sticker cost. | 11 | | (c) When upgrading the weight of a registration within the | 12 | | same plate
category, the owner shall pay the difference in | 13 | | current period fees between the 2
two plates. In addition, the | 14 | | appropriate replacement plate and replacement
sticker fees | 15 | | shall be assessed. In the event new plates are not required, | 16 | | the
corrected registration card fee shall be assessed.
| 17 | | (d) In the event the owner of the vehicle desires to change | 18 | | the registered
weight and change the plate category, the owner | 19 | | shall receive credit for the
unused portion of the | 20 | | registration fee of the current plate and pay the current
| 21 | | portion of the registration fee for the new plate, and in | 22 | | addition, pay the
appropriate replacement plate
and | 23 | | replacement sticker fees.
| 24 | | (e) Reclassing from one plate category to another plate | 25 | | category can be done
only once within any registration period.
| 26 | | (f) No refunds shall be made in any of the circumstances |
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| 1 | | found in subsection
(b), subsection (c), or subsection (d); | 2 | | however, when reclassing from a flat
weight plate to an | 3 | | apportioned plate, a refund may be issued if the credit | 4 | | amounts to an overpayment.
| 5 | | (g) In the event the registration of a vehicle registered | 6 | | under the mileage
tax option is revoked, the owner shall be | 7 | | required to pay the annual
registration fee in the new plate | 8 | | category and shall not receive any credit for
the mileage | 9 | | plate fees.
| 10 | | (h) Certain special interest plates may be displayed on | 11 | | first division
vehicles, second division vehicles weighing | 12 | | 8,000 pounds or less, and
recreational
vehicles. Those plates | 13 | | can be transferred within those vehicle groups.
| 14 | | (i) Plates displayed on second division vehicles weighing | 15 | | 8,000 pounds or
less and passenger vehicle plates may be | 16 | | reclassed from one division to the
other.
| 17 | | (j) Other than in subsection (i), reclassing from one | 18 | | division to the
other division is prohibited. In addition, a | 19 | | reclass from a motor vehicle to a
trailer or a trailer to a | 20 | | motor vehicle is prohibited.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 100-246, eff. 1-1-18; 100-450, eff. 1-1-18; | 22 | | 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-51, eff. 7-12-19; 101-395, eff. | 23 | | 8-16-19; revised 9-24-19.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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