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90_HB0968enr

      625 ILCS 5/3-412          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Requires the Secretary
      of State to conduct a replating process every 5 years and  to
      issue  new  registration  plates  for  all  registered  motor
      vehicles at that time.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicles, amending named Acts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The State Finance Act is  amended  by  adding
 5    Section 5.449 and changing Section 8.3 as follows:
 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
 7        Sec.  5.449.  The  Secretary  of State Registration Plate
 8    Replacement Fund.
 9        (30 ILCS 105/8.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
10        Sec. 8.3.  Money in the road fund shall, if and when  the
11    State  of  Illinois  incurs  any  bonded indebtedness for the
12    construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
13    the purpose of paying and discharging annually the  principal
14    and  interest  on  that  bonded  indebtedness  then  due  and
15    payable,  and  for  no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in
16    the road fund after the payment of principal and interest  on
17    that  bonded  indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
18    follows:
19             first--to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
20        2 through 10 of the Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  except  the
21        cost  of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3
22        of that Code; and
23             secondly--for  expenses   of   the   Department   of
24        Transportation    for    construction,    reconstruction,
25        improvement,    repair,   maintenance,   operation,   and
26        administration  of  highways  in  accordance   with   the
27        provisions  of  laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
28        related or incident to and connected therewith, including
29        the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
30        and with highways and including  the  payment  of  awards
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 1        made  by the Industrial Commission under the terms of the
 2        Workers'  Compensation  Act  or   Workers'   Occupational
 3        Diseases  Act  for  injury or death of an employee of the
 4        Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation;
 5        or for the  acquisition  of  land  and  the  erection  of
 6        buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition
 7        of   highway   right-of-way   or  for  investigations  to
 8        determine  the  reasonably  anticipated  future   highway
 9        needs;  or  for  making of surveys, plans, specifications
10        and estimates for and in the construction and maintenance
11        of flight strips and of  highways  necessary  to  provide
12        access  to  military  and  naval reservations, to defense
13        industries and defense-industry sites, and to the sources
14        of raw materials and for replacing existing highways  and
15        highway  connections  shut off from general public use at
16        military  and  naval  reservations  and  defense-industry
17        sites, or for the purchase of right-of-way,  except  that
18        the  State  shall  be  reimbursed in full for any expense
19        incurred in  building  the  flight  strips;  or  for  the
20        operating  and  maintaining  of  highway  garages; or for
21        patrolling  and  policing   the   public   highways   and
22        conserving the peace; or for any of those purposes or any
23        other purpose that may be provided by law.
24        Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
25    the  road fund. Appropriations may also be made from the road
26    fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
27    are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of  motor
28    vehicles.
29        Beginning  with  fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no road
30    fund  monies  shall  be   appropriated   to   the   following
31    Departments    or    agencies   of   State   government   for
32    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
33    not a restriction upon appropriating for those  purposes  any
34    road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement;
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 1             1.  Department of Public Health;
 2             2.  Department  of Transportation, only with respect
 3        to subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
 4        Reduced Fare for Elderly;
 5             3.  Department  of  Central   Management   Services,
 6        except  for  expenditures  incurred  for  group insurance
 7        premiums of appropriate personnel;
 8             4.  Judicial Systems and Agencies.
 9        Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter,  no  road
10    fund   monies   shall   be   appropriated  to  the  following
11    Departments   or   agencies   of   State    government    for
12    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
13    not  a  restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
14    road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
15             1.  Department   of   State   Police,   except   for
16        expenditures  with  respect  to  the  Division  of  State
17        Troopers;
18             2.  Department of Transportation, only with  respect
19        to Intercity Rail Subsidies and Rail Freight Services.
20        Beginning  with  fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no road
21    fund  monies  shall  be   appropriated   to   the   following
22    Departments    or    agencies   of   State   government   for
23    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
24    not a restriction upon appropriating for those  purposes  any
25    road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
26    Department  of Central Management Services, except for awards
27    made by the Industrial Commission  under  the  terms  of  the
28    Workers'  Compensation  Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
29    Act for injury or death of an employee  of  the  Division  of
30    Highways in the Department of Transportation.
31        Beginning  with  fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no road
32    fund  monies  shall  be   appropriated   to   the   following
33    Departments    or    agencies   of   State   government   for
34    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
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 1    not a restriction upon appropriating for those  purposes  any
 2    road fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
 3             1.  Department of State Police, except not more than
 4        40%  of  the funds appropriated for the Division of State
 5        Troopers;
 6             2.  State Officers.
 7        Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter,  no  road
 8    fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
 9    of State government for administration, grants, or operations
10    except  as  provided  hereafter; but this limitation is not a
11    restriction upon appropriating for those  purposes  any  road
12    fund  monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement.  It
13    shall not be lawful to  circumvent  the  above  appropriation
14    limitations  by governmental reorganization or other methods.
15    Appropriations shall be made  from  the  road  fund  only  in
16    accordance with the provisions of this Section.
17        Money  in  the  road fund shall, if and when the State of
18    Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the  construction
19    of  permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose
20    of paying   and  discharging  during  each  fiscal  year  the
21    principal  and  interest  on  that  bonded indebtedness as it
22    becomes due and payable as  provided  in  the  Transportation
23    Bond  Act, and for no other purpose.  The surplus, if any, in
24    the road fund after the payment of principal and interest  on
25    that  bonded  indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
26    follows:
27             first--to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
28        2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
29             secondly--no road fund  monies  derived  from  fees,
30        excises,  or  license  taxes  relating  to  registration,
31        operation  and  use  of vehicles on public highways or to
32        fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
33        appropriated  or  expended  other  than  for   costs   of
34        administering  the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
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 1        license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments  allowed
 2        thereunder,  administrative  costs  of  the Department of
 3        Transportation, payment of debts and liabilities incurred
 4        in construction and reconstruction of public highways and
 5        bridges, acquisition of rights-of-way for and the cost of
 6        construction, reconstruction,  maintenance,  repair,  and
 7        operation  of  public  highways  and  bridges  under  the
 8        direction   and   supervision  of  the  State,  political
 9        subdivision, or municipality collecting those monies, and
10        the costs for patrolling and policing the public highways
11        (by  State,  political   subdivision,   or   municipality
12        collecting  that  money) for enforcement of traffic laws.
13        The separation of grades of such highways with  railroads
14        and  costs associated with protection of at-grade highway
15        and railroad crossing shall also be permissible.
16        Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable  from
17    the  road  fund  or  the  Grade  Crossing  Protection Fund as
18    provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
19        Beginning with fiscal year 1991 and thereafter,  no  Road
20    Fund  monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State
21    Police for the purposes of this  Section  in  excess  of  its
22    total  fiscal  year  1990  Road Fund appropriations for those
23    purposes unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
24    It shall not be  lawful  to  circumvent  this  limitation  on
25    appropriations   by   governmental  reorganization  or  other
26    methods unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
27        In fiscal  year  1994,  no  Road  Fund  monies  shall  be
28    appropriated  to  the  Secretary of State for the purposes of
29    this Section in excess of the total  fiscal  year  1991  Road
30    Fund  appropriations  to  the  Secretary  of  State for those
31    purposes,  plus  $9,800,000.   It  shall  not  be  lawful  to
32    circumvent this limitation on appropriations by  governmental
33    reorganization or other method.
34        Beginning  with  fiscal  year 1995 and thereafter, except
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 1    for road fund moneys appropriated to the Secretary  of  State
 2    for required replating issuance of motor vehicle registration
 3    plates,  no  Road  Fund  monies  shall be appropriated to the
 4    Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section in excess
 5    of the total fiscal year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the
 6    Secretary of State for those purposes. It shall not be lawful
 7    to  circumvent   this   limitation   on   appropriations   by
 8    governmental reorganization or other methods.
 9        No  new  program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
10    thereafter  that  is  not  consistent  with  the  limitations
11    imposed by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and  thereafter,
12    insofar as appropriation of road fund monies is concerned.
13        Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
14    Fund  to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e
15    of this Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-774; 87-1228; 88-78.)
17        Section 10.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
18    changing Sections 2-119, 3-401, 3-412, and 3-413 as follows:
19        (625 ILCS 5/2-119) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-119)
20        Sec. 2-119. Disposition of fees and taxes.
21        (a)  All  moneys received from Salvage Certificates shall
22    be deposited in the Common School Fund in the State Treasury.
23        (b)  Beginning January 1, 1990  and  concluding  December
24    31,  1994,  of  the  money  collected for each certificate of
25    title,  duplicate  certificate   of   title   and   corrected
26    certificate  of title, $0.50 shall be deposited into the Used
27    Tire  Management  Fund.   Beginning  January  1,   1990   and
28    concluding December 31, 1994, of the money collected for each
29    certificate  of  title,  duplicate  certificate  of title and
30    corrected certificate of title, $1.50 shall be  deposited  in
31    the  Park  and Conservation Fund.  Beginning January 1, 1995,
32    of  the  money  collected  for  each  certificate  of  title,
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 1    duplicate certificate of title and corrected  certificate  of
 2    title,  $2  shall  be  deposited in the Park and Conservation
 3    Fund.  The moneys deposited in the Park and Conservation Fund
 4    pursuant to this Section shall be used  for  the  acquisition
 5    and  development  of  bike  paths  as provided for in Section
 6    63a36 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Except as
 7    otherwise  provided  in  this  Code,  all  remaining   moneys
 8    collected for certificates of title, and all moneys collected
 9    for  filing  of  security  interests,  shall be placed in the
10    General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
11        (c)  All moneys collected for that portion of a  driver's
12    license  fee  designated  for  driver education under Section
13    6-118 shall be placed in the Driver  Education  Fund  in  the
14    State Treasury.
15        (d)  Prior  to December 28, 1989, of the monies collected
16    as a registration fee for each motorcycle, motor driven cycle
17    and motorized pedalcycle, $4 of each annual registration  fee
18    for  such  vehicle and $2 of each semiannual registration fee
19    for such vehicle is  deposited  in  the  Cycle  Rider  Safety
20    Training  Fund.  Beginning  on  December  28,  1989 and until
21    January 1, 1992, of the monies collected  as  a  registration
22    fee  for  each  motorcycle,  motor driven cycle and motorized
23    pedalcycle, $6 of  each  annual  registration  fee  for  such
24    vehicle  and  $3 of each semiannual registration fee for such
25    vehicle shall be deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety Training
26    Fund.
27        Beginning January 1, 1992 and until January 1,  1994,  of
28    the   monies   collected  as  a  registration  fee  for  each
29    motorcycle, motor driven cycle and motorized  pedalcycle,  $7
30    of each annual registration fee for such vehicle and $3.50 of
31    each   semiannual   registration  fee  for  such  vehicle  is
32    deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund.
33        Beginning January 1, 1994, of the monies collected  as  a
34    registration  fee for each motorcycle, motor driven cycle and
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 1    motorized pedalcycle, $8 of each annual registration fee  for
 2    such  vehicle  and $4 of each semiannual registration fee for
 3    such vehicle is deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety  Training
 4    Fund.
 5        Beginning  January  1,  1998,  of the moneys collected as
 6    registration fees under Section  3-414.1  of  this  Code,  75
 7    cents  of each registration or renewal fee shall be deposited
 8    in the Secretary  of  State  Registration  Plate  Replacement
 9    Fund.
10        (e)  Of  the monies received by the Secretary of State as
11    registration fees or taxes or as payment of any other fee, as
12    provided in this Act, except fees received by  the  Secretary
13    under  paragraph  (7)  of subsection (b) of Section 5-101 and
14    Section 5-109 of this Code, 37% shall be deposited  into  the
15    State Construction Fund.
16        (f)  Of  the  total money collected for a CDL instruction
17    permit or  original  or  renewal  issuance  of  a  commercial
18    driver's  license  (CDL)  pursuant  to the Uniform Commercial
19    Driver's License Act (UCDLA), $6 of  the  total  fee  for  an
20    original  or renewal CDL, and $6 of the total CDL instruction
21    permit fee when such permit is issued to any person holding a
22    valid Illinois driver's  license,  shall  be  paid  into  the
23    CDLIS/AAMVAnet   Trust   Fund  (Commercial  Driver's  License
24    Information  System/American  Association  of  Motor  Vehicle
25    Administrators network Trust Fund) and shall be used for  the
26    purposes provided in Section 6z-23 of the State Finance Act.
27        (g)  All  remaining  moneys  received by the Secretary of
28    State as registration fees or taxes  or  as  payment  of  any
29    other  fee,  as provided in this Act, except fees received by
30    the Secretary  under  paragraph  (7)  of  subsection  (b)  of
31    Section  5-101  and  Section  5-109  of  this  Code, shall be
32    deposited in the Road Fund in the State Treasury.  Moneys  in
33    the  Road  Fund  shall  be  used for the purposes provided in
34    Section 8.3 of the State Finance Act.
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 1        (h)  (Blank).
 2        (i)  (Blank).
 3        (j)  (Blank).
 4        (k)  There is created in the  State  Treasury  a  special
 5    fund  to  be  known as the Secretary of State Special License
 6    Plate Fund. Money deposited into the Fund shall,  subject  to
 7    appropriation,  be  used  by  the  Office of the Secretary of
 8    State (i)  to  help  defray  plate  manufacturing  and  plate
 9    processing  costs  for  the  issuance  and,  when applicable,
10    renewal of any new or existing  special  registration  plates
11    authorized  under  this  Code and (ii) for grants made by the
12    Secretary  of  State  to  benefit  Illinois   Veterans   Home
13    libraries.
14        On  or  before  October  1,  1995, the Secretary of State
15    shall direct the State Comptroller  and  State  Treasurer  to
16    transfer  any unexpended balance in the Special Environmental
17    License Plate Fund, the Special Korean  War  Veteran  License
18    Plate  Fund, and the Retired Congressional License Plate Fund
19    to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
20        (l)  The Motor Vehicle Review Board Fund is created as  a
21    special  fund  in  the State Treasury.  Moneys deposited into
22    the Fund under paragraph (7) of  subsection  (b)  of  Section
23    5-101  and  Section 5-109 shall, subject to appropriation, be
24    used by the Office of the Secretary of  State  to  administer
25    the  Motor Vehicle Review Board, including without limitation
26    payment of compensation and all necessary  expenses  incurred
27    in  administering  the  Motor  Vehicle Review Board under the
28    Motor Vehicle Franchise Act.
29        (m)  Effective July 1, 1996,  there  is  created  in  the
30    State  Treasury  a  special  fund  to  be known as the Family
31    Responsibility Fund.  Moneys deposited into the  Fund  shall,
32    subject  to  appropriation,  be  used  by  the  Office of the
33    Secretary of State for the purpose of  enforcing  the  Family
34    Financial Responsibility Law.
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 1        (n)  (k)  The  Illinois  Fire  Fighters' Memorial Fund is
 2    created as a special fund  in  the  State  Treasury.   Moneys
 3    deposited  into  the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be
 4    used by the Office of the State Fire Marshal for construction
 5    of the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial to be located at  the
 6    State  Capitol  grounds  in  Springfield, Illinois.  Upon the
 7    completion of the Memorial, the  Office  of  the  State  Fire
 8    Marshal   shall   certify   to   the   State  Treasurer  that
 9    construction of the Memorial has been completed.
10        (o)  The   Secretary   of   State   Registration    Plate
11    Replacement  Fund  is  created as a special fund in the State
12    treasury.  Moneys deposited into the Fund shall,  subject  to
13    appropriation,  be  used  by  the  Office of the Secretary of
14    State for the plate manufacturing and plate processing  costs
15    for   registrations  issued  under  Section  3-414.1.  Moneys
16    appropriated from this Fund are in  addition  to  any  moneys
17    otherwise appropriated to the Secretary of State for the same
18    or similar purposes.
19    (Source:  P.A.  88-333; 88-485; 88-589, eff. 8-14-94; 88-670,
20    eff. 12-2-94;  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-145,  eff.  7-14-95;
21    89-282,  eff.  8-10-95;  89-612,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-626, eff.
22    8-9-96; 89-639, eff. 1-1-97; revised 9-9-96.)
23        (625 ILCS 5/3-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-401)
24        Sec. 3-401.  Effect of provisions.
25        (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person to  violate  any
26    provision of this Chapter or to drive or move or for an owner
27    knowingly  to  permit  to be driven or moved upon any highway
28    any vehicle of a type required  to  be  registered  hereunder
29    which  is not registered or for which the appropriate fee has
30    not been paid when and as  required  hereunder,  except  that
31    when  application accompanied by proper fee has been made for
32    registration of a vehicle  it  may  be  operated  temporarily
33    pending  complete  registration  upon  displaying a duplicate
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 1    application  duly  verified  or  other   evidence   of   such
 2    application   or   otherwise   under  rules  and  regulations
 3    promulgated by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State
 4    may adopt rules for the enforcement of vehicle  registrations
 5    to insure compliance with this Section.
 6        (b)  The  appropriate  fees required to be paid under the
 7    various provisions of this Act for registration  of  vehicles
 8    shall  mean  the  fee  or  fees  which  would  have been paid
 9    initially, if proper and timely application had been made  to
10    the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  appropriate registration
11    required,  whether  such  registration  be  a   flat   weight
12    registration, a single trip permit, a reciprocity permit or a
13    supplemental  application  to an original prorate application
14    together with payment of  fees  due  under  the  supplemental
15    application for prorate decals.
16        (c)  Effective  October  1,  1984, no vehicle required to
17    pay a Federal Highway Users Tax shall  be  registered  unless
18    proof  of  payment,  in a form prescribed and approved by the
19    Secretary  of  State,  is  submitted  with  the   appropriate
20    registration.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this
21    Code, failure of the applicant to comply with this  paragraph
22    shall   be   deemed  grounds  for  the  Secretary  to  refuse
23    registration.
24        (d)  Second division vehicles.
25             (1)  A vehicle  of  the  second  division  moved  or
26        operated within this State shall have had paid for it the
27        appropriate  registration  fees  and  flat weight tax, as
28        evidenced by the Illinois registration  issued  for  that
29        vehicle,  for  the  gross  weight of the vehicle and load
30        being operated  or  moved  within  this  State.    Second
31        division   vehicles  of  foreign  jurisdictions  operated
32        within this State  under  a  single  trip  permit,  fleet
33        reciprocity   plan,   prorate   registration   plan,   or
34        apportional registration plan, instead of second division
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 1        vehicle  registration under Article VIII of this Chapter,
 2        must have had paid for it  the  appropriate  registration
 3        fees and flat weight tax in the base jurisdiction of that
 4        vehicle,  as  evidenced by the maximum gross weight shown
 5        on the foreign registration cards, plus  any  appropriate
 6        fees required under this Code.
 7             (2)  If  a  vehicle  and  load  are operated in this
 8        State and the appropriate fees and taxes  have  not  been
 9        paid  or the vehicle and load exceed the registered gross
10        weight for which the required fees and  taxes  have  been
11        paid  by 2001 pounds or more, the operator or owner shall
12        be fined as provided in  Section  15-113  of  this  Code.
13        However,  an  owner  or  operator shall not be subject to
14        arrest under this subsection for any weight in excess  of
15        80,000  pounds.  Further, for any unregistered vehicle or
16        vehicle displaying expired registration,  no  fine  shall
17        exceed   the   actual   cost   of  what  the  appropriate
18        registration for that vehicle and load should  have  been
19        as established in subsection (a) of Section 3-815 of this
20        Chapter regardless of the route traveled.
21             (3)  Any  person  operating  a  legal combination of
22        vehicles  displaying  valid  registration  shall  not  be
23        considered in violation of the registration provision  of
24        this  subsection  unless  the  total  gross weight of the
25        combination exceeds the  total  licensed  weight  of  the
26        vehicles  in  the  combination.  The  gross  weight  of a
27        vehicle exempt from the registration requirements of this
28        Chapter shall not be included when determining the  total
29        gross weight of vehicles in combination.
30             (4)  If  the  defendant  claims  that  he or she had
31        previously paid  the  appropriate  Illinois  registration
32        fees  and  taxes  for  this  vehicle  before  the alleged
33        violation, the defendant shall have the burden of proving
34        the existence  of  the  payment  by  competent  evidence.
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 1        Proof  of  proper  Illinois  registration  issued  by the
 2        Secretary  of  State,  or  the  appropriate  registration
 3        authority from the  foreign  state,  shall  be  the  only
 4        competent evidence of payment.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-476; 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)
 6        (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
 7        Sec.   3-412.  Registration   plates   and   registration
 8    stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
 9        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State upon registering a vehicle
10    subject to annual registration  for  the  first  time   shall
11    issue   or  shall  cause  to  be  issued  to  the  owner  one
12    registration plate for a  motorcycle,  trailer,  semitrailer,
13    motorized  pedalcycle or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates
14    for other  motor  vehicles  and,  where  applicable,  current
15    registration   stickers  for  motor  vehicles  of  the  first
16    division.   The  provisions  of  this  Section  may  be  made
17    applicable to such vehicles of the second  division,  as  the
18    Secretary  of State may, from time to time, in his discretion
19    designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term
20    of the registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the
21    Secretary shall issue or  cause  to  be  issued  registration
22    stickers  as  evidence  of current registration. However, the
23    issuance  of  annual  registration   stickers   to   vehicles
24    registered  under  the  provisions of Section 3-402.1 of this
25    Code may not be required if the Secretary deems the  issuance
26    unnecessary.
27        (b)  Every  registration  plate shall have displayed upon
28    it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for  which
29    it   is  issued,  the  name  of  this  State,  which  may  be
30    abbreviated, the year number for which it was  issued,  which
31    may  be  abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln", except as
32    provided in Sections  3-626,  Section  3-629,  3-633,  3-634,
33    3-637, and 3-638 and Section 3-631, and such other letters or
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 1    numbers  as  the  Secretary  may  prescribe.    However,  for
 2    apportionment  plates  issued  to  vehicles  registered under
 3    Section 3-402.1, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be  omitted
 4    to  allow  for  the  word "apportioned" to be displayed.  The
 5    Secretary may in his discretion  prescribe  that  letters  be
 6    used  as  prefixes  only  on  registration  plates  issued to
 7    vehicles of the first division  which  are  registered  under
 8    this  Code and only as suffixes on registration plates issued
 9    to other vehicles.   Every  registration  sticker  issued  as
10    evidence  of  current  registration  shall designate the year
11    number for which it is  issued  and  such  other  letters  or
12    numbers  as  the  Secretary  may  prescribe and shall be of a
13    contrasting  color   with   the   registration   plates   and
14    registration stickers of the previous year.
15        (c)  Each registration plate and the required letters and
16    numerals  thereon,  except  the year number for which issued,
17    shall be of sufficient size to be  plainly  readable  from  a
18    distance  of  100  feet  during daylight, and shall be coated
19    with reflectorizing material.  The dimensions  of  the  plate
20    issued  to  vehicles  of  the first division shall be 6 by 12
21    inches.
22        (d)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for   every
23    passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type
24    of  registration  plates  as  the type of plates issued for a
25    private passenger vehicle.
26        (e)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for   every
27    passenger  car  used  as  a  taxicab  or  livery, distinctive
28    registration plates.
29        (f)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for   every
30    motorcycle  distinctive  registration  plates  distinguishing
31    between  motorcycles  having  150  or  more cubic centimeters
32    piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
33    piston displacement.
34        (g)  Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire  may
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 1    display  a  designation  as  determined by the Secretary that
 2    such vehicles are for-hire.
 3        (h)  The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
 4    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
 7    a maximum operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
 8        (i)  The  Secretary of State shall issue for every public
 9    and private ambulance  registration  plates  identifying  the
10    vehicle  as an ambulance.  The Secretary shall forward to the
11    Department of Public Aid  registration  information  for  the
12    purpose  of  verification of claims filed with the Department
13    by ambulance  owners  for  payment  for  services  to  public
14    assistance recipients.
15        (j)  The  Secretary of State shall issue for every public
16    and  private  medical  carrier  or  rescue   vehicle   livery
17    registration  plates  displaying  numbers  within  ranges  of
18    numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue
19    vehicles.   The  Secretary shall forward to the Department of
20    Public  Aid  registration  information  for  the  purpose  of
21    verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
22    medical carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for  services
23    to public assistance recipients.
24        (k)  Beginning  in  1999,  the  Secretary of State shall,
25    from road fund moneys appropriated  for  replating  purposes,
26    begin  to replace multi-year registration plates issued under
27    Section 3-414.1. After completion of the replacement  of  the
28    multi-year   registration   plates  beginning  in  1999,  the
29    Secretary  of  State  shall,  in  the  Secretary  of  State's
30    discretion,  periodically  replace  multi-year   registration
31    plates issued under Section 3-414.1.
32    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-485;  89-424,  eff. 6-1-96; 89-564,
33    eff.  7-1-97;  89-612,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-621,  eff.  1-1-97;
34    89-639, eff. 1-1-97; revised 9-9-96.)
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 1        (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
 2        Sec. 3-413.  Display of registration plates, registration
 3    stickers and driveway decal permits.
 4        (a)  Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
 5    than  a  motorcycle,  trailer,  semitrailer,   truck-tractor,
 6    apportioned  bus,  or  apportioned  truck  shall  be attached
 7    thereto,  one  in  the  front  and  one  in  the  rear.   The
 8    registration  plate  issued  for  a  motorcycle,  trailer  or
 9    semitrailer required  to  be  registered  hereunder  and  any
10    apportionment  plate  issued to a bus under the provisions of
11    this  Code  shall  be  attached  to  the  rear  thereof.  The
12    registration  plate  issued  for  a   truck-tractor   or   an
13    apportioned  truck  required to be registered hereunder shall
14    be attached to the front thereof.
15        (b)  Every registration  plate  shall  at  all  times  be
16    securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for
17    which  it  is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging
18    and at a height of not less than 12 inches from  the  ground,
19    measuring  from  the  bottom  of  such  plate, in a place and
20    position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained  in  a
21    condition to be clearly legible, free from any materials that
22    would  obstruct  the visibility of the plate,  including, but
23    not limited to,  glass  covers  and  tinted  plastic  covers.
24    Clear  plastic  covers are permissible as long as they remain
25    clear and do not  obstruct  the  visibility  of  the  plates.
26    Registration  stickers  issued  as evidence of renewed annual
27    registration shall be  attached  to  registration  plates  as
28    required by the Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at
29    all times.
30        (c)  Every  driveway decal permit issued pursuant to this
31    Code shall be firmly attached to the inside windshield of the
32    motor vehicle in such a manner  that  it  cannot  be  removed
33    without  being  destroyed.  If such decal permits are affixed
34    to a motor vehicle in any other manner the  permit  shall  be
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 1    void and of no effect.
 2        (d)  The  Illinois  prorate  decal  issued  to  a foreign
 3    registered vehicle part of a fleet  prorated  or  apportioned
 4    with Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate and
 5    displayed  on the front of such vehicle in the same manner as
 6    an Illinois registration plate.
 7        (e)  The registration plate  issued  for  a  camper  body
 8    mounted  on  a  truck displaying registration plates shall be
 9    attached to the rear of the camper body.
10        (f)  No person shall operate a vehicle,  nor  permit  the
11    operation  of  a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois
12    registration plate, plates or registration stickers after the
13    termination of the registration period for  which  issued  or
14    after  the expiration date set pursuant to Sections 3-414 and
15    3-414.1 of this Code. A person who violates  this  subsection
16    (f)  is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less
17    than $100 and not more than $500.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 89-375, eff. 8-18-95.)
19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.

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