Public Act 102-0845
 
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    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 3-113 and by adding Section 3-806.10 as
follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-113)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113)
    Sec. 3-113. Transfer to or from dealer; records.
    (a) After a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale,
the dealer must procure the certificate of title from the
owner or the lienholder. The dealer may hold the certificate
until he or she transfers the vehicle to another person. Upon
transferring the vehicle to another person, the dealer shall
promptly and within 20 days execute the assignment and
warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses
of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security
interest created or reserved at the time of the resale, in the
spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the
Secretary of State prescribes, and mail or deliver the
certificate to the Secretary of State with the transferee's
application for a new certificate, except as provided in
Section 3-117.2. A dealer has complied with this Section if
the date of the mailing of the certificate, as indicated by the
postmark, is within 20 days of the date on which the vehicle
was transferred to another person.
    (b) The Secretary of State may decline to process any
application for a transfer of an interest in a vehicle if any
fees or taxes due under this Code from the transferor or the
transferee have not been paid upon reasonable notice and
demand.
    (c) Any person who violates this Section shall be guilty
of a petty offense.
    (d) Beginning January 1, 2014 and continuing until 90 days
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd
General Assembly, the Secretary of State is authorized to
impose a delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee of $20 if the
certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the
dealer 30 days but less than 60 days after the date of sale;
however, if . If the certificate of title is received by the
Secretary from the dealer 60 days but less than 90 days after
the date of sale, the delinquent dealer transfer fee shall be
$35. Beginning 90 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Secretary of
State is authorized to impose a delinquent vehicle dealer
transfer fee of $10 if the certificate of title is received by
the Secretary from the dealer more than 45 days but less than
60 days after the date of sale; however, if the certificate of
title is received by the Secretary from the dealer 60 or more
days but less than 90 days after the date of sale, the
delinquent dealer transfer fee shall be $20. If the
certificate of title is received by the Secretary from the
dealer 90 or more days but less than 120 days after the date of
sale, the delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee shall be $65.
If the certificate of title is received by the Secretary from
the dealer 120 days or more after the date of the sale, the
delinquent vehicle dealer transfer fee shall be $100. All
monies collected under this subsection shall be deposited into
the CDLIS/AAMVAnet/NMVTIS Trust Fund.
    (e) Beginning January 1, 2022, the Secretary of State is
authorized to issue a certificate of title in the name of the
dealership to a licensed dealer under Chapter 5 for $20 if the
surrendered certificate of title has no space to assign the
certificate of title again.
    (f) Any licensee under Chapter 5 who sells, transfers, or
wholesales a vehicle out of State shall mail the certificate
of title to the physical business address in the requisite
jurisdiction in lieu of transferring title at the time of
sale.
(Source: P.A. 102-154, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.10 new)
    Sec. 3-806.10. Vehicles manufactured in Illinois. Upon
payment of the title fee for a first division passenger
vehicle other than an autocycle, motor driven cycle, or
pedalcycle or for a second division vehicle weighing 8,000
pounds or less, the buyer or owner of the vehicle may apply for
a rebate in the amount of $25 on a form prescribed by the
Secretary of State if the vehicle is manufactured in this
State and the application for title is made no more than one
year after the month in which the vehicle was manufactured.
Each qualifying vehicle shall be eligible for one rebate of
$25 for the lifetime of the qualifying vehicle. The Secretary
of State shall adopt administrative rules to administer this
Section that include the information necessary for the rebate
application.

Effective Date: 1/1/2023