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Public Act 92-0629
HB4911 Enrolled LRB9212997DHgcA
AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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 Sections 3-412 and 3-414 and adding Sections
3-405.3, 3-405.4, and 3-814.4 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-405.3 new)
Sec. 3-405.3. Application for fleet vehicles.
(a) An owner engaged in operating a fleet of motor
vehicles of the first division in this State or a fleet of
second division vehicles operated intrastate may register and
license the fleet for operations in this State by filing an
application statement with the Secretary of State, signed
under penalties of perjury, which shall be in the form and
contain the information required by the Secretary of State.
First division vehicles registered under this Section must be
registered in accordance with the fees prescribed in Section
3-806 of this Code. Second division vehicles registered under
this Section must be registered in accordance with the fees
prescribed in Section 3-815 of this Code.
(b) Participation in the fleet registration plan may be
accomplished only by entering into a contractual agreement
with the Secretary. The applicant must have electronic data
interchange capabilities. The Secretary shall in his or her
discretion determine other qualifications for fleet owners to
register under this paragraph. In making the determination,
the Secretary shall consider the size of the fleet and the
past history of the registrant.
(625 ILCS 5/3-405.4 new)
Sec 3-405.4. Audits. In addition to audit authority set
forth in Section 2-124 of this Code, the Secretary of State
may audit the registration plates and the inventory of
credentials of any fleet owner participating in the fleet
registration plan.
(625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration
stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle
subject to annual registration for the first time shall
issue or shall cause to be issued to the owner one
registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
motorized pedalcycle or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates
for other motor vehicles and, where applicable, current
registration stickers for motor vehicles of the first
division. The provisions of this Section may be made
applicable to such vehicles of the second division, as the
Secretary of State may, from time to time, in his discretion
designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term
of the registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued registration
stickers as evidence of current registration. However, the
issuance of annual registration stickers to vehicles
registered under the provisions of Sections Section 3-402.1
and 3-405.3 of this Code may not be required if the Secretary
deems the issuance unnecessary.
(b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon
it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which
it is issued, the name of this State, which may be
abbreviated, the year number for which it was issued, which
may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln", (except as
otherwise provided in this Code) Sections 3-626, 3-629,
3-633, 3-634, 3-637, 3-638, and 3-642, and such other letters
or numbers as the Secretary may prescribe. However, for
apportionment plates issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates issued to vehicles
registered under Section 3-405.3, the phrase "Land of
Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for the word "apportioned",
the word "fleet", or other similar language to be displayed.
Registration plates issued to a vehicle registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation determined by the
Secretary.
The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe that
letters be used as prefixes only on registration plates
issued to vehicles of the first division which are registered
under this Code and only as suffixes on registration plates
issued to other vehicles. Every registration sticker issued
as evidence of current registration shall designate the year
number for which it is issued and such other letters or
numbers as the Secretary may prescribe and shall be of a
contrasting color with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the previous year.
(c) Each registration plate and the required letters and
numerals thereon, except the year number for which issued,
shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a
distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be coated
with reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate
issued to vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12
inches.
(d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type
of registration plates as the type of plates issued for a
private passenger vehicle.
(e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
passenger car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive
registration plates.
(f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every
motorcycle distinctive registration plates distinguishing
between motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters
piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston displacement.
(g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
such vehicles are for-hire.
(h) The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
vehicle distinctive registration plates which shall
distinguish between electric vehicles having a maximum
operating speed of 45 miles per hour or more and those having
a maximum operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public
and private ambulance registration plates identifying the
vehicle as an ambulance. The Secretary shall forward to the
Department of Public Aid registration information for the
purpose of verification of claims filed with the Department
by ambulance owners for payment for services to public
assistance recipients.
(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public
and private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery
registration plates displaying numbers within ranges of
numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue
vehicles. The Secretary shall forward to the Department of
Public Aid registration information for the purpose of
verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
medical carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services
to public assistance recipients.
(Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-564, eff. 7-1-97;
89-612, eff. 8-9-96; 89-621, eff. 1-1-97; 89-639, eff.
1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-533, eff. 11-14-97; 90-655,
eff. 7-30-98; revised 12-06-01.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414)
Sec. 3-414. Expiration of registration.
(a) Every vehicle registration under this Chapter and
every registration card and registration plate or
registration sticker issued hereunder to a vehicle shall be
for the periods specified in this Chapter and shall expire at
midnight on the day and date specified in this Section as
follows:
1. When registered on a calendar year basis
commencing January 1, expiration shall be on the 31st day
of December or at such other date as may be selected in
the discretion of the Secretary of State; however,
registrations of apportionable vehicles, motorcycles,
motor driven cycles and pedalcycles shall commence on the
first day of April and shall expire March 31st of the
following calendar year;
2. When registered on a 2 calendar year basis
commencing January 1 of an even-numbered year, expiration
shall be on the 31st day of December of the ensuing
odd-numbered year, or at such other later date as may be
selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not
beyond March 1 next;
3. When registered on a fiscal year basis
commencing July 1, expiration shall be on the 30th day of
June or at such other later date as may be selected in
the discretion of the Secretary of State not beyond
September 1 next;
4. When registered on a 2 fiscal year basis
commencing July 1 of an even-numbered year, expiration
shall be on the 30th day of June of the ensuing
even-numbered year, or at such other later date as may be
selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not
beyond September 1 next;
5. When registered on a 4 fiscal year basis
commencing July 1 of an even-numbered year, expiration
shall be on the 30th day of June of the second ensuing
even-numbered year, or at such other later date as may be
selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State not
beyond September 1 next;
(b) Vehicle registrations of vehicles of the first
division shall be for a calendar year or 2 calendar year
basis as provided for in this Chapter.
Vehicle registrations of vehicles under Sections 3-807,
3-808 and 3-809 shall be on an indefinite term basis or a 2
calendar year basis as provided for in this Chapter.
Vehicle registrations for vehicles of the second division
shall be for a fiscal year, 2 fiscal year or calendar year
basis as provided for in this Chapter.
Motor vehicles registered under the provisions of
Sections Section 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 shall be issued
multi-year registration plates with a new registration card
issued annually upon payment of the appropriate fees.
Apportionable trailers and apportionable semitrailers
registered under the provisions of Section 3-402.1 shall be
issued multi-year registration plates and cards that will be
subject to revocation for failure to pay annual fees required
by Section 3-814.1. The Secretary shall determine when these
vehicles shall be issued new registration plates.
(c) Every vehicle registration specified in Section
3-810 and every registration card and registration plate or
registration sticker issued thereunder shall expire on the
31st day of December of each year or at such other date as
may be selected in the discretion of the Secretary of State.
(d) Every vehicle registration for a vehicle of the
second division weighing over 8,000 pounds, except as
provided in paragraph (g) of this Section, and every
registration card and registration plate or registration
sticker, where applicable, issued hereunder to such vehicles
shall be issued for a fiscal year commencing on July 1st of
each registration year. However, the Secretary of State may,
pursuant to an agreement or arrangement or declaration
providing for apportionment of a fleet of vehicles with other
jurisdictions, provide for registration of such vehicles
under apportionment or for all of the vehicles registered in
Illinois by an applicant who registers some of his vehicles
under apportionment on a calendar year basis instead, and the
fees or taxes to be paid on a calendar year basis shall be
identical to those specified in this Act for a fiscal year
registration. Provision for installment payment may also be
made.
(e) Semitrailer registrations under apportionment may be
on a calendar year under a reciprocal agreement or
arrangement and all other semitrailer registrations shall be
on fiscal year or 2 fiscal year or 4 fiscal year basis as
provided for in this Chapter.
(f) The Secretary of State may convert annual
registration plates or 2-year registration plates, whether
registered on a calendar year or fiscal year basis, to
multi-year plates. The determination of which plate
categories and when to convert to multi-year plates is solely
within the discretion of the Secretary of State.
(g) After January 1, 1975, each registration,
registration card and registration plate or registration
sticker, where applicable, issued for a recreational vehicle
or recreational or camping trailer, except a house trailer,
used exclusively by the owner for recreational purposes, and
not used commercially nor as a truck or bus, nor for hire,
shall be on a calendar year basis; except that the Secretary
of State shall provide for registration and the issuance of
registration cards and plates or registration stickers, where
applicable, for one 6-month period in order to accomplish an
orderly transition from a fiscal year to a calendar year
basis. Fees and taxes due under this Act for a registration
year shall be appropriately reduced for such 6-month
transitional registration period.
(h) The Secretary of State may, in order to accomplish
an orderly transition for vehicles registered under Section
3-402.1 of this Code from a calendar year registration to a
March 31st expiration, require applicants to pay fees and
taxes due under this Code on a 15 month registration basis.
However, if in the discretion of the Secretary of State this
creates an undue hardship on any applicant the Secretary may
allow the applicant to pay 3 month fees and taxes at the time
of registration and the additional 12 month fees and taxes to
be payable no later than March 31 of the year after this
amendatory Act of 1991 takes effect.
(i) The Secretary of State may stagger registrations, of
vehicles for which multi-year plates are issued pursuant to
Section 3-414.1, as necessary for the convenience of the
public and the efficiency of his Office. In order to
appropriately and effectively accomplish any such staggering,
the Secretary of State is authorized to prorate required
registration fees, but in no event for a period longer than
15 months, at a monthly rate for a 12 month registration fee.
(Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-814.4 new)
Sec. 3-814.4 Registration of fleet vehicles. The
Secretary may issue fleet vehicle registration plates to
owners of vehicle fleets registered in accordance with
Section 3-405.3 of this Code in bulk before plates are
assigned to specific vehicles. A registration plate may not
be displayed on a vehicle, however, until the plate has been
activated on the Secretary's registration file and the
proper fee has been forwarded to the Secretary.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
1, 2003.
Passed in the General Assembly April 24, 2002.
Approved July 11, 2002.
Effective July 01, 2003.
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