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Public Act 92-0680
HB4974 Enrolled LRB9213002LBprA
AN ACT concerning motor vehicle decals.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing
Section 3-55 as follows:
(35 ILCS 105/3-55) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-55)
Sec. 3-55. Multistate exemption. The tax imposed by
this Act does not apply to the use of tangible personal
property in this State under the following circumstances:
(a) The use, in this State, of tangible personal
property acquired outside this State by a nonresident
individual and brought into this State by the individual for
his or her own use while temporarily within this State or
while passing through this State.
(b) The use, in this State, of tangible personal
property by an interstate carrier for hire as rolling stock
moving in interstate commerce or by lessors under a lease of
one year or longer executed or in effect at the time of
purchase of tangible personal property by interstate carriers
for-hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
commerce as long as so used by the interstate carriers
for-hire, and equipment operated by a telecommunications
provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
(c) The use, in this State, by owners, lessors, or
shippers of tangible personal property that is utilized by
interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving
in interstate commerce as long as so used by the interstate
carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
commerce.
(d) The use, in this State, of tangible personal
property that is acquired outside this State and caused to be
brought into this State by a person who has already paid a
tax in another State in respect to the sale, purchase, or use
of that property, to the extent of the amount of the tax
properly due and paid in the other State.
(e) The temporary storage, in this State, of tangible
personal property that is acquired outside this State and
that, after being brought into this State and stored here
temporarily, is used solely outside this State or is
physically attached to or incorporated into other tangible
personal property that is used solely outside this State, or
is altered by converting, fabricating, manufacturing,
printing, processing, or shaping, and, as altered, is used
solely outside this State.
(f) The temporary storage in this State of building
materials and fixtures that are acquired either in this State
or outside this State by an Illinois registered combination
retailer and construction contractor, and that the purchaser
thereafter uses outside this State by incorporating that
property into real estate located outside this State.
(g) The use or purchase of tangible personal property by
a common carrier by rail or motor that receives the physical
possession of the property in Illinois, and that transports
the property, or shares with another common carrier in the
transportation of the property, out of Illinois on a standard
uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the property as
the shipper or consignor of the property to a destination
outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
(h) The use, in this State, of a motor vehicle that was
sold in this State to a nonresident, even though the motor
vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this State, if the
motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State, and if a
drive-away driveaway decal permit is issued to the motor
vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration
plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his
or her home state. The issuance of the drive-away driveaway
decal permit or having the out-of-state registration plates
to be transferred shall be prima facie evidence that the
motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
(i) Beginning July 1, 1999, the use, in this State, of
fuel acquired outside this State and brought into this State
in the fuel supply tanks of locomotives engaged in freight
hauling and passenger service for interstate commerce. This
subsection is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(j) Beginning on January 1, 2002, the use of tangible
personal property purchased from an Illinois retailer by a
taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing activities in
Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property in Illinois,
temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for the
purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State
or (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
tangible personal property to be transported outside this
State and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this
State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules
adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, issue a permit to any taxpayer in good
standing with the Department who is eligible for the
exemption under this subsection (j). The permit issued under
this subsection (j) shall authorize the holder, to the extent
and in the manner specified in the rules adopted under this
Act, to purchase tangible personal property from a retailer
exempt from the taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall
maintain all necessary books and records to substantiate the
use and consumption of all such tangible personal property
outside of the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-313, eff. 7-29-99;
91-587, eff. 8-14-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-488, eff.
8-23-01.)
Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
by changing Section 2-5 as follows:
(35 ILCS 120/2-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5)
Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from
the sale of the following tangible personal property are
exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
(1) Farm chemicals.
(2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
including that manufactured on special order, certified by
the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
or State or federal agricultural programs, including
individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
equipment under this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender
tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed, if the
selling price of the tender is separately stated.
Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
and other such equipment.
Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
from the provisions of Section 2-70.
(3) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit
or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, certified by
the user to be used only for the production of ethyl alcohol
that will be used for consumption as motor fuel or as a
component of motor fuel for the personal use of the user, and
not subject to sale or resale.
(4) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
graphic arts production. Equipment includes chemicals or
chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
change upon a graphic arts product.
(5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor
vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor
vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living
quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with
direct walk through access to the living quarters from the
driver's seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that
is of the van configuration designed for the transportation
of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in
Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for
automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting
Occupation and Use Tax Act.
(6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored
student organization affiliated with an elementary or
secondary school located in Illinois.
(7) Proceeds of that portion of the selling price of a
passenger car the sale of which is subject to the Replacement
Vehicle Tax.
(8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting
the county fair.
(9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
is organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
services. These organizations include, but are not limited
to, music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
organizations, local arts councils, visual arts
organizations, and media arts organizations. On and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly, however, an entity otherwise eligible for this
exemption shall not make tax-free purchases unless it has an
active identification number issued by the Department.
(10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
than a limited liability company, that is organized and
operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the
benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal
property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose
of resale by the enterprise.
(11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
society, association, foundation, institution, or
organization that has no compensated officers or employees
and that is organized and operated primarily for the
recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited
liability company may qualify for the exemption under this
paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized
and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and
after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for
this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an
active identification number issued by the Department.
(12) Personal property sold to interstate carriers for
hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
or to lessors under leases of one year or longer executed or
in effect at the time of purchase by interstate carriers for
hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider,
licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications
Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to
aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
(13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers
of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
interstate commerce and equipment operated by a
telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
commerce.
(14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
other person, whether the materials used in the process are
owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether
the sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other
similar items of no commercial value on special order for a
particular purchaser.
(15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of
food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
imposed.
(16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the
seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
purchaser.
(17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier
by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois,
for use outside Illinois.
(18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
government of the United States of America, or the government
of any foreign country, and bullion.
(19) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
that manufactured on special order, certified by the
purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
for lease.
(21) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
or returning from a location or locations outside the United
States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
stopovers.
(23) A transaction in which the purchase order is
received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but
who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property to
the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
(24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is
delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or
vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river.
(25) A motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident
even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident
in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in
this State, and if a drive-away driveaway decal permit is
issued to the motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has
vehicle registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle
upon returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the
drive-away driveaway decal permit or having the out-of-state
registration plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence
that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
(26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
for direct agricultural production.
(27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
racing for prizes.
(28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
this Act.
(29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body
that has been issued an active tax exemption identification
number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
(30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
identification number by the Department that assists victims
of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
(31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
the disaster.
(32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at
a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife
Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted
by the Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
(33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
foundation, or institution that is determined by the
Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
useful branches of learning by methods common to public
schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
occupation.
(34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
the events from another individual or entity that sold the
property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
(35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and
other items, and replacement parts for these machines.
Beginning January 1, 2002, machines and parts for machines
used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending
business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the gross
receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
(36) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and
communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose
and equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment
of hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the
equipment, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
effect at the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has
been issued an active tax exemption identification number by
the Department under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
(37) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property sold to a
lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to
a governmental body that has been issued an active tax
exemption identification number by the Department under
Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
provisions of Section 2-70.
(38) (36) Beginning on January 1, 2002, tangible
personal property purchased from an Illinois retailer by a
taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing activities in
Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property in Illinois,
temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for the
purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State
or (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
tangible personal property to be transported outside this
State and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this
State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules
adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, issue a permit to any taxpayer in good
standing with the Department who is eligible for the
exemption under this paragraph (38) (36). The permit issued
under this paragraph (38) (36) shall authorize the holder, to
the extent and in the manner specified in the rules adopted
under this Act, to purchase tangible personal property from a
retailer exempt from the taxes imposed by this Act.
Taxpayers shall maintain all necessary books and records to
substantiate the use and consumption of all such tangible
personal property outside of the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff. 7-20-99;
91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 91-637, eff.
8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-35,
eff. 7-1-01; 92-227, eff. 8-2-01; 92-337, eff. 8-10-01;
92-484, eff. 8-23-01; 92-488, eff. 8-23-01; revised 1-15-02.)
Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 3-403, 3-413, 3-603, 3-605, 3-701, and
3-811 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-403)
Sec. 3-403. Trip and Short-term permits.
(a) The Secretary of State may issue a short-term permit
to operate a nonregistered first or second division vehicle
within the State of Illinois for a period of not more than 7
5 days. Any second division vehicle operating on such permit
may operate only on empty weight. The fee for the short-term
permit shall be $6.
This permit may also be issued to operate an unladen
registered vehicle which is suspended under the Vehicle
Emissions Inspection Law and allow it to be driven on the
roads and highways of the State in order to be repaired or
when travelling to and from an emissions inspection station.
(b) The Secretary of State may, subject to reciprocal
agreements, arrangements or declarations made or entered into
pursuant to Section 3-402, 3-402.4 or by rule, provide for
and issue registration permits for the use of Illinois
highways by vehicles of the second division on an occasional
basis or for a specific and special short-term use, in
compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by the
Secretary of State, and upon payment of the prescribed fee as
follows:
One-trip permits. A registration permit for one trip, or
one round-trip into and out of Illinois, for a period not to
exceed 72 consecutive hours or 3 calendar days may be
provided, for a fee as prescribed in Section 3-811.
One-Month permits. A registration permit for 30 days may
be provided for a fee of $13 for registration plus 1/10 of
the flat weight tax. The minimum fee for such permit shall
be $31.
In-transit permits. A registration permit for one trip
may be provided for vehicles in transit by the driveaway or
towaway method and operated by a transporter in compliance
with the Illinois Motor Carrier of Property Law, for a fee as
prescribed in Section 3-811.
Illinois Temporary Apportionment Authorization Permits.
An apportionment authorization permit for forty-five days for
the immediate operation of a vehicle upon application for and
prior to receiving apportioned credentials or interstate
credentials from the State of Illinois. The fee for such
permit shall be $3.
Illinois Temporary Prorate Authorization Permit. A
prorate authorization permit for forty-five days for the
immediate operation of a vehicle upon application for and
prior to receiving prorate credentials or interstate
credentials from the State of Illinois. The fee for such
permit shall be $3.
(c) The Secretary of State shall promulgate by such rule
or regulation, schedules of fees and taxes for such permits
and in computing the amount or amounts due, may round off
such amount to the nearest full dollar amount.
(d) The Secretary of State shall further prescribe the
form of application and permit and may require such
information and data as necessary and proper, including
confirming the status or identity of the applicant and the
vehicle in question.
(e) Rules or regulations promulgated by the Secretary of
State under this Section shall provide for reasonable and
proper limitations and restrictions governing the application
for and issuance and use of permits, and shall provide for
the number of permits per vehicle or per applicant, so as to
preclude evasion of annual registration requirements as may
be required by this Act.
(f) Any permit under this Section is subject to
suspension or revocation under this Act, and in addition, any
such permit is subject to suspension or revocation should the
Secretary of State determine that the vehicle identified in
any permit should be properly registered in Illinois. In the
event any such permit is suspended or revoked, the permit is
then null and void, may not be re-instated, nor is a refund
therefor available. The vehicle identified in such permit
may not thereafter be operated in Illinois without being
properly registered as provided in this Chapter.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration
stickers and drive-away driveway decal permits.
(a) Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
than a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor,
apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached
thereto, one in the front and one in the rear. The
registration plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer or
semitrailer required to be registered hereunder and any
apportionment plate issued to a bus under the provisions of
this Code shall be attached to the rear thereof. The
registration plate issued for a truck-tractor or an
apportioned truck required to be registered hereunder shall
be attached to the front thereof.
(b) Every registration plate shall at all times be
securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for
which it is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging
and at a height of not less than 12 inches from the ground,
measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a place and
position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained in a
condition to be clearly legible, free from any materials that
would obstruct the visibility of the plate, including, but
not limited to, glass covers and tinted plastic covers.
Clear plastic covers are permissible as long as they remain
clear and do not obstruct the visibility of the plates.
Registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed annual
registration shall be attached to registration plates as
required by the Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at
all times.
(c) Every drive-away driveway decal permit issued
pursuant to this Code shall be firmly attached to the inside
windshield of the motor vehicle in the such a manner
prescribed by the Secretary of State. that it cannot be
removed without being destroyed. If a drive-away permit is
such decal permits are affixed to a motor vehicle in any
other manner the permit shall be void and of no effect.
(d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign
registered vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned
with Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate and
displayed on the front of such vehicle in the same manner as
an Illinois registration plate.
(e) The registration plate issued for a camper body
mounted on a truck displaying registration plates shall be
attached to the rear of the camper body.
(f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the
operation of a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois
registration plate, plates or registration stickers after the
termination of the registration period for which issued or
after the expiration date set pursuant to Sections 3-414 and
3-414.1 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 89-375, eff. 8-18-95.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-603)
Sec. 3-603. Application for drive-away driveaway decal
permits.
(a) A dealer who has sold a vehicle of a type otherwise
required to be registered under this Act to a nonresident of
this State who does not have currently valid registration in
his home state, may provide for the operation of such vehicle
without registration from the place of sale to the place of
destination outside of the State of Illinois, by issuing a
drive-away permit in the manner prescribed by the Secretary
of State endorsing the date of sale on a driveaway decal
permit containing the dealer's name, address and license
number and by affixing the permit decal to such vehicle in
the manner prescribed by the Secretary of State in Section
3-413. Any vehicle being operated pursuant to a drive-away
driveaway decal permit may not be used for any other purpose
and such permits shall be effective only for a period of 7 10
days from the date of sale.
(b) Any dealer may make application to the Secretary of
State upon the appropriate form for drive-away driveaway
decal permits for motor vehicles sold by such dealer. Along
with such application each applicant shall submit proof of
his status as a bona fide dealer and any other information as
may be required by the Secretary of State. A non-resident who
has purchased a motor vehicle from a person who is not a
dealer, may likewise apply to the Secretary of State for a
drive-away driveaway decal permit for display upon such
vehicle while being driven from Illinois to the State of
residence of the applicant. Along with such application, the
applicant shall submit proof of his non-residence and
eligibility for a reciprocal exemption from registration in
Illinois.
All drive-away driveaway decal permits issued under such
application shall bear a distinguishing number and such other
features as may be required by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 80-1459.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-605)
Sec. 3-605. Manufacturers, engine and driveline component
manufacturers, transporters, repossessors and dealers to
maintain records.
Every manufacturer, engine and driveline component
manufacturer, repossessor, transporter or dealer shall keep a
written record of the persons to whom such drive-away
driveaway decal permits or special plates are assigned, which
record shall be open to inspection by any public officer or
any employee of the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 76-2136.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)
Sec. 3-701. Operation of vehicles without evidence of
registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer
broken or disconnected.
No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly
permit to be operated, upon any highway unless there shall be
attached thereto and displayed thereon when and as required
by law, proper evidence of registration in Illinois, as
follows:
(1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A
current and valid Illinois registration sticker or stickers
and plate or plates, or an Illinois temporary registration
permit, or a drive-away driveaway decal or in-transit permit,
issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or
(2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and
valid reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates
properly issued to such vehicle or a temporary registration
issued therefor, by the reciprocal State, and, in addition,
when required by the Secretary, a current and valid Illinois
Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued therefor by the
Secretary of State; or except as otherwise expressly provided
for in this Chapter.
No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly
permit to be operated, any vehicle of the second division for
which the owner has made an election to pay the mileage tax
in lieu of the annual flat weight tax, at any time when the
odometer of such vehicle is broken or disconnected, or is
inoperable or not operating.
(Source: P.A. 81-886.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-811) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-811)
Sec. 3-811. Drive-away Driveaway decals and other permits
- Fees.
(a) Dealers may obtain drive-away driveaway decal
permits for use as provided in this Code, for a fee of $6 per
permit.
(b) Transporters may obtain one-trip permits for
vehicles in transit for use as provided in this Code, for a
fee of $6 per permit.
(c) Non-residents may likewise obtain a drive-away
driveaway decal permit from the Secretary of State to export
a motor vehicle purchased in Illinois, for a fee of $6 per
permit.
(d) One-trip permits may be obtained for an occasional
single trip by a vehicle as provided in this Code, upon
payment of a fee of $19.
(e) One month permits may likewise be obtained for the
fees and taxes prescribed in this Code and as promulgated by
the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 07, 2002.
Approved July 16, 2002.
Effective July 16, 2002.
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