Bill Text: IL SB2802 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may operate a motor vehicle that has been registered but does not display a current and valid Illinois registration sticker provided that he or she has proof, in the form of a printed receipt from the Secretary, that he or she has registered the vehicle before the previous registration's expiration but has not yet received a new registration sticker from the Secretary. Provides that this printed proof of registration is only valid for 30 days from the expiration of the previous registration sticker's date.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1103 [SB2802 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2802-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may operate a motor vehicle that has been registered but does not display a current and valid Illinois registration sticker provided that he or she has proof, in the form of a printed receipt from the Secretary, that he or she has registered the vehicle before the previous registration's expiration but has not yet received a new registration sticker from the Secretary. Provides that this printed proof of registration is only valid for 30 days from the expiration of the previous registration sticker's date.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1103 [SB2802 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2802-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 3-413 and 3-701 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
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7 | Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration | ||||||
8 | stickers,
and drive-away permits; registration plate covers. | ||||||
9 | (a) Registration plates issued for a
motor vehicle other | ||||||
10 | than a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer,
truck-tractor, | ||||||
11 | apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached
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12 | thereto, one in the front and one in the
rear. The registration | ||||||
13 | plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer or
semitrailer required | ||||||
14 | to be registered hereunder and any apportionment
plate issued | ||||||
15 | to a bus under the provisions of this Code shall be attached
to | ||||||
16 | the rear thereof. The registration plate issued for a | ||||||
17 | truck-tractor or
an apportioned truck required to be registered | ||||||
18 | hereunder shall be
attached to the front thereof.
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19 | (b) Every registration plate shall at all times be securely | ||||||
20 | fastened
in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it | ||||||
21 | is issued so as to
prevent the plate from swinging and at a | ||||||
22 | height of not less than 5
inches from the ground, measuring | ||||||
23 | from the bottom of such plate, in a
place and position to be |
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1 | clearly visible and shall be maintained in a
condition to be | ||||||
2 | clearly legible, free
from any materials that would obstruct | ||||||
3 | the visibility of the plate. A registration plate on a | ||||||
4 | motorcycle may be mounted vertically as long as it is otherwise | ||||||
5 | clearly visible. Registration stickers issued as
evidence of | ||||||
6 | renewed annual registration shall be attached to registration
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7 | plates as required by the Secretary of State, and be clearly | ||||||
8 | visible at
all times.
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9 | (c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this
Code | ||||||
10 | shall
be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner | ||||||
11 | prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit is | ||||||
12 | affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the
permit shall | ||||||
13 | be void and of no effect.
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14 | (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign | ||||||
15 | registered
vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned with | ||||||
16 | Illinois, shall be
displayed on a registration plate and | ||||||
17 | displayed on the front of such
vehicle in the same manner as an | ||||||
18 | Illinois registration plate.
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19 | (e) The registration plate issued for a camper body mounted | ||||||
20 | on a
truck displaying registration plates shall be attached to | ||||||
21 | the rear of
the camper body.
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22 | (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the | ||||||
23 | operation of a
vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois | ||||||
24 | registration plate, plates
or registration stickers , except as | ||||||
25 | provided for in subsection (b) of Section 3-701 of this Code, | ||||||
26 | after the termination of the registration
period for which |
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1 | issued or after the expiration date set pursuant to
Sections | ||||||
2 | 3-414 and 3-414.1 of this Code.
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3 | (g) A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is | ||||||
4 | equipped with registration plate covers. A violation of this | ||||||
5 | subsection (g) or a similar provision of a local ordinance is | ||||||
6 | an offense against laws and ordinances regulating the movement | ||||||
7 | of traffic. | ||||||
8 | (h) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration | ||||||
9 | plate cover. A violation of this subsection (h) is a business | ||||||
10 | offense. | ||||||
11 | (i) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting | ||||||
12 | the sale of registration plate covers. A violation of this | ||||||
13 | subsection (i) is a business offense. | ||||||
14 | (j) A person may not modify the original manufacturer's | ||||||
15 | mounting location of the rear registration plate on any vehicle | ||||||
16 | so as to conceal the registration or to knowingly cause it to | ||||||
17 | be obstructed in an effort to hinder a peace officer from | ||||||
18 | obtaining the registration for the enforcement of a violation | ||||||
19 | of this Code, Section 27.1 of the Toll Highway Act concerning | ||||||
20 | toll evasion, or any municipal ordinance. Modifications | ||||||
21 | prohibited by this subsection (j) include but are not limited | ||||||
22 | to the use of an electronic device. A violation of this | ||||||
23 | subsection (j) is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13.)
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25 | (625 ILCS 5/3-701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)
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1 | Sec. 3-701. Operation of vehicles without evidence of
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2 | registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer | ||||||
3 | broken or
disconnected. | ||||||
4 | (a) No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly | ||||||
5 | permit to
be
operated, except as provided in subsection (b) of | ||||||
6 | this Section, upon any highway unless there shall be attached | ||||||
7 | thereto and
displayed thereon when and as required by law, | ||||||
8 | proper evidence of
registration in Illinois, as follows:
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9 | (1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A | ||||||
10 | current and
valid Illinois registration sticker or | ||||||
11 | stickers and plate or plates, or
an Illinois temporary | ||||||
12 | registration permit, or a drive-away or
in-transit permit, | ||||||
13 | issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or
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14 | (2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and | ||||||
15 | valid
reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates | ||||||
16 | properly issued to such
vehicle or a temporary registration | ||||||
17 | issued therefor, by the reciprocal
State, and, in addition, | ||||||
18 | when required by the Secretary, a current and
valid | ||||||
19 | Illinois Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued
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20 | therefor by the Secretary of State; or except as otherwise | ||||||
21 | expressly
provided for in this Chapter.
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22 | (b) A person may operate or permit operation of a vehicle | ||||||
23 | upon any highway a vehicle that has been properly registered | ||||||
24 | but does not display a current and valid Illinois registration | ||||||
25 | sticker if he or she has proof, in the form of a printed | ||||||
26 | receipt from the Secretary, that he or she registered the |
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1 | vehicle before the previous registration's expiration but has | ||||||
2 | not received a new registration sticker from the Secretary. | ||||||
3 | This printed proof of registration is valid for 30 days from | ||||||
4 | the expiration of the previous registration sticker's date. | ||||||
5 | (c) No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly | ||||||
6 | permit to be
operated, any vehicle of the second division for | ||||||
7 | which the owner has
made an election to pay the mileage tax in | ||||||
8 | lieu of the annual flat
weight tax, at any time when the | ||||||
9 | odometer of such vehicle is broken or
disconnected, or is | ||||||
10 | inoperable or not operating.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02.)
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