Bill Text: IL HB0682 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State, at the option of the applicant, shall issue permanent registration plates for a one-time fee of $118 to the owner of a trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less. Provides that a person who has been issued a permanent trailer plate is not required to pay the annual flat weight tax and registration fee. Lowers the annual flat weight tax and registration fee for trailers with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less from $118 to $18.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick [HB0682 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0682-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0682 Introduced , by Rep. Paul Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-808.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1
625 ILCS 5/3-819 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State, at the option of the applicant, shall issue permanent registration plates for a one-time fee of $118 to the owner of a trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less. Provides that a person who has been issued a permanent trailer plate is not required to pay the annual flat weight tax and registration fee. Lowers the annual flat weight tax and registration fee for trailers with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less from $118 to $18.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Sections 3-808.1 and 3-819 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-808.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1)
Sec. 3-808.1. Permanent vehicle registration plate.
(a) Permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued,
at no charge, to the following:
1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
owned and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
Assembly;
2. Special disability plates issued to vehicles owned
and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
Assembly.
(b) Permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued,
for a one-time fee of $8.00, to the following:
1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
operated by or for any county, township or municipal
corporation.
2. Vehicles owned by counties, townships or municipal

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corporations for persons with disabilities.
3. Beginning with the 1991 registration year,
county-owned vehicles operated by or for any county
sheriff and designated deputy sheriffs. These registration
plates shall contain the specific county code and unit
number.
4. All-terrain vehicles owned by counties, townships,
or municipal corporations and used for law enforcement
purposes when the Manufacturer's Statement of Origin is
accompanied with a letter from the original manufacturer
or a manufacturer's franchised dealer stating that this
all-terrain vehicle has been converted to a street worthy
vehicle that meets the equipment requirements set forth in
Chapter 12 of this Code.
5. Beginning with the 2001 registration year,
municipally owned vehicles operated by or for any police
department. These registration plates shall contain the
designation "municipal police" and shall be numbered and
distributed as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
6. Beginning with the 2014 registration year,
municipally owned, fire district owned, or Mutual Aid Box
Alarm System (MABAS) owned vehicles operated by or for any
fire department, fire protection district, or MABAS. These
registration plates shall display the designation "Fire
Department" and shall display the specific fire
department, fire district, fire unit, or MABAS division

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number or letter.
7. Beginning with the 2017 registration year, vehicles
that do not require a school bus driver permit under
Section 6-104 to operate and are not registered under
Section 3-617 of this Code, and are owned by a public
school district from grades K-12 or a public community
college.
8. Beginning with the 2017 registration year, vehicles
of the first division or vehicles of the second division
weighing not more than 8,000 pounds that are owned by a
medical facility or hospital of a municipality, county, or
township.
9. Beginning with the 2020 registration year, 2-axle
motor vehicles that (i) are designed and used as buses in a
public system for transporting more than 10 passengers;
(ii) are used as common carriers in the general
transportation of passengers and not devoted to any
specialized purpose; (iii) operate entirely within the
territorial limits of a single municipality or a single
municipality and contiguous municipalities; and (iv) are
subject to the regulation of the Illinois Commerce
Commission. The owner of a vehicle under this paragraph is
exempt from paying a flat weight tax or a mileage weight
tax under this Code.
(b-5) Beginning with the 2016 registration year, permanent
vehicle registration plates shall be issued for a one-time fee

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of $8.00 to a county, township, or municipal corporation that
owns or operates vehicles used for the purpose of community
workplace commuting as defined by the Secretary of State by
administrative rule. The design and color of the plates shall
be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The
Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement this
subsection (b-5).
(b-10) The Secretary, at the option of the applicant,
shall issue permanent registration plates for a one-time fee
of $118 to the owner of a trailer having a gross weight of
3,000 pounds or less. A person who has been issued a permanent
trailer plate is not required to pay the annual flat weight tax
under Section 3-819 or the registration fee required by
Section 3-813.
(c) Beginning with the 2012 registration year,
county-owned vehicles operated by or for any county sheriff
and designated deputy sheriffs that have been issued
registration plates under subsection (b) of this Section shall
be exempt from any fee for the transfer of registration from
one vehicle to another vehicle. Each county sheriff shall
report to the Secretary of State any transfer of registration
plates from one vehicle to another vehicle operated by or for
any county sheriff and designated deputy sheriffs. The
Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement this
subsection (c).
(c-5) Beginning with the 2014 registration year,

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municipally owned, fire district owned, or Mutual Aid Box
Alarm System (MABAS) owned vehicles operated by or for any
fire department, fire protection district, or MABAS that have
been issued registration plates under subsection (b) of this
Section shall be exempt from any fee for the transfer of
registration from one vehicle to another vehicle. Each fire
department, fire protection district, of MABAS shall report to
the Secretary of State any transfer of registration plates
from one vehicle to another vehicle operated by or for any fire
department, fire protection district, or MABAS. The Secretary
of State shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.
(d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, municipally
owned vehicles operated by or for any police department that
have been issued registration plates under subsection (b) of
this Section shall be exempt from any fee for the transfer of
registration from one vehicle to another vehicle. Each
municipal police department shall report to the Secretary of
State any transfer of registration plates from one vehicle to
another vehicle operated by or for any municipal police
department. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to
implement this subsection (d).
(e) Beginning with the 2016 registration year, any vehicle
owned or operated by a county, township, or municipal
corporation that has been issued registration plates under
this Section is exempt from any fee for the transfer of
registration from one vehicle to another vehicle. Each county,

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township, or municipal corporation shall report to the
Secretary of State any transfer of registration plates from
one vehicle to another vehicle operated by or for any county,
township, or municipal corporation.
(f) Beginning with the 2020 registration year, any vehicle
owned or operated by a public school district from grades
K-12, a public community college, or a medical facility or
hospital of a municipality, county, or township that has been
issued registration plates under this Section is exempt from
any fee for the transfer of registration from one vehicle to
another vehicle. Each school district, public community
college, or medical facility or hospital shall report to the
Secretary any transfer of registration plates from one vehicle
to another vehicle operated by the school district, public
community college, or medical facility.
(Source: P.A. 100-956, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-819) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819)
Sec. 3-819. Trailer; Flat weight tax.
(a) Farm Trailer. Any farm trailer drawn by a motor
vehicle of the second division registered under paragraph (a)
or (c) of Section 3-815 and used exclusively by the owner for
his own agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising
operations and not used for hire, or any farm trailer utilized
only in the transportation for-hire of seasonal, fresh,
perishable fruit or vegetables from farm to the point of first

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processing, and any trailer used with a farm tractor that is
not an implement of husbandry may be registered under this
paragraph in lieu of registration under paragraph (b) of this
Section upon the filing of a proper application and the
payment of the $10 registration fee and the highway use tax
herein for use of the public highways of this State, at the
following rates which include the $10 registration fee:
SCHEDULE OF FEES AND TAXES
Gross Weight in Lbs. Class Total Amount
Including Vehicle each
and Maximum Load Fiscal Year
10,000 lbs. or less VDD $160
10,001 to 14,000 lbs. VDE 206
14,001 to 20,000 lbs. VDG 266
20,001 to 28,000 lbs. VDJ 478
28,001 to 36,000 lbs. VDL 750
An owner may only apply for and receive two farm trailer
registrations.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (b-10) of Section
3-808.1, all All other owners of trailers, other than
apportionable trailers registered under Section 3-402.1 of
this Code, used with a motor vehicle on the public highways,
shall pay to the Secretary of State for each registration year
a flat weight tax, for the use of the public highways of this
State, at the following rates (which includes the registration
fee of $10 required by Section 3-813):

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SCHEDULE OF TRAILER FLAT
WEIGHT TAX REQUIRED
BY LAW
Gross Weight in Lbs. Total Fees
Including Vehicle and each
Maximum Load Class Fiscal Year
3,000 lbs. and less TA $18 $118
5,000 lbs. and more than 3,000 TB 154
8,000 lbs. and more than 5,000 TC 158
10,000 lbs. and more than 8,000 TD 206
14,000 lbs. and more than 10,000 TE 270
20,000 lbs. and more than 14,000 TG 358
32,000 lbs. and more than 20,000 TK 822
36,000 lbs. and more than 32,000 TL 1,182
40,000 lbs. and more than 36,000 TN 1,602
Of the fees collected under this subsection, $1 of the
fees shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
Services Fund and, except in the case of a Class TA trailer,
$99 of the additional fees shall be deposited into the Road
Fund.
(c) The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum
load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this
Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19.)