Bill Text: IL HB0799 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing for reduced registration fees for active duty military personnel. Provides instead that the standard vehicle registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for any Illinois vehicle owner who is a veteran or is currently enlisted as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0799 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0799-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0799 Introduced , by Rep. LaToya Greenwood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing for reduced registration fees for active duty military personnel. Provides instead that the standard vehicle registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for any Illinois vehicle owner who is a veteran or is currently enlisted as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. Effective immediately.
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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 3-806.7 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees waived for veterans and
current for active duty military personnel.
(a) The Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the
standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this
Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and
motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code,
shall be waived reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner
who is a veteran or is currently enlisted was on active duty as
a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. As used in
this Section, "veteran" means a person who has served in the
armed forces and was discharged or separated under honorable
conditions. and stationed outside of the United States for a
period of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration
year.
(b) (Blank). Illinois residents who are members of the
Armed Forces of the United States and who have been stationed

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outside of the United States for a period of 6 months or
longer, and who placed their registered motor vehicle in
storage during the time they served abroad, shall be entitled
to credit for the unused portion of that registration when
they renew the registration of that vehicle upon their return
to the United States. For each month or part thereof that the
vehicle was in storage and had current registration, the
member of the armed forces shall receive one month of
registration without charge.
(c) (Blank). Beginning with the 2017 registration year,
the standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of
this Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division
and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more
than 8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this
Code, shall be waived for the year following the return of any
Illinois vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or
reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who can
provide proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this
subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by
specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.
(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.