Bill Text: IL HB2053 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Establishes the registration fee for electric vehicles at no more than $216.00 per year (previously $35 for a 2-year term) and creates a separate registration fee not to exceed $158.50 per year for hybrid vehicles. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2053 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2053-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2053 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-805 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-805
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Establishes the registration fee for electric vehicles at no more than $216.00 per year (previously $35 for a 2-year term) and creates a separate registration fee not to exceed $158.50 per year for hybrid vehicles. 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 3-805 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-805) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-805)
Sec. 3-805. Electric vehicles. The owner of a motor
vehicle of the first division or a motor vehicle of the second
division weighing 8,000 pounds or less propelled by an electric
engine and not utilizing motor fuel, may register such vehicle
for a fee not to exceed $216.00 for a one-year $35 for a 2-year
registration period. The owner of a plug-in hybrid electric
motor vehicle that operates on electric and gasoline, and has a
battery that can be recharged from an external source, may
register the vehicle for a fee not to exceed $158.50 for a
one-year registration period. The Secretary may, in his
discretion, prescribe that electric vehicle registration
plates be issued for an indefinite term, such term to
correspond to the term of registration plates issued generally,
as provided in Section 3-414.1. In no event may the
registration fee for electric vehicles exceed $18 per
registration year.
(Source: P.A. 96-1135, eff. 7-21-10.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.