Bill Text: IL HB3391 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Codes. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a special registration plate designated as a retro license plate. Provides that the design and color of the plates shall be a replica of the license plates issued between 1983 and 2001. Provides that there shall be an addition $40 fee for original issuance of a retro license plate and a $27 fee for renewal of a retro license plate.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-05-01 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston [HB3391 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB3391-Engrossed.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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3-699.26 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-699.26 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-699.26. Retro license plates. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||
| 9 | the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | ||||||
| 10 | registration plates designated as retro license plates. The | ||||||
| 11 | special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only | ||||||
| 12 | to passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, | ||||||
| 13 | autocycles, and motor vehicles of the second division weighing | ||||||
| 14 | not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section | ||||||
| 15 | shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established | ||||||
| 16 | by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) The design and color of the plates shall be a replica | ||||||
| 18 | of the license plates issued between 1983 and 2001. The | ||||||
| 19 | Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as vanity plates or | ||||||
| 20 | personalized under Section 3-405.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | ||||||
| 22 | $40 fee for original issuance, in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
| 23 | registration fees. For each registration renewal period, a $27 | ||||||
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| 1 | fee shall be charged. The additional fees under this | ||||||
| 2 | subsection shall be used to cover the costs of production and | ||||||
| 3 | provide technology and modernization updates. | ||||||