Bill Text: IL HB4945 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that beginning with the 2020 registration year, the Secretary of State shall offer to each owner of a motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds a registration period based on a one calendar year or 2 calendar year basis. Provides that the owner of the motor vehicle shall pay a one-time registration fee under the Code that shall, if applicable, be increased to reflect the registration year period chosen by the motor vehicle owner. Provides that if a vehicle issued a multi-year registration is subject to specified annual surcharges, the Secretary shall collect the surcharge for each registration year of the multi-year registration at the same time the Secretary collects the one-time registration fee. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4945 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4945-Introduced.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 | Section 3-414.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-414.1. Term of multi-year registration plates.
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| 8 | (a) Registration
plates issued for motor vehicles shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | valid for
an indefinite term of not
less than one year. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Registration plates issued as two-year or five-year
plates may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | be issued as multi-year plates at the discretion of the
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| 12 | Secretary of State. Current renewal registration stickers,
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| 13 | when necessary, are to be attached as provided in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 3-413. The Secretary
may in his discretion prescribe a term | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | greater than one year or may extend
the term of current | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | registration plates for an additional calendar year
by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | appropriate public announcement made before August 1 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | current
registration
year.
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| 19 | (a-5) Beginning with the 2020 registration year, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Secretary shall offer to each owner of a motor vehicle of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | no more than 8,000 pounds that is subject to registration under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | this Chapter a registration period based on a one calendar year | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | or 2 calendar year basis. The owner of the motor vehicle shall | ||||||
| 2 | pay a one-time registration fee under Section 3-806, 3-815, or | ||||||
| 3 | 3-818 of this Code that shall, if applicable, be increased to | ||||||
| 4 | reflect the registration year period chosen by the motor | ||||||
| 5 | vehicle owner. If a vehicle issued a registration under this | ||||||
| 6 | subsection is subject to an annual surcharge under Section | ||||||
| 7 | 3-806 or 3-815, the Secretary shall collect the surcharge for | ||||||
| 8 | each registration year of the multi-year registration at the | ||||||
| 9 | same time the Secretary collects the one-time registration fee. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) Registration plates issued to owners of vehicles | ||||||
| 11 | subject to annual
registration for the first time during the | ||||||
| 12 | term of the plates shall be valid
until the expiration of the | ||||||
| 13 | term. Current annual registration stickers
are to be attached | ||||||
| 14 | as provided in Section 3-413.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 99-80, eff. 1-1-16.)
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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