Bill Text: IL SB1940 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that individuals that provide false insurance information in connection with an application for issuance or renewal of vehicle registration are guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that registration will not be issued if certain insurance information is not provided. Requires remittance agents to ask for insurance information in connection with an application for issuance or renewal of vehicle registration and to provide this information to the Secretary of State upon remittance.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0539 [SB1940 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1940-Enrolled.html

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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 3-405 and 3-415 and by adding Section 3-918 as
follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)
Sec. 3-405. Application for registration.
(a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under
this Code shall make application to the Secretary of State for
the registration of such vehicle upon the appropriate form or
forms furnished by the Secretary. Every such application shall
bear the signature of the owner written with pen and ink and
contain:
1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section
1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph 1) and mail address of the owner or business
address of the owner if a firm, association or corporation.
If the mailing address is a post office box number, the
address listed on the driver license record may be used to
verify residence. A police officer, a deputy sheriff, an
elected sheriff, a law enforcement officer for the
Department of State Police, a fire investigator, a state's

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attorney, an assistant state's attorney, a state's
attorney special investigator, or a judicial officer may
elect to furnish the address of the headquarters of the
governmental entity, police district, or business address
where he or she works instead of his or her domicile
address, in which case that address shall be deemed to be
his or her domicile address for all purposes under this
Chapter 3. The spouse and children of a person who may
elect under this paragraph 1 to furnish the address of the
headquarters of the government entity, police district, or
business address where the person works instead of the
person's domicile address may, if they reside with that
person, also elect to furnish the address of the
headquarters of the government entity, police district, or
business address where the person works as their domicile
address, in which case that address shall be deemed to be
their domicile address for all purposes under this Chapter
3. In this paragraph 1: (A) "police officer" has the
meaning ascribed to "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of the
Illinois Municipal Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a
deputy sheriff appointed under Section 3-6008 of the
Counties Code; (C) "elected sheriff" means a sheriff
commissioned pursuant to Section 3-6001 of the Counties
Code; (D) "fire investigator" means a person classified as
a peace officer under the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
Act; (E) "state's attorney", "assistant state's attorney",

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and "state's attorney special investigator" mean a state's
attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney
special investigator commissioned or appointed under
Division 3-9 of the Counties Code; and (F) "judicial
officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of
the Judicial Privacy Act.
2. A description of the vehicle, including such
information as is required in an application for a
certificate of title, determined under such standard
rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
3. Information relating to the insurance policy for the
motor vehicle, including the name of the insurer which
issued the policy, the policy number, and the expiration
date of the policy. Beginning with the 2016 registration
year, registration shall not be issued to persons that
submit an application that does not contain this
information.
4. Such further information as may reasonably be
required by the Secretary to enable him to determine
whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration
and the owner entitled to a certificate of title.
5. An affirmation by the applicant that all information
set forth is true and correct. If the application is for
the registration of a motor vehicle, the applicant also
shall affirm that the motor vehicle is insured as required
by this Code, that such insurance will be maintained

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throughout the period for which the motor vehicle shall be
registered, and that neither the owner, nor any person
operating the motor vehicle with the owner's permission,
shall operate the motor vehicle unless the required
insurance is in effect. If the person signing the
affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle, such
person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all
the owners of the vehicle. If the person signing the
affirmation is not an owner of the vehicle, such person
shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of the owner or
owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the
application shall not in any manner exempt the owner or
owners from any provisions, requirements or penalties of
this Code. Beginning with the 2016 registration year, any
person that knowingly submits false insurance information
shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) When such application refers to a new vehicle purchased
from a dealer the application shall be accompanied by a
Manufacturer's Statement of Origin from the dealer, and a
statement showing any lien retained by the dealer.
(Source: P.A. 96-580, eff. 1-1-10; 97-847, eff. 1-1-13.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)
Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration.
(a) Calendar year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles

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required to be registered on a calendar registration year, not
later than December 1 of each year, upon proper application and
by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as
provided by law except that application for renewal of a
vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
registered on a staggered calendar year basis, shall be made by
the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
State.
(b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
provided by law, except that application for renewal of a
vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
registered on a staggered fiscal year basis, shall be made by
the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
State.
(c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a
vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
vehicles required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not
later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the
2-year registration period, except that application for
renewal of a vehicle registration, as to those vehicles
required to be registered for 2 years on a staggered
registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and

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manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
registration period, except that application for renewal of a
vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
registered for 2 fiscal years on a staggered registration
basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner
prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a
vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
vehicles required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not
later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the
3-year registration period.
(e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may receive
applications for renewal of registration and grant the same and
issue new registration cards and plates or registration
stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration. No
person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration
plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the
Secretary of State in his discretion may select.
(f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.

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(g) Applications for registration renewal shall include
information relating to the insurance policy for the motor
vehicle, including the name of the insurer that issued the
policy, the policy number, and the expiration date of the
policy. Registration shall not be renewed for persons that
submit an application that does not contain this information.
Any person that knowingly submits false insurance information
shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
The changes to this subsection made by this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly shall not take effect until the
beginning of the 2016 registration year.
(Source: P.A. 96-747, eff. 1-1-10.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-918 new)
Sec. 3-918. Vehicle registration and insurance. Beginning
with the 2016 registration year, any remittance agent engaged
in the business of remitting applications for the issuance or
renewal of vehicle registration shall ask applicants for
information relating to the insurance policy for the motor
vehicle, including the name of the insurer that issued the
policy, the policy number, and the expiration date of the
policy. This information shall be remitted to the Secretary of
State as part of the application. Failure to obtain this
information and supply it to the Secretary of State shall
subject the remittance agent to suspension or revocation of
their license as described in Section 3-907 of this Code.