Bill Text: IL SB2826 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the next registration year after the effective date of this amendatory Act in which the Secretary of State distributes newly designed standard registration plates for motor vehicles, the Secretary of State shall issue one registration plate (instead of 2) for newly registered motor vehicles and the registration plate shall be attached to the rear (instead of front and rear) of the motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2826 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2826-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2826 Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/1-171 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-171
625 ILCS 5/3-412 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412
625 ILCS 5/3-413 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the next registration year after the effective date of this amendatory Act in which the Secretary of State distributes newly designed standard registration plates for motor vehicles, the Secretary of State shall issue one registration plate (instead of 2) for newly registered motor vehicles and the registration plate shall be attached to the rear (instead of front and rear) of the motor vehicle.
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A BILL FOR
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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 1-171, 3-412, and 3-413 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-171) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-171)
Sec. 1-171. Registration - Registration Sticker.
Registration. The registration certificate or certificates,
registration plates and registration stickers issued under the
laws of this State pertaining to the registration of vehicles.
Registration Sticker or Stickers. A device or devices to be
attached to a rear registration plate that will renew the
registration and registration plate or plates for a
pre-determined period not to exceed one registration year
except as provided in subsection (1) of Section 3-414 of this
Code. Should the Secretary of State determine it is advisable
to require a registration sticker to be attached to a front
registration plate, he may require such action and provide the
necessary additional sticker. Such determination shall be
publicly announced at least 30 days in advance of a new annual
registration year.
Beginning with the next registration year after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General

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Assembly in which the Secretary of State distributes newly
designed standard registration plates for motor vehicles, any
reference to "plates" in the plural number in any law or rule
shall be deemed to be a reference to the single registration
plate required to be furnished and displayed in accordance with
this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 80-1185.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers
to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle
subject to annual registration for the first time shall issue
or shall cause to be issued to the owner one registration plate
for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or
truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers for motor
vehicles of the first division. The provisions of this Section
may be made applicable to such vehicles of the second division,
as the Secretary of State may, from time to time, in his
discretion designate. On subsequent annual registrations
during the term of the registration plate as provided in
Section 3-414.1, the Secretary shall issue or cause to be
issued registration stickers as evidence of current
registration. However, the issuance of annual registration
stickers to vehicles registered under the provisions of

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Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of this Code may not be required
if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary. Beginning with
the next registration year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly in which the
Secretary of State distributes newly designed standard
registration plates for motor vehicles, the Secretary of State
upon registering a vehicle subject to annual registration for
the first time shall issue or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer,
semitrailer, motorized pedalcycle or truck-tractor, one
registration plate for other motor vehicles and, where
applicable, current registration stickers for motor vehicles
of the first division.
(b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it
the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is
issued, the name of this State, which may be abbreviated, the
year number for which it was issued, which may be abbreviated,
the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary
may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates issued to
vehicles registered under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates
issued to vehicles registered under Section 3-405.3, the phrase
"Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for the word
"apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to
be displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle
registered as a fleet vehicle may display a designation

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determined by the Secretary.
The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe that letters
be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to
vehicles of the first division which are registered under this
Code and only as suffixes on registration plates issued to
other vehicles. Every registration sticker issued as evidence
of current registration shall designate the year number for
which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the
Secretary may prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color
with the registration plates and registration stickers of the
previous year.
(c) Each registration plate and the required letters and
numerals thereon, except the year number for which issued,
shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a
distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be coated with
reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
(d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of
registration plates as the type of plates issued for a private
passenger vehicle.
(e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration
plates.
(f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
distinctive registration plates distinguishing between

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motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter piston
displacement.
(g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
display a designation as determined by the Secretary that such
vehicles are for-hire.
(h) (Blank).
(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and
private ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle
as an ambulance. The Secretary shall forward to the Department
of Healthcare and Family Services registration information for
the purpose of verification of claims filed with the Department
by ambulance owners for payment for services to public
assistance recipients.
(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and
private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration
plates displaying numbers within ranges of numbers reserved
respectively for medical carriers and rescue vehicles. The
Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services registration information for the purpose of
verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of
medical carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services to
public assistance recipients.
(k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license
plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle
exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 12-503 by

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subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that
Section before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or
stickers immediately upon receiving the physician's
certification required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503.
New plates or stickers shall also be issued when the
certification is renewed as provided in that subsection.
(l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
registration plates for low-speed vehicles.
(m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive
registration plates for autocycles. The dimensions of the plate
issued to autocycles shall be 4 by 7 inches.
(Source: P.A. 98-777, eff. 1-1-15.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration
stickers, and drive-away permits; registration plate covers.
(a) Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
than a motorcycle, autocycle, trailer, semitrailer,
truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be
attached thereto, one in the front and one in the rear.
Beginning with the next registration year after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly in
which the Secretary of State distributes newly designed
standard registration plates for motor vehicles, the
registration plate issued for a motor vehicle other than a

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motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor, apportioned
bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached to the rear
thereof. The registration plate issued for a motorcycle,
autocycle, trailer or semitrailer required to be registered
hereunder and any apportionment plate issued to a bus under the
provisions of this Code shall be attached to the rear thereof.
The registration plate issued for a truck-tractor or an
apportioned truck required to be registered hereunder shall be
attached to the front thereof.
(b) Except for vehicles with rear loaded motorized
forklifts, every registration plate shall at all times be
securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for
which it is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging and
at a height of not less than 5 inches from the ground,
measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a place and
position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained in a
condition to be clearly legible, free from any materials that
would obstruct the visibility of the plate. A registration
plate on a motorcycle may be mounted vertically as long as it
is otherwise clearly visible. Registration stickers issued as
evidence of renewed annual registration shall be attached to
registration plates as required by the Secretary of State, and
be clearly visible at all times. For those vehicles with rear
loaded motorized forklifts, if the rear plate is securely
fastened in a horizontal position as prescribed, the plate and
registration sticker shall not be required to be clearly

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visible at all times as a result of the rear mounted motorized
forklift obstructing the view.
(c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this Code
shall be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner
prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit is
affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the permit shall
be void and of no effect.
(d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign
registered vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned with
Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate and
displayed on the front of such vehicle in the same manner as an
Illinois registration plate.
(e) The registration plate issued for a camper body mounted
on a truck displaying registration plates shall be attached to
the rear of the camper body.
(f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the
operation of a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois
registration plate, plates or registration stickers, except as
provided for in subsection (b) of Section 3-701 of this Code,
after the termination of the registration period for which
issued or after the expiration date set pursuant to Sections
3-414 and 3-414.1 of this Code.
(g) A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is
equipped with registration plate covers. A violation of this
subsection (g) or a similar provision of a local ordinance is
an offense against laws and ordinances regulating the movement

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of traffic.
(h) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration
plate cover. A violation of this subsection (h) is a business
offense.
(i) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting
the sale of registration plate covers. A violation of this
subsection (i) is a business offense.
(j) A person may not modify the original manufacturer's
mounting location of the rear registration plate on any vehicle
so as to conceal the registration or to knowingly cause it to
be obstructed in an effort to hinder a peace officer from
obtaining the registration for the enforcement of a violation
of this Code, Section 27.1 of the Toll Highway Act concerning
toll evasion, or any municipal ordinance. Modifications
prohibited by this subsection (j) include but are not limited
to the use of an electronic device. A violation of this
subsection (j) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 98-777, eff. 1-1-15; 98-1103, eff. 1-1-15; 99-68,
eff. 1-1-16; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)