Bill Text: IL SB3189 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue registration plates for electric vehicles as vanity or personalized plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3189 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3189-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 3-805 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-805) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-805)
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7 | Sec. 3-805. Electric vehicles. Until January 1, 2020, the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | owner of a motor vehicle of the first division or a motor | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or less | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | propelled by an
electric engine and not utilizing motor fuel, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | may register such vehicle for
a fee not to exceed $35 for a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2-year registration period.
The Secretary may, in his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | discretion, prescribe that electric vehicle
registration | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | plates be issued for an indefinite term, such term to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | correspond
to the term of registration plates issued generally, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | as provided in Section
3-414.1. In no event may the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | registration fee for electric vehicles exceed
$18 per | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | registration year. The Secretary may issue the plates as vanity | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | or personalized plates under Section 3-405.1. Beginning on | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | January 1, 2020, the registration fee for these vehicles shall | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | be equal to the fee set forth in Section 3-806 for motor | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | vehicles of the first division, other than Autocycles, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Motorcycles, Motor Driven Cycles, and Pedalcycles. In addition |
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1 | to the registration fees, the Secretary shall assess an | ||||||
2 | additional $100 per year in lieu of the payment of motor fuel | ||||||
3 | taxes. $1 of the additional fees shall be deposited into the | ||||||
4 | Secretary of State Special Services Fund and the remainder of | ||||||
5 | the additional fees shall be deposited into the Road Fund.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19.)
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