Bill Text: IL SB3402 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that dealer plates issued by another state shall exempt a vehicle from the registration requirements of the Illinois Vehicle Code for the limited purpose of transport to a repair facility within this State as evidenced by a work order or contract with the repair facility that is displayed to a law enforcement officer upon request.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0971 [SB3402 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3402-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 098-0971
SB3402 Enrolled LRB098 18844 MLW 53989 b
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
Section 3-701 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)
Sec. 3-701. Operation of vehicles without evidence of
registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer
broken or disconnected. No person shall operate, nor shall an
owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway unless
there shall be attached thereto and displayed thereon when and
as required by law, proper evidence of registration in
Illinois, as follows:
(1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A
current and valid Illinois registration sticker or
stickers and plate or plates, or an Illinois temporary
registration permit, or a drive-away or in-transit permit,
issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or
(2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and
valid reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates
properly issued to such vehicle or a temporary registration
issued therefor, by the reciprocal State, and, in addition,
when required by the Secretary, a current and valid

Illinois Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued
therefor by the Secretary of State; or except as otherwise
expressly provided for in this Chapter.
(3) A vehicle commuting for repairs in Illinois. A
dealer plate issued by a foreign state shall exempt a
vehicle from the requirements of this Section if the
vehicle is being operated for the purpose of transport to a
repair facility in Illinois to have repairs performed on
the vehicle displaying foreign dealer plates. The driver of
the motor vehicle bearing dealer plates shall provide a
work order or contract with the repair facility to a law
enforcement officer upon request.
No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly
permit to be operated, any vehicle of the second division for
which the owner has made an election to pay the mileage tax in
lieu of the annual flat weight tax, at any time when the
odometer of such vehicle is broken or disconnected, or is
inoperable or not operating.
(Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02.)