Bill Text: IL SB3471 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a new set of license plates to an owner of a vehicle whose plates were stolen. Provides that the new set of plates shall be issued without a fee. Requires the Secretary to assign a new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate or plates that were stolen. Make changes to the registration fee for lost or destroyed plates.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1005 [SB3471 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3471-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 Section 3-820 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-820) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-820)
Sec. 3-820. Duplicate Number Plates.
(a) Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State an
affidavit to the effect that an original number plate for a
vehicle is lost, stolen or destroyed, a duplicate number plate
shall be furnished upon payment of a fee of $6 for each
duplicate plate and a fee of $9 for a pair of duplicate plates.
Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State an
affidavit to the effect that an original registration sticker
or digital registration sticker for a vehicle is lost, stolen
or destroyed, a new registration sticker or digital
registration sticker shall be furnished upon payment of a fee
of $5 for registration stickers or digital registration
stickers issued on or before February 28, 2005 and $20 for
registration stickers or digital registration stickers issued
on or after March 1, 2005.
The Secretary of State may, in his discretion, assign a
new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate

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or plates so lost, stolen or destroyed, but such assignment of
a new plate or plates shall not affect the right of the owner
to secure a reassignment of his original registration number
in the manner provided in this Act. The fee for one new number
plate shall be $6, and for a pair of new number plates, $9.
For the administration of this Section, the Secretary
shall consider the loss of a registration plate or digital
registration plate or plates with properly affixed
registration stickers or digital registration stickers as
requiring the payment of:
(i) $11 for each duplicate issued on or before
February 28, 2005 and $26 for each duplicate issued on or
after March 1, 2005; or
(ii) $14 for a pair of duplicate plates issued on or
before February 28, 2005 and $29 for a pair of duplicate
plates issued on or after March 1, 2005.
(b) Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a
police report and an affidavit to the effect that an original
number plate for a vehicle is stolen, a new plate shall be
issued with no fee.
Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a
police report and an affidavit to the effect that an original
registration sticker or a digital registration sticker for a
vehicle is stolen, a new registration sticker or digital
registration sticker shall be issued with no fee.
The Secretary of State shall assign a new number plate or

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