Bill Text: IL SB3480 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the standard registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for any vehicle owner who is a disabled veteran who holds proof of a service connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3480 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3480-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3480 Introduced 2/13/2020, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the standard registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for any vehicle owner who is a disabled veteran who holds proof of a service connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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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
Section 3-806.7 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military
personnel and disabled veterans.
(a) Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the standard
registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
be reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who was on
active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States and stationed outside of the United States for a period
of 90 days or longer during the preceding registration year.
(b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces
of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the
United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who
placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the
time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the
unused portion of that registration when they renew the

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registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United
States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in
storage and had current registration, the member of the armed
forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
(c) Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the standard
registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this Code for
passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor
vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code, shall
be waived for the year following the return of any Illinois
vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or reserve
component of the United States Armed Forces who can provide
proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this
subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by
specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.
(d) Beginning with the 2022 registration year, the standard
registration fee under Section 3-806 of this Code for passenger
motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the
second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds and
registered under Section 3-815 of this Code shall be waived for
any Illinois vehicle owner who has been identified as a
disabled veteran who holds proof of a service-connected
disability from the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs.
(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)