Bill Text: IL HB2334 | 2023-2024 | 103rd 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 reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces. Effective January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. [HB2334 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2334-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2334 Introduced , by Rep. Jackie Haas 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 reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces. Effective January 1, 2024.
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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 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 2025 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 reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner who has been
identified as a veteran under subsection (e) of Section 6-106
of this Code. Nothing in this subsection (d) prevents the
application of the registration fee waiver provided under
subsection (c) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2024.