Bill Text: IL HB3228 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Eliminates the flat weight tax for all owners of trailers that are not farm trailers and that weigh 3,000 pounds or less.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3228 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3228-Introduced.html

---

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3228 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-819 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Eliminates the flat weight tax for all owners of trailers that are not farm trailers and that weigh 3,000 pounds or less.
LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 b
A BILL FOR
HB3228 LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 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 3-819 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-819) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819)
Sec. 3-819. Trailer; tax.
(a) Farm Trailer. Any farm trailer drawn by a motor
vehicle of the second division registered under paragraph (a)
or (c) of Section 3-815 and used exclusively by the owner for
his own agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising
operations and not used for hire, or any farm trailer utilized
only in the transportation for-hire of seasonal, fresh,
perishable fruit or vegetables from farm to the point of first
processing, and any trailer used with a farm tractor that is
not an implement of husbandry may be registered under this
paragraph in lieu of registration under paragraph (b) of this
Section upon the filing of a proper application and the
payment of the $10 registration fee and the highway use tax
herein for use of the public highways of this State, at the
following rates which include the $10 registration fee:
SCHEDULE OF FEES AND TAXES
Gross Weight in Lbs. Class Total Amount

HB3228 - 2 - LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 b
Including Vehicle each
and Maximum Load Fiscal Year
10,000 lbs. or less VDD $160
10,001 to 14,000 lbs. VDE 206
14,001 to 20,000 lbs. VDG 266
20,001 to 28,000 lbs. VDJ 478
28,001 to 36,000 lbs. VDL 750
An owner may only apply for and receive 2 farm trailer
registrations.
(b) All other owners of trailers, other than apportionable
trailers registered under Section 3-402.1 of this Code, used
with a motor vehicle on the public highways, shall pay to the
Secretary of State for each registration year a flat weight
tax, for the use of the public highways of this State, at the
following rates (which includes the registration fee of $10
required by Section 3-813):
SCHEDULE OF TRAILER FLAT
WEIGHT TAX REQUIRED
BY LAW
Gross Weight in Lbs. Total Fees
Including Vehicle and each
Maximum Load Class Fiscal Year
2,000 lbs. and less UT $36
3,000 lbs. and less TA $36
5,000 lbs. and more than 3,000 TB 154
8,000 lbs. and more than 5,000 TC 158

HB3228 - 3 - LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 b
10,000 lbs. and more than 8,000 TD 206
14,000 lbs. and more than 10,000 TE 270
20,000 lbs. and more than 14,000 TG 358
32,000 lbs. and more than 20,000 TK 822
36,000 lbs. and more than 32,000 TL 1,182
40,000 lbs. and more than 36,000 TN 1,602
Of the fees collected under this subsection, other than
the fee collected for a Class UT or TA trailer, $1 of the fees
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
Services Fund and $99 of the fees shall be deposited into the
Road Fund.
(c) The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum
load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this
Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 102-353, eff. 1-1-22.)