Bill Text: IL HB4316 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020 registration year, the Secretary of State shall issue one set of permanent vehicle registration plates to an applicant with a permanent disability who is eligible to receive special license plates for veterans with disabilities or an applicant who is eligible to receive Purple Heart special license plates. Provides that any additional plates issued to a person eligible to receive the special license plates shall be subject to applicable registration and renewal fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4316 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4316-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4316 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-609 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609
625 ILCS 5/3-623 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623
625 ILCS 5/3-808.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020 registration year, the Secretary of State shall issue one set of permanent vehicle registration plates to an applicant with a permanent disability who is eligible to receive special license plates for veterans with disabilities or an applicant who is eligible to receive Purple Heart special license plates. Provides that any additional plates issued to a person eligible to receive the special license plates shall be subject to applicable registration and renewal fees.
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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
Sections 3-609, 3-623, and 3-808.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
Sec. 3-609. Plates for veterans with disabilities.
(a) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected
disability from the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, and who has obtained certification from a licensed
physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
registered nurse that the service-connected disability
qualifies the veteran for issuance of registration plates or
decals to a person with disabilities in accordance with Section
3-616, may, without the payment of any registration fee, make
application to the Secretary of State for license plates for
veterans with disabilities displaying the international symbol
of access, for the registration of one motor vehicle of the
first division or one motor vehicle of the second division
weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
(b) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected
disability from the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be

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50% or more, but whose disability does not qualify the veteran
for a plate or decal for persons with disabilities under
Section 3-616, may, without the payment of any registration
fee, make application to the Secretary for a special
registration plate without the international symbol of access
for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first division
or one motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more
than 8,000 pounds.
(c) Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with
documentation for eligibility of registration without fee
unless the applicant has a permanent qualifying disability, and
such registration plates may not be issued to any person not
eligible therefor. The Illinois Department of Veterans'
Affairs may assist in providing the documentation of
disability.
(d) The design and color of the plates shall be within the
discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates issued
under subsection (b) of this Section shall not contain the
international symbol of access. The Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or
personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this
Code. Except as provided in subsection (f), registration
Registration shall be for a multi-year period and may be issued
staggered registration.
(e) Any person eligible to receive license plates under
this Section who has been approved for benefits under the

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Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax
Relief Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under that
Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise
provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1,
for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at
8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set
of plates under this Section.
(f) Beginning with the 2020 registration year, the
Secretary shall issue an applicant who has a permanent
disability one set of permanent vehicle registration plates
under Section 3-808.1 of this Code. Except as provided in
subsection (e), an applicant for a second set of plates shall
pay the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars
displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued
under Section 3-414.1, for motor vehicles registered at 8,000
pounds or less under subsection (a) of Section 3-815, or for
recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
subsection (b) of Section 3-815.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates.
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue to

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recipients awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States who reside in Illinois, special
registration plates. The Secretary, upon receipt of the proper
application, may also issue these special registration plates
to an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person
who was awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States. The special plates issued pursuant
to this Section should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of
the 1st division, including motorcycles, or motor vehicles of
the 2nd division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. The
Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with
Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary of State must make
a version of the special registration plates authorized under
this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles.
(b) The design and color of such plates shall be wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate
documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the
appropriate registration fee shall accompany the application,
except:
(1) a person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates,
other than a person issued a set of permanent plates under
subsection (c), may display the plates on one vehicle
without the payment of any registration or registration
renewal fee; and
(2) for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart

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plates for an additional vehicle and who has been approved
for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Persons with
Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, the annual fee for
the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in
Section 3-806.3 of this Code.
(c) Beginning with the 2020 registration year, the
Secretary shall issue an applicant who is eligible for a Purple
Heart special license plate one set of permanent vehicle
registration plates under Section 3-808.1 of this Code. Except
as provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), an applicant
for a second set of plates shall pay the fee otherwise provided
in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year
registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, for motor
vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under subsection
(a) of Section 3-815, or for recreational vehicles registered
at 8,000 pounds or less under subsection (b) of Section 3-815.
(Source: P.A. 98-902, eff. 1-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-808.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1)
Sec. 3-808.1. Permanent vehicle registration plates.
(a) Permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued,
at no charge, to the following:
1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
owned and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
Assembly. ;

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2. Special disability plates issued to vehicles owned
and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
Assembly.
3. Beginning with the 2020 registration year, a special
plate issued under Section 3-609 or 3-623 of this Code as
provided under the applicable Section.
(b) Permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued,
for a one time fee of $8.00, to the following:
1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
operated by or for any county, township or municipal
corporation.
2. Vehicles owned by counties, townships or municipal
corporations for persons with disabilities.
3. Beginning with the 1991 registration year,
county-owned vehicles operated by or for any county sheriff
and designated deputy sheriffs. These registration plates
shall contain the specific county code and unit number.
4. All-terrain vehicles owned by counties, townships,
or municipal corporations and used for law enforcement
purposes when the Manufacturer's Statement of Origin is
accompanied with a letter from the original manufacturer or
a manufacturer's franchised dealer stating that this
all-terrain vehicle has been converted to a street worthy
vehicle that meets the equipment requirements set forth in
Chapter 12 of this Code.

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5. Beginning with the 2001 registration year,
municipally-owned vehicles operated by or for any police
department. These registration plates shall contain the
designation "municipal police" and shall be numbered and
distributed as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
6. Beginning with the 2014 registration year,
municipally owned, fire district owned, or Mutual Aid Box
Alarm System (MABAS) owned vehicles operated by or for any
fire department, fire protection district, or MABAS. These
registration plates shall display the designation "Fire
Department" and shall display the specific fire
department, fire district, fire unit, or MABAS division
number or letter.
7. Beginning with the 2017 registration year, vehicles
that do not require a school bus driver permit under
Section 6-104 to operate, and are owned by a public school
district from grades K-12 or a public community college.
8. Beginning with the 2017 registration year, vehicles
of the first division or vehicles of the second division
weighing not more than 8,000 pounds that are owned by a
medical facility or hospital of a municipality, county, or
township.
(b-5) Beginning with the 2016 registration year, permanent
vehicle registration plates shall be issued for a one-time fee
of $8.00 to a county, township, or municipal corporation that
owns or operates vehicles used for the purpose of community

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workplace commuting as defined by the Secretary of State by
administrative rule. The design and color of the plates shall
be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary
of State may adopt rules to implement this subsection (b-5).
(c) Beginning with the 2012 registration year,
county-owned vehicles operated by or for any county sheriff and
designated deputy sheriffs that have been issued registration
plates under subsection (b) of this Section shall be exempt
from any fee for the transfer of registration from one vehicle
to another vehicle. Each county sheriff shall report to the
Secretary of State any transfer of registration plates from one
vehicle to another vehicle operated by or for any county
sheriff and designated deputy sheriffs. The Secretary of State
shall adopt rules to implement this subsection (c).
(c-5) Beginning with the 2014 registration year,
municipally owned, fire district owned, or Mutual Aid Box Alarm
System (MABAS) owned vehicles operated by or for any fire
department, fire protection district, or MABAS that have been
issued registration plates under subsection (b) of this Section
shall be exempt from any fee for the transfer of registration
from one vehicle to another vehicle. Each fire department, fire
protection district, of MABAS shall report to the Secretary of
State any transfer of registration plates from one vehicle to
another vehicle operated by or for any fire department, fire
protection district, or MABAS. The Secretary of State shall
adopt rules to implement this subsection.

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(d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year,
municipally-owned vehicles operated by or for any police
department that have been issued registration plates under
subsection (b) of this Section shall be exempt from any fee for
the transfer of registration from one vehicle to another
vehicle. Each municipal police department shall report to the
Secretary of State any transfer of registration plates from one
vehicle to another vehicle operated by or for any municipal
police department. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to
implement this subsection (d).
(e) Beginning with the 2016 registration year, any vehicle
owned or operated by a county, township, or municipal
corporation that has been issued registration plates under this
Section is exempt from any fee for the transfer of registration
from one vehicle to another vehicle. Each county, township, or
municipal corporation shall report to the Secretary of State
any transfer of registration plates from one vehicle to another
vehicle operated by or for any county, township, or municipal
corporation.
(Source: P.A. 98-436, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1074, eff. 1-1-15;
99-166, eff. 7-28-15; 99-707, eff. 7-29-16.)