Bill Text: IL HB5342 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is eligible to apply for special license plates in any military series, other than Gold Star license plates, may apply for those special license plates for not more than 2 different motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-05 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5342 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5342-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5342 Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-601
625 ILCS 5/3-620 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is eligible to apply for special license plates in any military series, other than Gold Star license plates, may apply for those special license plates for not more than 2 different motor vehicles.
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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 3-601 and 3-620 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-601)
Sec. 3-601. Operation of vehicles under special plates.
(a) A manufacturer owning any unregistered vehicle of a
type otherwise required to be registered under this Act may
operate or move such upon the highways without registering each
such vehicle upon condition that any such vehicle display
thereon, a special plate or plates issued to such owner as
provided in this Article.
(b) A dealer owning any unregistered vehicle of a type
otherwise required to be registered under this Act and held by
him for sale or resale, may operate or move such upon the
highways without registering each such vehicle upon condition
that any such vehicle display thereon a special plate or plates
issued to such owner as provided in this Article.
(c) A transporter may operate or move any vehicle not owned
by him upon the highways by the driveaway or towaway methods
solely for the purpose of delivery upon likewise displaying
thereon like plates issued to him as provided in this Article.

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(d) A boat dealer owning any boat trailer of a type
otherwise required to be registered under this Act may operate
or move such upon the highways and haul a boat customarily sold
with such boat trailer, without registering each such boat
trailer upon condition that any such boat trailer display
thereon, in the manner prescribed in Section 3-413, a special
plate or plates issued to such owner as provided in this
Article.
(e) Any person owning unregistered vehicles of a type
required to be registered and which are exclusively operated
off the highways and upon private property, may move such
vehicles from one plant location to another upon the highways
without registering each such vehicle upon conditions that any
such vehicle display thereon a special plate or plates issued
to such persons as provided in this Article. Such vehicles must
be unladen and may not be operated upon any highways with such
special plates except for the interplant movement.
(f) Any person owning a vehicle of a type required to be
registered which when purchased is not yet equipped for work or
service, may move such vehicle from the point of original
manufacture or sale to a body shop or other place where the
vehicle is to be equipped for work or service and from such
point to the owner's place of business without first
registering each such vehicle upon condition that any such
vehicle display thereon a special plate or plates issued to
such person as provided in this Article. Upon completion of

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such movement, any such vehicle subject to registration must be
properly registered.
(g) Special plates issued under this Article must be
displayed in the manner provided for in Section 3-413.
(h) Any such vehicle bearing such special plate or plates
may be operated without registration for any purpose, except
that no such special plate or plates shall be used on any
vehicle which is rented by the manufacturer or dealer to
another person or which is used to transport passengers or
property for hire, nor, except as provided in paragraph (i) of
this Section, shall any such special plate or plates be used on
a second division vehicle which is carrying cargo or
merchandise except in demonstrating such second division
vehicle for the purposes of sale, or for the purpose of testing
engine and driveline components.
(i) The provisions of this Article authorizing special
plates shall not apply to work or service vehicles owned by a
manufacturer, transporter or dealer except a truck up to 8,000
pounds gross weight owned by a dealer and used for hauling
parts incidental to the operation of the dealer's business.
(j) The Secretary of State may limit the number of special
plates issued to any applicant.
(k) A person who is eligible to apply for special license
plates in any military series, other than Gold Star license
plates, may apply for those special license plates for not more
than 2 different motor vehicles.

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(Source: P.A. 78-753; 78-1297.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-620) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620)
Sec. 3-620. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application
made on the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
issue special registration plates to United States citizens,
who are present or former members of the United States armed
forces or any of its allies, and who were prisoners of war of
World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the
Vietnamese conflict, or to the widowed spouse of a former
member of the United States armed forces, providing that
widowed spouse was married to the POW at the time of death, and
is a single person at the time of application. The special
plates issued pursuant to this Section shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division subject to the
staggered registration system, motorcycles, and vehicles of
the second division having a gross weight of 8,000 pounds or
less and shall be issued without charge. Only one set of plates
may be issued at no fee.
The design and color of the prisoner of war plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. 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.
(Source: P.A. 95-353, eff. 1-1-08.)