Bill Text: IL SB0805 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires vehicle registration plates to be clearly visible at all times and free from materials or objects that would obstruct the visibility of the plate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0896 [SB0805 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0805-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB0805 Introduced 2/5/2015, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-413 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires vehicle registration plates to be clearly visible at all times and free from materials or objects that would obstruct the visibility of the plate.
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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 3-413 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates, registration
stickers, and drive-away permits; registration plate covers.
(a) Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
than a motorcycle, autocycle, trailer, semitrailer,
truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be
attached thereto, one in the front and one in the rear. The
registration plate issued for a motorcycle, autocycle, trailer
or semitrailer required to be registered hereunder and any
apportionment plate issued to a bus under the provisions of
this Code shall be attached to the rear thereof. The
registration plate issued for a truck-tractor or an apportioned
truck required to be registered hereunder shall be attached to
the front thereof.
(b) Every registration plate shall at all times be securely
fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it
is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging and at a
height of not less than 5 inches from the ground, measuring

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from the bottom of such plate, in a place and position to be
clearly visible at all times and shall be maintained in a
condition to be clearly legible, free from any materials or
other objects that would obstruct the visibility of the plate.
A registration plate on a motorcycle may be mounted vertically
as long as it is otherwise clearly visible. Registration
stickers issued as evidence of renewed annual registration
shall be attached to registration plates as required by the
Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at all times.
(c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this Code
shall be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner
prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit is
affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the permit shall
be void and of no effect.
(d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign
registered vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned with
Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate and
displayed on the front of such vehicle in the same manner as an
Illinois registration plate.
(e) The registration plate issued for a camper body mounted
on a truck displaying registration plates shall be attached to
the rear of the camper body.
(f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the
operation of a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois
registration plate, plates or registration stickers, except as
provided for in subsection (b) of Section 3-701 of this Code,

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after the termination of the registration period for which
issued or after the expiration date set pursuant to Sections
3-414 and 3-414.1 of this Code.
(g) A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is
equipped with registration plate covers. A violation of this
subsection (g) or a similar provision of a local ordinance is
an offense against laws and ordinances regulating the movement
of traffic.
(h) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration
plate cover. A violation of this subsection (h) is a business
offense.
(i) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting
the sale of registration plate covers. A violation of this
subsection (i) is a business offense.
(j) A person may not modify the original manufacturer's
mounting location of the rear registration plate on any vehicle
so as to conceal the registration or to knowingly cause it to
be obstructed in an effort to hinder a peace officer from
obtaining the registration for the enforcement of a violation
of this Code, Section 27.1 of the Toll Highway Act concerning
toll evasion, or any municipal ordinance. Modifications
prohibited by this subsection (j) include but are not limited
to the use of an electronic device. A violation of this
subsection (j) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13; 98-777, eff. 1-1-15;
98-1103, eff. 1-1-15; revised 10-1-14.)