Bill Text: IL SB3158 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a retired member of the General Assembly or retired executive branch constitutional officer who receives a felony conviction that relates to any transactions carried out as part of the retired member's or retired executive branch constitutional officer's official duties shall not be issued license plates bearing the appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the holder is a retired member of the General Assembly or retired executive branch constitutional officer or the office held.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB3158 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3158-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3158 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-606.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1
625 ILCS 5/3-606.5
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a retired member of the General Assembly or retired executive branch constitutional officer who receives a felony conviction that relates to any transactions carried out as part of the retired member's or retired executive branch constitutional officer's official duties shall not be issued license plates bearing the appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the holder is a retired member of the General Assembly or retired executive branch constitutional officer or the office held.
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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 3-606.1 and 3-606.5 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-606.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1)
Sec. 3-606.1. Retired members of the General Assembly.
Upon receipt of a request from a retired member of the General
Assembly, accompanied by the appropriate application and fee,
the Secretary of State shall issue to such retired member
plates bearing appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating
that the holder is a retired member of the General Assembly.
Such plates may be issued for a 2 year period beginning January
1st of each odd-numbered year and ending December 31st of the
subsequent even-numbered year. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section, upon the death of a retired member who has been
issued a retired member of the General Assembly plate, that
member's surviving spouse shall be entitled to retain the
plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident of Illinois
and transfers the registration to his or her name within 90
days of the death of the retired member.
A retired member of the General Assembly who has a
disability as defined under Section 1-159.1 may request one

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set of specialized plates which display the International
Symbol of Access and shall be subject to the provisions within
Section 3-616. The set of specialized plates displaying the
International Symbol of Access shall only be issued along with
the assignment of a corresponding disability placard that must
be displayed in the vehicle. The surviving spouse of the
retired member shall not be entitled to retain this plate.
"Retired member" means any individual who (a) has served
as a member of the General Assembly for a minimum of 6 years,
or (b) is 62 or older, has served as a member of the General
Assembly for a minimum of 4 years, and retired prior to the
convening of the 83rd General Assembly.
The fees and procedures relating to such plates for
retired members of the General Assembly shall be the same as
the fees and procedures applicable to personalized plates
issued under this Code.
This Section shall not apply to any retired member of the
General Assembly who receives a felony conviction that relates
to any transactions carried out as part of the retired
member's official duties.
(Source: P.A. 103-195, eff. 1-1-24.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-606.5)
Sec. 3-606.5. Retired Executive Branch Constitutional
Officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive
branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate

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application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the
retired executive branch constitutional officer plates bearing
appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the
holder is a retired executive branch constitutional officer
and the office held. Such plates may be issued for a 2-year
period beginning on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and
ending on December 31 of the subsequent even-numbered year.
Upon the death of a retired executive branch constitutional
officer who has been issued a retired executive branch
constitutional officer plate, the retired executive branch
constitutional officer's surviving spouse shall be entitled to
retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident
of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or her name
within 90 days of the death of the retired executive branch
constitutional officer. For purposes of this Section, "retired
executive branch constitutional officer" means any individual
who has served at least one full term of office as (i)
Governor; (ii) Lieutenant Governor; (iii) Attorney General;
(iv) Secretary of State; (v) Comptroller; or (vi) Treasurer;
and who was not removed from office pursuant to Section 14 of
Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
This Section shall not apply to any retired executive
branch constitutional officer who receives a felony conviction
that relates to any transactions carried out as part of the
retired executive branch constitutional officer's official
duties.

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