Bill Text: IL HB3683 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the registration fee paid by any vehicle owner 65 years of age or older, or a spouse of such person, shall be $10 instead of the fee otherwise provided in the Code for specified vehicles.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3683 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3683-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3683 Introduced , by Rep. Harry Benton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-806.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the registration fee paid by any vehicle owner 65 years of age or older, or a spouse of such person, shall be $10 instead of the fee otherwise provided in the Code for specified vehicles.
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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 3-806.3 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
Sec. 3-806.3. Senior citizens. The Commencing with the
2009 registration year, the registration fee paid by any
vehicle owner who (i) is 65 years of age or older, (ii) has
been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and
Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, or (iii)
who is the spouse of any such a person shall be $10 instead of
the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars
displaying standard multi-year registration plates or digital
registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor
vehicles displaying special registration plates or digital
registration plates issued under Section 3-609, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645,
3-647, 3-650, 3-651, 3-663, or 3-699.17, motor vehicles
registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and
recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also
be entitled to this reduced registration fee for the

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registration year in which the claimant was eligible.
The Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the
registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who (i) is 65 years
of age or older, (ii) has claimed and received a grant under
the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax
Relief Act, or (iii) who is the spouse of any such a person
shall be $10 instead of the fee otherwise provided in this Code
for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year registration
plates or digital registration plates issued under Section
3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special registration plates
or digital registration plates issued under Section 3-607,
3-609, 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628,
3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, 3-651, 3-663, 3-664, or
3-699.17, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less
under Section 3-815(a), and recreational vehicles registered
at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and
widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to this reduced
registration fee for the registration year in which the
claimant was eligible.
Commencing with the 2017 registration year, the reduced
fee under this Section shall apply to any special registration
plate or digital registration plate authorized in Article VI
of Chapter 3 of this Code for which the applicant would
otherwise be eligible.
Surcharges for vehicle registrations under Section 3-806
of this Code shall not be collected from any vehicle owner who

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has been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act or a person who is the
spouse of such a person.
No more than one reduced registration fee under this
Section shall be allowed during any 12-month period based on
the primary eligibility of any individual, whether such
reduced registration fee is allowed to the individual or to
the spouse, widow or widower of such individual. This Section
does not apply to the fee paid in addition to the registration
fee for motor vehicles displaying vanity, personalized, or
special license plates.
(Source: P.A. 101-51, eff. 7-12-19; 101-395, eff. 8-16-19;
102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-807, eff. 1-1-23.)