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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3-701 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-701) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-701)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-701. Operation of vehicles without evidence of
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| 8 | registration - Operation under mileage plates when odometer | ||||||
| 9 | broken or
disconnected. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly | ||||||
| 11 | permit to
be
operated, except as provided in subsection (b) of | ||||||
| 12 | this Section, upon any highway unless there shall be attached | ||||||
| 13 | thereto and
displayed thereon when and as required by law, | ||||||
| 14 | proper evidence of
registration in Illinois, as follows:
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| 15 | (1) A vehicle required to be registered in Illinois. A | ||||||
| 16 | current and
valid Illinois registration sticker or | ||||||
| 17 | stickers and plate or plates, or
an Illinois temporary | ||||||
| 18 | registration permit, or a drive-away or
in-transit permit, | ||||||
| 19 | issued therefor by the Secretary of State; or
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| 20 | (2) A vehicle eligible for Reciprocity. A current and | ||||||
| 21 | valid
reciprocal foreign registration plate or plates | ||||||
| 22 | properly issued to such
vehicle or a temporary registration | ||||||
| 23 | issued therefor, by the reciprocal
State, and, in addition, | ||||||
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| 1 | when required by the Secretary, a current and
valid | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decal issued
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| 3 | therefor by the Secretary of State; or except as otherwise | ||||||
| 4 | expressly
provided for in this Chapter.
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| 5 | (b) A person may operate upon any highway a vehicle that | ||||||
| 6 | has been properly registered but does not display a current and | ||||||
| 7 | valid Illinois registration sticker provided that he or she has | ||||||
| 8 | proof, in the form of a printed receipt from the Secretary, | ||||||
| 9 | that he or she has registered the vehicle before the previous | ||||||
| 10 | registration's expiration but has not yet received a new | ||||||
| 11 | registration sticker from the Secretary. This printed proof of | ||||||
| 12 | registration is only valid for 30 days from the expiration of | ||||||
| 13 | the previous registration sticker's date. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) No person shall operate, nor shall any owner knowingly | ||||||
| 15 | permit to be
operated, any vehicle of the second division for | ||||||
| 16 | which the owner has
made an election to pay the mileage tax in | ||||||
| 17 | lieu of the annual flat
weight tax, at any time when the | ||||||
| 18 | odometer of such vehicle is broken or
disconnected, or is | ||||||
| 19 | inoperable or not operating.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02.)
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