103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1662 Introduced 2/8/2023, 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. LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1662 Introduced 2/8/2023, 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 5/3-606.5 625 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. LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1662 Introduced 2/8/2023, 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 5/3-606.5 625 ILCS 5/3-606.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1 625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 625 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. LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b A BILL FOR SB1662LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 changing Sections 3-606.1 and 3-606.5 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/3-606.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1) 7 Sec. 3-606.1. Retired members of the General Assembly. 8 Upon receipt of a request from a retired member of the General 9 Assembly, accompanied by the appropriate application and fee, 10 the Secretary of State shall issue to such retired member 11 plates bearing appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating 12 that the holder is a retired member of the General Assembly. 13 Such plates may be issued for a 2 year period beginning January 14 1st of each odd-numbered year and ending December 31st of the 15 subsequent even-numbered year. Upon the death of a retired 16 member who has been issued a retired member of the General 17 Assembly plate, that member's surviving spouse shall be 18 entitled to retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is 19 a resident of Illinois and transfers the registration to his 20 or her name within 90 days of the death of the retired member. 21 "Retired member" means any individual who (a) has served 22 as a member of the General Assembly for a minimum of 6 years, 23 or (b) is 62 or older, has served as a member of the General 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1662 Introduced 2/8/2023, 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 5/3-606.5 625 ILCS 5/3-606.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1 625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 625 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. LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b A BILL FOR 625 ILCS 5/3-606.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1 625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662- 2 -LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 - 2 - LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 - 2 - LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b 1 Assembly for a minimum of 4 years, and retired prior to the 2 convening of the 83rd General Assembly. 3 The fees and procedures relating to such plates for 4 retired members of the General Assembly shall be the same as 5 the fees and procedures applicable to personalized plates 6 issued under this Code. 7 This Section shall not apply to any retired member of the 8 General Assembly who receives a felony conviction that relates 9 to any transactions carried out as part of the retired 10 member's official duties. 11 (Source: P.A. 98-223, eff. 8-9-13.) 12 (625 ILCS 5/3-606.5) 13 Sec. 3-606.5. Retired Executive Branch Constitutional 14 Officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive 15 branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate 16 application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the 17 retired executive branch constitutional officer plates bearing 18 appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the 19 holder is a retired executive branch constitutional officer 20 and the office held. Such plates may be issued for a 2-year 21 period beginning on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and 22 ending on December 31 of the subsequent even-numbered year. 23 Upon the death of a retired executive branch constitutional 24 officer who has been issued a retired executive branch 25 constitutional officer plate, the retired executive branch SB1662 - 2 - LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662- 3 -LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 - 3 - LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b SB1662 - 3 - LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b 1 constitutional officer's surviving spouse shall be entitled to 2 retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident 3 of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or her name 4 within 90 days of the death of the retired executive branch 5 constitutional officer. For purposes of this Section, "retired 6 executive branch constitutional officer" means any individual 7 who has served at least one full term of office as (i) 8 Governor; (ii) Lieutenant Governor; (iii) Attorney General; 9 (iv) Secretary of State; (v) Comptroller; or (vi) Treasurer; 10 and who was not removed from office pursuant to Section 14 of 11 Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. 12 This Section shall not apply to any retired executive 13 branch constitutional officer who receives a felony conviction 14 that relates to any transactions carried out as part of the 15 retired executive branch constitutional officer's official 16 duties. 17 (Source: P.A. 102-1103, eff. 12-6-22.) SB1662 - 3 - LRB103 27279 MXP 53650 b