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. 3-606.1625 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 37870 MXP 68001 b A BILL FOR 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. 3-606.1625 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 37870 MXP 68001 b LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b A BILL FOR 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. 3-606.1625 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 37870 MXP 68001 b LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b A BILL FOR SB3158LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 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. Except as otherwise provided in 16 this Section, upon the death of a retired member who has been 17 issued a retired member of the General Assembly plate, that 18 member's surviving spouse shall be entitled to retain the 19 plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident of Illinois 20 and transfers the registration to his or her name within 90 21 days of the death of the retired member. 22 A retired member of the General Assembly who has a 23 disability as defined under Section 1-159.1 may request one 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. 3-606.1625 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 37870 MXP 68001 b LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 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 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158- 2 -LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 2 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 2 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b 1 set of specialized plates which display the International 2 Symbol of Access and shall be subject to the provisions within 3 Section 3-616. The set of specialized plates displaying the 4 International Symbol of Access shall only be issued along with 5 the assignment of a corresponding disability placard that must 6 be displayed in the vehicle. The surviving spouse of the 7 retired member shall not be entitled to retain this plate. 8 "Retired member" means any individual who (a) has served 9 as a member of the General Assembly for a minimum of 6 years, 10 or (b) is 62 or older, has served as a member of the General 11 Assembly for a minimum of 4 years, and retired prior to the 12 convening of the 83rd General Assembly. 13 The fees and procedures relating to such plates for 14 retired members of the General Assembly shall be the same as 15 the fees and procedures applicable to personalized plates 16 issued under this Code. 17 This Section shall not apply to any retired member of the 18 General Assembly who receives a felony conviction that relates 19 to any transactions carried out as part of the retired 20 member's official duties. 21 (Source: P.A. 103-195, eff. 1-1-24.) 22 (625 ILCS 5/3-606.5) 23 Sec. 3-606.5. Retired Executive Branch Constitutional 24 Officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive 25 branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate SB3158 - 2 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158- 3 -LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 3 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 3 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b 1 application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the 2 retired executive branch constitutional officer plates bearing 3 appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the 4 holder is a retired executive branch constitutional officer 5 and the office held. Such plates may be issued for a 2-year 6 period beginning on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and 7 ending on December 31 of the subsequent even-numbered year. 8 Upon the death of a retired executive branch constitutional 9 officer who has been issued a retired executive branch 10 constitutional officer plate, the retired executive branch 11 constitutional officer's surviving spouse shall be entitled to 12 retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident 13 of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or her name 14 within 90 days of the death of the retired executive branch 15 constitutional officer. For purposes of this Section, "retired 16 executive branch constitutional officer" means any individual 17 who has served at least one full term of office as (i) 18 Governor; (ii) Lieutenant Governor; (iii) Attorney General; 19 (iv) Secretary of State; (v) Comptroller; or (vi) Treasurer; 20 and who was not removed from office pursuant to Section 14 of 21 Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. 22 This Section shall not apply to any retired executive 23 branch constitutional officer who receives a felony conviction 24 that relates to any transactions carried out as part of the 25 retired executive branch constitutional officer's official 26 duties. SB3158 - 3 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158- 4 -LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 4 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 4 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b SB3158 - 4 - LRB103 37870 MXP 68001 b