104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1247 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to volunteer firefighters. Provides that the fee for these plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for volunteer firefighter vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire protection district. LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1247 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to volunteer firefighters. Provides that the fee for these plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for volunteer firefighter vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire protection district. LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1247 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to volunteer firefighters. Provides that the fee for these plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for volunteer firefighter vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire protection district. LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b A BILL FOR SB1247LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247 LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247 LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 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 adding 5 Section 3-611.6 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new) 7 Sec. 3-611.6. Volunteer firefighter license plates. 8 (a) The Secretary, upon the receipt of a request from a 9 municipality or fire protection district that operates a fire 10 department accompanied by an application and the appropriate 11 fee, may issue, to a volunteer firefighter of each municipal 12 fire department or fire protection district, special 13 registration plates designated as volunteer firefighter 14 license plates. The special plates issued under this Section 15 shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first 16 division or motor vehicles of the second division weighing not 17 more than 8,000 pounds that are owned by the fire department or 18 a volunteer firefighter of the fire department. Plates issued 19 under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year 20 procedure established by Section 3-414.1. 21 (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be 22 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The plates are 23 not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1247 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to volunteer firefighters. Provides that the fee for these plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for volunteer firefighter vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire protection district. LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b A BILL FOR 625 ILCS 5/3-611.6 new LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247 LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247- 2 -LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247 - 2 - LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247 - 2 - LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b SB1247 - 2 - LRB104 05718 LNS 15748 b