625 ILCS 5/3-616
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 3 - Certificates Of Title And Registration Of Vehicles

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616)Sec. 3-616. Disability license plates.(a) Upon receiving an application for a certificate of registration for  a motor vehicle of the first division or for a motor vehicle of the second  division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds, accompanied with payment of the  registration fees required under this Code from a person with disabilities or  a person who is deaf or hard of hearing, the Secretary of State,  if so requested, shall issue to such person registration plates as provided for  in Section 3-611, provided that the person with disabilities or person who is  deaf or hard of hearing must not be disqualified from obtaining a driver's  license under subsection 8 of Section 6-103 of this Code, and further provided  that any person making such a request must submit a statement, certified by  a  licensed physician, by a licensed physician assistant, or by a licensed   advanced practice registered nurse, to  the effect that such person is a person with disabilities  as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code, or alternatively provide adequate  documentation that such person has a Class 1A, Class 2A or Type Four  disability under the provisions of Section 4A of the Illinois Identification  Card Act.  For purposes of this Section, an Illinois Person  with a Disability Identification Card issued pursuant to the Illinois Identification Card Act  indicating that the person thereon named has a disability shall be adequate  documentation of such a disability.(b) The Secretary shall issue plates under this Section to a parent or  legal guardian of a person with disabilities if the person with disabilities  has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois  Identification Card Act or is a person with disabilities as defined by Section  1-159.1 of this Code, and does not possess a vehicle registered in his or her  name, provided that the person with disabilities relies frequently on the  parent or legal guardian for transportation.  Only one vehicle per family  may be registered under this subsection, unless the applicant can justify in  writing the need for one additional set of plates.  Any person requesting  special plates under this subsection shall submit such documentation or such  physician's, physician assistant's, or advanced practice registered nurse's  statement as is required in subsection  (a) and a statement  describing the circumstances qualifying for issuance of special plates under  this subsection. An optometrist may certify a Class 2A Visual Disability, as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act, for the purpose of qualifying a person with disabilities for special plates under this subsection.(c) The Secretary may issue a  parking decal or  device to a person with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 without  regard to qualification of such person with disabilities for a driver's license  or registration of a vehicle by such person with disabilities or such person's  immediate family, provided such person with disabilities making such a request  has been issued an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card indicating that the  person named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2A disability, or alternatively,  submits a statement certified by a licensed physician, or by a licensed physician  assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse as provided in subsection (a), to  the effect that such  person is a person with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1. An optometrist may certify a Class 2A Visual Disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act for the purpose of qualifying a person with disabilities for a parking decal or device under this subsection.(d) The Secretary shall prescribe by rules and regulations procedures  to certify or re-certify as necessary the eligibility of persons whose  disabilities are other than permanent for special plates or  parking decals or devices issued under subsections (a), (b)  and (c).  Except as provided under subsection (f) of this Section, no  such special plates, decals or devices shall be issued by the Secretary of  State to or on behalf of any person with disabilities unless such person is  certified as meeting the definition of a person with disabilities pursuant to  Section 1-159.1 or meeting the requirement of a Type Four disability as  provided under Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act for the  period of time that the physician, or the physician assistant or advanced  practice registered nurse as provided in  subsection (a), determines the applicant will have the  disability, but not to exceed 6 months from the date of certification or  recertification.(e) Any person requesting special plates under this Section may also apply  to have the special plates personalized, as provided under Section 3-405.1.(f) The Secretary of State, upon application, shall issue disability registration plates or a parking decal to  corporations, school districts, State or municipal agencies, limited liability  companies, nursing homes, convalescent homes, or special education cooperatives  which will transport persons with disabilities.  The Secretary shall  prescribe  by rule a means to certify or re-certify the eligibility  of organizations to  receive disability plates or decals and to designate which of the  2 person with disabilities emblems shall be placed on qualifying  vehicles.(g) The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter into  agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign jurisdictions, on  behalf of this State relating to the extension of parking privileges by  such jurisdictions to residents of this State with disabilities who  display a special license plate or parking device that contains the  International symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle, and to  recognize such plates or devices issued by such other jurisdictions.  This  State shall grant the same parking privileges which are granted to  residents of this State with disabilities to any non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed  in another state, district, territory or foreign country if such vehicle  displays the international symbol of access or a distinguishing insignia on  license plates or parking device issued in accordance with the laws of the  non-resident's state, district, territory or foreign country.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)