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(a) (1) Applicable annual license fees are as follows; provided, however, that each amount set forth in this subsection (a) shall be adjusted upwards, if applicable, for the term starting on January 1, 2014, and every two years thereafter by applying to it the rate of inflation over the two-year period ending on the most recent July 1, calculated based on the Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Chicago All Items) published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, as calculated by the Comptroller, communicated to the Clerk by the Comptroller, and published by the Clerk. Such adjustment shall take place on January 1 of the applicable year, and shall apply the overall rate of inflation, if any, for the two-year period ending on the most recent July 1. Provided further, that the amount of any such adjustment shall be capped at 105% of the fee being adjusted:
Vehicle | Fee |
Smaller passenger automobiles | $85.00 |
Larger passenger automobiles | $135.00 |
(2) The City Clerk shall maintain a list of makes and models of passenger automobiles classified as "smaller" or "larger" for the purposes of this provision. The list shall be available for public inspection at any time during the Clerk’s regular business hours.
Vehicle | Fee |
Vehicle | Fee |
Smaller passenger automobiles, larger passenger automobiles or motorcycles only, not more than one such motor vehicle, registered to a person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age and motor vehicle ownership | $30.00 |
Replacement passenger wheel tax license emblem registered to a person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age, proof of purchase and original damaged wheel tax license emblem or police report of theft | No Fee |
Antique motor vehicles | $30.00 |
Motorcycles or neighborhood electric vehicles | $45.00 |
Municipally owned vehicles | No fee |
Vehicles licensed to disabled veterans, purple heart veterans, or to persons who, while serving in the United States Armed Forces, were taken prisoner of war | No fee |
Vehicles licensed to handicapped individuals Handicapped individual means every natural person who (1) has permanently lost the use of a leg or both legs or an arm or both arms or any combination thereof or any person who is so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches, tripod type cane, walker or a wheelchair; and (2) has a valid disability license plate issued by the Illinois Secretary of State
| No fee |
Tax-exempt organization-owned buses | No fee |
Trailers | No fee |
All other vehicles, including trucks, tractor-semitrailer units, motor buses and recreational vehicles: | |
16,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight or less | $200.00 |
16,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight or less for not more than one such vehicle, registered to a person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age and motor vehicle ownership
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$135.00
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Over 16,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight | $450.00 |
(3) Standard Veteran License Program.
Vehicle | Fee |
Non-commercial smaller passenger automobiles, larger passenger automobiles, small trucks, or motorcycles, not more than one motor vehicle, registered to a veteran with an Illinois Driver’s License or Illinois State Identification Card with "Veteran" designation, upon satisfactory proof of such veteran status and vehicle ownership as set forth in rules promulgated by the City Clerk | No fee |
Replacement passenger wheel tax license emblem registered to a veteran with an Illinois Driver’s License or Illinois State Identification Card with "Veteran" designation, upon satisfactory proof of such veteran status and vehicle ownership as set forth in rules promulgated by the City Clerk, proof of purchase, and original damaged wheel tax license emblem or police report of theft | No fee |
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section, if the applicant for a wheel tax license fails to purchase such license by the required purchase date, a late fee of $60.00 shall be assessed. Such late fee shall be in addition to the wheel tax license fee set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(2) The late fee for not more than one smaller or larger passenger automobile registered to any person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age and vehicle ownership, shall be reduced by an amount equal to one-half of the late fee provided in subsection (b)(1), if the wheel tax license for such vehicle is purchased after the required purchase date. Such late fee shall be in addition to the wheel tax license fee set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(3) No late fee shall be imposed under this subsection (b) if (i) the applicant obtains a wheel tax license within 30 days of commencing residence in the City, as required under Section 3-56-021(a); or (ii) the applicant obtains a wheel tax license within 30 days of purchasing or otherwise acquiring ownership of a vehicle, as required under Section 3-56-021(a); or (iii) in the case of a renewal of a wheel tax license, the applicant obtains a current wheel tax license within the grace period provided for under Section 3-56-043(a).
(4) No late fee shall be imposed under this subsection (b) for any vehicle registered to an applicant who, on the required purchase date, was serving in the United States Armed Forces and stationed outside the City, if a wheel tax license is purchased for the vehicle within 30 days of the applicant's discharge from the United States Armed Forces and the applicant did not cause or permit any person to use the vehicle in violation of Section 3-56-020(a) at any time after the required purchase date and before the applicant's discharge date.
(5) Upon an applicant’s showing of reasonable cause, accompanied by appropriate documentation, the City Clerk is authorized to waive any late fee that would otherwise apply to such applicant for failure to obtain a wheel tax license by the required purchase date.
(c) If, pursuant to Section 3-56-040(b), the City Clerk authorizes the issuance of wheel tax licenses for more or less than an annual period, the City Clerk shall establish and administer a prorated fee schedule for such license(s). The amount of the prorated fee shall be based on the number of months for which the wheel tax license is issued. The prorated fee shall be in addition to any late fee required to be paid under subsection (b) of this section.
(d) (1) Persons who obtain a wheel tax license within 30 days of purchasing or otherwise acquiring ownership of a vehicle or of commencing residence within the City shall be assessed a prorated fee for such license, as provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the applicant furnishes an affidavit, in a form satisfactory to the City Clerk and accompanied by suitable documentary proof, establishing the date of the purchase or acquisition of the vehicle or the commencement of residency. Suitable documentary proof of the date of commencement of residency shall include a lease, mortgage or title documents, or other appropriate documents. Suitable documentary proof of the date of vehicle purchase or acquisition shall include vehicle registration or title documents issued by the Secretary of State or other appropriate documents. All applicants that do not comply with the requirements for a prorated license shall be subject to a full annual license fee.
(2) The amount of the prorated fee required under subsection (d)(1) of this section shall be based on the number of months for which the wheel tax license is issued, as set forth in the prorated fee schedule established by the City Clerk pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(Prior code § 29-5; Amended. Coun. J. 5-9-84, p. 6279; 12-12-84, p. 11847; 4-18-85, p. 15174; 4-25-85, p. 15889; 3-30-88, p. 11340; 9-11-91, p. 4611; 11-22-91, p. 9188; 12-15-93, p. 43704; 6-10-96, p. 22856; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-99, p. 14998, § 3.1; Amend Coun. J.11-17-99, p. 17487, § 3.1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-03, p. 14216, § 3.3; Amend Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 3.18; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-04, p. 39840, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-06, p. 92007, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 15814, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 16793, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34890, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-11-09, p. 55024, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 6-30-09, p. 65579, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 14596, Art. IV, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-15-12, p. 20533, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-15-12, p. 20643, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-13, p. 51189, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 3-5-14, p. 75830, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 3-5-14, p. 75832, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 4-2-14, p. 77642, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 20; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. X, § 15; Amend Coun. J. 6-22-16, p. 26610, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-14-18, p. 90376, Art. II, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 1-23-19, p. 94376, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-12-19, p. 1024, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-24-19, p. 2672, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-18-19, p. 4521, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-16-19, p. 7298, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-27-21, p. 26770, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-20-22, p. 50825, § 1)
(a) Any business or non-governmental entity which has entered into an agreement with the City Clerk or an authorized agent of the City Clerk for over-the- counter sale to the public of the license required by Section 3-56-020 must post singage provided by the City Clerk in an area or areas clearly visible to patrons and employees of the facility where such licenses are sold. Such signage shall contain the following information:
(i) established vehicle license fees for each classification or type of license;
(ii) service or processing fees as authorized by the City Clerk;
(iii) transfer, replacement or late fees; and
(iv) prorated fees and applicable schedules.
(b) Any entity required to post signage pursuant to subsection 3-56-051(a) shall also post directly adjacent to each such sign provided by the City Clerk additional signage indicating any supplemental fees or costs assessed which are not contained within Chapter 3-56 of the Municipal Code of Chicago.
(c) Failure to post signage in accordance with the provisions of this section shall result in a fine of $200.00. A separate and distinct offense shall be considered as committed for each day such violation continues.
(Added Coun. J. 4-11-07, p. 102839, § 1)
Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-56-125(d) of this Code, the City Clerk or the City Clerk’s designee shall deliver to the holder of any wheel tax license for any motor vehicle or other vehicle, a wheel tax license emblem, which shall bear the word "Chicago", and the numerals designating: (i) the month in which such license expires, (ii) the year(s) in which such license expires, (iii) the names of the mayor and the City Clerk, (iv) the name of the class to which such vehicle belongs, and (v) a number identical with the number of such license. Such wheel tax license emblem may also bear information indicating residential parking permit zone, if applicable. In addition, wheel tax license emblems issued to disabled veterans, Prisoner of War veterans, Purple Heart veterans, or veterans with an Illinois Driver’s License or Illinois State Identification Card with "VETERAN" designation, pursuant to Section 3-56-050, may bear the word "Veteran" or the letters "NFV".
Requirements regarding proper affixing, positioning and display of the wheel tax license emblem are set forth in Section 9-64-125(d).
The city clerk shall change the background colors of such wheel tax license emblems as necessary or appropriate to ensure the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.
The city clerk shall have the authority to issue temporary wheel tax license emblems to the holder of any license provided by this chapter for any motor vehicle or other vehicle. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-56-125(d) of this Code, such temporary wheel tax license emblem shall be affixed, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon which are made a part thereof, at the lower right-hand corner on the inside of the glass portion of the windshield of such motor vehicle. Such temporary wheel tax license emblem shall cease to be valid 30 days after its issuance.
(Prior code § 29-7; Amend Coun. J. 6-8-43, p. 274; Amend Coun. J. 4-18-85, p. 15174; Amend Coun. J. 4-25-85, p. 15889; Amend Coun. J. 3-11-98, p. 63453; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 16793, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-28-11, p. 5048, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-15-12, p. 20533, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-13, p. 51189, § 8; Amend Coun. J. 3-5-14, p. 75830, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 20; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. III, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 1-23-19, p. 94376, § 2)
(a) Service contracts. In addition to distribution by the city clerk of wheel tax license emblems, the city clerk may enter into contracts ("services contract") with no more than 5 entities to be selected by the city clerk to sell license emblems in any calendar year (each such entity shall be known as a "contractor"). Such contractors may sell such emblems directly or through subcontractors to be selected by the contractors, subject to the approval of the city clerk (each subcontractor that is vending wheel tax license emblems may be known herein as a vendor). Sales of wheel tax license emblems shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Code and with such regulations and rules as are promulgated by the city clerk.
The services contracts may contain such terms as the city clerk deems necessary to effectuate the sale of the emblems, including but not limited to terms obligating the contractors to pick up the emblems from the city, transmit the emblems to the locations at which they will be sold by vendors, verify that the purchasers of the emblems have submitted a complete and correct information, and to provide a detailed accounting of the transactions to enable the city clerk's office to verify that the services have been performed in accordance with legal requirements.
Any contractor or vendor of such contractor shall derive its entire compensation by collecting a fee from those purchasing wheel tax license emblems, which may not exceed $5.50 per emblem ("fee"). All proceeds from the sale of the emblems by any contractor or vendor of such contractor, but not including the fee, shall be deposited by the contractor or its vendor into a city account in a depository designated by the city council as an approved depository; such deposits shall be made no later than four business days after the contractor or its vendors receive payment from the purchaser of the emblem. Contractors may not deduct any costs or fees from the proceeds before depositing them into the city accounts.
(b) Rules governing sale of wheel tax license emblems. Any contractor or any vendor of such contractor shall sell wheel tax license emblems to any person desiring a license for any motor vehicle or other vehicle upon (i) verifying that the purchasers of the emblems have submitted complete and correct information as required by the city clerk; and (ii) payment of a license fee in accordance with Section 3-56-050 of this Code. Any sale of wheel tax license emblems by any contractor or any of its vendors must be conducted in person in a single over-the-counter transaction and any such contractor or vendor shall not sell any such emblems by mail or on the Internet. The city clerk or his designee is authorized to limit the classes and types of wheel tax license emblems that may be sold by any contractor or any of its vendors.
(c) Rules and regulations and fine for violations. The city clerk is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as he may deem appropriate for the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this section. Any contractor or vendor that violates any of the provisions of this section or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall be fined $200.00 for the first offense and $1,000.00 for any second or subsequent offense occurring within a period of one year. Each such violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. The fines provided in this subsection are in addition to any sanction or remedy available for the city under the service contract.
The provisions of this section or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this section may be enforced by investigators of the city clerk's office or the members of the police department.
(Added Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 16793, § 1)
Immediately upon the sale of any vehicle licensed under this chapter, when such sale is made prior to the date of expiration of such wheel tax license, the vehicle dealer or seller shall remove any wheel tax license emblem from the vehicle so sold. Thereupon such wheel tax license emblem shall cease to apply to the vehicle so sold.
Except where a vehicle license has been regularly transferred as hereinafter provided in Section 3-56-100, it shall be the duty of the purchaser of any used automobile or other vehicle to remove and deliver to the vendor or the vendor's agent immediately any wheel tax license emblem which may be attached to such vehicle at the time of the purchase thereof, which the vendor of such vehicle may have refused, failed or omitted to detach from such vehicle as hereinabove required. It shall be unlawful for any such purchaser to use, sell or offer for sale such used automobile or other vehicle without first having removed any such wheel tax license emblem.
(Prior code § 29-8; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-40, p. 3086; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 16793, § 1)
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