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HB3228 • 2026
VEH CD-TRAILER FLAT WT TAX
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VEH CD-TRAILER FLAT WT TAX
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
To Sales Tax Subcommittee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
To Tax Policy: Sales Tax Subcommittee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Weber
VEH CD-TRAILER FLAT WT TAX
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Full Text of HB3228 Home Legislation Full Text HB3228 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3228 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-819 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Eliminates the flat weight tax for all owners of trailers that are not farm trailers and that weigh 3,000 pounds or less. LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 b A BILL FOR HB3228 LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 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 Section 3-819 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/3-819) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819) 7 Sec. 3-819. Trailer; tax. 8 (a) Farm Trailer. Any farm trailer drawn by a motor 9 vehicle of the second division registered under paragraph (a) 10 or (c) of Section 3-815 and used exclusively by the owner for 11 his own agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising 12 operations and not used for hire, or any farm trailer utilized 13 only in the transportation for-hire of seasonal, fresh, 14 perishable fruit or vegetables from farm to the point of first 15 processing, and any trailer used with a farm tractor that is 16 not an implement of husbandry may be registered under this 17 paragraph in lieu of registration under paragraph (b) of this 18 Section upon the filing of a proper application and the 19 payment of the $10 registration fee and the highway use tax 20 herein for use of the public highways of this State, at the 21 following rates which include the $10 registration fee: 22 SCHEDULE OF FEES AND TAXES 23 Gross Weight in Lbs. Class Total Amount HB3228 - 2 - LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 b 1 Including Vehicle each 2 and Maximum Load Fiscal Year 3 10,000 lbs. or less VDD $160 4 10,001 to 14,000 lbs. VDE 206 5 14,001 to 20,000 lbs. VDG 266 6 20,001 to 28,000 lbs. VDJ 478 7 28,001 to 36,000 lbs. VDL 750 8 An owner may only apply for and receive 2 farm trailer 9 registrations. 10 (b) All other owners of trailers, other than apportionable 11 trailers registered under Section 3-402.1 of this Code, used 12 with a motor vehicle on the public highways, shall pay to the 13 Secretary of State for each registration year a flat weight 14 tax, for the use of the public highways of this State, at the 15 following rates (which includes the registration fee of $10 16 required by Section 3-813): 17 SCHEDULE OF TRAILER FLAT 18 WEIGHT TAX REQUIRED 19 BY LAW 20 Gross Weight in Lbs. Total Fees 21 Including Vehicle and each 22 Maximum Load Class Fiscal Year 23 2,000 lbs. and less UT $36 24 3,000 lbs. and less TA $36 25 5,000 lbs. and more than 3,000 TB 154 26 8,000 lbs. and more than 5,000 TC 158 HB3228 - 3 - LRB104 11017 LNS 21099 b 1 10,000 lbs. and more than 8,000 TD 206 2 14,000 lbs. and more than 10,000 TE 270 3 20,000 lbs. and more than 14,000 TG 358 4 32,000 lbs. and more than 20,000 TK 822 5 36,000 lbs. and more than 32,000 TL 1,182 6 40,000 lbs. and more than 36,000 TN 1,602 7 Of the fees collected under this subsection, other than 8 the fee collected for a Class UT or TA trailer, $1 of the fees 9 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special 10 Services Fund and $99 of the fees shall be deposited into the 11 Road Fund. 12 (c) The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum 13 load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this 14 Code. 15 (Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 102-353, eff. 1-1-22 .) 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