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 Cook County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 74. TAXATION
 Article XIV. WHEEL TAX

  § 74-555. License fees.  

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  • Annual license fees shall be as set out in Section 32-1.

    (a)

    A self-propelled vehicle operated as a tractor and one semi-trailer shall be considered as one vehicle in computing the license fees, and no additional license fee shall be required for the semi-trailer so used.

    (b)

    The owner of each vehicle who has elected to pay a mileage tax to the State of Illinois shall be required to be licensed as this Article provides.

    (c)

    A semi-trailer used with any device for attaching it to a motor vehicle, a trailer or other semi-trailer, shall be licensed as a trailer.

    (d)

    All equipment mounted on wheels for transportation and attached to any motor vehicle or leading semi-trailer or trailer, using the public ways of the unincorporated area of Cook County, shall be licensed hereunder as trailers.

    (e)

    Except in the case of a license transfer pursuant to Section 74-558, if any vehicle has been purchased or lawfully acquired by the applicant on or after January 1 of any current single year license period, the fee to be paid shall be a sum equal to one-half of the annual license fee, specified in Section 32-1, as a license fee for the balance of such year. Before any applicant shall be entitled to a prorated license as provided for in this Section, the applicant shall furnish an affidavit in a form satisfactory to the Department stating that the vehicle for which the license is applied for was purchased or otherwise obtained by the applicant on or after January 1 of the current year, and shall exhibit to the Department a current State of Illinois driver's license, state identification card or equivalent identification card, and valid proof of the vehicle purchase date by providing the bill of sale from a registered dealer, a validated Illinois ST-556, a validated Illinois RUT-25, or a validated Illinois RUT-50 covering the vehicle for which the license is sought.

    (f)

    Provided the applicant can establish, per the requirements set forth in Section 74-557(c) of this Article, that they took up residency within the unincorporated area of Cook County on or after January 1 of any current single license period, the fee to be paid shall be equal to one-half of the annual license fee, specified in Section 32-1, as a license fee for the balance of the such license year.

    (g)

    Annual license fees collected by an entity designated by the Director of the Department to collect license fees on behalf of the Department shall be remitted back to the Department.

(Ord. No. 18-5810, 9-26-2018, eff. 6-1-2019.)