Panel suggests $1 increase in license-plate fee

[January 27, 2012]  SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- A state government panel is suggesting a $1 increase in Illinois’ license-plate fee to encourage more people to drive electric cars.

The $1 increase would bring Illinois’ standard license plate renewal cost to $100 a year.

The recommendation from the state’s Electric Vehicle Advisory Council to Gov. Pat Quinn and the Legislature suggests that the money raised be used to help pay for rebates and grants for alternative-fuel vehicles. Its recommendations are designed to get 100,000 electric vehicles on Illinois roads by 2015.

[Associated Press]

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