SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Just because Illinois lawmakers approved a stopgap budget doesn’t necessarily mean that motorists will again receive reminders in the mail that it’s time to renew their license plate registrations.
The stopgap budget approved last week provides $35 million to cover the Secretary of State’s operations through December but The Pantagraph in Bloomington (h(ttp://bit.ly/29zCiGb) reports that the office hasn’t determined yet if some of that money should be used to start sending the notices again. A spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White’s office will study other office expenses before making a decision on the renewal reminders.
The office announced in September that it would stop mailing the notices because of the budget standoff between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to save an estimated $450,000 a month.
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