But residents can avoid fees by purchasing stickers before June 30
by Jennifer Yos
LANSING, Ill. (May 29, 2019) – Stickers are required for all residents’ vehicles that run on Lansing streets and highways, including vehicles that are not currently in use and are stored within the Village of Lansing. Leased and company-owned vehicles need stickers as well.
Vehicle stickers must be purchased and displayed before July 1—in the lower passenger-side corner of a car windshield, or on the license plate of a motorcycles.
The penalty for missing the June 30 deadline is stiff: stickers purchased between July 1 and July 31 will be doubled in price; those bought August 1 or later will be tripled. In addition, failure to purchase and display a sticker on your vehicle could result in a $100 ticket. Lansing Police Chief Murrin cautions that the police do a “blitz” three times a year, covering every beat each time, looking specifically for vehicle registration violations. In January of this year they issued 138 tickets, and in February 421 tickets for vehicle registration violations alone.
Sticker procrastinators might appreciate knowing that late fees help the Village. According to Village Finance Department Treasurer Arlette Frye, all monies for vehicle registration sticker fees and fines go into the Village General Fund, out of which the street maintenance budget is financed. The vehicle registration sticker fees and fines contribute to, but in no way completely fund, street maintenance. In 2018, the Village spent a total of $3,855,933 on street repairs and maintenance.
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“The vehicle registration sticker fees and fines contribute to, but in no way completely fund, street maintenance. In 2018, the Village spent a total of $3,855,933 on street repairs and maintenance.”
But none of those fees and fines go towards repairing the decrepit street I live on.
Probably because nobody on my block is politically connected.