The Illinois secretary of state's office will continue mailing out license plate renewal notices for now, even if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Legislature's Democratic leaders don't reach a new budget deal.
Spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White's office Dave Drucker says the office plans to maintain the mailed notices next year.
But he says the office won't be able to do so indefinitely without additional funding from a budget for the remainder of the state's fiscal year, which runs through June.
The stopgap spending plan that's funding most state agencies' operations is set to expire December 31st.
It has been two weeks since Rauner and the four top legislative leaders have met to discuss the budget.