93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4489

 

Introduced 02/03/04, by Carole Pankau

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-628
625 ILCS 5/3-642

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that qualified applicants pay no additional original issuance fee for Bronze Star and Silver Star special license plates.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning vehicles.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 3-628 and 3-642 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-628)
7     Sec. 3-628. Bronze Star plates.
8     (a) Beginning January 1, 1996, in addition to any other
9 special license plate, the Secretary, upon receipt of all
10 applicable fees and applications made in the form prescribed by
11 the Secretary of State, may issue special registration plates
12 to residents of Illinois who have been awarded the Bronze Star
13 by the United States Armed Forces. The special plate issued
14 under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles
15 of the first division, motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the
16 second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
17 issued under this Section shall expire according to the
18 staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1
19 of this Code.
20     (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
21 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
22 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
23 issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
24 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
25 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of
26 Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the
27 eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall
28 approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
29 Section 3-412.
30     (c) (Blank). An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for
31 original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration
32 fee.

 

 

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1     This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary
2 of State Special License Plate Fund.
3 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
4     (625 ILCS 5/3-642)
5     Sec. 3-642. Silver Star plates.
6     (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
7 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may
8 issue special registration plates to residents of Illinois who
9 have been awarded the Silver Star by the United States Armed
10 Forces. The special plate issued under this Section shall be
11 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division,
12 motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the second division weighing
13 not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section
14 shall expire according to the staggered multi-year procedure
15 established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
16     (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
17 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary
18 may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as
19 vanity plates or personalized in accordance with Section
20 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to designate
21 "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section
22 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the
23 eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall
24 approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
25 Section 3-412.
26     (c) (Blank). An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for
27 original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration
28 fee.
29     This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary
30 of State Special License Plate Fund.
31 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)