95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0167


 
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/3-664
  was 625 ILCS 5/3-806.4







    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, upon proper application, the Secretary of State shall
issue registration plates designated as Gold Star license plates to any Illinois resident who is the
surviving widow, widower,
 parent, or sibling of a person who served in the Armed Forces and
lost his or her life while in service whether in peacetime or war, and that the
surviving widow or widower and each surviving parent and
sibling shall be issued one set of registration plates (rather than providing that only one set of the plates may be issued for each Gold Star awarded).
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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and renumbering Section 3-806.4 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-664)  (was 625 ILCS 5/3-806.4)



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    Sec. 3-664
3-806.4. Gold Star license plates
recipients. 
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Upon
Commencing with the 1991
registration year and through the 
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2006 registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary 
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of State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any 
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Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow or widower, or in 
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the absence thereof, as the surviving
parent, is awarded the 
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Gold Star by the United States in recognition of
spouses or 
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children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States 
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and
lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or 
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war.   Commencing with the 2007 registration year, upon proper 
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application, the Secretary of State shall
issue one pair of 
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registration plates designated as Gold Star license plates to 
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any Illinois resident, who is
as the
surviving widow, widower,

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or parent, or sibling of a person
is awarded the Gold Star by 
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the United States in recognition of
spouses or children who 
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served in the Armed Forces of the United States and
lost his or 
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her life
their lives while in service whether in peacetime or 
 


 






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war. The
If the parent
no longer survives, the Secretary of 
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State shall issue the plates to a
surviving sibling, of the 
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person who served in the Armed Forces, who is an
Illinois 
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resident. No more than
one set of plates shall be issued for 
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each Gold Star awarded, and only one
surviving widow or widower 
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and each surviving parent and , or in the absence of a surviving 
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parent, only one surviving
sibling shall be issued one
a set of 
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registration plates, except for
those surviving parents who, as 
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recipients of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or 
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divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be allowed

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one set of registration plates. Registration plates issued 
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under this
Section shall be for first division vehicles and 
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second division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. An
Through 
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the 2006 registration year, an applicant shall be charged a $15 
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fee for the
original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
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registration fee which
shall be deposited into the Road Fund to 
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help defray the administrative
processing costs. Beginning 
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with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged 
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only the appropriate registration fee.


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(Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, 
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eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)