HB0167 Enrolled LRB095 03447 DRH 23451 b

1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
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 and renumbering Section 3-806.4 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-664)  (was 625 ILCS 5/3-806.4)
7     Sec. 3-664 3-806.4. Gold Star license plates recipients.
8 Upon Commencing with the 1991 registration year and through the
9 2006 registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary
10 of State shall issue one pair of registration plates to any
11 Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow or widower, or in
12 the absence thereof, as the surviving parent, is awarded the
13 Gold Star by the United States in recognition of spouses or
14 children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States
15 and lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or
16 war. Commencing with the 2007 registration year, upon proper
17 application, the Secretary of State shall issue one pair of
18 registration plates designated as Gold Star license plates to
19 any Illinois resident, who is as the surviving widow, widower,
20 or parent of a person , is awarded the gold star by the United
21 States in recognition of spouses or children who served in the
22 Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life
23 their lives while in service whether in peacetime or war. The

 

 

HB0167 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 03447 DRH 23451 b

1 If the parent no longer survives, the Secretary of State shall
2 issue the plates to a surviving sibling, of the person who
3 served in the Armed Forces, who is an Illinois resident. No
4 more than one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star
5 awarded, and only one surviving widow or widower and each
6 surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving parent, only
7 one surviving sibling shall be issued one a set of registration
8 plates, except for those surviving parents who, as recipients
9 of the Gold Star, have legally separated or divorced, in which
10 case each surviving parent shall be allowed one set of
11 registration plates. Registration plates issued under this
12 Section shall be for first division vehicles and second
13 division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or less. An Through the 2006
14 registration year, an applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for
15 the original issuance in addition to the appropriate
16 registration fee which shall be deposited into the Road Fund to
17 help defray the administrative processing costs. Beginning
18 with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged
19 only the appropriate registration fee.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343,
21 eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)