Full Text of HB0358 95th General Assembly
HB0358 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0358
Introduced 1/26/2007, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-609 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609 |
625 ILCS 5/3-620 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620 |
625 ILCS 5/3-621 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621 |
625 ILCS 5/3-622 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-622 |
625 ILCS 5/3-623 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623 |
625 ILCS 5/3-624 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-624 |
625 ILCS 5/3-625 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-625 |
625 ILCS 5/3-806.1 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.1 |
625 ILCS 5/3-806.4 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4 |
625 ILCS 5/3-806.5 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that certain special plates that may be issued only to military veterans or members of the United States Armed Forces may be issued as vanity or personalized plates. Provides that the special plates issued to Gold Star recipients also may be issued as vanity or personalized plates. Provides that these military and Gold Star special plates, as well as the military plates that currently are allowed to be issued as vanity or personalized plates, shall be issued as vanity or personalized plates for no additional charge.
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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 | 5 |
| Sections 3-609, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, | 6 |
| 3-806.1, 3-806.4, and 3-806.5 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
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| Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled | 9 |
| veteran who has
been or declared eligible for funds for the | 10 |
| purchase of a motor
vehicle of the first division or for a | 11 |
| motor vehicle of the second division
weighing not more than | 12 |
| 8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government
because of | 13 |
| his disability, may make application for the registration of | 14 |
| one
such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the payment | 15 |
| of any
registration fee. The Secretary may, in his or her | 16 |
| discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 17 |
| personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 18 |
| Code. Registration shall be for a multi-year period effective
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| in 1980 and may be issued staggered registration.
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| Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of | 21 |
| the National
Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, | 22 |
| 1955 or of the period
beginning February 1, 1955 and ending on | 23 |
| the day before the first day
thereafter in which individuals |
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| (other than individuals liable for
induction by reason of prior | 2 |
| deferment) are no longer liable for
induction for training and | 3 |
| service into the armed forces under the
Military Selective | 4 |
| Service Act of 1967, or of any armed conflict
involving the | 5 |
| armed forces of the United States, who has a
service-connected | 6 |
| disability of such a nature that it would, if it had
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| incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an
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| automobile by the United States Federal Government, or who is | 9 |
| receiving
compensation from the Veterans Administration for | 10 |
| total service-connected
disability, may make application to | 11 |
| the Secretary of State for the
registration of one motor | 12 |
| vehicle of the first division without
accompanying such | 13 |
| application with the payment of any fee.
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| Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | 15 |
| documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | 16 |
| unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and | 17 |
| such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not | 18 |
| eligible therefor.
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| The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing | 20 |
| the
documentation of disability.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-620) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620)
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| Sec. 3-620. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application | 24 |
| made on the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may | 25 |
| issue special registration
plates to United States citizens, |
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| who are present or former
members of the United States armed | 2 |
| forces or any of its allies, and
who were prisoners of war of | 3 |
| World War I, World War II, the
Korean Conflict, and the | 4 |
| Vietnamese conflict,
or to the widowed spouse of a former | 5 |
| member of the United States armed
forces, providing that | 6 |
| widowed spouse was married to the POW at the time
of death, and | 7 |
| is a single person at the time of application. The special
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| plates issued pursuant to this Section shall be affixed only to | 9 |
| passenger
vehicles of the first division subject to the
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| staggered registration
system, motorcycles, and vehicles of | 11 |
| the second division having a gross
weight of 8,000
pounds or | 12 |
| less and shall be issued
without charge. Only one set of plates | 13 |
| may be issued at no fee.
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| The design and color of the prisoner of war plates shall be | 15 |
| wholly within
the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | 16 |
| Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | 17 |
| issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with | 18 |
| Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-621) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621)
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| Sec. 3-621. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application, | 22 |
| made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may | 23 |
| issue to
members of the Illinois
National Guard, and to | 24 |
| Illinois residents who are either former members of
the | 25 |
| Illinois National Guard or the surviving spouses of
Illinois |
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| National Guard members, special registration plates. The | 2 |
| special
plates issued
pursuant to this Section shall be affixed | 3 |
| only to passenger vehicles of
the first division, motorcycles, | 4 |
| or motor vehicles of the second division
weighing not
more than | 5 |
| 8,000 pounds subject to the staggered registration system.
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| The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within | 7 |
| the discretion of
the Secretary of State. The Secretary may, in | 8 |
| his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity | 9 |
| or personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of | 10 |
| this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 92-699, 1-1-03; revised | 12 |
| 8-23-02.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-622) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-622)
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| Sec. 3-622. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application | 15 |
| made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may | 16 |
| issue to
members of the
United States Armed Forces Reserves who | 17 |
| reside in Illinois, and to Illinois
residents who are either | 18 |
| former members of the United States Armed Forces
Reserves or | 19 |
| the surviving spouses of United States Armed Forces Reserve
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| members who resided in Illinois, special
registration plates. | 21 |
| The special plates issued pursuant to this Section
shall be | 22 |
| affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division, | 23 |
| motorcycles,
or
motor vehicles of the second division weighing | 24 |
| not more than 8,000 pounds
subject
to the staggered | 25 |
| registration system. The design and color of such plates
shall |
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| be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | 2 |
| Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | 3 |
| issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with | 4 |
| Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; | 6 |
| revised 8-23-02.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
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| Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. The Secretary, upon | 9 |
| receipt of an
application made in the form prescribed by the | 10 |
| Secretary of State, may
issue to recipients awarded the Purple | 11 |
| Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States who | 12 |
| reside in Illinois,
special
registration plates. The | 13 |
| Secretary, upon receipt of the proper application | 14 |
| applications , may also issue these special registration plates | 15 |
| to an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person | 16 |
| who was killed in a foreign war and was awarded the Purple | 17 |
| Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States. The | 18 |
| special plates issued pursuant to this Section
should be | 19 |
| affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st division, | 20 |
| including
motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of the 2nd division | 21 |
| weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. The Secretary may, in his | 22 |
| or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 23 |
| personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 24 |
| Code.
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| The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within |
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| the discretion
of the Secretary of State. Appropriate | 2 |
| documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, and the | 3 |
| appropriate registration fee shall
accompany the application.
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| However, for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart | 5 |
| plates for a
vehicle and who has been approved for benefits | 6 |
| under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax | 7 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the annual fee for
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| the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section | 9 |
| 3-806.3 of
this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-846, eff. 7-30-04; 94-93, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, | 11 |
| eff. 1-1-06; revised 10-20-05.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-624) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-624)
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| Sec. 3-624. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application | 14 |
| made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may | 15 |
| issue to retired members of
the United States Armed Forces who | 16 |
| reside in Illinois, special
registration plates. The special | 17 |
| plates issued pursuant to this Section
shall be affixed only to | 18 |
| passenger vehicles of the first
division, motorcycles, or
motor | 19 |
| vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 | 20 |
| pounds
and subject to the staggered registration system. The | 21 |
| design and color of
such plates shall be wholly within the | 22 |
| discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary may, in his | 23 |
| or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 24 |
| personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 25 |
| Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-625) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-625)
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| Sec. 3-625. Pearl Harbor Plates. The Secretary, upon | 4 |
| receipt of an
application made in the form prescribed by the | 5 |
| Secretary of State, may
issue special registration plates to | 6 |
| any Illinois resident who, while a
member of the armed forces | 7 |
| of the United States, participated in the battle
of Pearl | 8 |
| Harbor on December 7, 1941, or to the widowed spouse of any | 9 |
| Illinois
resident who, while a member of the armed forces of | 10 |
| the United States,
participated in the battle of Pearl Harbor | 11 |
| on December 7, 1941, provided that
the widowed spouse was | 12 |
| married to the battle of Pearl Harbor participant at the
time | 13 |
| of the participant's death and is a single person at the time | 14 |
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application. The special plates issued pursuant to
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| Section should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st
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| division, motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the 2nd division | 17 |
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than
8,000 pounds. The Secretary may, in his | 18 |
| or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 19 |
| personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 20 |
| Code.
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| The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within | 22 |
| the
discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate | 23 |
| documentation, as
determined by the Secretary, and the | 24 |
| appropriate registration
fee shall accompany the application.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; |
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| revised 8-23-02.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.1)
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| Sec. 3-806.1. Additional fees for vanity license plates. In | 4 |
| addition to
the regular registration fee, an applicant for a | 5 |
| vanity license plate, other than a vanity plate in any military | 6 |
| series or a vanity plate issued under Section 3-806.4, shall be | 7 |
| charged $94
for each set of vanity license plates issued to a | 8 |
| motor vehicle of the first
division or a motor vehicle of the | 9 |
| second division registered at not more than
8,000 pounds or to | 10 |
| a recreational vehicle and $50 for each set of
vanity plates | 11 |
| issued to a motorcycle. In addition to the regular renewal fee,
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| an applicant for a vanity plate, other than a vanity plate in | 13 |
| any military series or a vanity plate issued under Section | 14 |
| 3-806.4, shall be charged $13 for the renewal of each set of
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| vanity license plates. There shall be no additional fees for a | 16 |
| vanity license plate in any military series of plates or a | 17 |
| vanity plate issued under Section 3-806.4.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
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| Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the | 21 |
| 1991
registration year and through the 2006 registration year, | 22 |
| upon proper application, the Secretary of State shall
issue one | 23 |
| pair of registration plates to any Illinois resident, who as | 24 |
| the
surviving widow or widower, or in the absence thereof, as |
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| the surviving
parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United | 2 |
| States in recognition of
spouses or children who served in the | 3 |
| Armed Forces of the United States and
lost their lives while in | 4 |
| service whether in peacetime or war. Commencing with the 2007 | 5 |
| registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary of | 6 |
| State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any | 7 |
| Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow, widower,
or | 8 |
| parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United States in | 9 |
| recognition of
spouses or children who served in the Armed | 10 |
| Forces of the United States and
lost their lives while in | 11 |
| service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent
no longer | 12 |
| survives, the Secretary of State shall issue the plates to a
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| surviving sibling, of the person who served in the Armed | 14 |
| Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No more than
one set of | 15 |
| plates shall be issued for each Gold Star awarded, and only one
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| surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving parent, only | 17 |
| one surviving
sibling shall be issued a set of registration | 18 |
| plates, except for
those surviving parents who, as recipients | 19 |
| of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or divorced, in which | 20 |
| case each surviving parent shall be allowed
one set of | 21 |
| registration plates. Registration plates issued under this
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| Section shall be for first division vehicles and second | 23 |
| division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. The Secretary may, | 24 |
| in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as | 25 |
| vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section | 26 |
| 3-405.1 of this Code. Through the 2006 registration year, an |
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| applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for the
original issuance | 2 |
| in addition to the appropriate registration fee which
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| deposited into the Road Fund to help defray the administrative
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| processing costs. Beginning with the 2007 registration year, an | 5 |
| applicant shall be charged only the appropriate registration | 6 |
| fee.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, | 8 |
| eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806.5)
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| Sec. 3-806.5. Additional fees for personalized license | 11 |
| plates. For
registration periods commencing after December 31, | 12 |
| 2003, in addition to the
regular registration fee, an applicant | 13 |
| for a personalized license plate, other than a personalized | 14 |
| plate in any military series or a personalized plate issued | 15 |
| under Section 3-806.4, shall be charged $47 for each set of
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| personalized license plates issued to a motor vehicle of the | 17 |
| first division or
a motor vehicle of the second division | 18 |
| registered at not more than 8,000 pounds
or to a recreational | 19 |
| vehicle and $25 for each set of personalized plates issued
to a | 20 |
| motorcycle. In addition to the regular renewal fee, an | 21 |
| applicant for a personalized plate other than a personalized | 22 |
| plate in any military series or a personalized plate issued | 23 |
| under Section 3-806.4, shall be
charged $7 for the renewal of | 24 |
| each set of personalized license plates. There shall be no | 25 |
| additional fees charged for a personalized plate in any |
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| military series of plates or a personalized plate issued under | 2 |
| Section 3-806.4. Of the
money received by the Secretary of | 3 |
| State as additional fees for personalized
license plates, 50% | 4 |
| shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
License | 5 |
| Plate Fund and 50% shall be deposited into the General Revenue | 6 |
| Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
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