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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 3-609.1, 3-623, 3-628, 3-642, and 3-806.4 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-609.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609.1)
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| Sec. 3-609.1. Congressional Medal of Honor plates. Any | 8 |
| resident of
the State of Illinois who has been awarded the | 9 |
| Congressional Medal of Honor , or an Illinois resident who is | 10 |
| the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Medal of | 11 |
| Honor,
may make application for the registration of a motor | 12 |
| vehicle owned solely
or in part by such recipient, to the | 13 |
| Secretary of State without the payment
of any registration fee. | 14 |
| Registration shall be for a multi-year period
effective from | 15 |
| issuance. The Secretary of State shall furnish at his office
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| no cost to such Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, plates | 17 |
| bearing
up to 3 letters designating the recipient's initials | 18 |
| followed by the letters
C M H signifying the Congressional | 19 |
| Medal of Honor. The plate shall be suitable
for attachment to a | 20 |
| motor vehicle or motorcycle registered under
this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.)
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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 | 24 |
| receipt of an
application made in the form prescribed by the | 25 |
| Secretary of State, may
issue to recipients awarded the Purple | 26 |
| Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States who | 27 |
| reside in Illinois,
special
registration plates. The | 28 |
| Secretary, upon receipt of the proper applications, may also | 29 |
| issue these special registration plates to an Illinois resident | 30 |
| who is the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the | 31 |
| Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United |
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| States. The special plates issued pursuant to this Section
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| should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st | 3 |
| division, including
motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of the 2nd | 4 |
| division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
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| The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within | 6 |
| the discretion
of the Secretary of State. Appropriate | 7 |
| documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, and the | 8 |
| appropriate registration fee shall
accompany the application.
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| However, for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart | 10 |
| plates for a
vehicle and who has been approved for benefits | 11 |
| under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax | 12 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the annual fee for
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| the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section | 14 |
| 3-806.3 of
this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-82, eff. 1-1-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; 93-846, | 16 |
| eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-628)
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| Sec. 3-628. Bronze Star plates.
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| (a) Beginning January 1, 1996, in addition to any other | 20 |
| special license
plate, the Secretary, upon receipt of all | 21 |
| applicable fees and applications made
in the form prescribed by | 22 |
| the Secretary of State, may issue special
registration plates | 23 |
| to residents of Illinois who have been awarded the Bronze
Star | 24 |
| by the United States Armed Forces. The Secretary, upon receipt | 25 |
| of the proper applications and fees, may also issue these | 26 |
| special registration plates to an Illinois resident who is the | 27 |
| surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Bronze Star by | 28 |
| a branch of the armed forces of the United States. The special | 29 |
| plate issued under this
Section shall be affixed only to | 30 |
| passenger vehicles of the first
division, motorcycles, or
motor | 31 |
| vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 | 32 |
| pounds.
Plates issued under this Section shall expire according | 33 |
| to the staggered
multi-year procedure established by Section | 34 |
| 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be |
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| 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 plates or personalized
in accordance with | 4 |
| Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
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| designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of | 6 |
| Section
3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | 7 |
| eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall | 8 |
| approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under | 9 |
| Section 3-412.
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| (c) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; | 12 |
| 93-937, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-642)
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| Sec. 3-642. Silver Star plates.
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| (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and | 16 |
| applications made
in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may | 17 |
| issue special
registration plates to residents of Illinois who | 18 |
| have been awarded the Silver
Star by the United States Armed | 19 |
| Forces. The Secretary, upon receipt of the proper applications | 20 |
| and fees, may also issue these special registration plates to | 21 |
| an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person | 22 |
| who was awarded the Silver Star by a branch of the armed forces | 23 |
| of the United States. The special plate issued under this
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| Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the | 25 |
| first
division, motorcycles, or
motor vehicles of the second | 26 |
| division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
Plates issued | 27 |
| under this Section shall expire according to the staggered
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| multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this | 29 |
| Code.
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| (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | 31 |
| wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary | 32 |
| may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as | 33 |
| vanity plates or personalized
in accordance with Section | 34 |
| 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to designate | 35 |
| "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section
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| 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | 2 |
| eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall | 3 |
| approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under | 4 |
| Section 3-412.
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| (c) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; | 7 |
| 93-937, eff. 1-1-05.)
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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 | 10 |
| 1991
registration year and through the 2006 registration year , | 11 |
| upon proper application, the Secretary of State shall
issue one | 12 |
| pair of registration plates to any Illinois resident, who as | 13 |
| the
surviving widow or widower, or in the absence thereof, as | 14 |
| the surviving
parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United | 15 |
| States in recognition of
spouses or children who served in the | 16 |
| Armed Forces of the United States and
lost their lives while in | 17 |
| service whether in peacetime or war. Commencing with the 2007 | 18 |
| registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary of | 19 |
| State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any | 20 |
| Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow, widower,
or | 21 |
| parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United States in | 22 |
| recognition of
spouses or children who served in the Armed | 23 |
| Forces of the United States and
lost their lives while in | 24 |
| service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent
no longer | 25 |
| 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 | 27 |
| Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No more than
one set of | 28 |
| 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 | 30 |
| one surviving
sibling shall be issued a set of registration | 31 |
| plates, except for
those surviving parents who, as recipients | 32 |
| of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or divorced, in which | 33 |
| case each surviving parent shall be allowed
one set of | 34 |
| registration plates. Registration plates issued under this
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| Section shall be for first division vehicles and second |
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| division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. An applicant shall | 2 |
| be charged a $15 fee for the
original issuance in addition to | 3 |
| the appropriate registration fee which
shall be deposited into | 4 |
| the Road Fund to help defray the administrative
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| costs.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)
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