Public Act 095-0034
 
HB0167 Enrolled LRB095 03447 DRH 23451 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
and renumbering Section 3-806.4 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-664)  (was 625 ILCS 5/3-806.4)
    Sec. 3-664 3-806.4. Gold Star license plates recipients.
Upon Commencing with the 1991 registration year and through the
2006 registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary
of State shall issue one pair of registration plates to any
Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow or widower, or in
the absence thereof, as the surviving parent, is awarded the
Gold Star by the United States in recognition of spouses or
children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States
and lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or
war. Commencing with the 2007 registration year, upon proper
application, the Secretary of State shall issue one pair of
registration plates designated as Gold Star license plates to
any Illinois resident, who is as the surviving widow, widower,
or parent of a person , is awarded the gold star by the United
States in recognition of spouses or children who served in the
Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life
their lives while in service whether in peacetime or war. The
If the parent no longer survives, the Secretary of State shall
issue the plates to a surviving sibling, of the person who
served in the Armed Forces, who is an Illinois resident. No
more than one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star
awarded, and only one surviving widow or widower and each
surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving parent, only
one surviving sibling shall be issued one a set of registration
plates, except for those surviving parents who, as recipients
of the Gold Star, have legally separated or divorced, in which
case each surviving parent shall be allowed one set of
registration plates. Registration plates issued under this
Section shall be for first division vehicles and second
division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or less. An Through the 2006
registration year, an applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for
the original issuance in addition to the appropriate
registration fee which shall be deposited into the Road Fund to
help defray the administrative processing costs. Beginning
with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged
only the appropriate registration fee.
(Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343,
eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)