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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 of a person , is awarded the gold star by the United 
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States in recognition of
spouses or children who served in the 
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Armed Forces of the United States and
lost his or her life

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their lives while in service whether in peacetime or war. The

 


 






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If the parent
no longer survives, the Secretary of State shall 
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issue the plates to a
surviving sibling, of the person who 
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served in the Armed Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No 
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more than
one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star 
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awarded, and only one
surviving widow or widower and each 
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surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving parent, only 
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one surviving sibling shall be issued one
a set of registration 
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plates, except for
those surviving parents who, as recipients 
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of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or divorced, in which 
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case each surviving parent shall be allowed
one set of 
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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
Through the 2006 
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registration year, an applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for 
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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.)