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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Sections 3-609.1 and 3-621 and by adding Sections 1-142.3 and |
| 6 | | 3-609.3 as follows:
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| 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-142.3 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 1-142.3. Military series registration plate. Any |
| 9 | | registration plate that may only be issued to an applicant |
| 10 | | based on some aspect of the applicant's military service.
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| 11 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-609.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609.1)
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| 12 | | Sec. 3-609.1. Congressional Medal of Honor plates. Any |
| 13 | | resident of
the State of Illinois who has been awarded the |
| 14 | | Congressional Medal of Honor, or an Illinois resident who is |
| 15 | | the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Medal of |
| 16 | | Honor,
may make application for the registration of a motor |
| 17 | | vehicle owned solely
or in part by such recipient, to the |
| 18 | | Secretary of State without the payment
of any registration fee. |
| 19 | | Registration shall be for a multi-year period
effective from |
| 20 | | issuance. The Secretary of State shall furnish at his or her |
| 21 | | office
at no cost to such Congressional Medal of Honor |
| 22 | | recipients, plates bearing
up to 3 letters designating the |
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| 1 | | recipient's initials followed by the letters M O H
C M H |
| 2 | | signifying the Congressional Medal of Honor. The plate shall be |
| 3 | | suitable
for attachment to a motor vehicle or motorcycle |
| 4 | | registered under
this Code.
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| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 94-343, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-609.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-609.3. Military series registration plates for |
| 8 | | veterans with disabilities. In lieu of receiving registration |
| 9 | | plates without the payment of a fee under Section 3-609, any |
| 10 | | veteran who holds proof of a 50% or greater service-connected |
| 11 | | disability from the United States Department of Veterans |
| 12 | | Affairs may apply for a military series registration plate in |
| 13 | | the manner prescribed by the Secretary of State. Upon the |
| 14 | | veteran showing proof of the disability, a military series |
| 15 | | registration plate may be issued to the veteran without fee for |
| 16 | | the registration of one motor vehicle of the first division or |
| 17 | | one motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than |
| 18 | | 8,000 pounds.
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| 19 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-621) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621)
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| 20 | | Sec. 3-621. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application, |
| 21 | | made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may |
| 22 | | issue to Illinois residents who are current members, former |
| 23 | | members, or surviving spouses of former
members of the Illinois
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| 24 | | National Guard, or the National Guard of any other State, the |
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| 1 | | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Washington, D.C. and to |
| 2 | | Illinois residents who are either former members of
the |
| 3 | | Illinois National Guard or the surviving spouses of
Illinois |
| 4 | | National Guard members, special registration plates. The |
| 5 | | special
plates issued
pursuant to this Section shall be affixed |
| 6 | | only to passenger vehicles of
the first division, motorcycles, |
| 7 | | or motor vehicles of the second division
weighing not
more than |
| 8 | | 8,000 pounds subject to the staggered registration system.
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| 9 | | The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within |
| 10 | | the discretion of
the Secretary of State. The Secretary may, in |
| 11 | | his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity |
| 12 | | or personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of |
| 13 | | this Code.
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| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-353, eff. 1-1-08.)
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