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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5078 Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plate shall be required from a child (in addition to a surviving widow, widower, or parent) of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life while serving on active duty (instead of "while in service while in wartime").
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| | HB5078 | | LRB102 25488 RAM 34776 b |
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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 |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-664 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-664)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-664. Gold Star license plates. Upon proper |
| 8 | | application, the Secretary of State shall
issue registration |
| 9 | | plates designated as Gold Star license plates to any Illinois |
| 10 | | resident who is the
surviving widow, widower, sibling, |
| 11 | | daughter, son, or parent of a person who served in the Armed |
| 12 | | Forces of the United States and
lost his or her life while in |
| 13 | | service whether in peacetime or war. The
surviving widow or |
| 14 | | widower and each surviving parent, daughter, son, and sibling |
| 15 | | shall be issued one or more sets of registration plates. |
| 16 | | Registration plates issued under this
Section shall be for |
| 17 | | first division vehicles and second division vehicles
of 8,000 |
| 18 | | pounds or less. The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, |
| 19 | | allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized plates |
| 20 | | in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. No |
| 21 | | registration fee shall be required from a surviving widow, |
| 22 | | widower, or parent, or child of a person who served in the |
| 23 | | Armed Forces of the United States and
lost his or her life |