093_HB1389enr HB1389 Enrolled LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 changing Sections 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 6 3-650, and 3-806.4 as follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/3-626) 8 Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates. 9 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 10 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 11 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 12 State, may issue special registration plates designated as 13 Korean War Veteran license plates to residents of Illinois 14 who participated in the United States Armed Forces during the 15 Korean War. The special plate issued under this Section 16 shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first 17 division, motorcycles, motor vehicles of the second division 18 weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational 19 vehicles as defined by Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates 20 issued under this Section shall expire according to the 21 staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 22 of this Code. 23 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 24 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The 25 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to 26 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with 27 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to 28 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) 29 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 30 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, 31 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided HB1389 Enrolled -2- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 under Section 3-412. 2 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 3 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of 4 this additional fee, $13 shall be deposited into the 5 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be 6 deposited into the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund. 7For each registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition8to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and9shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special10License Plate Fund.11 (d) The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created 12 as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the 13 Korean War Memorial Construction Fund shall, subject to 14 appropriation, be used by the Department of Veteran Affairs 15 to provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial 16 to be located at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. 17 Upon the completion of the Memorial, the Department of 18 Veteran Affairs shall certify to the State Treasurer that the 19 construction of the Memorial has been completed. Upon the 20 certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State 21 Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Fund and any 22 future deposits into the Fund into the Secretary of State 23 Special License Plate Fund. 24 (e) An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran 25 license plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and received 26 a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons 27 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall 28 pay the original issuance and the regular annual fee for the 29 registration of the vehicle as provided in Section 3-806.3 of 30 this Code in addition to the fees specified in subsection (c) 31 of this Section. 32 (Source: P.A. 91-679, eff. 1-26-00; 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.) 33 (625 ILCS 5/3-628) HB1389 Enrolled -3- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 Sec. 3-628. Bronze Star plates. 2 (a) Beginning January 1, 1996, in addition to any other 3 special license plate, the Secretary, upon receipt of all 4 applicable fees and applications made in the form prescribed 5 by the Secretary of State, may issue special registration 6 plates to residents of Illinois who have been awarded the 7 Bronze Star by the United States Armed Forces. The special 8 plate issued under this Section shall be affixed only to 9 passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, or 10 motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 11 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire 12 according to the staggered multi-year procedure established 13 by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 14 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 15 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The 16 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to 17 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with 18 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to 19 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) 20 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 21 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, 22 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided 23 under Section 3-412. 24 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 25 issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee. 26 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary 27 of State Special License Plate Fund.For each registration28renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate29registration fee, shall be charged and deposited into the30Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.31 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.) 32 (625 ILCS 5/3-638) 33 Sec. 3-638. U.S. Veteran License Plates. HB1389 Enrolled -4- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 2 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 3 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 4 State, may issue U.S. Veteran license plates to residents of 5 Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the 6 Secretary of State. The special U.S. Veteran plate issued 7 under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger 8 vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and motor 9 vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 10 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire 11 according to the staggered multi-year procedure established 12 by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 13 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 14 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The 15 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to 16 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with 17 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to 18 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) 19 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 20 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, 21 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided 22 under Section 3-412. 23 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 24 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. 25 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of 26 State Special License Plate Fund.For each registration27renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate28registration fee, shall be charged and shall be deposited29into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.30 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.) 31 (625 ILCS 5/3-642) 32 Sec. 3-642. Silver Star plates. 33 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees HB1389 Enrolled -5- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 and applications made in the form prescribed by the 2 Secretary, may issue special registration plates to residents 3 of Illinois who have been awarded the Silver Star by the 4 United States Armed Forces. The special plate issued under 5 this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of 6 the first division, motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the 7 second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates 8 issued under this Section shall expire according to the 9 staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 10 of this Code. 11 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 12 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary 13 may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued 14 as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with Section 15 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to 16 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) 17 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 18 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, 19 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided 20 under Section 3-412. 21 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 22 issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee. 23 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary 24 of State Special License Plate Fund.For each registration25renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate26registration fee, shall be charged and deposited into the27Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.28 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.) 29 (625 ILCS 5/3-645) 30 Sec. 3-645. Vietnam Veteran License Plates. 31 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 32 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 33 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of HB1389 Enrolled -6- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 State, may issue Vietnam Veteran license plates to residents 2 of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by 3 the Secretary of State. The special Vietnam Veteran plate 4 issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger 5 vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and motor 6 vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 7 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire 8 according to the staggered multi-year procedure established 9 by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 10 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 11 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The 12 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to 13 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with 14 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to 15 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) 16 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 17 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, 18 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided 19 under Section 3-412. 20 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 21 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. 22 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of 23 State Special License Plate Fund.For each registration24renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate25registration fee, shall be charged and shall be deposited26into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.27 (Source: P.A. 91-805, eff. 1-1-01; 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.) 28 (625 ILCS 5/3-647) 29 Sec. 3-647. World War II Veteran License Plates. 30 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 31 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 32 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 33 State, may issue World War II Veteran license plates to HB1389 Enrolled -7- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 residents of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements 2 prescribed by the Secretary of State. The special World War 3 II Veteran plate issued under this Section shall be affixed 4 only to passenger vehicles of the first division, 5 motorcycles, and motor vehicles of the second division 6 weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this 7 Section shall expire according to the staggered multi-year 8 procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 9 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 10 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The 11 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to 12 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with 13 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to 14 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) 15 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 16 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, 17 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided 18 under Section 3-412. 19 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 20 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. 21 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of 22 State Special License Plate Fund.For each registration23renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate24registration fee, shall be charged and shall be deposited25into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.26 (Source: P.A. 91-805, eff. 1-1-01; 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.) 27 (625 ILCS 5/3-650) 28 Sec. 3-650. Army Combat Veteran license plates. 29 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 30 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 31 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 32 State, may issue Army Combat Veteran license plates to 33 residents of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements HB1389 Enrolled -8- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 prescribed by the Secretary of State. The special Army 2 Combat Veteran plate issued under this Section shall be 3 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division, 4 motorcycles, and motor vehicles of the second division 5 weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under 6 this Section shall expire according to the staggered 7 multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this 8 Code. 9 (b) The plates shall display the Army Combat Infantry 10 Badge. In all other respects, the design, color, and format 11 of the plates shall be within the discretion of the Secretary 12 of State. The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow 13 the plates to be issued as vanity plates or personalized in 14 accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are 15 not required to designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in 16 subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary 17 shall prescribe the eligibility requirements and, in his or 18 her discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or 19 decals as provided under Section 3-412. 20 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original 21 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. 22 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of 23 State Special License Plate Fund.For each registration24renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate25registration fee, shall be charged and shall be deposited26into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.27 (Source: P.A. 92-79, eff. 1-1-02; 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 28 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03.) 29 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4) 30 Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the 31 1991 registration year, upon proper application, the 32 Secretary of State shall issue one pair of registration 33 plates to any Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow HB1389 Enrolled -9- LRB093 09755 DRH 09997 b 1 or widower, or in the absence thereof, as the surviving 2 parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United States in 3 recognition of spouses or children who served in the Armed 4 Forces of the United States and lost their lives while in 5 service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent no longer 6 survives, the Secretary of State shall issue the plates to a 7 surviving sibling, of the person who served in the Armed 8 Forces, who is an Illinois resident. No more than one set of 9 plates shall be issued for each Gold Star awarded, and only 10 one surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving 11 parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued a set of 12 registration plates, except for those surviving parents who, 13 as recipients of the Gold Star, have legally separated or 14 divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be 15 allowed one set of registration plates. Registration plates 16 issued under this Section shall be for first division 17 vehicles and second division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or 18 less. An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for the 19 original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration 20 fee which shall be deposited into the Road Fund to help 21 defray the administrative processing costs.For each22registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the23appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and24deposited into the Road Fund.25 (Source: P.A. 90-534, eff. 11-14-97.) 26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 27 1, 2004.