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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3835
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3835 on page 1, by
3 replacing liines 4 through 7 with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623,
6 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647,
7 3-650, 3-651, and 3-806.4 as follows:"; and
8 on page 11, below line 9, by inserting the following:
9 "(625 ILCS 5/3-642)
10 Sec. 3-642. Silver Star plates.
11 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees
12 and applications made in the form prescribed by the
13 Secretary, may issue special registration plates to residents
14 of Illinois who have been awarded the Silver Star by the
15 United States Armed Forces. The special plate issued under
16 this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of
17 the first division, motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the
18 second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
19 issued under this Section shall expire according to the
20 staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1
21 of this Code.
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1 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
2 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary
3 may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
4 as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with Section
5 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
6 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
7 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe
8 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion,
9 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided
10 under Section 3-412.
11 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
12 issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee.
13 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary
14 of State Special License Plate Fund.
15 (d) Any license plate manufactured on or after January
16 1, 2005 and issued under this Section must:
17 (1) be manufactured in the United States; and
18 (2) if a suitable manufacturing facility is
19 available in this State, be manufactured in this State.
20 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)
21 (625 ILCS 5/3-645)
22 Sec. 3-645. Vietnam Veteran License Plates.
23 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
24 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
25 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
26 State, may issue Vietnam Veteran license plates to residents
27 of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by
28 the Secretary of State. The special Vietnam Veteran plate
29 issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger
30 vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and motor
31 vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
32 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire
33 according to the staggered multi-year procedure established
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1 by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
2 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
3 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
4 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
5 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
6 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
7 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
8 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe
9 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion,
10 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided
11 under Section 3-412.
12 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
13 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee.
14 This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of
15 State Special License Plate Fund.
16 (d) Any license plate manufactured on or after January
17 1, 2005 and issued under this Section must:
18 (1) be manufactured in the United States; and
19 (2) if a suitable manufacturing facility is
20 available in this State, be manufactured in this State.
21 (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)";
22 and
23 on page 15, below line 14, by inserting the following:
24 "(625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
25 Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the
26 1991 registration year, upon proper application, the
27 Secretary of State shall issue one pair of registration
28 plates to any Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow
29 or widower, or in the absence thereof, as the surviving
30 parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United States in
31 recognition of spouses or children who served in the Armed
32 Forces of the United States and lost their lives while in
33 service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent no longer
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1 survives, the Secretary of State shall issue the plates to a
2 surviving sibling, of the person who served in the Armed
3 Forces, who is an Illinois resident. No more than one set of
4 plates shall be issued for each Gold Star awarded, and only
5 one surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving
6 parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued a set of
7 registration plates, except for those surviving parents who,
8 as recipients of the Gold Star, have legally separated or
9 divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be
10 allowed one set of registration plates. Registration plates
11 issued under this Section shall be for first division
12 vehicles and second division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or
13 less. An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for the
14 original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration
15 fee which shall be deposited into the Road Fund to help
16 defray the administrative processing costs.
17 Any license plate manufactured on or after January 1,
18 2005 and issued under this Section must:
19 (1) be manufactured in the United States; and
20 (2) if a suitable manufacturing facility is
21 available in this State, be manufactured in this State.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)".