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1 | AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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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 3-628, 3-642, and 3-806.3 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-628)
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7 | Sec. 3-628. Bronze Star plates.
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8 | (a) Beginning January 1, 1996, in addition to any other | ||||||
9 | special license
plate, the Secretary, upon receipt of all | ||||||
10 | applicable fees and applications made
in the form prescribed by | ||||||
11 | the Secretary of State, may issue special
registration plates | ||||||
12 | to residents of Illinois who have been awarded the Bronze
Star | ||||||
13 | by the United States Armed Forces. The special plate issued | ||||||
14 | under this
Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles | ||||||
15 | of the first
division, motorcycles, or
motor vehicles of the | ||||||
16 | second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
Plates | ||||||
17 | issued under this Section shall expire according to the | ||||||
18 | staggered
multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 | ||||||
19 | of this Code.
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20 | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | ||||||
21 | wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | ||||||
22 | Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||||||
23 | issued as vanity plates or personalized
in accordance with | ||||||
24 | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to | ||||||
25 | designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of | ||||||
26 | Section
3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | ||||||
27 | eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall | ||||||
28 | approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under | ||||||
29 | Section 3-412.
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30 | (c) (Blank).
An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for | ||||||
31 | original issuance in
addition to the appropriate registration | ||||||
32 | fee.
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1 | This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||||||
2 | of State
Special License Plate Fund.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)
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4 | (625 ILCS 5/3-642)
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5 | Sec. 3-642. Silver Star plates.
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6 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and | ||||||
7 | applications made
in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may | ||||||
8 | issue special
registration plates to residents of Illinois who | ||||||
9 | have been awarded the Silver
Star by the United States Armed | ||||||
10 | Forces. The special plate issued under this
Section shall be | ||||||
11 | affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
division, | ||||||
12 | motorcycles, or
motor vehicles of the second division weighing | ||||||
13 | not more than 8,000 pounds.
Plates issued under this Section | ||||||
14 | shall expire according to the staggered
multi-year procedure | ||||||
15 | established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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16 | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | ||||||
17 | wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary | ||||||
18 | may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as | ||||||
19 | vanity plates or personalized
in accordance with Section | ||||||
20 | 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to designate | ||||||
21 | "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section
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22 | 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | ||||||
23 | eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall | ||||||
24 | approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under | ||||||
25 | Section 3-412.
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26 | (c) (Blank).
An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for | ||||||
27 | original issuance in
addition to the appropriate registration | ||||||
28 | fee.
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29 | This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||||||
30 | of State
Special License Plate Fund.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)
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32 | (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
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33 | Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens.
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34 | Commencing with the 2001 registration year and extending |
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1 | through the 2003
registration year, the registration fee paid | ||||||
2 | by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under | ||||||
3 | the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief | ||||||
4 | and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such | ||||||
5 | a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in | ||||||
6 | this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year | ||||||
7 | registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor | ||||||
8 | vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under | ||||||
9 | Section 3-616, motor
vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or | ||||||
10 | less under Section 3-815(a) and
recreational vehicles | ||||||
11 | registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(b). | ||||||
12 | Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to this
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13 | reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the | ||||||
14 | claimant was
eligible.
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15 | Commencing with the 2004 registration year and extending | ||||||
16 | through the 2005 registration year , the registration fee paid | ||||||
17 | by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under | ||||||
18 | the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief | ||||||
19 | and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such | ||||||
20 | a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in | ||||||
21 | this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year | ||||||
22 | registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor | ||||||
23 | vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under | ||||||
24 | Section 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, | ||||||
25 | 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles | ||||||
26 | registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and | ||||||
27 | recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
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28 | Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also | ||||||
29 | be entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the | ||||||
30 | registration year in which the claimant
was eligible.
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31 | Commencing with the 2006 registration year, the | ||||||
32 | registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and | ||||||
33 | received a grant under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons | ||||||
34 | Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is | ||||||
35 | the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
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36 | otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying |
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1 | standard
multi-year registration plates issued under Section | ||||||
2 | 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying special registration plates | ||||||
3 | issued under Section 3-607, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, | ||||||
4 | 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or
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5 | 3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under | ||||||
6 | Section
3-815(a), and recreational vehicles registered at | ||||||
7 | 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(b). Widows and | ||||||
8 | widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to
this reduced | ||||||
9 | registration fee for the registration year in which the | ||||||
10 | claimant
was eligible.
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11 | No more than one reduced registration fee under this | ||||||
12 | Section shall be
allowed during any 12 month period based on | ||||||
13 | the primary eligibility of any
individual, whether such reduced | ||||||
14 | registration fee is allowed to the
individual or to the spouse, | ||||||
15 | widow or widower of such individual. This
Section does not | ||||||
16 | apply to the fee paid in addition to the registration fee
for | ||||||
17 | motor vehicles displaying vanity or special license
plates.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-699, | ||||||
19 | eff.
1-1-03.)
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