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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 and 3-806.3 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
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7 | Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | veteran who has
been or declared eligible for funds for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | purchase of a motor
vehicle of the first division or for a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | motor vehicle of the second division
weighing not more than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government
because of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | his disability, may make application for the registration of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | one
such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the payment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | of any
registration fee. Registration shall be for a multi-year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | period effective
in 1980 and may be issued staggered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | registration.
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17 | Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the National
Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 1955 or of the period
beginning February 1, 1955 and ending on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | the day before the first day
thereafter in which individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (other than individuals liable for
induction by reason of prior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | deferment) are no longer liable for
induction for training and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | service into the armed forces under the
Military Selective |
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1 | Service Act of 1967, or of any armed conflict
involving the | ||||||
2 | armed forces of the United States, who has a
service-connected | ||||||
3 | disability of such a nature that it would, if it had
been | ||||||
4 | incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an
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5 | automobile by the United States Federal Government, or who is | ||||||
6 | receiving
compensation from the Veterans Administration for | ||||||
7 | total service-connected
disability, may make application to | ||||||
8 | the Secretary of State for the
registration of one motor | ||||||
9 | vehicle of the first division without
accompanying such | ||||||
10 | application with the payment of any fee.
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11 | Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | ||||||
12 | documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | ||||||
13 | unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and | ||||||
14 | such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not | ||||||
15 | eligible therefor.
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16 | The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing | ||||||
17 | the
documentation of disability.
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18 | Commencing with the 2009 registration year, any person | ||||||
19 | eligible to receive license plates under this Section who has | ||||||
20 | been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and | ||||||
21 | Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | ||||||
22 | Assistance Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under | ||||||
23 | that Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise | ||||||
24 | provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard | ||||||
25 | multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, | ||||||
26 | for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under |
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1 | Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at | ||||||
2 | 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set | ||||||
3 | of plates under this Section.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)
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5 | (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
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6 | Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens.
Commencing with the 2004 | ||||||
7 | registration year and extending through the 2005 registration | ||||||
8 | year, the registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has | ||||||
9 | claimed and received a grant under the Senior
Citizens and | ||||||
10 | Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | ||||||
11 | Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such a person shall be | ||||||
12 | $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in this Code for | ||||||
13 | passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year registration | ||||||
14 | plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying | ||||||
15 | special registration plates issued under Section 3-616, 3-621,
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16 | 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, | ||||||
17 | 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 | ||||||
18 | pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational | ||||||
19 | vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section | ||||||
20 | 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be | ||||||
21 | entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the registration | ||||||
22 | year in which the claimant
was eligible. | ||||||
23 | Commencing with the 2006 registration year and through the | ||||||
24 | 2008 registration year , the registration fee paid by
any | ||||||
25 | vehicle owner who has been approved for benefits under the |
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1 | Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | ||||||
2 | Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such a | ||||||
3 | person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in | ||||||
4 | this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year | ||||||
5 | registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor | ||||||
6 | vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under | ||||||
7 | Section 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, | ||||||
8 | 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles | ||||||
9 | registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and | ||||||
10 | recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
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11 | Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also | ||||||
12 | be entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the | ||||||
13 | registration year in which the claimant
was eligible.
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14 | Commencing with the 2006 registration year and through the | ||||||
15 | 2008 registration year , the registration fee paid by
any | ||||||
16 | vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under the | ||||||
17 | Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | ||||||
18 | Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such a | ||||||
19 | person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in | ||||||
20 | this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year | ||||||
21 | registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor | ||||||
22 | vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under | ||||||
23 | Section 3-607, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, | ||||||
24 | 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, or 3-806.4, | ||||||
25 | motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
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26 | 3-815(a), and recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds |
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1 | or less under
Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of | ||||||
2 | claimants shall also be entitled to
this reduced registration | ||||||
3 | fee for the registration year in which the claimant
was | ||||||
4 | eligible.
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5 | Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the | ||||||
6 | registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has been | ||||||
7 | approved for benefits under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled | ||||||
8 | Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act | ||||||
9 | or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of | ||||||
10 | the fee
otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars | ||||||
11 | displaying standard
multi-year registration plates issued | ||||||
12 | under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying special | ||||||
13 | registration plates issued under Section 3-609, 3-616, 3-621,
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14 | 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, | ||||||
15 | 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 | ||||||
16 | pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational | ||||||
17 | vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section | ||||||
18 | 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be | ||||||
19 | entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the registration | ||||||
20 | year in which the claimant
was eligible.
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21 | Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the | ||||||
22 | registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and | ||||||
23 | received a grant under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons | ||||||
24 | Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is | ||||||
25 | the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
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26 | 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, 3-609, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, | ||||||
4 | 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, | ||||||
5 | or 3-651, or 3-806.4, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds | ||||||
6 | or less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational vehicles | ||||||
7 | registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(b). | ||||||
8 | Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to
this | ||||||
9 | reduced 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. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; | ||||||
19 | 93-846, eff. 7-30-04; 93-849, eff. 1-1-05; 93-937, eff. 1-1-05; | ||||||
20 | revised 1-17-05.)
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