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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 3-623 as follows:
 


6    (625 ILCS 5/3-623)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)



7    Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. 
8    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an
application made in 
9the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
issue to 
10recipients awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed

11forces of the United States who reside in Illinois,
special

12registration plates.  The Secretary, upon receipt of the proper 
13application, may also issue these special registration plates 
14to an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person 
15who was awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed 
16forces of the United States. The special plates issued pursuant 
17to this Section
should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of 
18the 1st division, including
motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of 
19the 2nd division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. The 
20Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be 
21issued as vanity or personalized plates  in accordance with 
22Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
The Secretary of State must make 
23a version of the special registration plates authorized under 
 
 
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1this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles. 

2    (b) The design and color of such plates shall be wholly 
3within the discretion
of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate 
4documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, and the 
5appropriate registration fee shall
accompany the application, 
6except:
7        (1) a person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates 
8    may display the plates on one vehicle without the payment 
9    of any registration or registration renewal fee; and
10        (2) .
 However, for an individual who has been issued 
11    Purple Heart plates for an additional a
vehicle and who has 
12    been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and

13    Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act, the annual fee 
14    for
the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in 
15    Section 3-806.3 of
this Code.

16(Source: P.A. 96-1101, eff. 1-1-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)