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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
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 changing
5 Section 3-806.4 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-806.4)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
7     Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the
8 1991 registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary
9 of State shall issue one pair of registration plates to any
10 Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow or widower, or in
11 the absence thereof, as the surviving parent, is awarded the
12 Gold Star by the United States in recognition of spouses or
13 children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States
14 and lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or
15 war. If the parent no longer survives, the Secretary of State
16 shall issue the plates to a surviving sibling, of the person
17 who served in the Armed Forces, who is an Illinois resident. No
18 more than one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star
19 awarded, and only one surviving parent, or in the absence of a
20 surviving parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued a
21 set of registration plates, except for those surviving parents
22 who, as recipients of the Gold Star, have legally separated or
23 divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be allowed
24 one set of registration plates. Registration plates issued
25 under this Section shall be for first division vehicles and
26 second division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or less. Through the
27 2006 registration year, an An applicant shall be charged a $15
28 fee for the original issuance in addition to the appropriate
29 registration fee which shall be deposited into the Road Fund to
30 help defray the administrative processing costs. Beginning
31 with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged
32 only the appropriate registration fee.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)