95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2783

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Keith P. Sommer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-664 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for issuance of Korean Service license plates to qualified applicants, at an additional initial charge of $15. Provides that $13 of the additional initial charge shall go to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that $2 of the initial charge shall go to the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 adding
5 Section 3-664 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-664 new)
7     Sec. 3-664. Korean Service license plates.
8     (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
9 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications
10 made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
11 issue special registration plates designated as Korean Service
12 license plates to residents of Illinois who, on or after July
13 27, 1954, participated in the United States Armed Forces in
14 Korea. The special plate issued under this Section shall be
15 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division,
16 motorcycles, motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
17 more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as defined by
18 Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this Section
19 shall expire according to the staggered multi-year procedure
20 established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
21     (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
22 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
23 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be

 

 

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1 issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with
2 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
3 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of
4 Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the
5 eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall
6 approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
7 Section 3-412.
8     (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
9 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
10 this additional fee, $13 shall be deposited into the Secretary
11 of State Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be deposited
12 into the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund a special fund
13 in the State treasury.
14     (d) An individual who has been issued Korean Service
15 license plates for a vehicle and who has been approved for
16 benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
17 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall pay
18 the original issuance and the regular annual fee for the
19 registration of the vehicle as provided in Section 3-806.3 of
20 this Code in addition to the fees specified in subsection (c)
21 of this Section.