Full Text of SB0933 96th General Assembly
SB0933 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB0933
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-609 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning Disabled Veterans' Plates.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-609 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
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| Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled | 8 |
| veteran whose degree of disability has been declared to be 100% | 9 |
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the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who | 10 |
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been or declared eligible for funds for the purchase of a | 11 |
| motor
vehicle of the first division or for a motor vehicle of | 12 |
| the second division
weighing not more than 8,000 pounds by the | 13 |
| United States Federal Government
because of his disability, may | 14 |
| make application for the registration of one
such vehicle, to | 15 |
| the Secretary of State without the payment of any
registration | 16 |
| fee. The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the | 17 |
| plates to be issued as vanity or personalized plates in | 18 |
| accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. Registration | 19 |
| shall be for a multi-year period effective
in 1980 and may be | 20 |
| issued staggered registration. | 21 |
| Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of | 22 |
| the National
Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, | 23 |
| 1955 or of the period
beginning February 1, 1955 and ending on |
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| the day before the first day
thereafter in which individuals | 2 |
| (other than individuals liable for
induction by reason of prior | 3 |
| deferment) are no longer liable for
induction for training and | 4 |
| service into the armed forces under the
Military Selective | 5 |
| Service Act of 1967, or of any armed conflict
involving the | 6 |
| armed forces of the United States, who has a
service-connected | 7 |
| disability of such a nature that it would, if it had
been | 8 |
| incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an
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| automobile by the United States Federal Government, or who is | 10 |
| receiving
compensation from the Veterans Administration for | 11 |
| total service-connected
disability, may make application to | 12 |
| the Secretary of State for the
registration of one motor | 13 |
| vehicle of the first division without
accompanying such | 14 |
| application with the payment of any fee.
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| Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | 16 |
| documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | 17 |
| unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and | 18 |
| such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not | 19 |
| eligible therefor.
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| The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing | 21 |
| the
documentation of disability.
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| Commencing with the 2009 registration year, any person | 23 |
| eligible to receive license plates under this Section who has | 24 |
| been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and | 25 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 26 |
| Assistance Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under |
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| that Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise | 2 |
| provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard | 3 |
| multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, | 4 |
| for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under | 5 |
| Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at | 6 |
| 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set | 7 |
| of plates under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-157, eff. 1-1-08; 95-167, eff. 1-1-08; 95-353, | 9 |
| eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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