Full Text of SB0944 101st General Assembly
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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 3-609 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-609. Plates for veterans with disabilities. | 8 | | (a) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected | 9 | | disability from the United States Department of Veterans | 10 | | Affairs, and who has obtained certification from a licensed | 11 | | physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice | 12 | | registered nurse that the service-connected disability | 13 | | qualifies the veteran for issuance of registration plates or | 14 | | decals to a person with disabilities in accordance with Section | 15 | | 3-616, may, without the payment of any registration fee, make | 16 | | application to the Secretary of State for license plates for | 17 | | veterans with disabilities displaying the international symbol | 18 | | of access, for the registration of one motor vehicle of the | 19 | | first division , one motorcycle, or one motor vehicle of the | 20 | | second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. | 21 | | (b) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected | 22 | | disability from the United States Department of Veterans | 23 | | Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be |
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| 1 | | 50% or more, but whose disability does not qualify the veteran | 2 | | for a plate or decal for persons with disabilities under | 3 | | Section 3-616, may, without the payment of any registration | 4 | | fee, make application to the Secretary for a special | 5 | | registration plate without the international symbol of access | 6 | | for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first | 7 | | division , one motorcycle, or one motor vehicle of the second | 8 | | division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
| 9 | | (c) Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | 10 | | documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | 11 | | unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and | 12 | | such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not | 13 | | eligible therefor. The Illinois Department of Veterans' | 14 | | Affairs may assist in providing the
documentation of | 15 | | disability.
| 16 | | (d) The design and color of the plates shall be within the | 17 | | discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates issued | 18 | | under subsection (b) of this Section shall not contain the | 19 | | international symbol of access. The Secretary may, in his or | 20 | | her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 21 | | personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 22 | | Code. Registration shall be for a multi-year period and may be | 23 | | issued staggered registration. | 24 | | (e) Any person eligible to receive license plates under | 25 | | this Section who has been approved for benefits under the | 26 | | Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax |
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| 1 | | Relief Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under that | 2 | | Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise | 3 | | provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard | 4 | | multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, | 5 | | for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under | 6 | | Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at | 7 | | 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set | 8 | | of plates under this Section.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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