Full Text of HB0694 102nd General Assembly
HB0694 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB0694 Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/3-609 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609 |
|
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, with respect to the supporting documentation required to obtain a plate for a veteran with a disability, the Secretary of State shall allow an applicant to redact information on the documentation that pertains to the nature of the applicant's health issue. Effective immediately.
|
| |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
| | | HB0694 | | LRB102 13699 RAM 19049 b |
|
| 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 | 5 | | changing 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 | | digital registration plates or decals to a person with | 15 | | disabilities in accordance with Section 3-616, may, without | 16 | | the payment of any registration fee, make application to the | 17 | | Secretary of State for license plates for veterans with | 18 | | disabilities displaying the international symbol of access, | 19 | | for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first | 20 | | division, one motorcycle, or one motor vehicle of the second | 21 | | division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. | 22 | | (b) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected | 23 | | disability from the United States Department of Veterans |
| | | HB0694 | - 2 - | LRB102 13699 RAM 19049 b |
|
| 1 | | Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to | 2 | | be 50% or more, but whose disability does not qualify the | 3 | | veteran for a plate or decal for persons with disabilities | 4 | | under Section 3-616, may, without the payment of any | 5 | | registration fee, make application to the Secretary for a | 6 | | special registration plate or digital registration plate | 7 | | without the international symbol of access for the | 8 | | registration of one motor vehicle of the first division, one | 9 | | motorcycle, or one motor vehicle of the second division | 10 | | weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
| 11 | | (c) Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | 12 | | documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | 13 | | unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, | 14 | | and such registration plates or digital registration plates | 15 | | may not be
issued to any person not eligible therefor. The | 16 | | Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs may assist in | 17 | | providing the
documentation of disability.
| 18 | | (d) The design and color of the plates shall be within the | 19 | | discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates issued | 20 | | under subsection (b) of this Section shall not contain the | 21 | | international symbol of access. The Secretary may, in his or | 22 | | her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 23 | | personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 24 | | Code. Registration shall be for a multi-year period and may be | 25 | | issued staggered registration. | 26 | | (e) Any person eligible to receive license plates under |
| | | HB0694 | - 3 - | LRB102 13699 RAM 19049 b |
|
| 1 | | this Section who has been approved for benefits under the | 2 | | Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax | 3 | | Relief Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under that | 4 | | Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise | 5 | | provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard | 6 | | multi-year registration plates or digital registration plates | 7 | | issued under Section 3-414.1, for motor vehicles registered at | 8 | | 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), or for | 9 | | recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under | 10 | | Section 3-815(b), for a second set of plates under this | 11 | | Section.
| 12 | | (f) With respect to the supporting documentation required | 13 | | to obtain a plate under this Section, the Secretary shall | 14 | | allow an applicant to redact information on the documentation | 15 | | that pertains to the nature of the applicant's health issue. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 101-395, eff. 8-16-19; | 17 | | 101-536, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-24-19.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
|
|