Full Text of HB1709 102nd General Assembly
HB1709 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB1709 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Korean War Veteran license plates.
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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 | 5 | | changing Section 3-626 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-626)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
| 8 | | (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
| 9 | | the Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and | 10 | | applications made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of | 11 | | State, may issue special registration plates designated as
| 12 | | Korean War Veteran license plates to
residents of Illinois who | 13 | | participated in the United States Armed Forces during
the | 14 | | Korean War. The special plate issued under this Section shall | 15 | | be affixed
only to passenger vehicles of the first division, | 16 | | motorcycles,
motor vehicles of the second
division weighing | 17 | | not more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as
| 18 | | defined by Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under | 19 | | this Section shall
expire according to the staggered | 20 | | multi-year procedure established by Section
3-414.1 of this | 21 | | Code. | 22 | | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | 23 | | wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The |
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| 1 | | Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be | 2 | | issued as vanity plates or personalized
in accordance with | 3 | | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to | 4 | | designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) | 5 | | of Section
3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe | 6 | | the eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, | 7 | | shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided | 8 | | under Section 3-412.
| 9 | | (c) (Blank).
| 10 | | (d) The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created | 11 | | as a special fund
in the State treasury. All moneys in the | 12 | | Korean War Memorial Construction Fund
shall, subject to | 13 | | appropriation, be used by the Department of Veterans' Affairs
| 14 | | to provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial | 15 | | to be located at
Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. | 16 | | Upon the completion of the
Memorial, the Department of | 17 | | Veterans' Affairs shall certify to the State
Treasurer that | 18 | | the construction of the Memorial has been completed. Upon the
| 19 | | certification by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the | 20 | | State Treasurer shall
transfer all moneys in the Fund and any | 21 | | future deposits into the Fund into the
Secretary of State | 22 | | Special License Plate
Fund.
| 23 | | (e) An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran | 24 | | license plates
for a vehicle
and who has been approved for | 25 | | benefits under the Senior Citizens and Persons with | 26 | | Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act shall pay
the original |
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| 1 | | issuance and the regular annual fee for the registration of | 2 | | the
vehicle as provided in Section 3-806.3 of this Code.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 99-127, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; | 4 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-143, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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