Public Act 095-0157
 
HB2044 Enrolled LRB095 09747 DRH 29955 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 3-609 and 3-806.3 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-609)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
    Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled
veteran who has been or declared eligible for funds for the
purchase of a motor vehicle of the first division or for a
motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government because of
his disability, may make application for the registration of
one such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the payment
of any registration fee. Registration shall be for a multi-year
period effective in 1980 and may be issued staggered
registration.
    Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of
the National Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
1955 or of the period beginning February 1, 1955 and ending on
the day before the first day thereafter in which individuals
(other than individuals liable for induction by reason of prior
deferment) are no longer liable for induction for training and
service into the armed forces under the Military Selective
Service Act of 1967, or of any armed conflict involving the
armed forces of the United States, who has a service-connected
disability of such a nature that it would, if it had been
incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an
automobile by the United States Federal Government, or who is
receiving compensation from the Veterans Administration for
total service-connected disability, may make application to
the Secretary of State for the registration of one motor
vehicle of the first division without accompanying such
application with the payment of any fee.
    Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with
documentation for eligibility of registration without fee
unless the applicant has a permanent qualifying disability, and
such registration plates may not be issued to any person not
eligible therefor.
    The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing
the documentation of disability.
    Commencing with the 2009 registration year, any person
eligible to receive license plates under this Section who has
been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
Assistance Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under
that Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise
provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1,
for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at
8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set
of plates under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
    Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens. Commencing with the 2004
registration year and extending through the 2005 registration
year, the registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has
claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical
Assistance Act or who is the spouse of such a person shall be
$24 instead of the fee otherwise provided in this Code for
passenger cars displaying standard multi-year registration
plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying
special registration plates issued under Section 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645,
3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000
pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and recreational
vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be
entitled to this reduced registration fee for the registration
year in which the claimant was eligible.
    Commencing with the 2006 registration year and through the
2008 registration year, the registration fee paid by any
vehicle owner who has been approved for benefits under the
Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or who is the spouse of such a
person shall be $24 instead of the fee otherwise provided in
this Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year
registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor
vehicles displaying special registration plates issued under
Section 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628,
3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, motor vehicles
registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and
recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also
be entitled to this reduced registration fee for the
registration year in which the claimant was eligible.
    Commencing with the 2006 registration year and through the
2008 registration year, the registration fee paid by any
vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under the
Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or who is the spouse of such a
person shall be $24 instead of the fee otherwise provided in
this Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year
registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor
vehicles displaying special registration plates issued under
Section 3-607, 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626,
3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, or 3-806.4,
motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds
or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of
claimants shall also be entitled to this reduced registration
fee for the registration year in which the claimant was
eligible.
    Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the
registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has been
approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act
or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of
the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars
displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued
under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special
registration plates issued under Section 3-609, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645,
3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000
pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and recreational
vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be
entitled to this reduced registration fee for the registration
year in which the claimant was eligible.
    Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the
registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has claimed and
received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or who is
the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying
standard multi-year registration plates issued under Section
3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special registration plates
issued under Section 3-607, 3-609, 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623,
3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650,
or 3-651, or 3-806.4, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds
or less under Section 3-815(a), and recreational vehicles
registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b).
Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to this
reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the
claimant was eligible.
    No more than one reduced registration fee under this
Section shall be allowed during any 12 month period based on
the primary eligibility of any individual, whether such reduced
registration fee is allowed to the individual or to the spouse,
widow or widower of such individual. This Section does not
apply to the fee paid in addition to the registration fee for
motor vehicles displaying vanity or special license plates.
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03;
93-846, eff. 7-30-04; 93-849, eff. 1-1-05; 93-937, eff. 1-1-05;
revised 1-17-05.)