Public Act 095-0034
 		





HB0167 Enrolled
LRB095 03447 DRH 23451 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 
and renumbering Section 3-806.4 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-664)  (was 625 ILCS 5/3-806.4)



    Sec. 3-664
3-806.4. Gold Star license plates
recipients. 
Upon
Commencing with the 1991
registration year and through the 
2006 registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary 
of State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any 
Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow or widower, or in 
the absence thereof, as the surviving
parent, is awarded the 
Gold Star by the United States in recognition of
spouses or 
children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States 
and
lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or 
war.   Commencing with the 2007 registration year, upon proper 
application, the Secretary of State shall
issue one pair of 
registration plates designated as Gold Star license plates to 
any Illinois resident, who is
as the
surviving widow, widower, 
or parent of a person , is awarded the gold star by the United 
States in recognition of
spouses or children who served in the 
Armed Forces of the United States and
lost his or her life

their lives while in service whether in peacetime or war. The

If the parent
no longer survives, the Secretary of State shall 
issue the plates to a
surviving sibling, of the person who 
served in the Armed Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No 
more than
one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star 
awarded, and only one
surviving widow or widower and each 
surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving parent, only 
one surviving sibling shall be issued one
a set of registration 
plates, except for
those surviving parents who, as recipients 
of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or divorced, in which 
case each surviving parent shall be allowed
one set of 
registration plates. Registration plates issued under this

Section shall be for first division vehicles and second 
division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. An
Through the 2006 
registration year, an applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for 
the
original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
registration fee which
shall be deposited into the Road Fund to 
help defray the administrative
processing costs. Beginning 
with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged 
only the appropriate registration fee.


(Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, 
eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)