Public Act 097-0940
 
SB2568 EnrolledLRB097 15530 HEP 60658 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 
Section 3-624 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-624)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-624)



    Sec. 3-624. Retired Military license plates. 
    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue to 
retired members of
the United States Armed Forces who reside in 
Illinois, special
registration plates.  The special plates 
issued pursuant to this Section
shall be affixed only to 
passenger vehicles of the first
division, motorcycles, or
motor 
vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 
pounds
and subject to the staggered registration system.  The 
design and color of
such plates shall be wholly within the 
discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary may, in his 
or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or 
personalized plates  in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this 
Code.


    (b) A charitable organization deemed eligible by the 
Secretary of State shall design decals to be affixed on plates 
issued under this Section.  The decals shall designate the 
applicant's branch of service, theater of action, or both. The 
Secretary may prescribe rules governing the requirements and 
approval of
charitable decals.
    (c) The charitable organization authorized to design 
decals under subsection (b) of this Section may establish a fee 
for the purchase of
charitable decals and shall report by July 
31 of each year to the
Secretary of State Vehicle Services 
Department the sticker fee, the number of
charitable decals 
sold, the total revenue received from the sale of charitable

decals during the previous fiscal year, and any other 
information deemed
necessary by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 95-353, eff. 1-1-08.)