Public Act 098-0902
 
HB4491 EnrolledLRB098 15884 MLW 50929 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 3-623 as follows:
 


    (625 ILCS 5/3-623)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)



    Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. 
    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an
application made in 
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
issue to 
recipients awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed

forces of the United States who reside in Illinois,
special

registration plates.  The Secretary, upon receipt of the proper 
application, may also issue these special registration plates 
to an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person 
who was awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed 
forces of the United States. The special plates issued pursuant 
to this Section
should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of 
the 1st division, including
motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of 
the 2nd division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. 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.
The Secretary of State must make 
a version of the special registration plates authorized under 
this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles. 

    (b) The design and color of such plates shall be wholly 
within the discretion
of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate 
documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, and the 
appropriate registration fee shall
accompany the application, 
except:
        (1) a person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates 
    may display the plates on one vehicle without the payment 
    of any registration or registration renewal fee; and
        (2) .
 However, for an individual who has been issued 
    Purple Heart plates for an additional a
vehicle and who has 
    been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and

    Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act, the annual fee 
    for
the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in 
    Section 3-806.3 of
this Code.

(Source: P.A. 96-1101, eff. 1-1-11; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12.)