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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-626 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-626)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
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| 8 | (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 9 | (c) (Blank).
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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