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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 Sections 3-606.1 and 3-610.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-606.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-606.1. Retired members of the General Assembly. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Upon receipt
of a request from a retired member of the General | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Assembly, accompanied
by the appropriate application and fee, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the Secretary of State shall issue
to such retired member | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | plates bearing appropriate wording or abbreviations
indicating | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | that the holder is a retired member of the General Assembly.
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| 13 | Such plates may be issued for a 2 year period beginning January | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1st of
each odd-numbered year and ending December 31st of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | subsequent even-numbered year. Upon the death of a retired | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | member who has been issued a retired member of the General | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Assembly plate, that member's surviving spouse shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | entitled to retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | a resident of Illinois and transfers the registration to his | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | or her name within 90 days of the death of the retired member.
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| 21 | Except as otherwise provided, a retired member of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | General Assembly who has a disability as defined under Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 1-159.1 may request 2 identical sets of specialized plates | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | which displays the International Symbol of Access and shall be | ||||||
| 2 | subject to the provisions within Section 3-616. | ||||||
| 3 | "Retired member" means any individual who (a) has served
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| 4 | as a member of the General Assembly for a minimum of 6 years, | ||||||
| 5 | or (b) is 62
or older, has served as a member of the General | ||||||
| 6 | Assembly for a minimum of 4
years, and retired prior to the | ||||||
| 7 | convening of the 83rd General Assembly.
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| 8 | The fees and procedures relating to such plates for | ||||||
| 9 | retired members of
the General Assembly shall be the same as | ||||||
| 10 | the fees and procedures applicable
to personalized plates | ||||||
| 11 | issued under this Code.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 98-223, eff. 8-9-13.)
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| 13 | (625 ILCS 5/3-610.1)
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| 14 | Sec. 3-610.1. Retired members of the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | congressional delegation.
Upon receipt of a request from a | ||||||
| 16 | retired member of the Illinois congressional
delegation, | ||||||
| 17 | accompanied by the appropriate application and fee, the | ||||||
| 18 | Secretary
of State shall issue to the retired member special | ||||||
| 19 | registration plates
bearing appropriate wording
or | ||||||
| 20 | abbreviations indicating that the holder is a retired member | ||||||
| 21 | of the Illinois
congressional delegation. The plates may be | ||||||
| 22 | issued for a 2 year period
beginning January 1st of each | ||||||
| 23 | odd-numbered year and ending December 31st of the
subsequent | ||||||
| 24 | even-numbered year.
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| 25 | An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original | ||||||
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| 1 | issuance in addition to
the applicable registration fee. This | ||||||
| 2 | additional fee shall be deposited into
the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 3 | Special License Plate Fund. For each
registration renewal | ||||||
| 4 | period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate
registration | ||||||
| 5 | fee, shall be charged and shall be deposited into the Retired
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| 6 | Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation Fund.
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| 7 | Except as otherwise provided, a retired member of the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Congressional delegation who has a disability as | ||||||
| 9 | defined under Section 1-159.1 may request 2 identical sets of | ||||||
| 10 | specialized plates which displays the International Symbol of | ||||||
| 11 | Access and shall be subject to the provisions within Section | ||||||
| 12 | 3-616. | ||||||
| 13 | "Retired member of the Illinois congressional delegation" | ||||||
| 14 | means any
individual who has served as a member of the U.S. | ||||||
| 15 | Senate or U.S. House of
Representatives representing the State | ||||||
| 16 | of Illinois. The term does not include
an individual who is | ||||||
| 17 | serving in the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of
Representatives.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95.)
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