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HB0544 Engrossed |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 3-806.4 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
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| Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the |
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| 1991
registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary |
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| of State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any |
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| Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow or widower, or in |
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| the absence thereof, as the surviving
parent, is awarded the |
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| Gold Star by the United States in recognition of
spouses or |
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| children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States |
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| and
lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or |
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| war. If the parent
no longer survives, the Secretary of State |
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| shall issue the plates to a
surviving sibling, of the person |
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| who served in the Armed Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No |
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| more than
one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star |
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| awarded, and only one
surviving parent, or in the absence of a |
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| surviving parent, only one surviving
sibling shall be issued a |
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| set of registration plates, except for
those surviving parents |
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| who, as recipients of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or |
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| divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be allowed
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| one set of registration plates. Registration plates issued |
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| under this
Section shall be for first division vehicles and |
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| second division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. Through the |
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| 2006 registration year, an
An applicant shall be charged a $15 |
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| fee for the
original issuance in addition to the appropriate |
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| registration fee which
shall be deposited into the Road Fund to |
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| help defray the administrative
processing costs. Beginning |
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| with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged |
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| only the appropriate registration fee.
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