95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3619


 
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Mike Bost
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Fallen Veteran plates to surviving relatives of a military veteran who died in a combat zone. Provides that one set of these plates shall be issued, without charge, to the surviving widow or widower, or a surviving child, parent, or sibling of the fallen veteran, in that order of preference. Provides that only one set of these plates shall be issued without charge. Provides that if any other eligible member of the family of the fallen veteran wishes to obtain a set of these plates, he or she shall be charged the appropriate registration fee.
















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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 adding 
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Section 3-664 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/3-664  new)
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    Sec. 3-664. Fallen Veteran license plates.
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    (a) Upon proper application, the Secretary of State shall,

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without charge, issue one pair of registration plates to any 
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Illinois resident who is the
surviving widow or widower of a 
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person who died in the line of duty while serving in the Armed 
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Forces of the United States and deployed in a combat zone. If 
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no widow or widower survives, or if the widow or widower does 
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not claim the plates, the surviving child of the fallen veteran 
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shall receive the plates. If no child survives, or if the 
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surviving child does not claim the plates, the surviving parent 
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of the fallen veteran shall receive the plates. If no parent 
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survives, of if the surviving parent does not claim the plates, 
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a surviving sibling of the fallen veteran shall receive the 
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plates. Only one set of plates shall be issued without charge. 
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If any other eligible member of the fallen veteran's family, as 
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listed in this subsection (a), wishes to obtain a set of these 
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plates, he or she shall be charged the appropriate registration 
 


 






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fee.
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    (b) Registration plates issued under this
Section shall be 
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for first division vehicles and second division vehicles
of 
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8,000 pounds or less. Plates issued under this Section shall 
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expire according to the
staggered multi-year procedure 
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established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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    (c) The plates shall display the word "Fallen".  In all 
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other
respects, the design, color, and format of the plates 
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shall be within the
discretion of the Secretary of State.  The 
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Secretary may, in his or her
discretion, allow the plates to be 
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issued as vanity or personalized plates in
accordance with 
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Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required to

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designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of 
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Section 3-412
of this Code.  The Secretary shall, in his or her 
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discretion, approve and prescribe stickers or decals as

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provided under Section 3-412.