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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2494 Introduced 10/12/2011, by Sen. Larry K. Bomke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue Gold Star license plates to all siblings of a person who has lost his or her life while serving in the Armed Forces (instead of to only one surviving sibling in the absence of a surviving parent).
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| | SB2494 | | LRB097 13567 HEP 58093 b |
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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 changing |
| 5 | | Section 3-664 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-664)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-664. Gold Star license plates. Upon proper |
| 8 | | application, the Secretary of State shall
issue registration |
| 9 | | plates designated as Gold Star license plates to any Illinois |
| 10 | | resident who is the
surviving widow, widower, sibling, or |
| 11 | | parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United |
| 12 | | States and
lost his or her life while in service whether in |
| 13 | | peacetime or war. The
surviving widow or widower and each |
| 14 | | surviving parent and sibling , or in the absence of a surviving |
| 15 | | parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued one set of |
| 16 | | registration plates. Registration plates issued under this
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| 17 | | Section shall be for first division vehicles and second |
| 18 | | division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. The Secretary may, |
| 19 | | in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as |
| 20 | | vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section |
| 21 | | 3-405.1 of this Code. An applicant shall be charged only the |
| 22 | | appropriate registration fee.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, eff. 1-1-06; 95-34, |