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 1        AN ACT in regard to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Section 3-806.3 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
 7        Sec. 3-806.3.  Senior Citizens.
 8        Commencing with the 2001 registration year and  extending
 9    through the 2003 registration year, the registration fee paid
10    by  any  vehicle  owner  who has claimed and received a grant
11    under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons  Property  Tax
12    Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or who is the spouse
13    of  such  a  person shall be $24 instead of the fee otherwise
14    provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying  standard
15    multi-year  registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1,
16    motor vehicles displaying special registration plates  issued
17    under  Section  3-616,  motor  vehicles  registered  at 8,000
18    pounds  or  less  under  Section  3-815(a)  and  recreational
19    vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds  or  less  under  Section
20    3-815(b).   Widows  and  widowers  of claimants shall also be
21    entitled  to  this   reduced   registration   fee   for   the
22    registration year in which the claimant was eligible.
23        During  Commencing  with  the 2004 registration year, the
24    registration fee paid by any vehicle owner  who  has  claimed
25    and  received  a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
26    Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act
27    or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of
28    the fee otherwise provided in this Code  for  passenger  cars
29    displaying  standard  multi-year  registration  plates issued
30    under Section  3-414.1,  motor  vehicles  displaying  special
31    registration plates issued under Section 3-616, 3-621, 3-622,
 
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 1    3-623,  3-624,  3-625,  3-626,  3-628,  3-638,  3-642, 3-645,
 2    3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, motor vehicles  registered  at  8,000
 3    pounds  or  less  under  Section  3-815(a),  and recreational
 4    vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds  or  less  under  Section
 5    3-815(b).   Widows  and  widowers  of claimants shall also be
 6    entitled  to  this   reduced   registration   fee   for   the
 7    registration year in which the claimant was eligible.
 8        Commencing   with   the   2004   registration  year,  the
 9    registration fee paid by any vehicle owner  who  is  eligible
10    for  a  grant  under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
11    Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or  who
12    is  the  spouse of an eligible person shall be $24 instead of
13    the fee otherwise provided in this Code  for  passenger  cars
14    displaying  standard  multi-year  registration  plates issued
15    under Section  3-414.1,  motor  vehicles  displaying  special
16    registration   plates   issued  under  Section  3-616,  motor
17    vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds  or  less  under  Section
18    3-815(a),  and  recreational  vehicles  registered  at  8,000
19    pounds or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of
20    eligible   persons   are   also   entitled  to  this  reduced
21    registration fee for  the  registration  year  in  which  the
22    person was eligible.
23        No  more  than  one  reduced  registration fee under this
24    Section shall be allowed during any 12 month period based  on
25    the  primary  eligibility  of  any  individual,  whether such
26    reduced registration fee is allowed to the individual  or  to
27    the  spouse,  widow  or  widower  of  such  individual.  This
28    Section does not apply to the fee paid  in  addition  to  the
29    registration  fee  for  motor  vehicles  displaying vanity or
30    special license plates.
31    (Source: P.A.  91-37,  eff.  7-1-99;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;
32    92-699, eff. 1-1-03.)