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                                     LRB093 13274 DRH 19773 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3835

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3835 on page 1,  by
 3    replacing liines 4 through 7 with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    changing Sections 3-609, 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623,
 6    3-624, 3-625,  3-626,  3-628,  3-638,  3-642,  3-645,  3-647,
 7    3-650, 3-651, and 3-806.4 as follows:"; and

 8    on page 11, below line 9, by inserting the following:

 9        "(625 ILCS 5/3-642)
10        Sec. 3-642.  Silver Star plates.
11        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of all applicable fees
12    and  applications  made  in  the  form  prescribed   by   the
13    Secretary, may issue special registration plates to residents
14    of  Illinois  who  have  been  awarded the Silver Star by the
15    United States Armed Forces. The special  plate  issued  under
16    this  Section  shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of
17    the first division, motorcycles, or  motor  vehicles  of  the
18    second  division  weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
19    issued under this  Section  shall  expire  according  to  the
20    staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1
21    of this Code.
 
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 1        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 2    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary.  The Secretary
 3    may,  in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
 4    as vanity plates or personalized in accordance  with  Section
 5    3-405.1  of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required to
 6    designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
 7    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
 8    the  eligibility  requirements and, in his or her discretion,
 9    shall approve and prescribe stickers or  decals  as  provided
10    under Section 3-412.
11        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
12    issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee.
13        This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary
14    of State Special License Plate Fund.
15        (d)  Any  license  plate manufactured on or after January
16    1, 2005 and issued under this Section must:
17             (1)  be manufactured in the United States; and
18             (2)  if  a  suitable   manufacturing   facility   is
19        available in this State, be manufactured in this State.
20    (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)

21        (625 ILCS 5/3-645)
22        Sec. 3-645.  Vietnam Veteran License Plates.
23        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
24    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
25    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
26    State, may issue Vietnam Veteran license plates to  residents
27    of  Illinois  who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by
28    the Secretary of State.  The special  Vietnam  Veteran  plate
29    issued  under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger
30    vehicles  of  the  first  division,  motorcycles,  and  motor
31    vehicles of the second division weighing not more than  8,000
32    pounds.   Plates  issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire
33    according to the staggered multi-year  procedure  established
 
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 1    by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
 2        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 3    wholly  within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  The
 4    Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates  to
 5    be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
 6    Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required to
 7    designate  "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
 8    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
 9    the eligibility requirements and, in his or  her  discretion,
10    shall  approve  and  prescribe stickers or decals as provided
11    under Section 3-412.
12        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
13    issuance in addition  to  the  applicable  registration  fee.
14    This  additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of
15    State Special License Plate Fund.
16        (d)  Any license plate manufactured on or  after  January
17    1, 2005 and issued under this Section must:
18             (1)  be manufactured in the United States; and
19             (2)  if   a   suitable   manufacturing  facility  is
20        available in this State, be manufactured in this State.
21    (Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140,  eff.  1-1-04.)";
22    and

23    on page 15, below line 14, by inserting the following:

24        "(625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
25        Sec. 3-806.4.  Gold Star recipients.  Commencing with the
26    1991   registration   year,   upon  proper  application,  the
27    Secretary of State  shall  issue  one  pair  of  registration
28    plates  to  any Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow
29    or widower, or in  the  absence  thereof,  as  the  surviving
30    parent,  is  awarded  the  Gold  Star by the United States in
31    recognition of spouses or children who served  in  the  Armed
32    Forces  of  the  United  States and lost their lives while in
33    service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent no  longer
 
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 1    survives,  the Secretary of State shall issue the plates to a
 2    surviving sibling, of the person  who  served  in  the  Armed
 3    Forces,  who is an Illinois resident. No more than one set of
 4    plates shall be issued for each Gold Star awarded,  and  only
 5    one  surviving  parent,  or  in  the  absence  of a surviving
 6    parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued a  set  of
 7    registration  plates, except for those surviving parents who,
 8    as recipients of the Gold Star,  have  legally  separated  or
 9    divorced,  in  which  case  each  surviving  parent  shall be
10    allowed one set of registration plates.  Registration  plates
11    issued  under  this  Section  shall  be  for  first  division
12    vehicles  and  second  division  vehicles  of 8,000 pounds or
13    less. An applicant  shall  be  charged  a  $15  fee  for  the
14    original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration
15    fee  which  shall  be  deposited  into  the Road Fund to help
16    defray the administrative processing costs.
17        Any license plate manufactured on  or  after  January  1,
18    2005 and issued under this Section must:
19             (1)  be manufactured in the United States; and
20             (2)  if   a   suitable   manufacturing  facility  is
21        available in this State, be manufactured in this State.
22    (Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)".