Full Text of HB2044 95th General Assembly
HB2044 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB2044
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-609 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609 |
625 ILCS 5/3-806.3 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2009 registration year, if a person eligible to receive one set of Disabled Veteran plates at no charge has claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, or has been approved for benefits under that Act, that person may purchase a second set of Disabled Veteran plates for $24, instead of the usual fee for license plates for a vehicle of the first division or a vehicle of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
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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 | 5 |
| Sections 3-609 and 3-806.3 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
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| Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled | 8 |
| veteran who has
been or declared eligible for funds for the | 9 |
| purchase of a motor
vehicle of the first division or for a | 10 |
| motor vehicle of the second division
weighing not more than | 11 |
| 8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government
because of | 12 |
| his disability, may make application for the registration of | 13 |
| one
such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the payment | 14 |
| of any
registration fee. Registration shall be for a multi-year | 15 |
| period effective
in 1980 and may be issued staggered | 16 |
| registration.
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| Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of | 18 |
| the National
Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, | 19 |
| 1955 or of the period
beginning February 1, 1955 and ending on | 20 |
| the day before the first day
thereafter in which individuals | 21 |
| (other than individuals liable for
induction by reason of prior | 22 |
| deferment) are no longer liable for
induction for training and | 23 |
| service into the armed forces under the
Military Selective |
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| Service Act of 1967, or of any armed conflict
involving the | 2 |
| armed forces of the United States, who has a
service-connected | 3 |
| disability of such a nature that it would, if it had
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| incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an
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| automobile by the United States Federal Government, or who is | 6 |
| receiving
compensation from the Veterans Administration for | 7 |
| total service-connected
disability, may make application to | 8 |
| the Secretary of State for the
registration of one motor | 9 |
| vehicle of the first division without
accompanying such | 10 |
| application with the payment of any fee.
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| Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | 12 |
| documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | 13 |
| unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and | 14 |
| such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not | 15 |
| eligible therefor.
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| The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing | 17 |
| the
documentation of disability.
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| Commencing with the 2009 registration year, any person | 19 |
| eligible to receive license plates under this Section who has | 20 |
| been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and | 21 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 22 |
| Assistance Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under | 23 |
| that Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise | 24 |
| provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard | 25 |
| multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, | 26 |
| for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under |
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| Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at | 2 |
| 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set | 3 |
| of plates under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
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| Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens.
Commencing with the 2004 | 7 |
| registration year and extending through the 2005 registration | 8 |
| year, the registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has | 9 |
| claimed and received a grant under the Senior
Citizens and | 10 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 11 |
| Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such a person shall be | 12 |
| $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in this Code for | 13 |
| passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year registration | 14 |
| plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying | 15 |
| special registration plates issued under Section 3-616, 3-621,
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| 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, | 17 |
| 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, 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 registration | 22 |
| year in which the claimant
was eligible. | 23 |
| Commencing with the 2006 registration year and through the | 24 |
| 2008 registration year , the registration fee paid by
any | 25 |
| vehicle owner who has been approved for benefits under the |
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| Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such a | 3 |
| person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in | 4 |
| this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year | 5 |
| registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor | 6 |
| vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under | 7 |
| Section 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, | 8 |
| 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles | 9 |
| registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and | 10 |
| recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
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| Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also | 12 |
| be entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the | 13 |
| registration year in which the claimant
was eligible.
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| Commencing with the 2006 registration year and through the | 15 |
| 2008 registration year , the registration fee paid by
any | 16 |
| vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under the | 17 |
| Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | 18 |
| Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such a | 19 |
| person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in | 20 |
| this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year | 21 |
| registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor | 22 |
| vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under | 23 |
| Section 3-607, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, | 24 |
| 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, or 3-806.4, | 25 |
| motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
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| 3-815(a), and recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds |
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| or less under
Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of | 2 |
| claimants shall also be entitled to
this reduced registration | 3 |
| fee for the registration year in which the claimant
was | 4 |
| eligible.
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| Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the | 6 |
| registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has been | 7 |
| approved for benefits under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled | 8 |
| Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act | 9 |
| or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of | 10 |
| the fee
otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars | 11 |
| displaying standard
multi-year registration plates issued | 12 |
| under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying special | 13 |
| registration plates issued under Section 3-609, 3-616, 3-621,
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| 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, | 15 |
| 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 | 16 |
| pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational | 17 |
| vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section | 18 |
| 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be | 19 |
| entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the registration | 20 |
| year in which the claimant
was eligible.
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| Commencing with the 2009 registration year, the | 22 |
| registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and | 23 |
| received a grant under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons | 24 |
| Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is | 25 |
| the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
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| otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying |
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| standard
multi-year registration plates issued under Section | 2 |
| 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying special registration plates | 3 |
| issued under Section 3-607, 3-609, 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, | 4 |
| 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, | 5 |
| or 3-651, or 3-806.4, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds | 6 |
| or less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational vehicles | 7 |
| registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(b). | 8 |
| Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to
this | 9 |
| reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the | 10 |
| claimant
was eligible.
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| No more than one reduced registration fee under this | 12 |
| Section shall be
allowed during any 12 month period based on | 13 |
| the primary eligibility of any
individual, whether such reduced | 14 |
| registration fee is allowed to the
individual or to the spouse, | 15 |
| widow or widower of such individual. This
Section does not | 16 |
| apply to the fee paid in addition to the registration fee
for | 17 |
| motor vehicles displaying vanity or special license
plates.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; | 19 |
| 93-846, eff. 7-30-04; 93-849, eff. 1-1-05; 93-937, eff. 1-1-05; | 20 |
| revised 1-17-05.)
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