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90_HB1210
625 ILCS 5/3-806.4 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that the
Secretary of State shall issue one set of registration plates
for Gold Star recipients to one surviving sibling of the
person who served in the Armed Forces if the parent no longer
survives. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 3-806.4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 3-806.4 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
8 Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the
9 1991 registration year, upon proper application, the
10 Secretary of State shall issue one pair of registration
11 plates to any Illinois resident, who as the surviving widow
12 or widower, or in the absence thereof, as the surviving
13 parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United States in
14 recognition of spouses or children who served in the Armed
15 Forces of the United States and lost their lives while in
16 service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent no longer
17 survives, the Secretary of State shall issue the plates to a
18 surviving sibling, of the person who served in the Armed
19 Forces, who is an Illinois resident. No more than one set of
20 plates shall be issued for each Gold Star awarded, and only
21 one surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving
22 parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued a set of
23 registration plates, except for those surviving parents who,
24 as recipients of the Gold Star, have legally separated or
25 divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be
26 allowed one set of registration plates. Registration plates
27 issued under this Section shall be for first division
28 vehicles and second division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or
29 less. An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for the
30 original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration
31 fee which shall be deposited into the Road Fund to help
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1 defray the administrative processing costs. For each
2 registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the
3 appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and
4 deposited into the Road Fund.
5 (Source: P.A. 86-390.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.