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90_HB1210enr 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. LRB9004330NTsb HB1210 Enrolled LRB9004330NTsb 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 HB1210 Enrolled -2- LRB9004330NTsb 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.