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92_HB3634 LRB9209314DHsb 1 AN ACT in relation 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 Sections 3-623, 3-625, and 3-806.3 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623) 7 Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. The Secretary, upon 8 receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the 9 Secretary of State, may issue to recipients awarded the 10 Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United 11 States who reside in Illinois, special registration plates. 12 The special plates issued pursuant to this Section should be 13 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st division or 14 motor vehicles of the 2nd division weighing not more than 15 8,000 pounds. 16 The design and color of such plates shall be wholly 17 within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate 18 documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the 19 appropriatestandardregistration fee shall accompany the 20 application. However, for an individual who has been issued 21 Purple Heart plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and 22 received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled 23 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance 24 Act, theoriginal issuance fee and regularannual fee for the 25 registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section 26 3-806.3 of this Code. 27 (Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99.) 28 (625 ILCS 5/3-625) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-625) 29 Sec. 3-625. Pearl Harbor Plates. The Secretary, upon 30 receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the -2- LRB9209314DHsb 1 Secretary of State, may issue special registration plates to 2 any Illinois resident who, while a member of the armed forces 3 of the United States, participated in the battle of Pearl 4 Harbor on December 7, 1941, or to the widowed spouse of any 5 Illinois resident who, while a member of the armed forces of 6 the United States, participated in the battle of Pearl Harbor 7 on December 7, 1941, provided that the widowed spouse was 8 married to the battle of Pearl Harbor participant at the time 9 of the participant's death and is a single person at the time 10 of application. The special plates issued pursuant to this 11 Section should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 12 1st division or motor vehicles of the 2nd division weighing 13 not more than 8,000 pounds. 14 The design and color of such plates shall be wholly 15 within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate 16 documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the 17 appropriatestandardregistration fee shall accompany the 18 application. 19 (Source: P.A. 89-571, eff. 7-26-96; 89-620, eff. 1-1-97.) 20 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3) 21 Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens. 22Commencing with the 1986 registration year and extending23through the 2000 registration year, the registration fee paid24by any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant25under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax26Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or who is the27spouse of such a person shall be reduced by 50% for passenger28cars displaying standard multi-year registration plates29issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying30special registration plates issued under Section 3-616, motor31vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section323-815(a) and recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds33or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of-3- LRB9209314DHsb 1claimants shall also be entitled to the reduced registration2rate for the registration year in which the claimant was3eligible.4 Commencing with the 2001 registration year and extending 5 through the 2002 registration year, the registration fee paid 6 by any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant 7 under the"Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax 8 Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act"or who is the 9 spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee 10 otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying 11 standard multi-year registration plates issued under Section 12 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special registration 13 plates issued under Section 3-616, motor vehicles registered 14 at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and 15 recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less 16 under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants 17 shall also be entitled to this reduced registration fee for 18 the registration year in which the claimant was eligible. 19 Commencing with the 2003 registration year, the 20 registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has claimed 21 and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled 22 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act 23 or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of 24 the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars 25 displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued 26 under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special 27 registration plates issued under Section 3-606.1, 3-607, 28 3-610.1, 3-616, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-627, 3-628, 29 3-629, 3-630, 3-631, 3-632, 3-633, 3-634, 3-635, 3-636, 30 3-637, 3-638, 3-639, 3-640, 3-641, 3-642, 3-643, 3-644, 31 3-645, 3-646, or 3-647, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 32 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and recreational 33 vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 34 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be -4- LRB9209314DHsb 1 entitled to this reduced registration fee for the 2 registration year in which the claimant was eligible. 3 No more than one reduced registration fee under this 4 Section shall be allowed during any 12 month period based on 5 the primary eligibility of any individual, whether such 6 reduced registration fee is allowed to the individual or to 7 the spouse, widow or widower of such individual. This 8 Section does not apply to the fee paid in addition to the 9 registration fee for motor vehicles displaying personalized 10 or special license platesunder Section 3-806.1. 11 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.) 12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 13 becoming law.