|
|
Public Act 093-0846
|
| SB3184 Enrolled |
LRB093 19863 DRH 45606 b |
|
|
AN ACT concerning vehicles.
|
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
represented in the General Assembly:
|
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Sections 3-623, 3-626, and 3-806.3 as follows:
|
(625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
|
Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. The Secretary, upon |
receipt of an
application made in the form prescribed by the |
Secretary of State, may
issue to recipients awarded the Purple |
Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States who |
reside in Illinois, special
registration plates. The special |
plates issued pursuant to this Section
should be affixed only |
to passenger vehicles of the 1st division, including
|
motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of the 2nd division weighing not |
more than 8,000 pounds.
|
The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within |
the discretion
of the Secretary of State. Appropriate |
documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, and the |
appropriate registration fee shall
accompany the application.
|
However, for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart |
plates for a
vehicle and who has been approved for benefits
|
claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and
|
Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical |
Assistance Act, the annual fee for
the registration of the |
vehicle shall be as provided in Section 3-806.3 of
this Code.
|
(Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99; 92-82, eff. 1-1-02; 92-699, |
eff. 1-1-03.)
|
(625 ILCS 5/3-626)
|
Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
|
(a) In addition to any other special license plate, the |
Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and applications |
|
made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of State, may |
issue special registration plates designated as
Korean War |
Veteran license plates to
residents of Illinois who |
participated in the United States Armed Forces during
the |
Korean War. The special plate issued under this Section shall |
be affixed
only to passenger vehicles of the first division, |
motorcycles,
motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not |
more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as
defined by |
Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this Section |
shall
expire according to the staggered multi-year procedure |
established by Section
3-414.1 of this Code.
|
(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be |
wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The |
Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be |
issued as vanity plates or personalized
in accordance with |
Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to |
designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of |
Section
3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the |
eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall |
approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under |
Section 3-412.
|
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original |
issuance
in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of |
this additional fee,
$13 shall be deposited into the Secretary |
of State
Special License Plate Fund
and $2 shall be deposited |
into the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund.
|
(d) The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created as |
a special fund
in the State treasury. All moneys in the Korean |
War Memorial Construction Fund
shall, subject to |
appropriation, be used by the Department of Veteran Affairs
to |
provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial to |
be located at
Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Upon |
the completion of the
Memorial, the Department of Veteran |
Affairs shall certify to the State
Treasurer that the |
construction of the Memorial has been completed. Upon the
|
certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State |
|
Treasurer shall
transfer all moneys in the Fund and any future |
deposits into the Fund into the
Secretary of State Special |
License Plate
Fund.
|
(e) An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran |
license plates
for a vehicle
and who has been approved for |
benefits
claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens |
and Disabled
Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical |
Assistance Act shall pay
the original issuance and the regular |
annual fee for the registration of the
vehicle as provided in |
Section 3-806.3 of this Code in addition to the fees
specified |
in subsection (c) of this Section.
|
(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04.)
|
(625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
|
Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens.
|
Commencing with the 2001 registration year and extending |
through the 2003
registration year, the registration fee paid |
by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under |
the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief |
and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such |
a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in |
this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year |
registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor |
vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under |
Section 3-616, motor
vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or |
less under Section 3-815(a) and
recreational vehicles |
registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(b). |
Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to this
|
reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the |
claimant was
eligible.
|
Commencing with the 2004 registration year and extending |
through the 2005 registration year, the registration fee paid |
by
any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant under |
the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief |
and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act or who is the spouse of such |
a person shall be $24 instead of the fee
otherwise provided in |
|
this Code for passenger cars displaying standard
multi-year |
registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor |
vehicles
displaying special registration plates issued under |
Section 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, |
3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles |
registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
3-815(a), and |
recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
|
Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also |
be entitled to
this reduced registration fee for the |
registration year in which the claimant
was eligible.
|
Commencing with the 2006 registration year, the |
registration fee paid by
any vehicle owner who has been |
approved for benefits under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled |
Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
Act |
or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of |
the fee
otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars |
displaying standard
multi-year registration plates issued |
under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles
displaying special |
registration plates issued under Section 3-616, 3-621,
3-622, |
3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, |
3-650, or
3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or |
less under Section
3-815(a), and recreational vehicles |
registered at 8,000 pounds or less under
Section 3-815(b). |
Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to
this |
reduced registration fee for the registration year in which the |
claimant
was eligible.
|
No more than one reduced registration fee under this |
Section shall be
allowed during any 12 month period based on |
the primary eligibility of any
individual, whether such reduced |
registration fee is allowed to the
individual or to the spouse, |
widow or widower of such individual. This
Section does not |
apply to the fee paid in addition to the registration fee
for |
motor vehicles displaying vanity or special license
plates.
|
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-699, |
eff.
1-1-03.)
|