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Public Act 094-0343
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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 |
Sections 3-609.1, 3-623, 3-628, 3-642, and 3-806.4 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-609.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609.1)
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Sec. 3-609.1. Congressional Medal of Honor plates. Any |
resident of
the State of Illinois who has been awarded the |
Congressional Medal of Honor, or an Illinois resident who is |
the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Medal of |
Honor,
may make application for the registration of a motor |
vehicle owned solely
or in part by such recipient, to the |
Secretary of State without the payment
of any registration fee. |
Registration shall be for a multi-year period
effective from |
issuance. The Secretary of State shall furnish at his office
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no cost to such Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, plates |
bearing
up to 3 letters designating the recipient's initials |
followed by the letters
C M H signifying the Congressional |
Medal of Honor. The plate shall be suitable
for attachment to a |
motor vehicle or motorcycle registered under
this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
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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 |
Secretary, upon receipt of the proper applications, may also |
issue these special registration plates to an Illinois resident |
who is the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the |
Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United |
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States. The special plates issued pursuant to this Section
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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.
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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.
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However, for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart |
plates for a
vehicle and who has been approved for benefits |
under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax |
Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the annual fee for
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the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section |
3-806.3 of
this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 92-82, eff. 1-1-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; 93-846, |
eff. 7-30-04.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-628)
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Sec. 3-628. Bronze Star plates.
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(a) Beginning January 1, 1996, 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 |
to residents of Illinois who have been awarded the Bronze
Star |
by the United States Armed Forces. The Secretary, upon receipt |
of the proper applications and fees, may also issue these |
special registration plates to an Illinois resident who is the |
surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Bronze Star by |
a branch of the armed forces of the United States. The special |
plate issued under this
Section shall be affixed only to |
passenger vehicles of the first
division, motorcycles, or
motor |
vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 |
pounds.
Plates issued under this Section shall expire according |
to the staggered
multi-year procedure established by Section |
3-414.1 of this Code.
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(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be |
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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.
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(c) (Blank).
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; |
93-937, eff. 1-1-05.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-642)
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Sec. 3-642. Silver Star plates.
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(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and |
applications made
in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may |
issue special
registration plates to residents of Illinois who |
have been awarded the Silver
Star by the United States Armed |
Forces. The Secretary, upon receipt of the proper applications |
and fees, may also issue these special registration plates to |
an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person |
who was awarded the Silver Star by a branch of the armed forces |
of the United States. The special plate issued under this
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Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the |
first
division, motorcycles, or
motor vehicles of the second |
division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
Plates issued |
under this Section shall expire according to the staggered
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multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this |
Code.
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(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be |
wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary. 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
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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.
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(c) (Blank).
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; |
93-937, eff. 1-1-05.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-806.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4)
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Sec. 3-806.4. Gold Star recipients. Commencing with the |
1991
registration year and through the 2006 registration year, |
upon proper application, the Secretary of State shall
issue one |
pair of registration plates to any Illinois resident, who as |
the
surviving widow or widower, or in the absence thereof, as |
the surviving
parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United |
States in recognition of
spouses or children who served in the |
Armed Forces of the United States and
lost their lives while in |
service whether in peacetime or war. Commencing with the 2007 |
registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary of |
State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any |
Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow, widower,
or |
parent, is awarded the Gold Star by the United States in |
recognition of
spouses or children who served in the Armed |
Forces of the United States and
lost their lives while in |
service whether in peacetime or war. If the parent
no longer |
survives, the Secretary of State shall issue the plates to a
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surviving sibling, of the person who served in the Armed |
Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No more than
one set of |
plates shall be issued for each Gold Star awarded, and only one
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surviving parent, or in the absence of a surviving parent, only |
one surviving
sibling shall be issued a set of registration |
plates, except for
those surviving parents who, as recipients |
of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or divorced, in which |
case each surviving parent shall be allowed
one set of |
registration plates. Registration plates issued under this
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Section shall be for first division vehicles and second |