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Public Act 095-0353
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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, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, |
3-806.1, 3-806.4, and 3-806.5 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
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Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled |
veteran who has
been or declared eligible for funds for the |
purchase of a motor
vehicle of the first division or for a |
motor vehicle of the second division
weighing not more than |
8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government
because of |
his disability, may make application for the registration of |
one
such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the payment |
of any
registration fee. The Secretary may, in his or her |
discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or |
personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this |
Code. Registration shall be for a multi-year period effective
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in 1980 and may be issued staggered registration.
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Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of |
the National
Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, |
1955 or of the period
beginning February 1, 1955 and ending on |
the day before the first day
thereafter in which individuals |
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(other than individuals liable for
induction by reason of prior |
deferment) are no longer liable for
induction for training and |
service into the armed forces under the
Military Selective |
Service Act of 1967, or of any armed conflict
involving the |
armed forces of the United States, who has a
service-connected |
disability of such a nature that it would, if it had
been |
incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an
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automobile by the United States Federal Government, or who is |
receiving
compensation from the Veterans Administration for |
total service-connected
disability, may make application to |
the Secretary of State for the
registration of one motor |
vehicle of the first division without
accompanying such |
application with the payment of any fee.
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Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with |
documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee |
unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and |
such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not |
eligible therefor.
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The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing |
the
documentation of disability.
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(Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-620) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620)
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Sec. 3-620. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application |
made on the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may |
issue special registration
plates to United States citizens, |
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who are present or former
members of the United States armed |
forces or any of its allies, and
who were prisoners of war of |
World War I, World War II, the
Korean Conflict, and the |
Vietnamese conflict,
or to the widowed spouse of a former |
member of the United States armed
forces, providing that |
widowed spouse was married to the POW at the time
of death, and |
is a single person at the time of application. The special
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plates issued pursuant to this Section shall be affixed only to |
passenger
vehicles of the first division subject to the
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staggered registration
system, motorcycles, and vehicles of |
the second division having a gross
weight of 8,000
pounds or |
less and shall be issued
without charge. Only one set of plates |
may be issued at no fee.
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The design and color of the prisoner of war 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 or personalized plates in accordance with |
Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-621) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621)
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Sec. 3-621. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application, |
made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may |
issue to
members of the Illinois
National Guard, and to |
Illinois residents who are either former members of
the |
Illinois National Guard or the surviving spouses of
Illinois |
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National Guard members, special registration plates. The |
special
plates issued
pursuant to 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 subject to the staggered registration system.
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The design and color of such 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 |
or personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of |
this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 92-699, 1-1-03; revised |
8-23-02.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-622) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-622)
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Sec. 3-622. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application |
made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may |
issue to
members of the
United States Armed Forces Reserves who |
reside in Illinois, and to Illinois
residents who are either |
former members of the United States Armed Forces
Reserves or |
the surviving spouses of United States Armed Forces Reserve
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members who resided in Illinois, special
registration plates. |
The special plates issued pursuant to 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
subject
to the staggered |
registration system. The design and color of such plates
shall |
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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 or personalized plates in accordance with |
Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; |
revised 8-23-02.)
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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 application |
applications, may also issue these special registration plates |
to an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person |
who was killed in a foreign war and was awarded the Purple |
Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States. 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 Secretary may, in his |
or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or |
personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this |
Code.
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The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within |
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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. 93-846, eff. 7-30-04; 94-93, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, |
eff. 1-1-06; revised 10-20-05.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-624) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-624)
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Sec. 3-624. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application |
made in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may |
issue to retired members of
the United States Armed Forces who |
reside in Illinois, special
registration plates. The special |
plates issued pursuant to 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
and subject to the staggered registration system. The |
design and color of
such 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 or |
personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this |
Code.
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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-625) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-625)
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Sec. 3-625. Pearl Harbor Plates. The Secretary, upon |
receipt of an
application made in the form prescribed by the |
Secretary of State, may
issue special registration plates to |
any Illinois resident who, while a
member of the armed forces |
of the United States, participated in the battle
of Pearl |
Harbor on December 7, 1941, or to the widowed spouse of any |
Illinois
resident who, while a member of the armed forces of |
the United States,
participated in the battle of Pearl Harbor |
on December 7, 1941, provided that
the widowed spouse was |
married to the battle of Pearl Harbor participant at the
time |
of the participant's death and is a single person at the time |
of
application. The special plates issued pursuant to
this |
Section should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st
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division, motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the 2nd division |
weighing not more
than
8,000 pounds. The Secretary may, in his |
or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or |
personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this |
Code.
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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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(Source: P.A. 92-545, eff. 6-12-02; 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; |
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revised 8-23-02.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-806.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.1)
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Sec. 3-806.1. Additional fees for vanity license plates. In |
addition to
the regular registration fee, an applicant for a |
vanity license plate, other than a vanity plate in any military |
series or a vanity plate issued under Section 3-806.4, shall be |
charged $94
for each set of vanity license plates issued to a |
motor vehicle of the first
division or a motor vehicle of the |
second division registered at not more than
8,000 pounds or to |
a recreational vehicle and $50 for each set of
vanity plates |
issued to a motorcycle. In addition to the regular renewal fee,
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an applicant for a vanity plate, other than a vanity plate in |
any military series or a vanity plate issued under Section |
3-806.4, shall be charged $13 for the renewal of each set of
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vanity license plates. There shall be no additional fees for a |
vanity license plate in any military series of plates or a |
vanity plate issued under Section 3-806.4.
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(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)
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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 |
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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 |
division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. The Secretary may, |
in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as |
vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section |
3-405.1 of this Code. Through the 2006 registration year, an |
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applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for the
original issuance |
in addition to the appropriate registration fee which
shall be |
deposited into the Road Fund to help defray the administrative
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processing costs. Beginning with the 2007 registration year, an |
applicant shall be charged only the appropriate registration |
fee.
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(Source: P.A. 93-140, eff. 1-1-04; 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, |
eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-806.5)
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Sec. 3-806.5. Additional fees for personalized license |
plates. For
registration periods commencing after December 31, |
2003, in addition to the
regular registration fee, an applicant |
for a personalized license plate, other than a personalized |
plate in any military series or a personalized plate issued |
under Section 3-806.4, shall be charged $47 for each set of
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personalized license plates issued to a motor vehicle of the |
first division or
a motor vehicle of the second division |
registered at not more than 8,000 pounds
or to a recreational |
vehicle and $25 for each set of personalized plates issued
to a |
motorcycle. In addition to the regular renewal fee, an |
applicant for a personalized plate other than a personalized |
plate in any military series or a personalized plate issued |
under Section 3-806.4, shall be
charged $7 for the renewal of |
each set of personalized license plates. There shall be no |
additional fees charged for a personalized plate in any |