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.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.