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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0544
Introduced 1/27/2005, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/3-806.4 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.4 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2007 registration year, an applicant for the registration plates issued to Gold Star recipients shall be charged no fee (rather than a $15 original issuance fee to be deposited into the Road Fund) in addition to the appropriate registration fee.
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HB0544 |
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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 |
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| Section 3-806.4 as follows:
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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 |
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| 1991
registration year, upon proper application, the Secretary |
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| of State shall
issue one pair of registration plates to any |
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| Illinois resident, who as the
surviving widow or widower, or in |
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| the absence thereof, as the surviving
parent, is awarded the |
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| Gold Star by the United States in recognition of
spouses or |
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| children who served in the Armed Forces of the United States |
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| and
lost their lives while in service whether in peacetime or |
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| war. If the parent
no longer survives, the Secretary of State |
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| shall issue the plates to a
surviving sibling, of the person |
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| who served in the Armed Forces, who is an
Illinois resident. No |
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| more than
one set of plates shall be issued for each Gold Star |
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| awarded, and only one
surviving parent, or in the absence of a |
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| surviving parent, only one surviving
sibling shall be issued a |
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| set of registration plates, except for
those surviving parents |
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| who, as recipients of the Gold Star, have legally
separated or |
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| divorced, in which case each surviving parent shall be allowed
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| one set of registration plates. Registration plates issued |
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| under this
Section shall be for first division vehicles and |
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| second division vehicles
of 8,000 pounds or less. Through the |
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| 2006 registration year, an
An applicant shall be charged a $15 |
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| fee for the
original issuance in addition to the appropriate |
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| registration fee which
shall be deposited into the Road Fund to |
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| help defray the administrative
processing costs. Beginning |
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| with the 2007 registration year, an applicant shall be charged |
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| only the appropriate registration fee.
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