97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1315

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-638

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State must make a version of the special U.S. Veteran registration plate in a form appropriate for motorcycles.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-638 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-638)
7    Sec. 3-638. U.S. Veteran License Plates.
8    (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
9Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications
10made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
11issue U.S. Veteran license plates to residents of Illinois who
12meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the Secretary of
13State. The special U.S. Veteran plate issued under this Section
14shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
15division, motorcycles, and motor vehicles of the second
16division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued
17under this Section shall expire according to the staggered
18multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this
19Code.
20    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
21wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
22Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
23issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with

 

 

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1Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary of State must make
2a version of the special registration plates authorized under
3this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles. The plates
4are not required to designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed
5in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary
6shall prescribe the eligibility requirements and, in his or her
7discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
8provided under Section 3-412.
9    (c) (Blank).
10(Source: P.A. 96-1409, eff. 1-1-11.)