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90_HB0221
625 ILCS 5/3-639 new from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that the
Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to
the surviving spouse or parents of a police officer or
firefighter who has died in the line of duty. Effective
immediately.
LRB9001305NTsb
LRB9001305NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
2 Section 3-639.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 adding Section 3-639 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/3-639 new)
8 Sec. 3-639. Deceased police officer or firefighter
9 plates. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application, made
10 in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue
11 special registration plates to the surviving spouse or, if no
12 spouse exists, the parents of a police officer or firefighter
13 who has died in the line of duty in this State. The special
14 plates issued pursuant to this Section shall be affixed only
15 to passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles
16 of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds,
17 subject to the staggered registration system.
18 The design and color of the plates shall be wholly within
19 the discretion of the Secretary of State.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.