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91_HB2747
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 3-609.
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 changing Section 3-609 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
8 Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled
9 veteran who has been or declared eligible for funds for the
10 purchase of a motor vehicle of the first division or for a
11 motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than
12 8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government because
13 of his disability, may make application for the registration
14 of one such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the
15 payment of any registration fee. Registration shall be for a
16 multi-year period effective in 1980 and may be issued
17 staggered registration.
18 Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of
19 the National Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
20 1955 or of the period beginning February 1, 1955 and ending
21 on the day before the first day thereafter in which
22 individuals (other than individuals liable for induction by
23 reason of prior deferment) are no longer liable for induction
24 for training and service into the armed forces under the
25 Military Selective Service Act of 1967, or of any armed
26 conflict involving the armed forces of the United States, who
27 has a service-connected disability of such a nature that it
28 would, if it had been incurred in World War II, have entitled
29 him to be awarded an automobile by the United States Federal
30 Government, or who is receiving compensation from the
31 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Administration for
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1 any total service-connected disability, may make application
2 to the Secretary of State for the registration of one motor
3 vehicle of the first division without accompanying such
4 application with the payment of any fee.
5 Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with
6 documentation for eligibility of registration without fee
7 unless the applicant has a permanent qualifying disability,
8 and such registration plates may not be issued to any person
9 not eligible therefor.
10 The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing
11 the documentation of disability.
12 (Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)