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92_HB1328
LRB9205807DHtm
1 AN ACT regarding vehicles.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 3-609 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
7 Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. Any disabled
8 veteran who has been or declared eligible for funds for the
9 purchase of a motor vehicle of the first division or for a
10 motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than
11 8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government because
12 of his or her disability, may make application for the
13 registration of one such vehicle, to the Secretary of State
14 without the payment of any registration fee. Registration
15 shall be for a multi-year period effective in 1980 and may be
16 issued staggered registration.
17 Any disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of
18 the National Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
19 1955 or of the period beginning February 1, 1955 and ending
20 on the day before the first day thereafter in which
21 individuals (other than individuals liable for induction by
22 reason of prior deferment) are no longer liable for induction
23 for training and service into the armed forces under the
24 Military Selective Service Act of 1967, or of any armed
25 conflict involving the armed forces of the United States, who
26 has a service-connected disability of such a nature that it
27 would, if it had been incurred in World War II, have entitled
28 him to be awarded an automobile by the United States Federal
29 Government, or who is receiving compensation from the
30 Veterans Administration for total service-connected
31 disability, may make application to the Secretary of State
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1 for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first
2 division without accompanying such application with the
3 payment of any fee.
4 Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with
5 documentation for eligibility of registration without fee
6 unless the applicant has a permanent qualifying disability,
7 and such registration plates may not be issued to any person
8 not eligible therefor.
9 The Illinois Veterans Commission may assist in providing
10 the documentation of disability.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-444; 87-895.)