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92_HB4932
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1 AN ACT in relation to 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 Sections 3-623, 3-625, and 3-806.3 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
7 Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates. The Secretary, upon
8 receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the
9 Secretary of State, may issue to recipients awarded the
10 Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United
11 States who reside in Illinois, special registration plates.
12 The special plates issued pursuant to this Section should be
13 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st division,
14 including motorcycles, or motor vehicles of the 2nd division
15 weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
16 The design and color of such plates shall be wholly
17 within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate
18 documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the
19 required standard registration fee shall accompany the
20 application. However, for an individual who has been issued
21 Purple Heart plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and
22 received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
23 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
24 Act, the original issuance fee and regular annual fee for the
25 registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section
26 3-806.3 of this Code.
27 (Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99; 92-82, eff. 1-1-02.)
28 (625 ILCS 5/3-625) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-625)
29 Sec. 3-625. Pearl Harbor Plates. The Secretary, upon
30 receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the
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1 Secretary of State, may issue special registration plates to
2 any Illinois resident who, while a member of the armed forces
3 of the United States, participated in the battle of Pearl
4 Harbor on December 7, 1941, or to the widowed spouse of any
5 Illinois resident who, while a member of the armed forces of
6 the United States, participated in the battle of Pearl Harbor
7 on December 7, 1941, provided that the widowed spouse was
8 married to the battle of Pearl Harbor participant at the time
9 of the participant's death and is a single person at the time
10 of application. The special plates issued pursuant to this
11 Section should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the
12 1st division or motor vehicles of the 2nd division weighing
13 not more than 8,000 pounds.
14 The design and color of such plates shall be wholly
15 within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate
16 documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the
17 required standard registration fee shall accompany the
18 application.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-571, eff. 7-26-96; 89-620, eff. 1-1-97.)
20 (625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3)
21 Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens.
22 Commencing with the 1986 registration year and extending
23 through the 2000 registration year, the registration fee paid
24 by any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant
25 under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
26 Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or who is the
27 spouse of such a person shall be reduced by 50% for passenger
28 cars displaying standard multi-year registration plates
29 issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying
30 special registration plates issued under Section 3-616,
31 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645,
32 3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000
33 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a) and recreational
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1 vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section
2 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be
3 entitled to the reduced registration rate for the
4 registration year in which the claimant was eligible.
5 Commencing with the 2001 registration year, the
6 registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has claimed
7 and received a grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled
8 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance
9 Act" or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24
10 instead of the fee otherwise provided in this Code for
11 passenger cars displaying standard multi-year registration
12 plates issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles
13 displaying special registration plates issued under Section
14 3-616, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less
15 under Section 3-815(a) and recreational vehicles registered
16 at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and
17 widowers of claimants shall also be entitled to this reduced
18 registration fee for the registration year in which the
19 claimant was eligible.
20 No more than one reduced registration fee under this
21 Section shall be allowed during any 12 month period based on
22 the primary eligibility of any individual, whether such
23 reduced registration fee is allowed to the individual or to
24 the spouse, widow or widower of such individual. This
25 Section does not apply to the fee paid in addition to the
26 registration fee for motor vehicles displaying vanity or
27 special personalized license plates under Section 3-806.1.
28 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; revised 12-06-01.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.