Bill Amendment: IL SB1216 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB1216 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1216-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Tom Bennett

Filed: 4/10/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1216
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1216 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 3-623 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
Sec. 3-623. Purple Heart Plates.
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue to
recipients awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States who reside in Illinois, special
registration plates. The Secretary, upon receipt of the proper
application, may also issue these special registration plates
to an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person
who was awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States. The special plates issued

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pursuant to this Section should be affixed only to passenger
vehicles of the 1st division, including motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of the 2nd division weighing not more than 8,000
pounds. The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the
plates to be issued as vanity or personalized plates in
accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary of
State must make a version of the special registration plates
authorized under this Section in a form appropriate for
motorcycles.
(b) The design and color of such plates shall be wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate
documentation, as determined by the Secretary, and the
appropriate registration fee shall accompany the application,
except:
(1) a person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates
may display the plates on one vehicle without the payment
of any registration or registration renewal fee; and
(2) for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart
plates for an additional vehicle and who has been approved
for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Persons with
Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, the annual fee for
the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in
Section 3-806.3 of this Code.
(c) A person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates who
has a disability as defined under Section 1-159.1 may request
one set of specialized plates which display the International

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