Bill Text: IL HB2491 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that veterans who served in active duty status during the Vietnam War but were not deployed to Vietnam for combat are eligible for Vietnam veteran license plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson [HB2491 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2491-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-645 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-645)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-645. Vietnam Veteran License Plates.
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| 8 | (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the | ||||||
| 9 | Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and | ||||||
| 10 | applications made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of | ||||||
| 11 | State, may issue Vietnam Veteran license plates to residents
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| 12 | of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by | ||||||
| 13 | the Secretary of
State. Veterans who served in active duty | ||||||
| 14 | status during the Vietnam war but were not deployed to Vietnam | ||||||
| 15 | for combat are also eligible for Vietnam Veteran license | ||||||
| 16 | plates. The special Vietnam Veteran plate issued under this | ||||||
| 17 | Section shall be
affixed only to passenger vehicles of the | ||||||
| 18 | first division, motorcycles, and
motor vehicles of the second | ||||||
| 19 | division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
Plates issued | ||||||
| 20 | under this Section shall expire according to the staggered
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| 21 | multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this | ||||||
| 22 | Code.
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| 23 | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | ||||||
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| 1 | wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | ||||||
| 2 | Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||||||
| 3 | issued as vanity plates or personalized
in accordance with | ||||||
| 4 | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to | ||||||
| 5 | designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) | ||||||
| 6 | of Section
3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe | ||||||
| 7 | the eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, | ||||||
| 8 | shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided | ||||||
| 9 | under Section 3-412.
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| 10 | (c) (Blank).
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 96-1409, eff. 1-1-11.)
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