Bill Text: IL SB0117 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue Blue Star Banner plates to residents of Illinois that have a spouse, parent, sibling, or child actively serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-17)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton [SB0117 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0117-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB0117 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. Terry Link - David Koehler - Michael E. Hastings and Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-699.14 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue Blue Star Banner plates to residents of Illinois that have a spouse, parent, sibling, or child actively serving in the United States Armed Forces.
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 3-699.14 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-699.14 new)
Sec. 3-699.14. Blue Star Banner license plates.
(a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may
issue Blue Star Banner license plates to residents of Illinois
who have a spouse, parent, sibling, or child actively serving
in the United States Armed Forces. The special Blue Star Banner
plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, and
motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire
according to the staggered multi-year procedure established by
Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with

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Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of
Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall, in his or her
discretion, approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under Section 3-412.