Bill Text: IL SB3023 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State must make a version of the special Purple Heart registration plate in a form appropriate for motorcycles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1101 [SB3023 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3023-Enrolled.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 changing | ||||||
5 | Section 3-623 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
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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 Purple | ||||||
10 | Heart by a branch of the armed
forces of the United States who | ||||||
11 | reside in Illinois,
special
registration plates. The | ||||||
12 | Secretary, upon receipt of the proper application, may also | ||||||
13 | issue these special registration plates to an Illinois resident | ||||||
14 | who is the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the | ||||||
15 | Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United | ||||||
16 | States. The special plates issued pursuant to this Section
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17 | should be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 1st | ||||||
18 | division, including
motorcycles, or motor
vehicles of the 2nd | ||||||
19 | division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. The Secretary | ||||||
20 | may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as | ||||||
21 | vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section | ||||||
22 | 3-405.1 of this Code.
The Secretary of State must make a | ||||||
23 | version of the special registration plates authorized under |
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1 | this Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles.
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2 | The design and color of such plates shall be wholly within | ||||||
3 | the discretion
of the Secretary of State. Appropriate | ||||||
4 | documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, and the | ||||||
5 | appropriate registration fee shall
accompany the application.
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6 | However, for an individual who has been issued Purple Heart | ||||||
7 | plates for a
vehicle and who has been approved for benefits | ||||||
8 | under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax | ||||||
9 | Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the annual fee for
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10 | the registration of the vehicle shall be as provided in Section | ||||||
11 | 3-806.3 of
this Code.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-93, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, | ||||||
13 | eff. 8-21-07; 95-353, eff. 1-1-08.)
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