Bill Text: IL SB2225 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm license plates to any Illinois resident who has earned the Southwest Asia Service Medal from the United States Armed Forces. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0820 [SB2225 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2225-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0820 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||
Section 3-699.15 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-699.15 new) | ||||
Sec. 3-699.15. Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm | ||||
license plates. | ||||
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an
application made in | ||||
the form prescribed by the Secretary, may
issue special | ||||
registration plates designated as Operation Desert | ||||
Shield/Desert Storm license plates to any Illinois resident who | ||||
has earned the Southwest Asia Service Medal from the United | ||||
States Armed Forces. The special plates issued under
this | ||||
Section may be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
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division, motorcycles, or 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. Appropriate | ||||
documentation, as
determined by the Secretary, and the | ||||
appropriate registration
fee shall accompany the application. |
The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates | ||
to be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance | ||
with 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.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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