Bill Text: IL SB2494 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue Gold Star license plates to all siblings of a person who has lost his or her life while serving in the Armed Forces (instead of to only one surviving sibling in the absence of a surviving parent).

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-8)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0723 [SB2494 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2494-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 097-0723
SB2494 Enrolled LRB097 13567 HEP 58093 b
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 changing
Section 3-664 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-664)
Sec. 3-664. Gold Star license plates. Upon proper
application, the Secretary of State shall issue registration
plates designated as Gold Star license plates to any Illinois
resident who is the surviving widow, widower, sibling, or
parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United
States and lost his or her life while in service whether in
peacetime or war. The surviving widow or widower and each
surviving parent and sibling , or in the absence of a surviving
parent, only one surviving sibling shall be issued one or more
sets set of registration plates. Registration plates issued
under this Section shall be for first division vehicles and
second division vehicles of 8,000 pounds or less. 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. An applicant shall be charged only the
appropriate registration fee.
(Source: P.A. 94-311, eff. 1-1-06; 94-343, eff. 1-1-06; 95-34,

eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-353, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
eff. 8-21-08.)