GOLD STAR PLATES-FAMILY MEMBER

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that an applicant for a Gold Star license plate shall be charged a registration fee. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plates shall be required from a surviving widow, widower, sibling, daughter, son, 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. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes language providing that no registration fee for issuance of a Gold Star license plate shall be required from the sibling, daughter, or son of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life while in service. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plate shall be required of a surviving widow, widower, or parent of a deceased member of the Armed Forces if that member lost his or her life while in service while in wartime (instead of "in peacetime or war").