101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4298
 
Introduced 1/28/2020, by Rep. Daniel Didech
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
625 ILCS 5/3-658

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that professional sports teams for license places shall include the Chicago Sky, the Chicago Red Stars, the Chicago Fire, or any Illinois minor league sports team. Removes the St. Louis Rams from the list of available teams.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 3-658 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/3-658)



7    Sec. 3-658.  Professional Sports Teams license plates. 

8    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
9the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
10registration plates designated
as Professional Sports Teams 
11license plates.  The special plates issued under
this Section

12shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first 
13division, motorcycles, and motor
vehicles of the second 
14division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.  Plates
issued 
15under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year 
16procedure
established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

17    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the 
18discretion of
the Secretary, except that the plates shall, 
19subject to the permission of the
applicable team owner, display 
20the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago
Bulls, the Chicago 
21Blackhawks, the Chicago Cubs, the
Chicago White Sox, the St. 
22Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Sky, the 
23Chicago Red Stars, the Chicago Fire, or any Illinois minor 
 
 
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1league sports team, at the
applicant's option.  The Secretary 
2may allow the plates to be issued as vanity
or personalized 
3plates under Section 3-405.1 of the Code.  The Secretary shall

4prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412 of 
5this Code.

6    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
7$40 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
8registration fee.  Of this
fee, $25 shall be deposited into the 
9Professional Sports Teams Education Fund
and $15 shall be 
10deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate

11Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray the 
12administrative processing
costs.

13    For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in 
14addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.  
15Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the Professional 
16Sports Teams Education Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the 
17Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

18    (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created 
19as a special
fund in the State treasury. The Comptroller shall 
20order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer all moneys 
21in the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund to the Common 
22School Fund every 6 months.

23(Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12; 97-914, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, 
24eff. 8-16-13.)