101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1183
 
Introduced 2/5/2019, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
625 ILCS 5/3-644

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Police Memorial Committee may use funds derived from the issuance of Police Memorial Committee license plates for the purpose of giving grants (in addition to scholarships) to spouses (in addition to children) of police officers killed in the line of duty. Effective immediately.
  


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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 3-644 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/3-644)



7    Sec. 3-644. Police Memorial Committee 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 Police Memorial Committee 
11license plates.  The special plates issued under
this Section

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

17    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the 
18discretion of
the Secretary.  The Secretary may allow the plates 
19to be issued as vanity
plates or personalized under Section 
203-405.1 of the Code.  The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or 
21decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.

22    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
23$25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
 
 
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1registration fee.  Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the 
2Police Memorial Committee Fund and $15
shall be deposited into 
3the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to
be used 
4by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing 
5costs.

6    For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in 
7addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.  
8Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Police Memorial 
9Committee Fund and $2 shall be deposited
into the Secretary of 
10State Special License Plate Fund.

11    (d) The Police Memorial Committee Fund is created as a 
12special fund in the
State treasury.  All money in the Police 
13Memorial Committee Fund shall be paid,
subject to appropriation 
14by the General Assembly
and distribution by the Secretary, as 
15grants to the Police Memorial Committee for
maintaining a 
16memorial statue, holding an annual memorial commemoration, and

17giving scholarships or grants to children and spouses of police 
18officers killed in the line of
duty.

19(Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12.)

 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.