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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 3-644 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-644)
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7 | Sec. 3-644. Police Memorial Committee license plates.
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8 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||
9 | the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | ||||||
10 | registration plates designated
as Police Memorial Committee | ||||||
11 | license plates. The special plates issued under
this Section
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12 | shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first | ||||||
13 | division and motor
vehicles of the second division weighing not | ||||||
14 | more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued under this Section shall | ||||||
15 | expire according to the multi-year procedure
established by | ||||||
16 | Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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17 | (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the | ||||||
18 | discretion of
the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the plates | ||||||
19 | to be issued as vanity
plates or personalized under Section | ||||||
20 | 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or | ||||||
21 | decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
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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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1 | registration fee. Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the | ||||||
2 | Police Memorial Committee Fund and $15
shall be deposited into | ||||||
3 | the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to
be used | ||||||
4 | by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing | ||||||
5 | costs.
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6 | For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in | ||||||
7 | addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | ||||||
8 | Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Police Memorial | ||||||
9 | Committee Fund and $2 shall be deposited
into the Secretary of | ||||||
10 | State Special License Plate Fund.
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11 | (d) The Police Memorial Committee Fund is created as a | ||||||
12 | special fund in the
State treasury. All money in the Police | ||||||
13 | Memorial Committee Fund shall be paid,
subject to appropriation | ||||||
14 | by the General Assembly
and distribution by the Secretary, as | ||||||
15 | grants to the Police Memorial Committee for
maintaining a | ||||||
16 | memorial statue, holding an annual memorial commemoration, and
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17 | giving scholarships or grants to children and spouses of police | ||||||
18 | officers killed in the line of
duty.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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