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 1        AN ACT in regard to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  State Finance Act is amended by adding
 5    Section 5.595 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
 7        Sec. 5.595.  The K-12 Education Fund.

 8        Section 10.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 9    adding Section 3-663 as follows:

10        (625 ILCS 5/3-663 new)
11        Sec. 3-663.  K-12 Education license plates.
12        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of an application made
13    in the form prescribed by the Secretary,  may  issue  special
14    registration  plates  designated  as  K-12  Education license
15    plates.  The special plates issued under this  Section  shall
16    be  affixed  only to passenger vehicles of the first division
17    and motor vehicles of the second division weighing  not  more
18    than  8,000  pounds.   Plates issued under this Section shall
19    expire according to the multi-year procedure  established  by
20    Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
21        (b)  The  design and color of the plates is wholly within
22    the discretion of the Secretary.  The Secretary may allow the
23    plates to be issued as vanity or  personalized  plates  under
24    Section  3-405.1  of the Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
25    stickers or decals as provided under Section  3-412  of  this
26    Code.
27        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
28    a  $40  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
29    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of  this  fee, $25 shall be
 
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 1    deposited into the K-12  Education  Fund  and  $15  shall  be
 2    deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
 3    Fund, to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray  the
 4    administrative processing costs.
 5        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $27 fee, in
 6    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 7    charged.  Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into  the  K-12
 8    Education  Fund  and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary
 9    of State Special License Plate Fund.
10        (d)  The K-12 Education Fund is created as a special fund
11    in the State treasury.  All money in the K-12 Education  Fund
12    shall  be  paid,  subject  to  appropriation  by  the General
13    Assembly and approval by the  Secretary,  as  grants  to  the
14    individual school districts designated by each applicant.