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1 | AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section
5.625 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.625 new)
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7 | Sec. 5.625. The Choose Life Fund.
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8 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section 3-663 as
follows:
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10 | (625 ILCS 5/3-663 new)
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11 | Sec. 3-663. Choose Life license plates.
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12 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | registration plates designated
as Choose Life license plates
to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | any person who wishes to demonstrate support of organizations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | that encourage
adoption as a positive choice for women with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | unplanned pregnancies. The
special plates issued under this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Section
shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | first division and motor
vehicles of the second division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued under this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure
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22 | established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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23 | (b) The Secretary shall confer with Illinois Choose Life, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Inc. of Illinois
regarding the
design, color, and format of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | plates, which shall carry the words "Choose
Life".
The
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26 | Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as vanity plates or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | personalized
plates
under Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Secretary shall prescribe stickers or
decals as provided under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Section 3-412 of this Code.
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30 | (c) An applicant for the special plates shall be charged a |
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1 | $25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
2 | registration fee. Of this $25
fee, $10 shall be deposited into | ||||||
3 | the Choose Life Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the | ||||||
4 | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used by
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5 | the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing | ||||||
6 | costs.
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7 | For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in | ||||||
8 | addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | ||||||
9 | Of this $25 fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Choose Life | ||||||
10 | Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State | ||||||
11 | Special License Plate Fund.
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12 | (d) The Choose Life Fund is created as a special fund in | ||||||
13 | the State treasury.
All
moneys in the Choose Life Fund shall, | ||||||
14 | subject to appropriation by the General
Assembly
and approval | ||||||
15 | by the Secretary, be distributed on a pro-rated basis at the
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16 | beginning of each
fiscal year to all non-governmental, | ||||||
17 | not-for-profit agencies whose services
include
counseling and | ||||||
18 | meeting the physical needs of pregnant women who are committed
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19 | to
placing their children for adoption. No moneys may be | ||||||
20 | distributed to
organizations
described in subsection (f) of | ||||||
21 | this Section. Moneys shall be distributed in
direct proportion | ||||||
22 | to the number
of "Choose Life" registrations and renewals | ||||||
23 | attributable to each county. Any
unused moneys in excess of 10% | ||||||
24 | of the moneys allocated to a non-profit
organization
shall be | ||||||
25 | returned to the Choose Life Fund at the end of the fiscal year | ||||||
26 | to be
aggregated
and distributed with the next fiscal year's | ||||||
27 | distributions.
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28 | (e) To apply for and receive moneys available through the | ||||||
29 | Choose Life Fund,
an
organization must deliver to the Secretary | ||||||
30 | an affidavit signed by a duly
appointed
representative of the | ||||||
31 | organization that states the following:
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32 | (1) The organization is a non-profit organization;
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33 | (2) The organization does not discriminate for any | ||||||
34 | reason, including but
not limited to race, marital status, | ||||||
35 | gender, religion, national origin,
handicap, or
age;
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36 | (3) The organization is committed to counseling |
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1 | pregnant women about the
option of
adoption;
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2 | (4) The organization is not involved or associated with | ||||||
3 | any abortion
activities, including counseling for or | ||||||
4 | referrals to abortion clinics,
providing
medical | ||||||
5 | abortion-related procedures, or pro-abortion advertising;
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6 | (5) The organization does not charge women for any | ||||||
7 | services received;
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8 | (6) (i) The organization understands that no more than 60% | ||||||
9 | of the moneys
received can be used for the material needs | ||||||
10 | of pregnant women who are
committed to placing their | ||||||
11 | children for adoption, including clothing,
housing,
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12 | medical care, food, utilities, and transportation. These | ||||||
13 | moneys may also be
expended on infants awaiting placement | ||||||
14 | with adoptive parents.
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15 | (ii) Agencies
that
receive these moneys shall use | ||||||
16 | no more than 40% of the moneys received to
enhance | ||||||
17 | their adoption efforts, including counseling, | ||||||
18 | training, or advertising;
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19 | (7) These moneys may not be used for administrative | ||||||
20 | expenses, legal
expenses, or capital expenditures;
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21 | (8) The organization understands that any unused | ||||||
22 | moneys at the end of
the fiscal year that exceed 10% of the | ||||||
23 | moneys received by the organization
during
the fiscal year | ||||||
24 | must be returned to the Choose Life Fund to be aggregated | ||||||
25 | and
distributed with the next fiscal year's distribution; | ||||||
26 | and
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27 | (9) The organization understands that each | ||||||
28 | organization that receives
moneys must submit to an annual | ||||||
29 | audit of those moneys verifying that the
moneys
received | ||||||
30 | were used in the manner described in this Section.
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31 | (f) Moneys in the Choose Life Fund may not be distributed | ||||||
32 | to any
organization
involved or associated with any abortion | ||||||
33 | activities, including counseling for
or referrals
to abortion | ||||||
34 | clinics, providing medical abortion-related procedures, or
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35 | pro-abortion
advertising. Moneys may not be distributed to any | ||||||
36 | organization that charges
women for
services received.
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1 | (g) Sixty percent of the moneys received from the Choose | ||||||
2 | Life Fund can be
used
for the material needs of pregnant women | ||||||
3 | who are committed to placing their
children for
adoption, | ||||||
4 | including clothing, housing, medical care, food, utilities, | ||||||
5 | and
transportation.
These moneys may also be expended on | ||||||
6 | infants awaiting placement with adoptive
parents. Agencies | ||||||
7 | that receive these moneys shall use no more than 40% of the
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8 | moneys
received to enhance their adoption efforts, including | ||||||
9 | counseling, training, or
advertising. These moneys may not be | ||||||
10 | used
for
administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital | ||||||
11 | expenditures.
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12 | (h) Each organization that receives moneys from the Choose | ||||||
13 | Life Fund must
submit to an annual audit of those moneys | ||||||
14 | verifying that the moneys received
were used
in the manner | ||||||
15 | described in this Section.
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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