95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0294


 
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. John A. Fritchey
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/3-658









    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning Professional Sports Teams license plates.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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and renumbering Section 3-654, as added by Public Act 92-699, 
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as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-658)



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    Sec. 3-658
3-654.  Professional Sports Teams license 
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plates. 

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

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

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    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the 
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discretion of
the Secretary, except that the plates shall, 
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subject to the permission of the
applicable team owner, display 
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the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago
Bulls, the Chicago 
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Blackhawks
Black Hawks, the Chicago Cubs, the
Chicago White 
 


 






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Sox, the St. Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at the

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applicant's option.  The Secretary may allow the plates to be 
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issued as vanity
or personalized plates under Section 3-405.1 
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of the Code.  The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or decals 
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as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.

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

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

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

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    (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created 
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as a special
fund in the State treasury.  All moneys in the 
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Professional Sports Teams
Education Fund shall, subject to 
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appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the 
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Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School

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Fund.

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(Source: P.A. 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; revised 10-28-02.)