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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 | and renumbering Section 3-648, as added by Public Act 93-21, as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (625 ILCS 5/3-664)
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8 | Sec. 3-664
3-648 . Education license plates.
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9 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | registration plates designated
as Education license plates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | The special plates issued under this Section
shall be affixed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | only to passenger vehicles of the first division and motor
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14 | vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | pounds. Plates
issued under this Section shall expire according | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | to the multi-year procedure
established by Section 3-414.1 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | this Code.
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18 | (b) The design and color of the plates
shall be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | by a contest that every elementary school pupil in the
State of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Illinois is eligible to enter. The designs submitted for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | contest
shall be judged on September 30, 2002, and the winning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | design shall be selected
by a committee
composed of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Secretary, the Director of State Police, 2 members of the
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1 | Senate, one member chosen by the President of the Senate and | ||||||
2 | one member chosen
by the
Senate Minority Leader, and 2 members | ||||||
3 | of the House of Representatives, one
member chosen by the | ||||||
4 | Speaker of the House and one member chosen by the House
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5 | Minority
Leader.
The
Secretary may allow the plates to be | ||||||
6 | issued as vanity or personalized plates
under Section 3-405.1 | ||||||
7 | of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or
decals | ||||||
8 | as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
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9 | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | ||||||
10 | $40 fee for
original issuance,
in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
11 | registration fee.
Of this $40 additional original issuance fee, | ||||||
12 | $15 shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State Special
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13 | License Plate Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray | ||||||
14 | the
administrative processing costs, and
$25 shall be deposited | ||||||
15 | into the Illinois Future Teacher Corps
Scholarship Fund.
For | ||||||
16 | each registration renewal period, a $40 fee, in addition to the
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17 | appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.
Of this $40 | ||||||
18 | additional renewal fee, $2 shall be deposited into the | ||||||
19 | Secretary of
State Special License
Plate Fund and $38 shall be | ||||||
20 | deposited into the Illinois Future Teacher
Corps
Scholarship | ||||||
21 | Fund. Each
fiscal year, once deposits from the additional | ||||||
22 | original issuance and renewal
fees into the Secretary of State | ||||||
23 | Special License Plate Fund have reached
$500,000, all the | ||||||
24 | amounts received for the additional fees for the balance of
the | ||||||
25 | fiscal year shall be
deposited into the Illinois Future Teacher | ||||||
26 | Corps Scholarship Fund.
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1 | (d) The Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarship Fund
is | ||||||
2 | created as a special fund in the State treasury. Ninety-five
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3 | percent of the
moneys in the Illinois Future Teacher Corps | ||||||
4 | Scholarship Fund
shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student | ||||||
5 | Assistance
Commission for scholarships under Section 52 of the | ||||||
6 | Higher
Education Student Assistance Act, and 5% of the
moneys | ||||||
7 | in the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarship Fund
shall be | ||||||
8 | appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission
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9 | State Board of Education for grants to the
Golden Apple | ||||||
10 | Foundation for Excellence in Teaching, a recognized charitable
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11 | organization that
meets the requirements of Title 26, Section | ||||||
12 | 501(c)(3) of the United States
Code.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 92-445, eff. 8-17-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; | ||||||
14 | 92-845, eff.
1-1-03; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
16 | 2007.
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