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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 5.786 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
7    Sec. 5.786. The Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage  Fund.
 
8    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
9Section 3-696 as follows:
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/3-696 new)
11    Sec. 3-696. U.S. Air Force License Plates.
12    (a) The Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and 
13applications made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of 
14State, may issue special registration plates designated as
U.S. 
15Air Force license plates to
residents of Illinois who meet 
16eligibility requirements prescribed by the
 Secretary of State.  
17The special plate issued under this Section shall be
affixed

18only to passenger vehicles of the first division, motor 
19vehicles of the second
division weighing not more than 8,000 
20pounds, and recreational vehicles as
defined by Section 1-169 
21of this Code. Plates issued under this Section shall
expire 
 
 
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1according to the multi-year procedure established by Section

23-414.1 of this Code.
3    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 
4wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State, except 
5that the U.S. Air Force emblem shall appear on the plates.  The 
6Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be 
7issued as vanity or personalized plates
in accordance with 
8Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required
to 
9designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of 
10Section
3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe the 
11eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall 
12approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under 
13Section 3-412.
14    (c) An applicant shall be charged a $20 fee for original 
15issuance
in addition to the applicable registration fee.  Of 
16this additional fee,
$15  shall be deposited into the Secretary 
17of State
Special License Plate Fund
and $5 shall be deposited 
18into the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund.  For
each 
19registration renewal period, a $20 fee, in addition to the 
20appropriate
registration fee, shall be charged.  Of this 
21additional fee, $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary
of 
22State Special License Plate Fund and $18 shall be deposited 
23into the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund.
24    (d) The Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund is created 
25as a special fund
in the State treasury. All moneys in the 
26Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund
shall be paid, subject 
 
 
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1to appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the 
2Secretary, as grants to the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage 
3Foundation of Illinois for operational and program expenses of 
4the Chanute Air Museum.
 
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.