HB1070ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

Filed: 3/14/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1070

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1070, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 3-600 and 3-633 and adding Section 3-600.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)

Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.

(a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates that have been authorized by the General Assembly. The Secretary of State shall not issue a series of special plates unless applications, as prescribed by the Secretary, have been received for 10,000 plates of that series; except that the Secretary of State may prescribe some other required number of applications if that number is sufficient to pay for the total cost of designing, manufacturing and issuing the special license plate.

(b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement officials of the design, color and other special features of the special license plate series.

(c) This Section shall not apply to special license plate categories in existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, or to the Secretary of State's discretion as established in Section 3-611.

(d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the provisions of Section 3-600.1 control the issuance and re-issuance of special plates.

(Source: P.A. 95-359, eff. 1-1-08.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new)

Sec. 3-600.1. Special plates; issuance and reissuance.

(a) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the Secretary of State may reissue only those special plates that exist as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The Secretary shall continue to accept annual fees for renewal stickers for those plates from those persons.

(b) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the Secretary may not issue any new category of special plates.

(c) Persons and organizations seeking issuance of special plates may apply for Universal Charitable Organization license plates under Section 3-633 of this Code, with charitable decals approved under that Section. The Secretary shall work in cooperation with persons and organization seeking issuance of Universal Charitable Organization plates in the design of appropriate decals. There shall be no limit to the number of Universal Charitable Organization plates which may be issued under Section 3-633 of this Code.

(625 ILCS 5/3-633)

Sec. 3-633. Universal Charitable Organization license plate.

(a) In addition to any other special license plate, the Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue Universal Charitable Organization license plates to residents of Illinois on behalf of organizations that meet the requirements of Title 26, Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Code formed for any bona fide charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, or patriotic purpose. The Secretary of State may prescribe rules establishing additional eligibility criteria for charitable organizations under this Section. The special Universal Charitable Organization plate issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The plates are not required to designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. Charitable organizations deemed eligible by the Secretary of State shall design charitable decals to be affixed on the right side of plates issued under this Section. The Secretary may prescribe rules governing the requirements and approval of charitable decals.

(b-5) The Secretary shall not issue a series of decals unless applications, as prescribed by the Secretary, have been received for 1,500 decals of that series. Each series of charitable decals issued under this Section shall be assigned an individual number by the Secretary.

(c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Charitable organizations may establish a fee for the purchase of their charitable decal. The Secretary shall collect the fee established by each charitable organization for its charitable decal. and shall report by July 31 of each year to the Secretary of State Vehicle Services Department the sticker fee, the number of charitable decals sold, the total revenue received from the sale of charitable decals during the previous fiscal year, and any other information deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.

(Source: P.A. 89-564, eff. 7-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)".