97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1506
 
Introduced , by Rep. Roger L. Eddy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
625 ILCS 5/3-696 new

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Police Medal of Valor plates to residents of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the Secretary of State. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged an original issuance fee of $25 and a fee of $25 for each renewal. Provides that $10 of the additional original issuance fee and $23 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Drivers Education Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Effective immediately.
  


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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 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 3-696 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-696 new)
7    Sec. 3-696. Police Medal of Valor license plates.
8    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
9the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
10registration plates
designated as Police Medal of Valor license 
11plates to residents of Illinois who meet eligibility 
12requirements prescribed by the Secretary of State. The special 
13plates
issued
under this Section shall be affixed only to 
14passenger vehicles of the first
division and motor vehicles of 
15the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds. Plates 
16issued under this Section shall expire according
to the 
17multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this 
18Code.
19    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the

20discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may
allow the plates 
21to be issued as vanity or personalized plates under Section

223-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to designate 
23"Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 
 
 
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13-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or 
2decals as
provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
3    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
4$25 fee
for original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
5registration fee. Of
this fee, $10 shall be deposited into the 
6Drivers Education Fund and $15
shall be deposited into the 
7Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund,
to be used by 
8the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing

9costs.
10    For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in 
11addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. 
12Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Drivers Education 
13Fund and $2 shall be deposited into
the
Secretary of State 
14Special License Plate Fund.
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.