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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 | Section 3-658 and by adding Section 3-806.9 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-658)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-658. Professional Sports Teams license plates.
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| 8 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||
| 9 | the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | ||||||
| 10 | registration plates designated
as Professional Sports Teams | ||||||
| 11 | license plates. The special plates issued under
this Section
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| 12 | shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first | ||||||
| 13 | division, motorcycles, and motor
vehicles of the second | ||||||
| 14 | division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued | ||||||
| 15 | under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year | ||||||
| 16 | procedure
established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| 17 | (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the | ||||||
| 18 | discretion of
the Secretary, except that the plates shall, | ||||||
| 19 | subject to the permission of the
applicable team owner, display | ||||||
| 20 | the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago
Bulls, the Chicago | ||||||
| 21 | Blackhawks, the Chicago Cubs, the
Chicago White Sox, the St. | ||||||
| 22 | Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at the
applicant's | ||||||
| 23 | option. The Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as | ||||||
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| 1 | vanity
or personalized plates under Section 3-405.1 of the | ||||||
| 2 | Code. The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or decals as | ||||||
| 3 | provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
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| 4 | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | ||||||
| 5 | $40 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
| 6 | registration fee. Of this
fee, $25 shall be deposited into the | ||||||
| 7 | Professional Sports Teams Education Fund
and $15 shall be | ||||||
| 8 | deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
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| 9 | Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray the | ||||||
| 10 | administrative processing
costs.
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| 11 | For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in | ||||||
| 12 | addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | ||||||
| 13 | Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the Professional | ||||||
| 14 | Sports Teams Education Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the | ||||||
| 15 | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
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| 16 | (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created | ||||||
| 17 | as a special
fund in the State treasury. The Comptroller shall | ||||||
| 18 | order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer all moneys | ||||||
| 19 | in the Professional Sports Team Education Fund to the Common | ||||||
| 20 | School Fund every 6 months. All moneys in the Professional | ||||||
| 21 | Sports Teams
Education Fund shall, subject to appropriation by | ||||||
| 22 | the General Assembly and distribution
by the Secretary, be | ||||||
| 23 | deposited every 6 months into the Common School
Fund.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12.)
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| 25 | (625 ILCS 5/3-806.9 new) | ||||||
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| 1 | Sec. 3-806.9. Expedited vehicle registration. The | ||||||
| 2 | Secretary of State may provide an expedited process for the | ||||||
| 3 | issuance of vehicle registration plates. Expedited | ||||||
| 4 | registration applications must be complete, including | ||||||
| 5 | necessary forms, fees, and taxes. The Secretary shall charge an | ||||||
| 6 | additional fee of not more than $10 for this service, and that | ||||||
| 7 | fee shall cover the cost of shipping the vehicle registration | ||||||
| 8 | plates via an express mail service. All fees collected by the | ||||||
| 9 | Secretary for expedited registration services shall be | ||||||
| 10 | deposited into the Motor Vehicle License Plate Fund. | ||||||
| 11 | (625 ILCS 5/3-696 rep.) | ||||||
| 12 | (625 ILCS 5/3-806.8 rep.) | ||||||
| 13 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 14 | repealing Section 3-696 as added by Public Act 97-221 and | ||||||
| 15 | Section 3-806.8.
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