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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 3-634 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-634)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-634. Illinois Fire Fighters' License Plate.
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| 8 | | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in |
| 9 | | the form
prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue |
| 10 | | special registration plates
designated to be Illinois Fire |
| 11 | | Fighters' Memorial license plates. The special
plates issued |
| 12 | | under
this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles |
| 13 | | of the first division,
motor vehicles of the second
division |
| 14 | | weighing not more than 8,000 pounds,
recreational vehicles as |
| 15 | | defined in Section 1-169 of this Code,
and subject to the
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| 16 | | staggered registration system. Plates issued under this |
| 17 | | Section shall
expire according to the multi-year
procedure |
| 18 | | established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| 19 | | (b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly |
| 20 | | within the discretion
of the Secretary of State. The Secretary |
| 21 | | of State may, in his or her
discretion, allow the plates to be |
| 22 | | issued as vanity plates or personalized in
accordance with |
| 23 | | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
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| 1 | | designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of |
| 2 | | Section 3-412
of this Code. The Secretary of State shall |
| 3 | | prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under Section 3-412.
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| 4 | | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original |
| 5 | | issuance in
addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
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| 6 | | this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary |
| 7 | | of State
Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall be
deposited |
| 8 | | into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund.
For each |
| 9 | | registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition to the
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| 10 | | appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.
Of this fee, $2 |
| 11 | | shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
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| 12 | | Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into
the Illinois Fire |
| 13 | | Fighters' Memorial Fund.
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| 14 | | (d) In addition to the purpose specified in Section |
| 15 | | 2-119(n), moneys in
the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund |
| 16 | | shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) and |
| 17 | | subject to appropriation by
the General Assembly and |
| 18 | | distribution by the Secretary, be used exclusively for the |
| 19 | | following purposes: |
| 20 | | (1) maintaining
the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial;
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| 21 | | (2) holding an annual memorial
commemoration and Medal |
| 22 | | of Honor ceremony and related activities; and |
| 23 | | (3) providing scholarships, for graduate study, |
| 24 | | undergraduate study, or both, to children and spouses of |
| 25 | | fire fighters
killed in the line of duty. |
| 26 | | (e) No more than 10% of the annual proceeds of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund may, subject to appropriation by |
| 2 | | the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, be used |
| 3 | | for exhibits for and the maintenance of the Illinois Fire |
| 4 | | Fighter Museum, except that the 10% limit may be exceeded to |
| 5 | | pay for emergency repairs related to the structural stability |
| 6 | | of the Illinois Fire Fighter Museum. Prior to exceeding the 10% |
| 7 | | limit, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall obtain the |
| 8 | | approval of a majority of the members of the Illinois Fire |
| 9 | | Fighters Memorial Foundation.
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| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12.)
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