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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 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, the St. Louis Blues, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at | ||||||
| 23 | the
applicant's option. The Secretary may allow the plates to | ||||||
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| 1 | be issued as vanity
or personalized plates under Section | ||||||
| 2 | 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or | ||||||
| 3 | decals as 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 Teams Team Education Fund to the | ||||||
| 20 | Common School Fund every 6 months.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12; 97-914, eff. 1-1-13; revised | ||||||
| 22 | 10-18-12.)
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