101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4298

 

Introduced 1/28/2020, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-658

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that professional sports teams for license places shall include the Chicago Sky, the Chicago Red Stars, the Chicago Fire, or any Illinois minor league sports team. Removes the St. Louis Rams from the list of available teams.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-658 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-658)
7    Sec. 3-658. Professional Sports Teams 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 Professional Sports Teams
11license plates. The special plates issued under this Section
12shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
13division, motorcycles, and motor vehicles of the second
14division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued
15under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year
16procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
17    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the
18discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates shall,
19subject to the permission of the applicable team owner, display
20the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago
21Blackhawks, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox, the St.
22Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Sky, the
23Chicago Red Stars, the Chicago Fire, or any Illinois minor

 

 

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1league sports team, at the applicant's option. The Secretary
2may allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized
3plates under Section 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall
4prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412 of
5this Code.
6    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a
7$40 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate
8registration fee. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the
9Professional Sports Teams Education Fund and $15 shall be
10deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
11Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray the
12administrative processing costs.
13    For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in
14addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.
15Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Professional
16Sports Teams Education Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
17Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
18    (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created
19as a special fund in the State treasury. The Comptroller shall
20order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer all moneys
21in the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund to the Common
22School Fund every 6 months.
23(Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12; 97-914, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463,
24eff. 8-16-13.)