95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5607

 

Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-680 new
30 ILCS 105/5.708 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Illinois Police Association license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a fee of $25 at original issuance and at renewal. Provides that $10 of the additional original issuance fee and $23 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Illinois Police Association 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. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the moneys in the Illinois Police Association Fund shall be paid as death benefits for the families of police officers killed in the line of duty, and for providing scholarships, for graduate study, undergraduate study, or both, to children and spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Police Association Fund.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5 Section 3-680 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-680 new)
7     Sec. 3-680. Illinois Police Association license plates.
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 Illinois Police Association
11 license plates. The special plates issued under this Section
12 shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
13 division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
14 more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall
15 expire according to the multi-year procedure established by
16 Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
17     (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the
18 discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the plates
19 to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under Section
20 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or
21 decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. The
22 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
23 issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with

 

 

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1 Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
2     (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a
3 $25 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate
4 registration fee. Of this fee, $10 shall be deposited into the
5 Illinois Police Association Fund and $15 shall be deposited
6 into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be
7 used by the Secretary to help defray the administrative
8 processing costs.
9     For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in
10 addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.
11 Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Illinois Police
12 Association Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary
13 of State Special License Plate Fund.
14     (d) The Illinois Police Association Fund is created as a
15 special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Illinois
16 Police Association Fund shall be used, subject to
17 appropriation, for providing death benefits for the families of
18 police officers killed in the line of duty, and for providing
19 scholarships, for graduate study, undergraduate study, or
20 both, to children and spouses of police officers killed in the
21 line of duty.
 
22     Section 97. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
23 Section 5.708 as follows:
 
24     (30 ILCS 105/5.708 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 5.708. The Illinois Police Association Fund.