95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2750

 

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Michael Noland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.708 new
625 ILCS 45/3-2   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-2
625 ILCS 45/10-1   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 320-1

    Amends the State Finance Act and the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Increases by $5 the fee for each watercraft identification number application and each transfer-renewal and renewal, and provides that $5 of each fee shall be deposited into the Maritime and Underwater Rescue Teams Fund, a new special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for establishing, training, equipping, and operating maritime and underwater rescue teams in fire departments throughout the State.


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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.708 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/5.708 new)
7     Sec. 5.708. The Maritime and Underwater Rescue Teams Fund.
 
8     Section 10. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended
9 by changing Sections 3-2 and 10-1 as follows:
 
10     (625 ILCS 45/3-2)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-2)
11     Sec. 3-2. Identification number application. The owner of
12 each watercraft requiring numbering by this State shall file an
13 application for number with the Department on forms approved by
14 it. The application shall be signed by the owner of the
15 watercraft and shall be accompanied by a fee as follows:
16    A. Class A (all canoes, kayaks, and
17non-motorized paddle boats).$11 $6
18    B. Class 1 (all watercraft less
19than 16 feet in length, except
20canoes, kayaks, and non-motorized paddle boats)...$20 $15
21    C. Class 2 (all watercraft 16

 

 

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1feet or more but less than 26 feet in length
2except canoes, kayaks, and non-motorized paddle
3boats).$65 $45
4    D. Class 3 (all watercraft 26 feet or more
5but less than 40 feet in length)..................$95 $75
6    E. Class 4 (all watercraft 40 feet in length
7or more)..........................................$105 $100
8     Upon receipt of the application in approved form, and when
9 satisfied that no tax imposed pursuant to the "Municipal Use
10 Tax Act" or the "County Use Tax Act" is owed, or that such tax
11 has been paid, the Department shall enter the same upon the
12 records of its office and issue to the applicant a certificate
13 of number stating the number awarded to the watercraft and the
14 name and address of the owner.
15     For the fee paid for each application under this Section,
16 each transfer-renewal under Section 3-5, and each renewal under
17 Section 3-9, $5 shall be deposited into the Maritime and
18 Underwater Rescue Teams Fund, a special fund that is created in
19 the State treasury. Moneys in the Maritime and Underwater
20 Rescue Teams Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for
21 the purpose of establishing, training, equipping, and
22 operating maritime and underwater rescue teams in fire
23 departments throughout the State.
24 (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03; 94-45, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
25     (625 ILCS 45/10-1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 320-1)

 

 

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1     Sec. 10-1. Special fund. All revenue received under the
2 provisions of this Act, including registration fees, fines, or
3 other income of any kind or nature, shall be deposited in the
4 State Treasury and shall be set apart in a special fund to be
5 known as the State Boating Act Fund, except as otherwise
6 provided in Section 3-2 and except that revenue from fines
7 resulting from citations written by a county sheriff or his
8 deputy shall be deposited in a county fund in the county where
9 the citation was written. Appropriations from the State Boating
10 Act Fund, excepting those revenues received as a result of the
11 Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, shall be made to the
12 Department, and shall be used for the expenses of the
13 Department in administering the registration, boat safety,
14 boat safety education, and enforcement provisions of this Act
15 or for any purpose related or incident thereto and connected
16 therewith, including the construction and improvement of
17 boating facilities, such as access areas, launching sites,
18 harbor facilities, lakes, and marinas, including plans and
19 specifications, engineering surveys, and supervision and land
20 acquisition where necessary. In addition to the foregoing,
21 appropriations from the State Boating Act Fund, other than
22 revenues received as a result of the Snowmobile Registration
23 and Safety Act, may be made to the Department of Natural
24 Resources to pay operational expenses for recreational boating
25 facilities at McHenry Lock and Dam in McHenry County and
26 Sinnissippi Dam in Whiteside County.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)