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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the State Finance Act and Illinois Vehicle Code to provide for the issuance of Public Safety Diver special license plates. Creates the Public Safety Diver Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $45 for original issuance of the plates, of which $30 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $27 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid to the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Board for the purposes of providing training, standards, equipment, and facilities to all public safety disciplines involved in public safety diving and water rescue services, with a primary focus toward volunteer responders.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Changes a reference to the "Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Board" in the introduced bill to the "Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board".
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended. Provides that money in the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purposes of providing "grants based on need for training, standards, and equipment to public safety disciplines within the State of Illinois and to units of local government involved in public safety diving and water rescue services" (rather than for the purposes of providing "training, standards, equipment, and facilities to all public safety disciplines involved in public safety diving and water rescue services, with a primary focus toward volunteer responders"). Makes other changes.
Home Rule Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity)
This bill does pre-empt home rule authority.
Judicial Note (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts)
This bill would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State.
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