HB0670 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0670

Introduced 01/28/05, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.640 new
625 ILCS 5/3-663 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Authorizes special license plates designated as Boy Scout and Girl Scout plates. Provides for increased fees for these plates, to be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund. Creates the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all moneys in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as grants, to be divided equally between the Illinois divisions of the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America. Effective January 1, 2006.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.640 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)

Sec. 5.640. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund.

Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 3-663 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-663 new)

Sec. 3-663. Boy Scout and Girl Scout license plates.

(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special registration plates designated to be Boy Scout and Girl Scout plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

(b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate documentation, as determined by the Secretary, shall accompany the application.

(c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if applicable. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund as created by this Section and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing costs. For each registration renewal period a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

(d) The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as grants, to be divided equally between the Illinois divisions of the Boys Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2006.