HB4085 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4085

Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Dan Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-684 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Emergency Medical Services license plates to licensed Emergency Medical Technicians. 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 $15 of the additional original issuance fee and $23 the renewal fee shall be deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund. Provides that $10 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Effective immediately.

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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 3-684 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-684 new)

Sec. 3-684. Emergency Medical Services license plate.

(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue, to a licensed Emergency Medical Technician, special registration plates designated to be Emergency Medical Services license plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, recreational vehicles as defined in Section 1-169 of this Code and subject to the staggered registration system. 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 of State. The Secretary of State may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary of State shall prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.

(c) An applicant shall be charged a $25 fee for original issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of this additional fee, $10 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $23 shall be deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund.

(d) All money deposited in the EMS Assistance Fund under this Section shall be used for the purposes specified in Section 3.220 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.