Full Text of HB4665 95th General Assembly
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Rep. Raymond Poe
Filed: 5/2/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4665
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4665 by inserting | 3 |
| after the title the following: | 4 |
| "WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the | 5 |
| United States of America, led the nation with both courage and | 6 |
| compassion during one of the most turbulent periods of American | 7 |
| history; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln invoked the basic principles of | 9 |
| human equality espoused in the Declaration of Independence, | 10 |
| thereby redefining the objective of the American Civil War from | 11 |
| saving the union to fostering "a new birth of freedom" and | 12 |
| refocusing the underlying purpose of government to be an | 13 |
| institution "of the people, by the people and for the people"; | 14 |
| and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln took inspiration from the phrase | 16 |
| in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created |
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| equal" by leading the effort to fulfill the promise of this | 2 |
| great Nation in order to bring an end to slavery; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The year 2009 will mark the bicentennial of the | 4 |
| birth of Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, There is a national effort underway to commemorate | 6 |
| the bicentennial anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth and to | 7 |
| honor the legacy of his service and sacrifice to his country; | 8 |
| and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, In recognition of the prominent role that Illinois | 10 |
| and Illinoisans played in the life and times of Abraham | 11 |
| Lincoln, Illinois historical, tourist, and civic groups are | 12 |
| preparing events and activities to commemorate the | 13 |
| bicentennial of Lincoln's birth; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, A National Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial | 15 |
| Commission and an Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial | 16 |
| Commission have been created; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The General Assembly introduces the Lincoln | 18 |
| Bicentennial license plates to commemorate the Bicentennial | 19 |
| anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, The additional fees associated with the Lincoln |
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| Bicentennial license plates will benefit the Lincoln Legacy | 2 |
| Scholarship program, a legacy initiative of the Illinois | 3 |
| Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; therefore"; and | 4 |
| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 5 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 7 |
| Section 5.708 as follows: | 8 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.708 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 5.708. The Lincoln Legacy Scholarship Fund. | 10 |
| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | 11 |
| Section 3-680 as follows: | 12 |
| (625 ILCS 5/3-680 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 3-680. Lincoln Bicentennial license plates. | 14 |
| (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | 15 |
| the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | 16 |
| registration plates designated
as Lincoln Bicentennial license | 17 |
| plates. The special plates issued under this Section
shall be | 18 |
| affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division and | 19 |
| motor
vehicles of the second division weighing not more than | 20 |
| 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued under this Section shall expire | 21 |
| according to the multi-year procedure
established by Section |
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| 3-414.1 of this Code. | 2 |
| (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the | 3 |
| discretion of
the Secretary. The
Secretary may allow the plates | 4 |
| to be issued as vanity plates or personalized
under Section | 5 |
| 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or
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| decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. | 7 |
| (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | 8 |
| $25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate | 9 |
| registration fee. Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the | 10 |
| Lincoln Legacy Scholarship Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into | 11 |
| the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used | 12 |
| by
the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing | 13 |
| costs. | 14 |
| For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in | 15 |
| addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | 16 |
| Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Lincoln Legacy | 17 |
| Scholarship Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
Secretary | 18 |
| of State Special License Plate Fund. | 19 |
| (d) The Lincoln Legacy Scholarship Fund is created as a | 20 |
| special fund in the State
treasury. All money in the Lincoln | 21 |
| Legacy Scholarship Fund shall be paid, subject to
appropriation | 22 |
| by the General Assembly
and approval by the Secretary, as | 23 |
| grants to the Illinois Community College System Foundation for
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| scholarships to be distributed to students at public and | 25 |
| private Illinois colleges and universities who are recipients | 26 |
| of scholarships under the Lincoln Legacy Scholarship program, |
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| founded by the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial | 2 |
| Commission.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 |
| becoming law.".
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