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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 680
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 680 on page 8, by
3 inserting below line 22 the following:
4 "Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
5 is amended by changing Section 37 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 947/37)
7 Sec. 37. Higher education license plate grant program.
8 (a) Each year, the Illinois Student Assistance
9 Commission shall receive a separate appropriation for the
10 purpose of providing grant assistance to students enrolled at
11 Illinois private colleges and universities. The Commission
12 shall, each year, receive and consider applications for grant
13 assistance under this Section. Subject to a separate
14 appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is eligible for
15 a grant to a degree-granting, not-for-profit private college
16 or university located in this State under this Section when
17 the Commission finds that the applicant:
18 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
19 permanent resident of the United States; and
20 (2) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
21 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
22 educational program at the qualified institution of his
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1 or her choice.
2 (b) The private college or university Commission shall
3 award renewals only upon the student's application and upon
4 the institution's Commission's finding that the applicant:
5 (1) has remained a student in good standing at a
6 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or
7 university located in this State;
8 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
9 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
10 warrant assistance.
11 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
12 necessary fee costs for 2 semesters or 3 quarters in an
13 academic year. Requests for summer term assistance must be
14 made separately and shall be considered on an individual
15 basis according to Commission policy. The institution
16 Commission shall determine the grant amount for each
17 full-time and part-time student, which shall be the smallest
18 of the following amounts:
19 (1) $2,000 for 2 semesters or 3 quarters of
20 full-time undergraduate enrollment or $1,000 for 2
21 semesters or 3 quarters of part-time undergraduate
22 enrollment, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
23 to be available; or
24 (2) the amount that equals the tuition and other
25 necessary fees for 2 semesters or 3 quarters required
26 generally by the institution of all full-time
27 undergraduate students, or in the case of part-time
28 students an amount of tuition and fees for 2 semesters or
29 3 quarters that does not exceed one-half the amount of
30 tuition and necessary fees generally charged to full-time
31 undergraduate students by the institution; or
32 (3) such amount as the institution Commission finds
33 to be appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
34 resources.
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1 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
2 includes the customary charge for instruction and use of
3 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
4 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
5 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
6 grant applicant actually enrolls, but does not include fees
7 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
8 deposits that are refundable in whole or in part. The
9 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
10 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
11 tuition and other necessary fees.
12 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
13 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for grant
14 program consideration under this Section after receiving a
15 baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 10 semesters or 15
16 quarters of award payments. The institution Commission shall
17 determine when award payments for part-time enrollment or
18 interim or summer terms shall be counted as a partial
19 semester or quarter of payment.
20 (e) The Commission shall ensure that determine annually
21 the number of grants to be offered for study at each
22 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
23 in this State, taking into consideration the amount of funds
24 available and past experience with the rate of grant funds
25 unclaimed by recipients. in each school year the total amount
26 of grants awarded under this Section for study at each
27 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
28 in this State shall be at least equal to the total amount
29 deposited into the University Grant Fund from the issuance or
30 renewal of license plates bearing the name of that
31 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
32 during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which
33 the school year begins.
34 The institution Commission shall notify applicants that
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1 grant assistance is contingent upon the availability of
2 appropriated funds.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96.)
4 Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 3-629 (as added by P.A. 89-424) as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
7 Sec. 3-629. Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
8 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
9 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
10 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
11 State, may issue collegiate license plates. The collegiate
12 plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
13 passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles
14 of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
15 and subject to the staggered registration system. Plates
16 issued under this Section shall expire according to the
17 staggered multi-year procedure established under Section
18 3-414.1 of this Code.
19 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
20 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
21 Secretary of State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
22 plates for any public or degree-granting, not-for-profit
23 private college or university located in this State. The
24 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
25 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
26 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
27 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
28 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe
29 the eligibility requirements including a minimum level of
30 specialized license plates requests and, in his or her
31 discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
32 provided under Section 3-412.
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1 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
2 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
3 the original issuance fee in the case of a public university
4 or college, $25 shall be deposited into the State College and
5 University Trust Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the
6 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
7 the Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help
8 defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate. Of the
9 original issuance fee in the case of a degree-granting,
10 not-for-profit private college or university, $25 shall be
11 deposited into the University Grant Fund and $15 shall be
12 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
13 Fund to be used by the Secretary of State, subject to
14 appropriation, to help defray the administrative cost of
15 issuing the plate. In addition to the regular renewal fee,
16 an applicant shall be charged $27 for the renewal of each set
17 of license plates issued under this Section; $25 shall be
18 deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund in
19 the case of a public university or college or into the
20 University Grant Fund in the case of a degree-granting,
21 not-for-profit private college or university, and $2 shall be
22 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
23 Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
24 (d) The State College and University Trust Fund is
25 created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys
26 in the State College and University Trust Fund shall be
27 distributed on January 1 of each year to each public
28 university or college in proportion to the number of plates
29 sold in regard to that university or college according to
30 subsection (c) for administration of the Higher Education
31 License Plate Grant program. Moneys deposited into the State
32 College and University Trust Fund shall be distributed to the
33 public university or college for the sole purpose of
34 scholarship grant awards.
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1 (e) The University Grant Fund is created as a special
2 fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the University
3 Grant Fund shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student
4 Assistance Commission to make reimbursements to participating
5 private colleges and universities grants under the Higher
6 Education License Plate Grant Program.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)".