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90_SB1938 30 ILCS 105/5.480 new 625 ILCS 5/3-643 new Amends the Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act to provide for Police Memorial Committee license plates. Creates the Police Memorial Committee Fund and provides that the additional fees for the plates shall be deposited in that Fund for payment, subject to appropriation, to the Police Memorial Committee for maintaining a memorial statue, holding an annual memorial commemoration, and giving scholarships to children of police officers killed in the line of duty. LRB9011550WHsb LRB9011550WHsb 1 AN ACT concerning special license plates, amending named 2 Acts. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 6 Section 5.480 as follows: 7 (30 ILCS 105/5.480 new) 8 Sec. 5.480. The Police Memorial Committee Fund. 9 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 10 adding Section 3-643 as follows: 11 (625 ILCS 5/3-643 new) 12 Sec. 3-643. Police Memorial Committee license plates. 13 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made 14 in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 15 registration plates designated as Police Memorial Committee 16 license plates. The special plates issued under this Section 17 shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first 18 division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing 19 not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section 20 shall expire according to the multi-year procedure 21 established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 22 (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within 23 the discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the 24 plates to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under 25 Section 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe 26 stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this 27 Code. 28 (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged 29 a $25 fee for original issuance in addition to the -2- LRB9011550WHsb 1 appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $10 shall be 2 deposited into the Police Memorial Committee Fund and $15 3 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special 4 License Plate Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help 5 defray the administrative processing costs. 6 For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in 7 addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be 8 charged. Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Police 9 Memorial Committee Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the 10 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 11 (d) The Police Memorial Committee Fund is created as a 12 special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Police 13 Memorial Committee Fund shall be paid, subject to 14 appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the 15 Secretary, as grants to the Police Memorial Committee for 16 maintaining a memorial statue, holding an annual memorial 17 commemoration, and giving scholarships to children of police 18 officers killed in the line of duty.