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90_SB1938enr

      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
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 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
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 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.

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