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90_HB2943

      30 ILCS 5/5.480 new
      625 ILCS 5/3-643 new
          Amends the  Vehicle  Code  and  the  State  Finance  Act.
      Authorizes  special  license  plates  designated  as Shriners
      Hospital plates.   Provides  for  increased  fees  for  these
      plates to be paid to Shriners Hospital for the purpose of the
      care  of  disabled  children, subject to appropriation by the
      General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State.
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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicle registration  plates,  amending
 2    named 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 5/5.480 new)
 8        Sec. 5.480.  The Shriners Hospital 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.  Shriners Hospital plates.
13        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all  applicable  fees
14    and   applications   made  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
15    Secretary, may issue special registration  plates  designated
16    as Shriners Hospital license plates.
17        The  special  plates  issued  under this Section shall be
18    affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first  division  or
19    motor  vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
20    8,000 pounds.
21        Plates issued under this Section shall  expire  according
22    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
23    this Code.
24        (b)  The  design and color of the special plates shall be
25    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary.
26        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
27    a   $25   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
28    appropriate registration fee.  Of  this  fee,  $10  shall  be
29    deposited  into  the  Shriners Hospital Fund and $15 shall be
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 1    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
 2    Fund,  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the
 3    administrative processing costs.
 4        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $25  fee,  in
 5    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 6    charged.   Of  this  fee,  $23  shall  be  deposited into the
 7    Shriners Hospital Fund and $2 shall  be  deposited  into  the
 8    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 9        (d)  The  Shriners  Hospital Fund is created as a special
10    fund in the  State  treasury.   All  money  in  the  Shriners
11    Hospital  Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the
12    General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, as grants  to
13    Shriners  Hospital  for  the  purpose of the care of disabled
14    children.

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