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90_HB0920
30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
625 ILCS 5/3-639 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance
Act to authorize special license plates designated as Higher
Education Student license plates. Provides for increased
fees for these plates to be distributed, subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly, to public universities
and colleges and community colleges to reduce the tuition,
fees, and book fees of students earning a "B" average grade
or better.
LRB9003949NTsbA
LRB9003949NTsbA
1 AN ACT concerning license plates, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.449 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
7 Sec. 5.449. The Higher Education Student Fund.
8 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
9 adding Section 3-639 as follows:
10 (625 ILCS 5/3-639 new)
11 Sec. 3-639. Higher Education Student plates.
12 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees
13 and applications made in the form prescribed by the
14 Secretary, may issue special registration plates designated
15 as Higher Education Student license plates.
16 The special plates issued under this Section shall be
17 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or
18 motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
19 8,000 pounds.
20 Plates issued under this Section shall expire according
21 to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
22 the Code.
23 (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be
24 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate
25 documentation, as determined by the Secretary, shall
26 accompany each application.
27 (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged
28 a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the
29 appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $25 shall be
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1 deposited into the Higher Education Student Fund and $15
2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
3 License Plate Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help
4 defray the administrative processing costs.
5 For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in
6 addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be
7 charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Higher
8 Education Student Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
9 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
10 (d) The Higher Education Student Fund is created as a
11 special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Fund
12 shall be distributed, subject to appropriation by the General
13 Assembly, to public universities and colleges and community
14 colleges located in this State in proportion to the number of
15 students earning a "B" average grade or better at the public
16 university or college or community college, to be used to
17 reduce the tuition, fees, or book fees, or any combination of
18 these, of those students earning a "B" average grade or
19 better at the public university or college or community
20 college.
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