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91_HB0809enr
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1 AN ACT concerning vehicles.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 2. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5 Section 6z-23 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 105/6z-23) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-23)
7 Sec. 6z-23. All monies received by the Secretary of
8 State pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 2-119 of the
9 Illinois Vehicle Code shall be deposited in the
10 CDLIS/AAMVAnet Trust Fund. The money in this Fund shall only
11 be used by the Secretary of State to pay for (1) the
12 enrollment of commercial drivers into the Commercial Driver
13 License Information System (CDLIS), (2) network charges
14 assessed Illinois by AAMVAnet, Inc., for motor vehicle and
15 driver records data and information, and (3) expenses
16 (limited to equipment, maintenance, and software) related to
17 the testing of applicants for commercial driver's licenses
18 equipment to be used for the testing of applicants for
19 commercial driver's licenses and the maintenance of that
20 equipment.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-537, eff. 8-13-99.)
22 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
23 changing Sections 3-626 and 12-815 as follows:
24 (625 ILCS 5/3-626)
25 Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
26 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
27 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
28 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
29 State, may issue special registration plates designated as
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1 Korean War Veteran license plates to residents of Illinois
2 who participated in the United States Armed Forces during the
3 Korean War. The special plate issued under this Section
4 shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
5 division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
6 more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as defined
7 by Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this
8 Section shall expire according to the staggered multi-year
9 procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
10 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
11 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
12 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
13 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
14 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
15 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
16 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe
17 the eligibility requirements and, in his or her discretion,
18 shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided
19 under Section 3-412.
20 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
21 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
22 this additional fee, $13 shall be deposited into the
23 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be
24 deposited into the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund.
25 For each registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition
26 to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and
27 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
28 License Plate Fund.
29 (d) The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created
30 as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the
31 Korean War Memorial Construction Fund shall, subject to
32 appropriation, be used by the Department of Veteran Affairs
33 to provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial
34 to be located at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
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1 Upon the completion of the Memorial, the Department of
2 Veteran Affairs shall certify to the State Treasurer that the
3 construction of the Memorial has been completed. Upon the
4 certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State
5 Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Fund and any
6 future deposits into the Fund into the Secretary of State
7 Special License Plate Fund.
8 (e) An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran
9 license plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and received
10 a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
11 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall
12 pay 50% of the original issuance and the regular annual fee
13 for the registration of the vehicle as provided in Section
14 3-806.3 of this Code in addition to the fees specified in
15 subsection (c) of this Section. The 50% reduction shall not
16 apply to the additional fee for the original issuance or the
17 additional fee for each renewal under subsection (c).
18 (Source: P.A. 88-485; 88-560, eff. 8-4-94; 88-670, eff.
19 12-2-94; 89-98, eff. 1-1-96; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95; 89-626,
20 eff. 8-9-96.)
21 (625 ILCS 5/12-815) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-815)
22 Sec. 12-815. Strobe lamp on school bus.
23 (a) A school bus manufactured purchased prior to January
24 1, 2000 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
25 General Assembly may be equipped with one strobe lamp that
26 will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of white or
27 bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching the bus
28 from any direction. A school bus manufactured purchased on or
29 after January 1, 2000 the effective date of this amendatory
30 Act of the 91st General Assembly shall be equipped with one
31 strobe lamp that will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of
32 white or bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching
33 the bus from any direction. The lamp shall be of sufficient
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1 brightness to be visible in normal sunlight when viewed
2 directly from a distance of at least one mile.
3 (b) The strobe lamp shall be mounted on the rooftop of
4 the bus with the light generating element in the lamp located
5 equidistant from each side and either at or behind the center
6 of the rooftop. The maximum height of the element above the
7 rooftop shall not exceed 1/30 of its distance from the rear
8 of the rooftop. If the structure of the strobe lamp obscures
9 the light generating element, the element shall be deemed to
10 be in the center of the lamp with a maximum height 1/4 inch
11 less than the maximum height of the strobe lamp unless
12 otherwise indicated in rules and regulations promulgated by
13 the Department. The Department may promulgate rules and
14 regulations to govern measurements, glare, effectiveness and
15 protection of strobe lamps on school buses, including higher
16 strobe lamps than authorized in this paragraph.
17 (c) The strobe lamp may be lighted only when the school
18 bus is actually being used as a school bus and:
19 1. is stopping or stopped for loading or
20 discharging pupils on a highway outside an urban area; or
21 2. is bearing one or more pupils and is either
22 stopped or, in the interest of safety, is moving very
23 slowly at a speed:
24 (i) less than the posted minimum speed limit,
25 or
26 (ii) less than 30 miles per hour on a highway
27 outside an urban area.
28 (Source: P.A. 91-168, eff. 1-1-00.)
29 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
30 makes changes in a "statute that is represented in this Act
31 by text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example,
32 a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
33 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
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1 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
2 any other Public Act.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.
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