Public Act 095-0320
 		





HB3395 Enrolled
LRB095 08478 DRH 28657 b






    AN ACT concerning transportation. 

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
Section 5.675 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
    Sec. 5.675. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund.

 
    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding 
Section 3-664 as
follows:


 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-664 new)

    Sec. 3-664. Boy Scout and Girl Scout license plates.
    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
registration plates
designated to be Boy Scout and Girl Scout  
plates.  The special plates issued
under
this Section shall be 
affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division
or 
motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 
8,000 pounds.
Plates issued under this Section shall expire 
according to the multi-year
procedure established by Section 
3-414.1 of this Code.

    (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the 
design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the 
discretion
of the Secretary.  Appropriate documentation, as 
determined by the
Secretary, shall accompany the application.

    (c) The Secretary may issue Boy Scout plates bearing the 
Eagle Scout badge only to an applicant who provides written 
proof of Eagle Scout rank, in the form of appropriate 
documentation from the National Boy Scout Council. The 
Secretary shall make these plates available to qualified 
applicants.

    (d) The Secretary may issue Girl Scout plates bearing the 
symbol of the Gold Award only to an applicant who provides 
written proof of Gold Award status, in the form of appropriate 
documentation from the National Office of the Girl Scouts of 
the U.S.A. The Secretary shall make these plates available to 
qualified applicants.

    (e) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original 
issuance
in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if 
applicable.  Of this fee,
$25 shall be deposited into the Boy 
Scout and Girl Scout Fund as created by
this
Section and $15 
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License

Plate
Fund to be used by the Secretary to help defray the 
administrative
processing costs.  For each registration renewal 
period a $27 fee, in addition
to the appropriate registration 
fee, shall be charged.  Of this fee, $25 shall
be deposited into 
the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund and $2 shall be deposited

into
the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

    (f) The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund is created as a 
special fund in the
State
treasury.  All moneys in the Boy Scout 
and Girl  Scout Fund shall,
subject
to
appropriation by the 
General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as 
grants,
to be divided between the Illinois divisions of  the 
Boys Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. on a 
pro rata basis, according to the number of each type of plate 
sold. Grants shall be made to the county division in which the 
plates are sold.

 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2008.