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Public Act 098-0945
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| SB2978 Enrolled | LRB098 18063 MLW 53192 b |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
renumbering and changing Section 3-699 as added by Public Act |
98-469 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-699.13) |
Sec. 3-699.13 3-699. Illinois State Police Memorial Park |
license plates. |
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in |
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue |
special registration plates designated as Illinois State |
Police Memorial Park license plates to active or retired law |
enforcement officers or their family members, surviving family |
members of deceased law enforcement officers, and members of or |
donors to the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation. The |
special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only |
to passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles over |
150cc, 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.
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(b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly |
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within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary |
may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as |
vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section |
3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or |
decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. |
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $25 fee for original |
issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if |
applicable. Of this fee, $10 shall be deposited into the |
Illinois State Police Memorial Park Fund and $15 shall be |
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate |
Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in |
addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. |
Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Illinois State |
Police Memorial Park Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the |
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. |
(d) The Illinois State Police Memorial Park Fund is created |
as a special fund in
the State treasury. All moneys in the |
Illinois State Police Memorial Park Fund shall be
paid, subject |
to appropriation by the General Assembly and
distribution by |
the Secretary, as grants to the Illinois State Police Heritage |
Foundation, Inc. for building and maintaining a memorial and |
park, holding an annual memorial commemoration, giving |
scholarships to children of State police officers killed or |
catastrophically injured in the line of duty, and providing |
financial assistance to police officers and their families when |
a police officer is killed or injured in the line of duty.
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