Public Act 099-0815
 
SB2431 EnrolledLRB099 13841 RJF 37818 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3-697 as follows:
 

    (625 ILCS 5/3-697)

 
    Sec. 3-697. Chicago Police Memorial Foundation license 
plates.

    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 
applications
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may 
issue special registration
plates designated as Chicago Police 
Memorial Foundation license plates to active or retired law 
enforcement officers and their family members, surviving 
family members of deceased law enforcement officers, and 
members of or donors to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. 
    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) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the 
discretion of
the Secretary.  The
Secretary
may allow the plates 
to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under
Section

3-405.1 of the Code.  Appropriate documentation, as determined 
by the
Secretary, shall accompany each application. The 
Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under 
Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary must make a version 
of the special registration plates authorized under this 
Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles. 

    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
$25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
registration fee.  Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the 
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund 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 $25 fee, in 
addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.  
Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Chicago Police 
Memorial Foundation Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the

Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

    (d) The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund is created 
as a special fund in the State
treasury.  All moneys in the 
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund shall be paid, subject 
to
appropriation
by the General Assembly
and approval by the 
Secretary, as grants to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation 
for
maintenance of a memorial and park, holding an annual 
memorial commemoration, giving scholarships to children of 
police officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line 
of
duty, providing financial assistance to police officers and 
their families when a police officer is killed or injured in 
the line of
duty, and paying the  insurance premiums for police 
officers who are terminally ill.


(Source: P.A. 96-1547, eff. 3-10-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)