103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3961
 
Introduced 10/11/2024, by Sen. Tom Bennett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-699.25 new
    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue special registration plates designated as Knox College plates. Provides that the original issuance fee, in addition to the applicable registration fee, shall be $40 and the renewal fee, in addition to the regular renewal fee, shall be $27.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding 
5Section 3-699.25 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-699.25 new)
7    Sec. 3-699.25. Knox College plates. 
8    (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 
9Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 
10applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 
11State, may issue special registration plates designated as 
12Knox College plates. The special plates issued under this 
13Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the 
14first division and motor vehicles of the second division 
15weighing not more than 8,000 pounds and subject to the 
16staggered registration system. Plates issued under this 
17Section shall expire according to the staggered multi-year 
18procedure established under Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
19    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 
20wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. 
21Appropriate documentation, as determined by the Secretary, 
22shall accompany each application. The Secretary may, in his or 
23her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity plates 
 
 
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1or personalized in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this 
2Code. The plates are not required to designate "Land Of 
3Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of 
4this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the eligibility 
5requirements and, in his or her discretion, shall approve and 
6prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.
7    (c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original 
8issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of 
9the original issuance fee, $25 shall be deposited into the 
10University Grant Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the 
11Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by the 
12Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help defray 
13the administrative cost of issuing the plate. In addition to 
14the regular renewal fee, an applicant shall be charged $27 for 
15the renewal of each set of license plates issued under this 
16Section; $25 shall be deposited into the University Grant 
17Fund, and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State 
18Special License Plate Fund plates for all Knox College plates.