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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 changing |
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| Section 3-634 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-634)
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| Sec. 3-634. Illinois Fire Fighters' License Plate.
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| (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in |
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| the form
prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue |
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| special registration plates
designated to be Illinois Fire |
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| Fighters' Memorial license plates. The special
plates issued |
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| under
this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles |
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| of the first division,
motor vehicles of the second
division |
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| weighing not more than 8,000 pounds,
recreational vehicles as |
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| defined in Section 1-169 of this Code,
and subject to the
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| staggered registration system. Plates issued under this |
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| Section shall
expire according to the multi-year
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| 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 |
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| of State may, in his or her
discretion, allow the plates to be |
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| issued as vanity plates or personalized in
accordance with |
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| Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
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| designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of |
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| Section 3-412
of this Code. The Secretary of State shall |
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| prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under Section 3-412.
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| (c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original |
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| issuance in
addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
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| this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary |
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| of State
Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall be
deposited |
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| into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund.
For each |
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| registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition to the
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| appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.
Of this fee, $2 |
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| shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
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| Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into
the Illinois Fire |
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| Fighters' Memorial Fund.
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| (d) In addition to the purpose specified in Section |
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| 2-119(n), moneys in
the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund |
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| shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) and |
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| subject to appropriation by
the General Assembly and approval |
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| by the Secretary, be used exclusively for the following |
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| purposes: |
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| (1) maintaining
the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial;
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| (2) holding an annual memorial
commemoration and Medal |
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| of Honor ceremony and related activities; and |
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| (3) providing scholarships, for graduate study, |
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| undergraduate study, or both, to children and spouses of |
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| fire fighters
killed in the line of duty. |
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| (e) No more than 10% of the annual proceeds of the Illinois |