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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5.675 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) |
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| Sec. 5.675. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund.
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 3-664 as
follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-664 new)
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| Sec. 3-664. Boy Scout and Girl Scout license plates. |
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| (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in |
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| the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special |
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| registration plates
designated to be Boy Scout and Girl Scout |
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| plates. The special plates issued
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this Section shall be |
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| affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division
or |
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| motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than |
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| 8,000 pounds.
Plates issued under this Section shall expire |
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| according to the multi-year
procedure established by Section |
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| 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the |
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| design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the |
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| discretion
of the Secretary. Appropriate documentation, as |
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| determined by the
Secretary, shall accompany the application.
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| (c) The Secretary may issue Boy Scout plates bearing the |
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| Eagle Scout badge only to an applicant who provides written |
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| proof of Eagle Scout rank, in the form of appropriate |
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| documentation from the National Boy Scout Council. The |
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| Secretary shall make these plates available to qualified |
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| applicants.
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| (d) The Secretary may issue Girl Scout plates bearing the |
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| symbol of the Gold Award only to an applicant who provides |
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| written proof of Gold Award status, in the form of appropriate |
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| documentation from the National Office of the Girl Scouts of |
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| the U.S.A. The Secretary shall make these plates available to |
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| qualified applicants.
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| (e) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original |
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| issuance
in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if |
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| applicable. Of this fee,
$25 shall be deposited into the Boy |
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| Scout and Girl Scout Fund as created by
this
Section and $15 |
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| shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
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| Plate
Fund to be used by the Secretary to help defray the |
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| administrative
processing costs. For each registration renewal |
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| period a $27 fee, in addition
to the appropriate registration |
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| fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall
be deposited into |
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| the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund and $2 shall be deposited
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| into
the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
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| (f) The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund is created as a |
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| special fund in the
State
treasury. All moneys in the Boy Scout |
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| and Girl Scout Fund shall,
subject
to
appropriation by the |
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| General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as |
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| grants,
to be divided between the Illinois divisions of the |
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| Boys Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. on a |
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| pro rata basis, according to the number of each type of plate |
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| sold. Grants shall be made to the county division in which the |
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| plates are sold.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2008. |