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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 3-611.5 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/3-611.5)

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    Sec. 3-611.5. Fire Chief license plates.
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    (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a 
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municipality or fire protection district that operates a fire 
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department, accompanied by an application and the appropriate 
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fee, may issue, to a fire chief of each municipal fire 
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department or fire protection district, special registration 
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plates designated as Fire Chief license plates.  The special 
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plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to 
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passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of 
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the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, owned 
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by the fire department or the chief officer of the fire 
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department.  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)  The design and color of the special plates shall be 
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wholly within the discretion of the Secretary.  The plates are 
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not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in 
 


 






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subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary may 
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prescribe rules governing the requirements and approval of the 
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special plates.  The fee for this plate for a vehicle owned by 
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the fire chief shall be the same as the fee prescribed for 
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first division vehicles in Section 3-806 of this Code.

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Permanent license plates for fire chief vehicles owned by a 
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municipal fire department or fire protection district shall be 
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issued at the fee prescribed in Section 3-808.1(b). 

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(Source: P.A. 95-556, eff. 6-1-08.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.