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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 5.719 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5.719. The Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and | ||||||
| 8 | Training Fund. | ||||||
| 9 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 10 | Section 3-684 as follows: | ||||||
| 11 | (625 ILCS 5/3-684 new) | ||||||
| 12 | Sec. 3-684. Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training | ||||||
| 13 | license plate. | ||||||
| 14 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||
| 15 | the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue | ||||||
| 16 | special registration plates designated to be Illinois EMS | ||||||
| 17 | Memorial Scholarship and Training license plates. The special | ||||||
| 18 | plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to | ||||||
| 19 | passenger vehicles of the first division, motor vehicles of the | ||||||
| 20 | second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, | ||||||
| 21 | recreational vehicles as defined in Section 1-169 of this Code, | ||||||
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| 1 | and subject to the staggered registration system. Plates issued | ||||||
| 2 | under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year | ||||||
| 3 | procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly | ||||||
| 5 | within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary | ||||||
| 6 | of State may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||||||
| 7 | issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with | ||||||
| 8 | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to | ||||||
| 9 | designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of | ||||||
| 10 | Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary of State shall | ||||||
| 11 | prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412. | ||||||
| 12 | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original | ||||||
| 13 | issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of | ||||||
| 14 | this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||||||
| 15 | of State Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall be deposited | ||||||
| 16 | into the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund. | ||||||
| 17 | For each registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition to | ||||||
| 18 | the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this | ||||||
| 19 | fee, $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special | ||||||
| 20 | License Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Illinois | ||||||
| 21 | EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund. | ||||||
| 22 | (d) The Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund | ||||||
| 23 | is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money | ||||||
| 24 | in the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund | ||||||
| 25 | shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and | ||||||
| 26 | approval by the Secretary of State, as grants to the EMS | ||||||
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| 1 | Memorial Scholarship and Training Council, a not-for-profit | ||||||
| 2 | corporation, for the purposes (i) of providing scholarships for | ||||||
| 3 | graduate study, undergraduate study, or both, to children and | ||||||
| 4 | spouses of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel killed in | ||||||
| 5 | the course of their employment, and (ii) for grants for the | ||||||
| 6 | training of EMS personnel.
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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