Rep. David Reis
Filed: 3/16/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5301
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5301, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5.755 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (30 ILCS 105/5.755 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 5.755. The Public Safety Diver Fund. | ||||||
| 9 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 10 | Section 3-689 as follows: | ||||||
| 11 | (625 ILCS 5/3-689 new) | ||||||
| 12 | Sec. 3-689. Public Safety Diver license plates. | ||||||
| 13 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||
| 14 | the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue | ||||||
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| 1 | special registration plates designated to be Public Safety | ||||||
| 2 | Diver license plates. The special plates issued under this | ||||||
| 3 | Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the | ||||||
| 4 | first division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing | ||||||
| 5 | not more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as | ||||||
| 6 | defined by Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this | ||||||
| 7 | Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure | ||||||
| 8 | established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| 9 | (b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly | ||||||
| 10 | within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate | ||||||
| 11 | documentation, as determined by the Secretary, shall accompany | ||||||
| 12 | the application. The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, | ||||||
| 13 | allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized plates | ||||||
| 14 | in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
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| 15 | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $45 fee for original | ||||||
| 16 | issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if | ||||||
| 17 | applicable. Of this fee, $30 shall be deposited into the Public | ||||||
| 18 | Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||||||
| 19 | of State Special License Plate Fund. For each registration | ||||||
| 20 | renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
| 21 | registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be | ||||||
| 22 | deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be | ||||||
| 23 | deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate | ||||||
| 24 | Fund. | ||||||
| 25 | (d) The Public Safety Diver Fund is created as a special | ||||||
| 26 | fund in
the State treasury. All moneys in the Public Safety | ||||||
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| 1 | Diver Fund shall be
paid, subject to appropriation by the | ||||||
| 2 | General Assembly and
approval by the Secretary, to the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purposes of | ||||||
| 4 | providing grants based on need for training, standards, and | ||||||
| 5 | equipment to public safety disciplines within the State of | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois and to units of local government involved in public | ||||||
| 7 | safety diving and water rescue services. | ||||||
| 8 | (e) The Public Safety Diver Advisory Committee shall | ||||||
| 9 | recommend grant rewards with the intent of achieving reasonably | ||||||
| 10 | equitable distribution of funds between police, firefighting, | ||||||
| 11 | and public safety diving services making application for grants | ||||||
| 12 | under this Section. | ||||||
| 13 | (f) The administrative costs related to management of | ||||||
| 14 | grants made from the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid | ||||||
| 15 | from the Public Safety Diver Fund to the Illinois Law | ||||||
| 16 | Enforcement Training Standards Board.".
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