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| | 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6908 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Provides for the issuance of Chicago Police Memorial Foundation license plates to applicants who meet specified criteria. Provides that, in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the plates shall be charged a fee of $25 at original issuance and at renewal. Provides that $10 of the additional original issuance fee and $23 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund, a new special fund in the State treasury. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that the moneys in the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund shall be paid as grants to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation for
specified purposes. Effective immediately. |
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 5.755 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.755 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5.755. The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund.
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| 8 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
| 9 | | Section 3-694 as
follows:
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| 10 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-694 new) |
| 11 | | Sec. 3-694. Chicago Police Memorial Foundation license |
| 12 | | plates.
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| 13 | | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and |
| 14 | | applications
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may |
| 15 | | issue special registration
plates designated as Chicago Police |
| 16 | | Memorial Foundation license plates to active or retired law |
| 17 | | enforcement officers and their family members, surviving |
| 18 | | family members of deceased law enforcement officers, and |
| 19 | | members of or donors to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. |
| 20 | | The special plates issued under this Section shall be |
| 21 | | affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division or |
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| 1 | | motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not more than |
| 2 | | 8,000 pounds. |
| 3 | | Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to |
| 4 | | the multi-year
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this |
| 5 | | Code.
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| 6 | | (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the |
| 7 | | discretion of
the Secretary. The
Secretary
may allow the plates |
| 8 | | to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under
Section
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| 9 | | 3-405.1 of the Code. Appropriate documentation, as determined |
| 10 | | by the
Secretary, shall accompany each application. The |
| 11 | | Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under |
| 12 | | Section 3-412 of this Code.
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| 13 | | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a |
| 14 | | $25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate |
| 15 | | registration fee. Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the |
| 16 | | Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund and $15 shall be
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| 17 | | deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate |
| 18 | | Fund, to be used by
the Secretary to help defray the |
| 19 | | administrative processing costs.
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| 20 | | For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in |
| 21 | | addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. |
| 22 | | Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Chicago Police |
| 23 | | Memorial Foundation Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
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| 24 | | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
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| 25 | | (d) The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund is created |
| 26 | | as a special fund in the State
treasury. All moneys in the |
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| 1 | | Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund shall be paid, subject |
| 2 | | to
appropriation
by the General Assembly
and approval by the |
| 3 | | Secretary, as grants to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation |
| 4 | | for
maintenance of a memorial and park, holding an annual |
| 5 | | memorial commemoration, giving scholarships to children of |
| 6 | | police officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line |
| 7 | | of
duty, providing financial assistance to police officers and |
| 8 | | their families when a police officer is killed or injured in |
| 9 | | the line of
duty, and paying the insurance premiums for police |
| 10 | | officers who are terminally ill.
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| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 12 | | becoming law. |