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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: | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||