Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
Filed: 2/24/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1070 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1070 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 3-600 and adding Section 3-600.1 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/3-600)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)



7    Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates. 

8    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates 
9that have been authorized by the General Assembly. The 
10Secretary of State shall not issue a series of special plates

11unless applications, as prescribed by the Secretary, have been 
12received for
10,000 plates of that series; except that the 
13Secretary of State may
prescribe some other required number of 
14applications if that number is
sufficient to pay for the total 
15cost of designing, manufacturing and
issuing the special 
16license plate.

 
 
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1    (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of 
2special license
plates, shall notify all law enforcement 
3officials of the design, color and
other special features of 
4the special license plate series.

5    (c) This Section shall not apply to special license plate 
6categories in
existence on the effective date of this 
7amendatory Act of 1990, or to the
Secretary of State's 
8discretion as established in Section 3-611.

9    (d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the 
10provisions of Section 3-600.1 control the issuance and 
11re-issuance of special plates. 
12(Source: P.A. 95-359, eff. 1-1-08.)

 
13    (625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new)
14    Sec. 3-600.1. Special plates; issuance and reissuance.
15    (a) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the 
16Secretary of State may
reissue
only those special plates that 
17exist as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

1897th
General Assembly. The Secretary
shall
continue to accept 
19annual fees for renewal stickers for those plates from those

20persons.
21    (b) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the 
22Secretary may not issue any new category of special plates.
23    (c) Persons and
organizations seeking issuance of special 
24plates may apply for Universal
Charitable
Organization license 
25plates under Section 3-633 of this Code, with charitable
decals

 
 
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1approved under that Section. The Secretary shall work in 
2cooperation with persons and organization seeking issuance of 
3Universal Charitable Organization plates in the design of 
4appropriate decals. There shall be no limit to the number of 
5Universal Charitable Organization plates which may be issued 
6under Section 3-633 of this Code.".