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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3-600 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.
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| 8 | (a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates | ||||||
| 9 | that have been authorized by the General Assembly. Except as | ||||||
| 10 | provided in subsection (a-5), the The Secretary of State shall | ||||||
| 11 | not issue a series of special plates
unless applications, as | ||||||
| 12 | prescribed by the Secretary, have been received for 2,000
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| 13 | 10,000 plates of that series; except that the Secretary of | ||||||
| 14 | State may
prescribe some other required number of applications | ||||||
| 15 | if that number is
sufficient to pay for the total cost of | ||||||
| 16 | designing, manufacturing and
issuing the special license | ||||||
| 17 | plate. Where a special plate is authorized by law to raise | ||||||
| 18 | funds for a specific civic group, charitable entity, or other | ||||||
| 19 | identified organization, and where the Secretary of State has | ||||||
| 20 | not received the required number of applications to issue that | ||||||
| 21 | special plate within 2 years of the effective date of the | ||||||
| 22 | Public Act authorizing the special plate, the Secretary of | ||||||
| 23 | State's authority to issue the special plate is nullified. All | ||||||
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| 1 | applications for special plates shall be on a form designated | ||||||
| 2 | by the Secretary and shall be accompanied by any civic group's, | ||||||
| 3 | charitable entity's, or other identified fundraising | ||||||
| 4 | organization's portion of the additional fee associated with | ||||||
| 5 | that plate. All fees collected under this Section are | ||||||
| 6 | non-refundable and will be deposited in the special fund as | ||||||
| 7 | designated in the enabling legislation, regardless of whether | ||||||
| 8 | the plate is produced. | ||||||
| 9 | (a-5) Where the General Assembly has authorized the | ||||||
| 10 | issuance of a special plate that recognizes the applicant's | ||||||
| 11 | military service or receipt of a military medal or award, the | ||||||
| 12 | Secretary may immediately begin issuing that special plate.
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| 13 | (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of | ||||||
| 14 | special license
plates, shall notify all law enforcement | ||||||
| 15 | officials of the design, color and
other special features of | ||||||
| 16 | the special license plate series.
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| 17 | (c) This Section shall not apply to the
Secretary of | ||||||
| 18 | State's discretion as established in Section 3-611.
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| 19 | (d) If a law authorizing a special license plate provides | ||||||
| 20 | that the sponsoring organization is to designate a charitable | ||||||
| 21 | entity as the recipient of the funds from the sale of that | ||||||
| 22 | license plate, the designated charitable entity must be in | ||||||
| 23 | compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of | ||||||
| 24 | the Charitable Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act. | ||||||
| 25 | In addition, the charitable entity must annually provide the | ||||||
| 26 | Secretary of State's office a letter of compliance issued by | ||||||
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| 1 | the Illinois Attorney General's office verifying the entity is | ||||||
| 2 | in compliance with the Acts. | ||||||
| 3 | In the case of a law in effect before the effective date of | ||||||
| 4 | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the name of | ||||||
| 5 | the charitable entity which is to receive the funds shall be | ||||||
| 6 | provided to the Secretary of State within one year after the | ||||||
| 7 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
| 8 | Assembly. In the case of a law that takes effect on or after | ||||||
| 9 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
| 10 | Assembly, the name of the charitable entity which is to receive | ||||||
| 11 | the funds shall be provided to the Secretary of State within | ||||||
| 12 | one year after the law takes effect. If the organization fails | ||||||
| 13 | to designate an appropriate charitable entity within the | ||||||
| 14 | one-year period, or if the designated charitable entity fails | ||||||
| 15 | to annually provide the Secretary of State a letter of | ||||||
| 16 | compliance issued by the Illinois Attorney General's office, | ||||||
| 17 | any funds collected from the sale of plates authorized for that | ||||||
| 18 | organization and not previously disbursed shall be transferred | ||||||
| 19 | to the General Revenue Fund, and the special plates shall be | ||||||
| 20 | discontinued. | ||||||
| 21 | (e) If fewer than 1,000 sets of any special license plate | ||||||
| 22 | authorized by law and issued by the Secretary of State are | ||||||
| 23 | actively registered for 2 consecutive calendar years, the | ||||||
| 24 | Secretary of State may discontinue the issuance of that special | ||||||
| 25 | license plate. | ||||||
| 26 | (f) Where special license plates have been discontinued | ||||||
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| 1 | pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this Section, all | ||||||
| 2 | previously issued plates of that type shall be recalled. Owners | ||||||
| 3 | of vehicles which were registered with recalled plates shall | ||||||
| 4 | not be charged a reclassification or registration sticker | ||||||
| 5 | replacement plate fee upon the issuance of new plates for those | ||||||
| 6 | vehicles. | ||||||
| 7 | (g) Any special plate that is authorized to be issued for | ||||||
| 8 | motorcycles may also be issued for autocycles. | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12; 98-777, eff. 1-1-15.)
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