093_SB1362

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The State Finance Act is  amended  by  adding
 5    Section 5.595 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
 7        Sec. 5.595. The Universal Charitable Organization Fund.

 8        Section  10.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 9    changing Section 3-633 as follows:

10        (625 ILCS 5/3-633)
11        Sec. 3-633.  Universal  Charitable  Organization  license
12    plate.
13        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
14    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
15    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
16    State, may issue Universal  Charitable  Organization  license
17    plates  to  residents  of Illinois on behalf of organizations
18    that meet the requirements of Title 26, Section 501(c)(3)  of
19    the  United  States Code formed for any bona fide charitable,
20    benevolent,  philanthropic,  or   patriotic   purpose.    The
21    Secretary   of   State   may   prescribe  rules  establishing
22    additional eligibility criteria for charitable  organizations
23    under   this   Section.   The  special  Universal  Charitable
24    Organization plate issued under this Section shall be affixed
25    only to passenger vehicles of the first  division  and  motor
26    vehicles  of the second division weighing not more than 8,000
27    pounds.  Plates   issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire
28    according  to  the staggered multi-year procedure established
29    by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
 
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 1        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 2    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.   The
 3    plates  are  not  required to designate "Land of Lincoln", as
 4    prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of  this  Code.
 5    Charitable  organizations deemed eligible by the Secretary of
 6    State shall design charitable decals to be affixed on  plates
 7    issued under this Section.  The Secretary may prescribe rules
 8    governing the requirements and approval of charitable decals.
 9        (c)  (Blank). An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for
10    original  issuance in addition to the applicable registration
11    fee.   This  additional  fee  shall  be  deposited  into  the
12    Secretary of State Special  License  Plate  Fund.   For  each
13    registration  renewal  period,  a  $2 fee, in addition to the
14    appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and  shall  be
15    deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
16    Fund.  Charitable organizations may establish a fee  for  the
17    purchase  of  their charitable decal and shall report by July
18    31 of each year to the Secretary of  State  Vehicle  Services
19    Department  the  sticker fee, the number of charitable decals
20    sold, the total revenue received from the sale of  charitable
21    decals  during  the  previous  fiscal  year,  and  any  other
22    information deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.
23        (d)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
24    a  $25  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
25    appropriate  registration  fee.  Of  this  fee,  $10 shall be
26    deposited into the Universal Charitable Organization Fund and
27    $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary  of  State  Special
28    License  Plate  Fund,  to  be  used  by the Secretary to help
29    defray  the  administrative  processing   costs.   For   each
30    registration  renewal  period,  a $25 fee, in addition to the
31    appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this  fee,
32    $23   shall   be  deposited  into  the  Universal  Charitable
33    Organization  Fund  and  $2  shall  be  deposited  into   the
34    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 
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 1        (e)  The   Universal   Charitable  Organization  Fund  is
 2    created as a special fund in the State  Treasury.  The  State
 3    Treasurer shall create separate accounts within the Universal
 4    Charitable Organization Fund for each charitable organization
 5    for  which  the  Secretary  has  designed  and issued decals.
 6    Moneys in the Universal Charitable Organization Fund shall be
 7    allocated to each account in  proportion  to  the  number  of
 8    decals  sold  for each charitable organization. All moneys in
 9    each  separate  account  within  the   Universal   Charitable
10    Organization   Fund   shall   be   distributed,   subject  to
11    appropriation by the General Assembly  and  approval  by  the
12    Secretary, as grants to that charitable organization.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-564, eff. 7-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)