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State Government Administration Committee
Filed: 5/11/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 62
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 62 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section
5.640 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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| Sec. 5.640. The Professional Sports Teams
Charity Fund.
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
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| changing and renumbering Section 3-654, as added by Public Act |
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| 92-699, as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-658)
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| Sec. 3-658
3-654. Professional Sports Teams license |
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| plates.
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| (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in |
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| the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special |
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| registration plates designated
as Professional Sports Teams |
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| license plates. The special plates issued under
this Section
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| shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first |
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| division and motor
vehicles of the second division weighing not |
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| more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued under this Section shall |
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| expire according to the multi-year procedure
established by |
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| Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the |
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| discretion of
the Secretary, except that the plates shall, |
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| subject to the permission of the
applicable team owner, display |
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| the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago
Bulls, the Chicago |
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| Blackhawks
Black Hawks, the Chicago Cubs, the
Chicago White |
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| Sox, the St. Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at the
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| applicant's option. The Secretary may allow the plates to be |
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| issued as vanity
or personalized plates under Section 3-405.1 |
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| of the Code. The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or decals |
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| as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
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| (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a |
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| $40 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate |
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| registration fee. Of this
fee, $15
$25 shall be deposited into |
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| the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund, $10 shall be
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| deposited into the Professional Sports Teams
Charity Fund,
and |
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| $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special |
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| License Plate
Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray |
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| the administrative processing
costs.
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| For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in |
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| addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. |
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| Of this fee, $15
$25 shall be
deposited into the Professional |
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| Sports Teams Education Fund, $10 shall be
deposited into the |
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| Professional Sports Teams
Charity Fund, and $2 shall be
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| deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate |
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| Fund.
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| (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created |
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| as a special
fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the |
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| Professional Sports Teams
Education Fund shall, subject to |
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| appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the |
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| Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School
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| Fund.
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| (e) Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund. |
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| (1) The Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund is |
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| created as a special
fund in the State treasury. |
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| (2) If the owner of a team listed in subsection (b) |
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| submits to the Secretary its designation of a charitable |
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| organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of |
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| the Internal Revenue Code and is associated with that team |
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| or has a particular fund within the charitable organization |
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| that is associated with that team, the Secretary shall |
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| notify the State Treasurer accordingly and the State |
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| Treasurer shall create a separate account within the |
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| Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund for that team. When |
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| the Secretary receives fees for plates displaying the logo |
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| of that team, the Secretary shall notify the State |
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| Treasurer accordingly and the State Treasurer shall keep |
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| the fees deposited into the Professional Sports Teams
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| Charity Fund for those plates within the separate account |
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| for that team. All moneys in the separate account shall, |
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| subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and
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| approval by the Secretary, be paid as grants to the |
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| designated charitable organization for the purposes of the |
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| charitable organization or the purposes of the particular |
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| fund within the charitable organization, as the case may |
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| be. |
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| (3) The State Treasurer shall create a Common School
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| Fund account within the Professional Sports Teams Charity |
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| Fund. When the Secretary receives fees for plates |
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| displaying the logo of a team listed in subsection (b) and |
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| the owner of that team has not submitted to the Secretary |
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| its designation of a charitable organization in accordance |
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| with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall notify the State |
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| Treasurer accordingly and the State Treasurer shall keep |
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| the fees deposited into the Professional Sports Teams
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| Charity Fund for those plates within the Common School
Fund |
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| account. All moneys in the Common School
Fund account |
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| shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and
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| approval by the Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into |