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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
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 5.675 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
7     Sec. 5.675. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund.
 
8     Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
9 Section 3-664 as follows:
 
10     (625 ILCS 5/3-664 new)
11     Sec. 3-664. Boy Scout and Girl Scout license plates.
12     (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
13 the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special
14 registration plates designated to be Boy Scout and Girl Scout
15 plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be
16 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or
17 motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
18 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire
19 according to the multi-year procedure established by Section
20 3-414.1 of this Code.
21     (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the

 

 

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1 design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the
2 discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate documentation, as
3 determined by the Secretary, shall accompany the application.
4     (c) The Secretary may issue Boy Scout plates bearing the
5 Eagle Scout badge only to an applicant who provides written
6 proof of Eagle Scout rank, in the form of appropriate
7 documentation from the National Boy Scout Council. The
8 Secretary shall make these plates available to qualified
9 applicants.
10     (d) The Secretary may issue Girl Scout plates bearing the
11 symbol of the Gold Award only to an applicant who provides
12 written proof of Gold Award status, in the form of appropriate
13 documentation from the National Office of the Girl Scouts of
14 the U.S.A. The Secretary shall make these plates available to
15 qualified applicants.
16     (e) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
17 issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if
18 applicable. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Boy
19 Scout and Girl Scout Fund as created by this Section and $15
20 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
21 Plate Fund to be used by the Secretary to help defray the
22 administrative processing costs. For each registration renewal
23 period a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration
24 fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into
25 the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund and $2 shall be deposited
26 into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

 

 

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1     (f) The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund is created as a
2 special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Boy Scout
3 and Girl Scout Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the
4 General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as
5 grants, to be divided between the Illinois divisions of the
6 Boys Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. on a
7 pro rata basis, according to the number of each type of plate
8 sold. Grants shall be made to the county division in which the
9 plates are sold.
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
11 1, 2008.