Sen. Antonio Munoz

Filed: 3/7/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 489

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 489 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 Support Our Troops 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. Support Our Troops license plates.
12     (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
13 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may
14 issue special registration plates designated as Support Our

 

 

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1 Troops license plates. The special plates issued under this
2 Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the
3 first division or motor vehicles of the second division
4 weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this
5 Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure
6 established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
7     (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be
8 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary, except that the
9 emblem of the organization Illinois Support Our Troops, Inc.,
10 and its "Support Our Troops!" mark shall appear on the plate.
11 The address of the organization's Internet web site may appear
12 on the plate, and the organization may alternate the mark to
13 "Salute our Heroes!" in a manner that respects inventory. The
14 field of the plate may be colored. The Secretary may, in his or
15 her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or
16 personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this
17 Code. The plates are not required to designate "Land of
18 Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of
19 this Code. The Secretary, in his or her discretion, shall
20 approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
21 Section 3-412.
22     (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a
23 $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate
24 registration fee. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the
25 Support Our Troops Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the
26 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by the

 

 

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1 Secretary to help defray the administrative processing costs.
2 For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to
3 the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this
4 fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Support Our Troops Fund
5 and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
6 License Plate Fund.
7     (d) The Support Our Troops Fund is created as a special
8 fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Support Our
9 Troops Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the
10 General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, as grants to
11 Illinois Support Our Troops, Inc., a not-for-profit public
12 purpose charity under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3),
13 for charitable assistance to the troops and their families in
14 accordance with its Articles of Incorporation.
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".