97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1098

 

Introduced 02/07/11, by Rep. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-671

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Boy Scout plates bearing the Eagle Scout badge to the owner of a vehicle whose authorized driver has attained Eagle Scout rank. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Girl Scout plates bearing the symbol of the Gold Award to the owner of a vehicle whose authorized driver has attained Gold Award status. Provides that upon registration renewal, the owner of the vehicle shall certify that the authorized driver of the vehicle remains the person who has attained Eagle Scout rank or Gold Award status.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-671 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-671)
7    Sec. 3-671. Boy Scout and Girl Scout license plates.
8    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
9the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special
10registration plates designated to be Boy Scout and Girl Scout
11plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be
12affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or
13motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
148,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire
15according to the multi-year procedure established by Section
163-414.1 of this Code.
17    (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the
18design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the
19discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate documentation, as
20determined by the Secretary, shall accompany the application.
21    (c) The Secretary may issue Boy Scout plates bearing the
22Eagle Scout badge only to an applicant who either (i) provides
23written proof of Eagle Scout rank, in the form of appropriate

 

 

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1documentation from the National Boy Scout Council, or (ii)
2demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that he or
3she is the owner of the vehicle and that the authorized driver
4of the vehicle has attained Eagle Scout rank. The Secretary
5shall make these plates available to qualified applicants.
6    Upon registration renewal, the owner of the vehicle shall
7certify that the authorized driver of the vehicle remains the
8person who has attained Eagle Scout rank.
9    (d) The Secretary may issue Girl Scout plates bearing the
10symbol of the Gold Award only to an applicant who either (i)
11provides written proof of Gold Award status, in the form of
12appropriate documentation from the National Office of the Girl
13Scouts of the U.S.A., or (ii) demonstrates to the satisfaction
14of the Secretary that he or she is the owner of the vehicle and
15that the authorized driver of the vehicle has attained Gold
16Award status. The Secretary shall make these plates available
17to qualified applicants.
18    Upon registration renewal, the owner of the vehicle shall
19certify that the authorized driver of the vehicle remains the
20person who has attained Gold Award status.
21     (e) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
22issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if
23applicable. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the Boy
24Scout and Girl Scout Fund as created by this Section and $15
25shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
26Plate Fund to be used by the Secretary to help defray the

 

 

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1administrative processing costs. For each registration renewal
2period a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration
3fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into
4the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund and $2 shall be deposited
5into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
6    (f) The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund is created as a
7special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Boy Scout
8and Girl Scout Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the
9General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as
10grants, to be divided between the Illinois divisions of the
11Boys Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. on a
12pro rata basis, according to the number of each type of plate
13sold. Grants shall be made to the county division in which the
14plates are sold.
15(Source: P.A. 95-320, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)