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1 AN ACT concerning vehicles.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 adding Sections 3-405.5 and 6-106.5 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-405.5 new)
7 Sec. 3-405.5. Registration check-off for blindness. The
8 Secretary of State shall, in a conspicuous place on its
9 standard application for vehicle registration and its
10 standard application for vehicle registration renewal, print
11 a box and a provision indicating that if the person applying
12 for registration or renewal wants to contribute $1 to the
13 Blindness Prevention Fund as authorized by this amendatory
14 Act of the 93rd General Assembly, he or she may do so by
15 checking the designated box and paying that amount to the
16 Secretary of State in addition to the registration or renewal
17 fee.
18 Any contribution for the Blindness Prevention Fund made
19 under this Section shall be deposited into the Blindness
20 Prevention Fund to provide blindness prevention education,
21 screening, and treatment.
22 (625 ILCS 5/6-106.5 new)
23 Sec. 6-106.5. Registration check-off for blindness. The
24 Secretary of State shall, in a conspicuous place on its
25 standard application for a license and for an instruction
26 permit, print a box and a provision indicating that if the
27 person applying for a license or an instruction permit wants
28 to contribute $1 to the Blindness Prevention Fund as
29 authorized by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
30 Assembly, he or she may do so by checking the designated box
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1 and paying that amount to the Secretary of State in addition
2 to the license or instruction permit fee.
3 Any contribution for the Blindness Prevention Fund made
4 under this Section shall be deposited into the Blindness
5 Prevention Fund to provide blindness prevention education,
6 screening, and treatment.
7 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
8 Section 5.596 and 6z-61 as follows:
9 (30 ILCS 105/5.596 new)
10 Sec. 5.596. The Blindness Prevention Fund.
11 (30 ILCS 105/6z-61 new)
12 Sec. 6z-61. The Blindness Prevention Fund. The
13 Blindness Prevention Fund is created as a special fund in the
14 State treasury. Subject to appropriation by the General
15 Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, the moneys
16 in the Blindness Prevention Fund shall be paid as grants to
17 the Illinois Division of Prevent Blindness America to provide
18 blindness prevention education, screening, and treatment.