SB0062ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

State Government Administration Committee

Filed: 5/11/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 62

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 62 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.640 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)

Sec. 5.640. The Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund.

Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing and renumbering Section 3-654, as added by Public Act 92-699, as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-658)

Sec. 3-658 3-654. Professional Sports Teams license plates.

(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special registration plates designated as Professional Sports Teams license plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

(b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates shall, subject to the permission of the applicable team owner, display the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago Blackhawks Black Hawks, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox, the St. Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at the applicant's option. The Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized plates under Section 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.

(c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $15 $25 shall be deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund, $10 shall be deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund, and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing costs.

For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $15 $25 shall be deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund, $10 shall be deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund, and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

(d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School Fund.

(e) Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund.

(1) The Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.

(2) If the owner of a team listed in subsection (b) submits to the Secretary its designation of a charitable organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is associated with that team or has a particular fund within the charitable organization that is associated with that team, the Secretary shall notify the State Treasurer accordingly and the State Treasurer shall create a separate account within the Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund for that team. When the Secretary receives fees for plates displaying the logo of that team, the Secretary shall notify the State Treasurer accordingly and the State Treasurer shall keep the fees deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund for those plates within the separate account for that team. All moneys in the separate account shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as grants to the designated charitable organization for the purposes of the charitable organization or the purposes of the particular fund within the charitable organization, as the case may be.

(3) The State Treasurer shall create a Common School Fund account within the Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund. When the Secretary receives fees for plates displaying the logo of a team listed in subsection (b) and the owner of that team has not submitted to the Secretary its designation of a charitable organization in accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall notify the State Treasurer accordingly and the State Treasurer shall keep the fees deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Charity Fund for those plates within the Common School Fund account. All moneys in the Common School Fund account shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School Fund.

(Source: P.A. 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; revised 10-28-02.)".