Full Text of HB0294 95th General Assembly
HB0294 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0294
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. John A. Fritchey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning Professional Sports Teams license plates.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| and renumbering Section 3-654, as added by Public Act 92-699, | 6 |
| as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-658)
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| Sec. 3-658
3-654 . Professional Sports Teams license | 9 |
| plates.
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| (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | 11 |
| the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | 12 |
| registration plates designated
as Professional Sports Teams | 13 |
| license plates. The special plates issued under
this Section
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| shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first | 15 |
| division and motor
vehicles of the second division weighing not | 16 |
| more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued under this Section shall | 17 |
| expire according to the multi-year procedure
established by | 18 |
| Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the | 20 |
| discretion of
the Secretary, except that the plates shall, | 21 |
| subject to the permission of the
applicable team owner, display | 22 |
| the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago
Bulls, the Chicago | 23 |
| Blackhawks
Black Hawks , the Chicago Cubs, the
Chicago White |
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| Sox, the St. Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at the
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| applicant's option. The Secretary may allow the plates to be | 3 |
| issued as vanity
or personalized plates under Section 3-405.1 | 4 |
| of the Code. The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or decals | 5 |
| as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
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| (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | 7 |
| $40 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate | 8 |
| registration fee. Of this
fee, $25 shall be deposited into the | 9 |
| Professional Sports Teams Education Fund
and $15 shall be | 10 |
| deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
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| Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray the | 12 |
| administrative processing
costs.
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| For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in | 14 |
| addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | 15 |
| Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the Professional | 16 |
| Sports Teams Education Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the | 17 |
| Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
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| (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is created | 19 |
| as a special
fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the | 20 |
| Professional Sports Teams
Education Fund shall, subject to | 21 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the | 22 |
| Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School
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| Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-699, eff. 1-1-03; revised 10-28-02.)
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