HB0946ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert F. Flider

Filed: 5/25/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 946

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 946, on page 1, immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:

"Section 3. The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act is amended by changing Section 5a as follows:

(20 ILCS 2405/5a) (from Ch. 23, par. 3437)

Sec. 5a. The State of Illinois does hereby (1) accept the provisions and benefits of the act of Congress entitled the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as heretofore and hereafter amended, (2) designate the State Treasurer as custodian of all moneys received by the State from appropriations made by the Congress of the United States for comprehensive rehabilitation services and habilitation and rehabilitation of persons with one or more disabilities, to be kept in a fund to be known as the Vocational Rehabilitation Fund, and authorize the State treasurer to make disbursements therefrom upon the order of the Department, and (3) empower and direct the Department to cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Moneys from any other source may also be accepted for deposit into the Fund.

(Source: P.A. 88-500.)"; and

on page 7, by replacing lines 20 through 25 with the following:

"(d) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $20 shall be deposited into the Vocational Rehabilitation Fund and $20 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $20 shall be deposited into the Vocational Rehabilitation Fund and $7 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.".