Full Text of HB3313 99th General Assembly
HB3313 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3313 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Anthony SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Collegiate license plates for degree-granting, not-for-profit private colleges or universities located in contiguous states regardless of whether there is at least 10,000 alumni of that college or university residing in this State.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Section 3-629 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-629. Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
| 8 | | (a) In addition to any other special license plate,
the | 9 | | Secretary, upon receipt of all
applicable fees and applications | 10 | | made in the form prescribed by the
Secretary of State, may | 11 | | issue collegiate license plates.
The collegiate plates issued | 12 | | under this
Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles | 13 | | of the first division and
motor vehicles of the second division | 14 | | weighing not more than 8,000 pounds and
subject to the
| 15 | | staggered registration system. Plates issued under this | 16 | | Section shall
expire according to the staggered
multi-year | 17 | | procedure established under Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
| 18 | | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | 19 | | wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The | 20 | | Secretary of State may,
at his or her discretion, issue the | 21 | | plates for any public college or university located in this | 22 | | State or for any degree-granting,
not-for-profit private | 23 | | college or university located in this State or a contiguous |
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| 1 | | state. If the college or university is located in a contiguous | 2 | | state, there must be not less than 10,000 alumni of the college | 3 | | or university residing in this State. The
Secretary may, in his | 4 | | or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as
vanity | 5 | | plates or personalized in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of | 6 | | this Code.
The plates are not required to designate "Land Of | 7 | | Lincoln", as prescribed in
subsection (b) of Section
3-412 of | 8 | | this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the eligibility
| 9 | | requirements including a minimum level of specialized license | 10 | | plates requests
and, in his or her discretion, shall approve | 11 | | and prescribe stickers
or decals as provided under Section | 12 | | 3-412.
| 13 | | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original | 14 | | issuance
in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of the | 15 | | original issuance fee
in the case of a public university or | 16 | | college, $25 shall be deposited into the
State College and | 17 | | University Trust Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the | 18 | | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
the | 19 | | Secretary of State, subject to
appropriation, to help defray | 20 | | the administrative costs of issuing the plate.
Of the original | 21 | | issuance fee in the case of a degree-granting, not-for-profit
| 22 | | private college or university,
$25 shall be deposited into the | 23 | | University Grant Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the | 24 | | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
the | 25 | | Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help defray | 26 | | the
administrative cost of issuing the plate. In addition to |
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| 1 | | the regular
renewal fee, an applicant shall be charged $27 for | 2 | | the renewal of each set of
license plates issued under this | 3 | | Section; $25 shall be deposited into the
State College and | 4 | | University Trust Fund in the case of a public university or
| 5 | | college or into the
University Grant Fund in the case of a | 6 | | degree-granting, not-for-profit private
college or university, | 7 | | and $2
shall be deposited into the Secretary of
State Special | 8 | | License Plate Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
| 9 | | (d) The State College and University Trust Fund is created | 10 | | as a special fund
in the State treasury.
The State Treasurer | 11 | | shall create separate accounts within the State College
and | 12 | | University
Trust Fund for each public university or college for | 13 | | which collegiate license
plates have
been issued. Moneys in the | 14 | | State College and University Trust Fund shall be
allocated to
| 15 | | each account in proportion to the number of plates sold in | 16 | | regard to each
public
university or college.
Moneys deposited | 17 | | into the State
College and University Trust Fund
during the | 18 | | preceding calendar year
shall be distributed, subject to | 19 | | appropriation, to each participating
public
university or | 20 | | college. This revenue shall be
used for the sole purpose of
| 21 | | scholarship grant awards to Illinois residents.
| 22 | | (e) The University Grant Fund is created as a special fund | 23 | | in the State
treasury. The State Treasurer shall create | 24 | | separate accounts within the University
Grant Fund for each | 25 | | university or college for which collegiate license
plates have
| 26 | | been issued. Moneys in the University Grant Fund shall be
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| 1 | | allocated to
each account in proportion to the number of plates | 2 | | sold in regard to each
university or college.
Moneys deposited | 3 | | into these accounts
during the preceding calendar year
shall, | 4 | | subject to appropriation, be distributed through the Illinois | 5 | | Student Assistance Commission to participating private | 6 | | colleges and universities. This revenue shall be used for the | 7 | | sole purpose of scholarship grant awards to Illinois residents.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 95-444, eff. 8-27-07.)
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