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90_HB0501
30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
625 ILCS 5/3-629
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance
Act. Amends the Vehicle Code to provide that community
colleges are included as one of the institutions for which
the Secretary of State may issue special collegiate license
plates. Provides that the fees for plates issued for
community colleges shall be deposited into the Community
College Scholarship License Plate Fund, to be distributed to
community colleges for scholarship grant awards, and the
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Amends the
State Finance Act to create the Community College Scholarship
License Plate Fund.
LRB9001441NTsb
LRB9001441NTsb
1 AN ACT concerning license plates, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.449 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
7 Sec. 5.449. The Community College Scholarship License
8 Plate Fund.
9 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
10 changing Section 3-629 as follows:
11 (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
12 Sec. 3-629. Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
13 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
14 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
15 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
16 State, may issue collegiate license plates. The collegiate
17 plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
18 passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles
19 of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
20 and subject to the staggered registration system. Plates
21 issued under this Section shall expire according to the
22 staggered multi-year procedure established under Section
23 3-414.1 of this Code.
24 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
25 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
26 Secretary of State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
27 plates for any public or degree-granting, not-for-profit
28 private college or university, including community colleges,
29 located in this State. The Secretary may, in his or her
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1 discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity plates or
2 personalized in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
3 The plates are not required to designate "Land Of Lincoln",
4 as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this
5 Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the eligibility
6 requirements including a minimum level of specialized license
7 plates requests and, in his or her discretion, shall approve
8 and prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section
9 3-412.
10 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
11 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
12 the original issuance fee in the case of a public university
13 or college, not including community colleges, $25 shall be
14 deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund
15 and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State
16 Special License Plate Fund to be used by the Secretary of
17 State, subject to appropriation, to help defray the
18 administrative costs of issuing the plate. Of the original
19 issuance fee in the case of a degree-granting, not-for-profit
20 private college or university, $25 shall be deposited into
21 the University Grant Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the
22 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
23 the Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help
24 defray the administrative cost of issuing the plate. Of the
25 original issuance fee in the case of a community college, $25
26 shall be deposited into the Community College Scholarship
27 License Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the
28 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
29 the Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help
30 defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate. In
31 addition to the regular renewal fee, an applicant shall be
32 charged $27 for the renewal of each set of license plates
33 issued under this Section; $25 shall be deposited into the
34 State College and University Trust Fund in the case of a
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1 public university or college, or into the University Grant
2 Fund in the case of a degree-granting, not-for-profit private
3 college or university, or into the Community College
4 Scholarship License Plate Fund in the case of a community
5 college, and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of
6 State Special License Plate Fund plates for all collegiate
7 plates.
8 (d) The State College and University Trust Fund is
9 created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys
10 in the State College and University Trust Fund shall be
11 distributed on January 1 of each year to each public
12 university or college in proportion to the number of plates
13 sold in regard to that university or college according to
14 subsection (c) for administration of the Higher Education
15 License Plate Grant program. Moneys deposited into the State
16 College and University Trust Fund shall be distributed to the
17 public university or college for the sole purpose of
18 scholarship grant awards.
19 (e) The University Grant Fund is created as a special
20 fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the University
21 Grant Fund shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student
22 Assistance Commission to make grants under the Higher
23 Education License Plate Grant Program.
24 (f) The Community College Scholarship License Plate Fund
25 is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All
26 moneys in the Community College Scholarship License Plate
27 Fund shall be distributed on January 1 of each year to each
28 community college in proportion to the number of plates sold
29 in regard to that community college according to subsection
30 (c) for the sole purpose of scholarship grant awards.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)