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92_HB3099

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning special license plates.

 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 5.545 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
 7        Sec. 5.545.  The Coal Technology Research Fund.

 8        Section 10.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 9    adding Section 3-648 as follows:

10        (625 ILCS 5/3-648 new)
11        Sec. 3-648.  Illinois Coal Mining license plates.
12        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of an application made
13    in the form prescribed by the Secretary,  may  issue  special
14    registration plates designated as Coal Mining license plates.
15    The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed
16    only  to  passenger  vehicles of the first division and motor
17    vehicles of the second division weighing not more than  8,000
18    pounds.   Plates  issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire
19    according  to the multi-year procedure established by Section
20    3-414.1 of this Code.
21        (b)  The design and color of the plates is wholly  within
22    the  discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the
23    plates to be issued as vanity or  personalized  plates  under
24    Section  3-405.1 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
25    stickers or decals as provided under Section  3-412  of  this
26    Code.
27        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
28    a  $25  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
29    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of  this  fee, $10 shall be
 
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 1    deposited into the Coal  Technology  Research  Fund  and  $15
 2    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State Special
 3    License Plate Fund, to be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help
 4    defray the administrative processing costs.
 5        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $17 fee, in
 6    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 7    charged.  Of this fee, $15 shall be deposited into  the  Coal
 8    Technology  Research  Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
 9    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
10        (d)  The Coal Technology Research Fund is  created  as  a
11    special  fund  in  the State treasury.  All money in the Coal
12    Technology Research Fund shall, subject to  appropriation  by
13    the  General  Assembly,  be  used  by the Coal Extraction and
14    Utilization Research Center at Southern  Illinois  University
15    for coal technology research.

16        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
17    becoming law.

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