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92_HB3374

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding vehicles.

 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 Pro-Life 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.  Pro-Life 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  Pro-Life  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 the 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  $40  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
29    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of  this  fee, $25 shall be
 
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 1    deposited into the Pro-Life Fund and $15 shall  be  deposited
 2    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be
 3    used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the administrative
 4    processing costs.
 5        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $27  fee,  in
 6    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 7    charged.   Of  this  fee,  $25  shall  be  deposited into the
 8    Pro-Life Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of
 9    State Special License Plate Fund.
10        (d)  The Pro-Life Fund is created as a  special  fund  in
11    the State treasury.  All moneys in the Pro-Life Fund shall be
12    distributed, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly
13    and  approval  by  the  Secretary,  to each county from which
14    moneys deposited into the Pro-Life Fund were received,  based
15    on  the  proportion  of moneys the Pro-Life Fund has received
16    from each county, determined on the basis of each applicant's
17    address.  The counties shall make grants of these  moneys  to
18    local  non-governmental, non-profit agencies that counsel and
19    help pregnant women planning to put  their  children  up  for
20    adoption.

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