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92_HB4937ham002 LRB9209512LBpcam01 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4937 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4937, AS AMENDED, 3 by inserting after the enacting clause the following: 4 "Section 3. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 5 Section 5.570 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new) 7 Sec. 5.570. The Professional Sports Teams Education 8 Fund."; and 9 by replacing the introductory clause of Section 5 with the 10 following: 11 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 12 changing Sections 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-625, and 3-806.3 and 13 renumbering Sections 3-648 as added by Public Act 92-79 and 14 3-648 as added by Public Act 92-467 and by adding Section 15 3-654 as follows:"; and 16 by inserting immediately below the introductory clause of 17 Section 5 the following: 18 "(625 ILCS 5/3-621) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621) 19 Sec. 3-621. The Secretary, upon receipt of an -2- LRB9209512LBpcam01 1 application, made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 2 State, may issue to members of the Illinois National Guard, 3 and to Illinois residents who are either former members of 4 the Illinois National Guard or the surviving spouses of 5 Illinois National Guard members, special registration plates. 6 The special plates issued pursuant to this Section shall be 7 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or 8 motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 9 8,000 pounds subject to the staggered registration system. 10 The design and color of such plates shall be wholly 11 within the discretion of the Secretary of State. 12 (Source: P.A. 84-986.) 13 (625 ILCS 5/3-622) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-622) 14 Sec. 3-622. The Secretary, upon receipt of an 15 application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of 16 State, may issue to members of the United States Armed Forces 17 Reserves who reside in Illinois, and to Illinois residents 18 who are either former members of the United States Armed 19 Forces Reserves or the surviving spouses of United States 20 Armed Forces Reserve members who resided in Illinois, special 21 registration plates. The special plates issued pursuant to 22 this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of 23 the first division or motor vehicles of the second division 24 weighing not more than 8,000 pounds subject to the staggered 25 registration system. The design and color of such plates 26 shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of 27 State. 28 (Source: P.A. 84-986.)"; and 29 by inserting after the last line of the renumbered Sec. 3-651 30 of Section 5 the following: 31 "(625 ILCS 5/3-654 new) 32 Sec. 3-654. Professional Sports Teams license plates. -3- LRB9209512LBpcam01 1 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made 2 in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 3 registration plates designated as Professional Sports Teams 4 license plates. The special plates issued under this Section 5 shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first 6 division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing 7 not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section 8 shall expire according to the multi-year procedure 9 established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 10 (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within 11 the discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates 12 shall, subject to the permission of the applicable team 13 owner, display the logo of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago 14 Bulls, the Chicago Black Hawks, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago 15 White Sox, the St. Louis Rams, or the St. Louis Cardinals, at 16 the applicant's option. The Secretary may allow the plates 17 to be issued as vanity or personalized plates under Section 18 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers 19 or decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. 20 (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged 21 a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the 22 appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $25 shall be 23 deposited into the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund 24 and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State 25 Special License Plate Fund, to be used by the Secretary to 26 help defray the administrative processing costs. 27 For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in 28 addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be 29 charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the 30 Professional Sports Teams Education Fund and $2 shall be 31 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate 32 Fund. 33 (d) The Professional Sports Teams Education Fund is 34 created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys -4- LRB9209512LBpcam01 1 in the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund shall, 2 subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval 3 by the Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common 4 School Fund."; and 5 by replacing Sec. 3-806.3 of Section 5 with the following: 6 "(625 ILCS 5/3-806.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-806.3) 7 Sec. 3-806.3. Senior Citizens. 8Commencing with the 1986 registration year and extending9through the 2000 registration year, the registration fee paid10by any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant11under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax12Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or who is the13spouse of such a person shall be reduced by 50% for passenger14cars displaying standard multi-year registration plates15issued under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying16special registration plates issued under Section 3-616, motor17vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section183-815(a) and recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds19or less under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of20claimants shall also be entitled to the reduced registration21rate for the registration year in which the claimant was22eligible.23 Commencing with the 2001 registration year and extending 24 through the 2003 registration year, the registration fee paid 25 by any vehicle owner who has claimed and received a grant 26 under the"Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax 27 Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act"or who is the 28 spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of the fee 29 otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying 30 standard multi-year registration plates issued under Section 31 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special registration 32 plates issued under Section 3-616, motor vehicles registered 33 at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a) and -5- LRB9209512LBpcam01 1 recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less 2 under Section 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants 3 shall also be entitled to this reduced registration fee for 4 the registration year in which the claimant was eligible. 5 Commencing with the 2004 registration year, the 6 registration fee paid by any vehicle owner who has claimed 7 and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled 8 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act 9 or who is the spouse of such a person shall be $24 instead of 10 the fee otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars 11 displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued 12 under Section 3-414.1, motor vehicles displaying special 13 registration plates issued under Section 3-616, 3-621, 3-622, 14 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 15 3-647, 3-650, or 3-651, motor vehicles registered at 8,000 16 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), and recreational 17 vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 18 3-815(b). Widows and widowers of claimants shall also be 19 entitled to this reduced registration fee for the 20 registration year in which the claimant was eligible. 21 No more than one reduced registration fee under this 22 Section shall be allowed during any 12 month period based on 23 the primary eligibility of any individual, whether such 24 reduced registration fee is allowed to the individual or to 25 the spouse, widow or widower of such individual. This 26 Section does not apply to the fee paid in addition to the 27 registration fee for motor vehicles displaying vanity or 28 specialpersonalizedlicense platesunder Section 3-806.1. 29 (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; revised 12-06-01.)".