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92_HB6004enr HB6004 Enrolled LRB9213741DHmgA 1 AN ACT in relation to 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 5.570 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new) 7 Sec. 5.570. The Illinois Pan Hellenic Trust Fund. 8 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 9 adding Section 3-654 as follows: 10 (625 ILCS 5/3-654 new) 11 Sec. 3-654. Pan Hellenic license plates. 12 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees 13 and applications made in the form prescribed by the 14 Secretary, may issue special registration plates designated 15 as Pan Hellenic license plates. The special plates issued 16 under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger 17 vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of the 18 second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates 19 issued under this Section shall expire according to the 20 multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this 21 Code. 22 (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be 23 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary, except that an 24 emblem of a Pan Hellenic eligible member shall be on the 25 plate. Appropriate documentation, as determined by the 26 Secretary, shall accompany each application. The Secretary 27 may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued 28 as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section 29 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to HB6004 Enrolled -2- LRB9213741DHmgA 1 designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in subsection (b) 2 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary, in his or her 3 discretion, may prescribe rules governing the requirements 4 and approval of the special plates. 5 (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged 6 a $40 fee for original issuance in addition to the 7 appropriate registration fee. Of this fee, $25 shall be 8 deposited into the Illinois Pan Hellenic Trust Fund and $15 9 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special 10 License Plate Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help 11 defray the administrative processing costs. For each 12 registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to the 13 appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, 14 $25 shall be deposited into the Illinois Pan Hellenic Trust 15 Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State 16 Special License Plate Fund. 17 (d) The Illinois Pan Hellenic Trust Fund is created as a 18 special fund in the State Treasury. The State Treasurer shall 19 create separate accounts within the Illinois Pan Hellenic 20 Trust Fund for each eligible member for which Pan Hellenic 21 license plates have been issued. Moneys in the Illinois Pan 22 Hellenic Trust Fund shall be allocated to each account in 23 proportion to the number of plates sold in regard to each 24 fraternity or sorority. All moneys in the Illinois Pan 25 Hellenic Trust Fund shall be distributed, subject to 26 appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the 27 Secretary, as grants to the Illinois Alpha Kappa Alpha 28 Charitable Foundation, Illinois Delta Sigma Theta Charitable 29 Foundation, Illinois Zeta Phi Beta Charitable Foundation, 30 Illinois Sigma Gamma Rho Charitable Foundation, Illinois 31 Alpha Phi Alpha Charitable Foundation, Illinois Omega Psi Phi 32 Charitable Foundation, Illinois Kappa Alpha Psi Charitable 33 Foundation, Illinois Phi Beta Sigma Charitable Foundation, or 34 Illinois Iota Phi Theta Charitable Foundation for charitable HB6004 Enrolled -3- LRB9213741DHmgA 1 purposes sponsored by the African-American fraternity or 2 sorority.