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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1588
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1588 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 4 through 8 with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 3-600 and adding Section 3-654 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)
7 Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.
8 (a) The Secretary of State shall not issue a series of
9 special plates that the General Assembly has authorized for
10 issuance before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 the 92nd General Assembly unless applications, as prescribed
12 by the Secretary, have been received for 10,000 plates of
13 that series; except that the Secretary of State may prescribe
14 some other required number of applications if that number is
15 sufficient to pay for the total cost of designing,
16 manufacturing and issuing the special license plate.
17 (a-1) The Secretary of State may issue a series of
18 special plates that the General Assembly has authorized for
19 issuance on or after the effective date of this amendatory
20 Act of the 92nd General Assembly only if the organization
21 seeking issuance of the plates either has deposited with the
22 Secretary in cash an amount the Secretary has determined to
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1 be sufficient to cover the cost of designing, manufacturing,
2 and issuing 1,500 sets of the special plates or has provided
3 the Secretary with a performance bond guaranteeing payment of
4 the required amount if necessary.
5 If no formal organization exists at the time that
6 issuance of the special plates is proposed, the individual or
7 individuals seeking issuance of the plates must form an
8 organization to deposit the required moneys or post the
9 required bond.
10 (a-2) Within 3 years after the date on which issuance of
11 special plates under subsection (a-1) is first authorized,
12 the Secretary of State must receive applications for at least
13 1,500 sets of the special plates. If the required number of
14 applications is received within the 3-year period, the
15 Secretary shall return the amount of any cash deposit and
16 shall retain any interest realized on the principal.
17 If the required number of applications is not received
18 within the 3-year period, the Secretary shall recall the
19 special plates. In exchange for each set of special plates
20 returned in response to the recall, the Secretary shall issue
21 a comparable set of standard license plates to the applicant.
22 The Secretary shall also return to the applicant the amount
23 received by the Secretary for deposit into the Secretary of
24 State's Special License Plate Fund.
25 This subsection (a-2) does not apply to plates for which
26 applicants must meet specified eligibility requirements.
27 (a-3) Within 3 years after the effective date of this
28 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the Secretary of
29 State must have received applications for a total of at least
30 1,500 sets of every series of special plates that were issued
31 under subsection (a), except those special plates for which
32 the applicant must meet specified eligibility requirements.
33 If the required number of applications has not been received
34 within the 3-year period, the Secretary shall recall the
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1 special plates. In exchange for each set of special plates
2 returned in response to the recall, the Secretary shall issue
3 a comparable set of standard license plates to the applicant.
4 The Secretary shall also return to the applicant the amount
5 received by the Secretary for deposit into the Secretary of
6 State's Special License Plate Fund.
7 (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of
8 special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement
9 officials of the design, color and other special features of
10 the special license plate series.
11 (c) This Section shall not apply to special license
12 plate categories in existence on the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1990, or to the Secretary of State's
14 discretion as established in Section 3-611.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-1207.)
16 (625 ILCS 5/3-654 new)
17 Sec. 3-654. Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
18 license plates."; and
19 on page 2, below line 7, by inserting the following:
20 "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.".