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Public Act 099-0815
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Section 3-697 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-697)
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Sec. 3-697. Chicago Police Memorial Foundation license |
plates.
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(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and |
applications
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may |
issue special registration
plates designated as Chicago Police |
Memorial Foundation license plates to active or retired law |
enforcement officers and their family members, surviving |
family members of deceased law enforcement officers, and |
members of or donors to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. |
The special plates issued under this Section shall be |
affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division or |
motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not more than |
8,000 pounds. |
Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to |
the multi-year
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this |
Code.
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(b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the |
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discretion of
the Secretary. The
Secretary
may allow the plates |
to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under
Section
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3-405.1 of the Code. Appropriate documentation, as determined |
by the
Secretary, shall accompany each application. The |
Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under |
Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary must make a version |
of the special registration plates authorized under this |
Section in a form appropriate for motorcycles.
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(c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a |
$25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate |
registration fee. Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the |
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund and $15 shall be
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deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate |
Fund, to be used by
the Secretary to help defray the |
administrative processing costs.
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For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in |
addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. |
Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Chicago Police |
Memorial Foundation Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
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Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
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(d) The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund is created |
as a special fund in the State
treasury. All moneys in the |
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund shall be paid, subject |
to
appropriation
by the General Assembly
and approval by the |
Secretary, as grants to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation |
for
maintenance of a memorial and park, holding an annual |
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memorial commemoration, giving scholarships to children of |
police officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line |
of
duty, providing financial assistance to police officers and |
their families when a police officer is killed or injured in |
the line of
duty, and paying the insurance premiums for police |
officers who are terminally ill.
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(Source: P.A. 96-1547, eff. 3-10-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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