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Public Act 91-0083

HB2106 Enrolled                               LRB9103484KSsbA

    AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
Section 3-629.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
changing Section 3-629 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
    Sec. 3-629.  Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
    (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
State, may issue collegiate license  plates.  The  collegiate
plates  issued  under  this  Section shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division and  motor  vehicles
of  the  second  division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
and subject to the  staggered  registration  system.   Plates
issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire  according to the
staggered  multi-year  procedure  established  under  Section
3-414.1 of this Code.
    (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.   The
Secretary  of  State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
plates for  any  public  or  degree-granting,  not-for-profit
private  college  or  university  located  in this State. The
Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates  to
be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required to
designate  "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
the eligibility requirements including  a  minimum  level  of
specialized  license  plates  requests  and,  in  his  or her
discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under Section 3-412.
    (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee.   Of
the  original issuance fee in the case of a public university
or college, $25 shall be deposited into the State College and
University Trust Fund and $15 shall  be  deposited  into  the
Secretary  of  State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
the Secretary of State, subject  to  appropriation,  to  help
defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate.  Of the
original  issuance  fee  in  the  case  of a degree-granting,
not-for-profit private college or university,  $25  shall  be
deposited  into  the  University  Grant Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
Fund  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  of  State, subject to
appropriation, to help  defray  the  administrative  cost  of
issuing  the  plate.  In addition to the regular renewal fee,
an applicant shall be charged $27 for the renewal of each set
of license plates issued under this  Section;  $25  shall  be
deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund in
the  case  of  a  public  university  or  college or into the
University Grant Fund  in  the  case  of  a  degree-granting,
not-for-profit private college or university, and $2 shall be
deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
    (d)  The State  College  and  University  Trust  Fund  is
created  as  a special fund in the State treasury.  The State
Treasurer shall create separate  accounts  within  the  State
College  and University Trust Fund for each public university
or college for which  collegiate  license  plates  have  been
issued.   Moneys  in  the  State College and University Trust
Fund shall be allocated to each account in proportion to  the
number  of plates sold in regard to each public university or
college.  All moneys in  the  State  College  and  University
Trust  Fund  shall  be  appropriated  to  the Board of Higher
Education for  distribution  to  each  public  university  or
college  in proportion to the number of plates sold in regard
to that university or college according  to  subsection  (c).
Moneys   Receipts   deposited  into  the  State  College  and
University Trust Fund  during  the  preceding  calendar  year
shall  be  distributed,  subject  to  appropriation,  to each
participating public university or  college  institutions  by
April  1.  This revenue shall be used for the sole purpose of
scholarship grant awards.
    (e)  The University Grant Fund is created  as  a  special
fund  in  the  State  treasury.  All moneys in the University
Grant Fund shall be  appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
Assistance Commission to make reimbursements to participating
private  colleges and universities under the Higher Education
License Plate Grant Program.
(Source: P.A.  89-424,  eff.  6-1-96;  89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;
90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-278,  eff.  7-31-97;  90-774,  eff.
8-14-98.)

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