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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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