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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | renumbering and changing Section 3-699 as added by Public Act |
| 6 | | 98-469 as follows:
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| 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-699.13) |
| 8 | | Sec. 3-699.13 3-699. Illinois State Police Memorial Park |
| 9 | | license plates. |
| 10 | | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in |
| 11 | | the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue |
| 12 | | special registration plates designated as Illinois State |
| 13 | | Police Memorial Park license plates to active or retired law |
| 14 | | enforcement officers or their family members, surviving family |
| 15 | | members of deceased law enforcement officers, and members of or |
| 16 | | donors to the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation. The |
| 17 | | special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only |
| 18 | | to passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles over |
| 19 | | 150cc, or motor vehicles of the second division weighing not |
| 20 | | more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall |
| 21 | | expire according to the multi-year procedure established by |
| 22 | | Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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| 23 | | (b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly |
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| 1 | | within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary |
| 2 | | may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as |
| 3 | | vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section |
| 4 | | 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or |
| 5 | | decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. |
| 6 | | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $25 fee for original |
| 7 | | issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if |
| 8 | | applicable. Of this fee, $10 shall be deposited into the |
| 9 | | Illinois State Police Memorial Park Fund and $15 shall be |
| 10 | | deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate |
| 11 | | Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in |
| 12 | | addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. |
| 13 | | Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Illinois State |
| 14 | | Police Memorial Park Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the |
| 15 | | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. |
| 16 | | (d) The Illinois State Police Memorial Park Fund is created |
| 17 | | as a special fund in
the State treasury. All moneys in the |
| 18 | | Illinois State Police Memorial Park Fund shall be
paid, subject |
| 19 | | to appropriation by the General Assembly and
distribution by |
| 20 | | the Secretary, as grants to the Illinois State Police Heritage |
| 21 | | Foundation, Inc. for building and maintaining a memorial and |
| 22 | | park, holding an annual memorial commemoration, giving |
| 23 | | scholarships to children of State police officers killed or |
| 24 | | catastrophically injured in the line of duty, and providing |
| 25 | | financial assistance to police officers and their families when |
| 26 | | a police officer is killed or injured in the line of duty.
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