Public Act 101-0376
 
SB1183 EnrolledLRB101 08046 TAE 53108 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    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 3-644 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/3-644)



    Sec. 3-644. Police Memorial Committee license plates. 

    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
registration plates designated
as Police Memorial Committee 
license plates.  The special 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.  Plates
issued under this Section shall 
expire according to the multi-year procedure
established by 
Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the 
discretion of
the Secretary.  The Secretary may allow the plates 
to be issued as vanity
plates or personalized under Section 
3-405.1 of the Code.  The Secretary shall
prescribe stickers or 
decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.

    (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 
Police Memorial Committee Fund and $15
shall be deposited into 
the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to
be used 
by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing 
costs.

    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 Police Memorial 
Committee Fund and $2 shall be deposited
into the Secretary of 
State Special License Plate Fund.

    (d) The Police Memorial Committee Fund is created as a 
special fund in the
State treasury.  All money in the Police 
Memorial Committee Fund shall be paid,
subject to appropriation 
by the General Assembly
and distribution by the Secretary, as 
grants to the Police Memorial Committee for
maintaining a 
memorial statue, holding an annual memorial commemoration, and

giving scholarships or grants to children and spouses of police 
officers killed in the line of
duty.

(Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.