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| Public Act 098-0233 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 5.826 as follows: | ||||
(30 ILCS 105/5.826 new) | ||||
Sec. 5.826. The Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective | ||||
Association Fund. | ||||
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||
Section 3-699 as follows: | ||||
(625 ILCS 5/3-699 new) | ||||
Sec. 3-699. Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective | ||||
Association 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 Illinois Police Benevolent | ||||
and Protective Association 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. The | ||
Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||
issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with | ||
Section 3-405.1 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 | ||
Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association 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 Illinois Police | ||
Benevolent and Protective Association Fund and $2 shall be | ||
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate | ||
Fund. | ||
(d) The Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective | ||
Association Fund is created as a special fund in the State | ||
treasury. All money in the Illinois Police Benevolent and | ||
Protective Association Fund shall be paid, subject to | ||
appropriation by the General Assembly and distribution by the | ||
Secretary, as grants to the Illinois Police Benevolent and | ||
Protective Association for the purposes of providing death | ||
benefits for the families of police officers killed in the line | ||
of duty, providing scholarships for undergraduate study to | ||
children and spouses of police officers killed in the line of | ||
duty, and educating the public and police officers regarding | ||
policing and public safety.
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