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| Public Act 098-0376 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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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 Public Safety Diver 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. Public Safety Diver license plates. | ||||
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue | ||||
special registration plates designated to be Public Safety | ||||
Diver license plates. The special plates issued under this | ||||
Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the | ||||
first division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing | ||||
not more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as | ||||
defined by Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this | ||||
Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure | ||||
established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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(b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly | ||
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Appropriate | ||
documentation, as determined by the Secretary, shall accompany | ||
the application. 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 shall be charged a $45 fee for original | ||
issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if | ||
applicable. Of this fee, $30 shall be deposited into the Public | ||
Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||
of State Special License Plate Fund. For each registration | ||
renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate | ||
registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be | ||
deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be | ||
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate | ||
Fund. | ||
(d) The Public Safety Diver Fund is created as a special | ||
fund in
the State treasury. All moneys in the Public Safety | ||
Diver Fund shall be
paid, subject to appropriation by the | ||
General Assembly and
distribution by the Secretary, to the | ||
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the | ||
purposes of providing grants based on need for training, | ||
standards, and equipment to public safety disciplines within | ||
the State and to units of local government involved in public | ||
safety diving and water rescue services. | ||
(e) The Public Safety Diver Advisory Committee shall | ||
recommend grant rewards with the intent of achieving reasonably | ||
equitable distribution of funds between police, firefighting, | ||
and public safety diving services making application for grants | ||
under this Section. | ||
(f) The administrative costs related to management of | ||
grants made from the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid | ||
from the Public Safety Diver Fund to the Illinois Law | ||
Enforcement Training Standards Board.
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