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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 3-629.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 3-629 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
 8        Sec. 3-629.  Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
 9        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
10    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
11    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
12    State, may issue collegiate license  plates.  The  collegiate
13    plates  issued  under  this  Section shall be affixed only to
14    passenger vehicles of the first division and  motor  vehicles
15    of  the  second  division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
16    and subject to the  staggered  registration  system.   Plates
17    issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire  according to the
18    staggered  multi-year  procedure  established  under  Section
19    3-414.1 of this Code.
20        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
21    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.   The
22    Secretary  of  State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
23    plates for  any  public  or  degree-granting,  not-for-profit
24    private  college  or  university  located  in this State. The
25    Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates  to
26    be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
27    Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required to
28    designate  "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
29    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
30    the eligibility requirements including  a  minimum  level  of
31    specialized  license  plates  requests  and,  in  his  or her
 
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 1    discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
 2    provided under Section 3-412.
 3        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
 4    issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee.   Of
 5    the  original issuance fee in the case of a public university
 6    or college, $25 shall be deposited into the State College and
 7    University Trust Fund and $15 shall  be  deposited  into  the
 8    Secretary  of  State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
 9    the Secretary of State, subject  to  appropriation,  to  help
10    defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate.  Of the
11    original  issuance  fee  in  the  case  of a degree-granting,
12    not-for-profit private college or university,  $25  shall  be
13    deposited  into  the  University  Grant Fund and $15 shall be
14    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
15    Fund  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  of  State, subject to
16    appropriation, to help  defray  the  administrative  cost  of
17    issuing  the  plate.  In addition to the regular renewal fee,
18    an applicant shall be charged $27 for the renewal of each set
19    of license plates issued under this  Section;  $25  shall  be
20    deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund in
21    the  case  of  a  public  university  or  college or into the
22    University Grant Fund  in  the  case  of  a  degree-granting,
23    not-for-profit private college or university, and $2 shall be
24    deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
25    Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
26        (d)  The State  College  and  University  Trust  Fund  is
27    created  as  a special fund in the State treasury.  The State
28    Treasurer shall create separate  accounts  within  the  State
29    College  and University Trust Fund for each public university
30    or college for which  collegiate  license  plates  have  been
31    issued.   Moneys  in  the  State College and University Trust
32    Fund shall be allocated to each account in proportion to  the
33    number  of plates sold in regard to each public university or
34    college.  All moneys in  the  State  College  and  University
 
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 1    Trust  Fund  shall  be  appropriated  to  the Board of Higher
 2    Education for  distribution  to  each  public  university  or
 3    college  in proportion to the number of plates sold in regard
 4    to that university or college according  to  subsection  (c).
 5    Moneys   Receipts   deposited  into  the  State  College  and
 6    University Trust Fund  during  the  preceding  calendar  year
 7    shall  be  distributed,  subject  to  appropriation,  to each
 8    participating public university or  college  institutions  by
 9    April  1.  This revenue shall be used for the sole purpose of
10    scholarship grant awards.
11        (e)  The University Grant Fund is created  as  a  special
12    fund  in  the  State  treasury.  All moneys in the University
13    Grant Fund shall be  appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
14    Assistance Commission to make reimbursements to participating
15    private  colleges and universities under the Higher Education
16    License Plate Grant Program.
17    (Source: P.A.  89-424,  eff.  6-1-96;  89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;
18    90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-278,  eff.  7-31-97;  90-774,  eff.
19    8-14-98.)

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