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Public Act 095-0444
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AN ACT regarding 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 5.675 as
follows:
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(30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
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Sec. 5.675. The Illinois Professional Golfers Association |
Foundation
Junior Golf
Fund.
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Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
changing Section 3-629 and adding Section 3-664 as
follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-629)
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Sec. 3-629. Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
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(a) In addition to any other special license plate,
the |
Secretary, upon receipt of all
applicable fees and applications |
made in the form prescribed by the
Secretary of State, may |
issue collegiate license plates.
The collegiate 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 and
subject to the
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staggered registration system. Plates issued under this |
Section shall
expire according to the staggered
multi-year |
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procedure established under Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
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(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be |
wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The |
Secretary of State may,
at his or her discretion, issue the |
plates for any public college or university located in this |
State or for any degree-granting,
not-for-profit private |
college or university located in this State or a contiguous |
state. If the college or university is located in a contiguous |
state, there must be not less than 10,000 alumni of the college |
or university residing in this State. The
Secretary may, in his |
or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as
vanity |
plates or personalized in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of |
this Code.
The plates are not required to designate "Land Of |
Lincoln", as prescribed in
subsection (b) of Section
3-412 of |
this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the eligibility
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requirements including a minimum level of specialized license |
plates requests
and, in his or her discretion, shall approve |
and prescribe stickers
or decals as provided under Section |
3-412.
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(c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original |
issuance
in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of the |
original issuance fee
in the case of a public university or |
college, $25 shall be deposited into the
State College and |
University Trust Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the |
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
the |
Secretary of State, subject to
appropriation, to help defray |
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the administrative costs of issuing the plate.
Of the original |
issuance fee in the case of a degree-granting, not-for-profit
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private college or university,
$25 shall be deposited into the |
University Grant Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the |
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
the |
Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help defray |
the
administrative cost of issuing the plate. In addition to |
the regular
renewal fee, an applicant shall be charged $27 for |
the renewal of each set of
license plates issued under this |
Section; $25 shall be deposited into the
State College and |
University Trust Fund in the case of a public university or
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college or into the
University Grant Fund in the case of a |
degree-granting, not-for-profit private
college or university, |
and $2
shall be deposited into the Secretary of
State Special |
License Plate Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
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(d) The State College and University Trust Fund is created |
as a special fund
in the State treasury.
The State Treasurer |
shall create separate accounts within the State College
and |
University
Trust Fund for each public university or college for |
which collegiate license
plates have
been issued. Moneys in the |
State College and University Trust Fund shall be
allocated to
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each account in proportion to the number of plates sold in |
regard to each
public
university or college.
Moneys deposited |
into the State
College and University Trust Fund
during the |
preceding calendar year
shall be distributed, subject to |
appropriation, to each participating
public
university or |
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college. This revenue shall be
used for the sole purpose of
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scholarship grant awards to Illinois residents.
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(e) The University Grant Fund is created as a special fund |
in the State
treasury. The State Treasurer shall create |
separate accounts within the University
Grant Fund for each |
university or college for which collegiate license
plates have
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been issued. Moneys in the University Grant Fund shall be
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allocated to
each account in proportion to the number of plates |
sold in regard to each
university or college.
Moneys deposited |
into these accounts
during the preceding calendar year
shall, |
subject to appropriation, be distributed through the Illinois |
Student Assistance Commission to participating private |
colleges and universities. This revenue shall be used for the |
sole purpose of scholarship grant awards to Illinois residents.
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All moneys in the University Grant Fund shall be appropriated |
to the
Illinois Student Assistance Commission to make |
reimbursements to
participating private colleges and |
universities under the Higher
Education License Plate Grant |
Program.
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(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97;
90-278, eff. 7-31-97; 90-774, |
eff. 8-14-98; 91-83, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-664 new)
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Sec. 3-664. Illinois Professional Golfers Association |
Foundation Junior
Golf license
plates.
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(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and |
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applications
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may |
issue special registration
plates designated as Illinois |
Professional Golfers Association Foundation
Junior Golf
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license
plates.
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The special plates issued under this Section shall be |
affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division or |
motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not more than |
8,000 pounds.
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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 special plates shall be |
wholly within the
discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate |
documentation, as determined by the
Secretary, shall accompany |
each application.
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(c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a |
$40 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate |
registration fee. Of this
fee, $25 shall be deposited into the |
Illinois Professional Golfers Association
Foundation Junior |
Golf 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.
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For each registration renewal period, a $40 fee, in |
addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. |
Of this fee, $38 shall be
deposited into the Illinois |
Professional Golfers Association Foundation Junior
Golf Fund
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and $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special |
License Plate Fund.
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(d) The Illinois Professional Golfers Association |
Foundation Junior Golf
Fund is
created as a special fund
in the |
State treasury. All moneys in the Illinois
Professional Golfers |
Association Foundation Junior Golf Fund
shall be
paid, subject
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to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the |
Secretary, as
grants
to the Illinois Professional Golfers |
Association Foundation to help Association
members expose |
Illinois youngsters to the game of golf.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |