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Public Act 91-0679
HB0809 Enrolled LRB9103411KSgc
AN ACT concerning vehicles.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 2. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 6z-23 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/6z-23) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-23)
Sec. 6z-23. All monies received by the Secretary of
State pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 2-119 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code shall be deposited in the
CDLIS/AAMVAnet Trust Fund. The money in this Fund shall only
be used by the Secretary of State to pay for (1) the
enrollment of commercial drivers into the Commercial Driver
License Information System (CDLIS), (2) network charges
assessed Illinois by AAMVAnet, Inc., for motor vehicle and
driver records data and information, and (3) expenses
(limited to equipment, maintenance, and software) related to
the testing of applicants for commercial driver's licenses
equipment to be used for the testing of applicants for
commercial driver's licenses and the maintenance of that
equipment.
(Source: P.A. 91-537, eff. 8-13-99.)
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 3-626 and 12-815 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-626)
Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
(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 special registration plates designated as
Korean War Veteran license plates to residents of Illinois
who participated in the United States Armed Forces during the
Korean War. The special plate 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 staggered multi-year
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of 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 requirements and, in his or her discretion,
shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided
under Section 3-412.
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
this additional fee, $13 shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund.
For each registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition
to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged and
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
License Plate Fund.
(d) The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created
as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the
Korean War Memorial Construction Fund shall, subject to
appropriation, be used by the Department of Veteran Affairs
to provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial
to be located at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
Upon the completion of the Memorial, the Department of
Veteran Affairs shall certify to the State Treasurer that the
construction of the Memorial has been completed. Upon the
certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State
Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Fund and any
future deposits into the Fund into the Secretary of State
Special License Plate Fund.
(e) An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran
license plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and received
a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act shall
pay 50% of the original issuance and the regular annual fee
for the registration of the vehicle as provided in Section
3-806.3 of this Code in addition to the fees specified in
subsection (c) of this Section. The 50% reduction shall not
apply to the additional fee for the original issuance or the
additional fee for each renewal under subsection (c).
(Source: P.A. 88-485; 88-560, eff. 8-4-94; 88-670, eff.
12-2-94; 89-98, eff. 1-1-96; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95; 89-626,
eff. 8-9-96.)
(625 ILCS 5/12-815) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-815)
Sec. 12-815. Strobe lamp on school bus.
(a) A school bus manufactured purchased prior to January
1, 2000 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
General Assembly may be equipped with one strobe lamp that
will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of white or
bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching the bus
from any direction. A school bus manufactured purchased on or
after January 1, 2000 the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 91st General Assembly shall be equipped with one
strobe lamp that will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of
white or bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching
the bus from any direction. The lamp shall be of sufficient
brightness to be visible in normal sunlight when viewed
directly from a distance of at least one mile.
(b) The strobe lamp shall be mounted on the rooftop of
the bus with the light generating element in the lamp located
equidistant from each side and either at or behind the center
of the rooftop. The maximum height of the element above the
rooftop shall not exceed 1/30 of its distance from the rear
of the rooftop. If the structure of the strobe lamp obscures
the light generating element, the element shall be deemed to
be in the center of the lamp with a maximum height 1/4 inch
less than the maximum height of the strobe lamp unless
otherwise indicated in rules and regulations promulgated by
the Department. The Department may promulgate rules and
regulations to govern measurements, glare, effectiveness and
protection of strobe lamps on school buses, including higher
strobe lamps than authorized in this paragraph.
(c) The strobe lamp may be lighted only when the school
bus is actually being used as a school bus and:
1. is stopping or stopped for loading or
discharging pupils on a highway outside an urban area; or
2. is bearing one or more pupils and is either
stopped or, in the interest of safety, is moving very
slowly at a speed:
(i) less than the posted minimum speed limit,
or
(ii) less than 30 miles per hour on a highway
outside an urban area.
(Source: P.A. 91-168, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a "statute that is represented in this Act
by text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example,
a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
any other Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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