Public Act 097-0206

HB0236 EnrolledLRB097 05980 HEP 46050 b



 AN ACT concerning D.A.R.E. Programs.


 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:



 Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by 
adding Section 37 as follows:

 (5 ILCS 490/37 new)
 Sec. 37. D.A.R.E. Day. The second Thursday in April of each 
year is designated as D.A.R.E. Day.

 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
changing Section 3-637 as follows:




 (625 ILCS 5/3-637)



 Sec. 3-637. D.A.R.E.
license plate.
 (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 D.A.R.E. (Drug 
Abuse Resistance Education) 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.

 (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, $10
shall be deposited into the State 
D.A.R.E. Fund; $10 shall
be deposited into the County D.A.R.E. 
Fund if the county, as indicated by the
applicant's address,

has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee shall be 
deposited into
the State D.A.R.E. Fund;
$10 shall be deposited

into the Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund if the municipality, as 
indicated by the
applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program, 
otherwise the $10 fee shall be
deposited into the County 
D.A.R.E. Fund if the county, as indicated by the
applicant's 
address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee shall be

deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund;
and $15 shall be 
deposited into the Secretary of State
Special License Plate 
Fund.

 For each registration renewal period, a $29 fee, in 
addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. 
Of this fee, $9 shall be
deposited into the State D.A.R.E. 
Fund; $9 shall be deposited into the
County D.A.R.E. Fund if 
the
county, as indicated by the applicant's address,
has a 
D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $9 fee
shall be deposited into 
the State D.A.R.E. Fund;
$9 shall be deposited
into the 
Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund if the municipality, as indicated by 
the
applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the 
$9 fee shall be
deposited into the County D.A.R.E. Fund if the 
county, as indicated by the
applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. 
program, otherwise the $9 fee shall be
deposited into the State 
D.A.R.E. Fund;
and $2 shall be deposited into
the Secretary of 
State Special License Plate Fund.

 (d) The State D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in 
the State
Treasury. All money in the State D.A.R.E. Fund shall 
be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and 
approval by the Secretary, as grants distributed, subject
to 
appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Illinois D.A.R.E. 
Officers Association State Police for its
D.A.R.E. program.

 The County D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in 
the State Treasury.
All money in the County D.A.R.E. Fund shall 
be distributed, subject to
appropriation by the General 
Assembly, to the Secretary Illinois State Police. The
Secretary 
Illinois State Police shall make grants of this money to 
counties for their
D.A.R.E. programs based on the proportion of 
money the County D.A.R.E. Fund has
received from each county, 
as indicated by the applicant's address.

 The Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in 
the State
Treasury. All money in the Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund 
shall be distributed,
subject to appropriation by the General 
Assembly, to the Secretary Illinois State Police.
The Secretary 
Illinois State Police shall make grants of this money to 
municipalities
for their D.A.R.E. programs based on the 
proportion of money the Municipal
D.A.R.E. Fund has received 
from each municipality, as indicated by the
applicant's 
address.

(Source: P.A. 89-621, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)



 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.