Bill Text: IL HB1560 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not issue a series of special plates unless applications have been received for 2,000 plates of that series. Requires that all applications for special plates shall be on a form designated by the Secretary and shall be accompanied by any civic group's, charitable entity's, or other identified fundraising organization's portion of the additional fee associated with that plate. Provides that all fees collected are non-refundable and will be deposited in the special fund as designated in the enabling legislation, regardless of whether the plate is produced. Provides that where the General Assembly has authorized the issuance of a special plate that recognizes the applicant's military service or receipt of a military medal or award, the Secretary may immediately begin issuing that special plate.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Assignments [HB1560 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1560-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 3-600 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)
Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates
that have been authorized by the General Assembly. Except as
provided in subsection (a-5), the The Secretary of State shall
not issue a series of special plates unless applications, as
prescribed by the Secretary, have been received for 2,000
10,000 plates of that series; except that the Secretary of
State may prescribe some other required number of applications
if that number is sufficient to pay for the total cost of
designing, manufacturing and issuing the special license
plate. Where a special plate is authorized by law to raise
funds for a specific civic group, charitable entity, or other
identified organization, and where the Secretary of State has
not received the required number of applications to issue that
special plate within 2 years of the effective date of the
Public Act authorizing the special plate, the Secretary of
State's authority to issue the special plate is nullified. All

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applications for special plates shall be on a form designated
by the Secretary and shall be accompanied by any civic group's,
charitable entity's, or other identified fundraising
organization's portion of the additional fee associated with
that plate. All fees collected under this Section are
non-refundable and will be deposited in the special fund as
designated in the enabling legislation, regardless of whether
the plate is produced.
(a-5) Where the General Assembly has authorized the
issuance of a special plate that recognizes the applicant's
military service or receipt of a military medal or award, the
Secretary may immediately begin issuing that special plate.
(b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of
special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement
officials of the design, color and other special features of
the special license plate series.
(c) This Section shall not apply to the Secretary of
State's discretion as established in Section 3-611.
(d) If a law authorizing a special license plate provides
that the sponsoring organization is to designate a charitable
entity as the recipient of the funds from the sale of that
license plate, the designated charitable entity must be in
compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of
the Charitable Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act.
In addition, the charitable entity must annually provide the
Secretary of State's office a letter of compliance issued by

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the Illinois Attorney General's office verifying the entity is
in compliance with the Acts.
In the case of a law in effect before the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the name of
the charitable entity which is to receive the funds shall be
provided to the Secretary of State within one year after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly. In the case of a law that takes effect on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, the name of the charitable entity which is to receive
the funds shall be provided to the Secretary of State within
one year after the law takes effect. If the organization fails
to designate an appropriate charitable entity within the
one-year period, or if the designated charitable entity fails
to annually provide the Secretary of State a letter of
compliance issued by the Illinois Attorney General's office,
any funds collected from the sale of plates authorized for that
organization and not previously disbursed shall be transferred
to the General Revenue Fund, and the special plates shall be
discontinued.
(e) If fewer than 1,000 sets of any special license plate
authorized by law and issued by the Secretary of State are
actively registered for 2 consecutive calendar years, the
Secretary of State may discontinue the issuance of that special
license plate.
(f) Where special license plates have been discontinued

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pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this Section, all
previously issued plates of that type shall be recalled. Owners
of vehicles which were registered with recalled plates shall
not be charged a reclassification or registration sticker
replacement plate fee upon the issuance of new plates for those
vehicles.
(g) Any special plate that is authorized to be issued for
motorcycles may also be issued for autocycles.
(Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12; 98-777, eff. 1-1-15.)