Bill Text: IL HB5301 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act and Illinois Vehicle Code to provide for the issuance of Public Safety Diver special license plates. Creates the Public Safety Diver Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $45 for original issuance of the plates, of which $30 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $27 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid to the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Board for the purposes of providing training, standards, equipment, and facilities to all public safety disciplines involved in public safety diving and water rescue services, with a primary focus toward volunteer responders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-23 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB5301 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5301-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 State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.755 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.755 new)
Sec. 5.755. The Public Safety Diver Fund.
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 3-689 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-689 new)
Sec. 3-689. Public Safety Diver license plates.
(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 Public Safety
Diver 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.

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(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, $30 shall be deposited into the Public
Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary
of State Special License Plate Fund. For each registration
renewal period, a $27 fee, in addition to the appropriate
registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund.
(d) The Public Safety Diver Fund is created as a special
fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Public Safety
Diver Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, to the Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purposes of
providing grants based on need for training, standards, and
equipment to public safety disciplines within the State of
Illinois and to units of local government involved in public
safety diving and water rescue services.
(e) The Public Safety Diver Advisory Committee shall

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recommend grant rewards with the intent of achieving reasonably
equitable distribution of funds between police, firefighting,
and public safety diving services making application for grants
under this Section.
(f) The administrative costs related to management of
grants made from the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid
from the Public Safety Diver Fund to the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board.