Bill Text: IL SB1520 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Firefighters' license plates to a firefighter employed by a municipal fire department or fire protection district or a volunteer firefighter. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a fee of $27 at original issuance and $17 at renewal. Provides that $12 of the additional original issuance fee and $15 the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, the moneys in the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund will be used for the same purposes provided for by Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial license plates, special license plates that do not require the applicant to be a firefighter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1520 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1520-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1520 Introduced 2/18/2009, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-634
625 ILCS 5/3-684 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Firefighters' license plates to a firefighter employed by a municipal fire department or fire protection district or a volunteer firefighter. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a fee of $27 at original issuance and $17 at renewal. Provides that $12 of the additional original issuance fee and $15 the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, the moneys in the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund will be used for the same purposes provided for by Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial license plates, special license plates that do not require the applicant to be a firefighter.
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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 3-634 and adding Section 3-684 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-634)
Sec. 3-634. Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial 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 Illinois Fire
Fighters' Memorial 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, recreational vehicles as
defined in Section 1-169 of this Code, and subject to the
staggered registration system. 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. The Secretary
of State may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with

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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 of State shall
prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original
issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary
of State Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall be deposited
into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund. For each
registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $2
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Illinois Fire
Fighters' Memorial Fund.
(d) In addition to the purpose specified in Section
2-119(n), moneys in the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund
shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) and
subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval
by the Secretary, be used exclusively for the following
purposes:
(1) maintaining the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial;
(2) holding an annual memorial commemoration and Medal
of Honor ceremony and related activities; and
(3) providing scholarships, for graduate study,
undergraduate study, or both, to children and spouses of
fire fighters killed in the line of duty.

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(e) No more than 10% of the annual proceeds of the Illinois
Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund may, subject to appropriation by
the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be used for
exhibits for and the maintenance of the Illinois Fire Fighter
Museum.
(Source: P.A. 94-322, eff. 1-1-06; 95-357, eff. 8-23-07.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-684 new)
Sec. 3-684. Firefighters' license plate.
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue, to a
firefighter employed by a municipal fire department or fire
protection district or a volunteer firefighter, special
registration plates designated to be Firefighters' 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, recreational vehicles as defined in Section 1-169 of
this Code, and subject to the staggered registration system.
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. The Secretary
of State may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with

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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 of State shall
prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original
issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary
of State Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall be deposited
into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund. For each
registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this fee, $2
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Illinois Fire
Fighters' Memorial Fund.
(d) Moneys in the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund
shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the Secretary of State, be used as provided by
subsections (d) and (e) of Section 3-634 of this Code.