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91_HB0807eng HB0807 Engrossed LRB9101872KSgc 1 AN ACT concerning license plates. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 5 Section 5.490 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.490 new) 7 Sec. 5.490. The Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel 8 Injury Fund. 9 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 10 adding Section 3-645 as follows: 11 (625 ILCS 5/3-645 new) 12 Sec. 3-645. Emergency service volunteer plates. 13 (a) The Secretary of State, upon receipt of an 14 application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may 15 issue special vehicle registration plates designated as 16 Emergency Service Volunteer license plates. The special 17 plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to 18 passenger vehicles of the first division, motor vehicles of 19 the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, 20 recreational vehicles as defined in Section 1-169 of this 21 Code, and subject to the staggered registration system. 22 Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to 23 the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of 24 this Code. 25 (b) The original application and subsequent renewals of 26 Emergency Service Volunteer plates must be accompanied by a 27 letter from the chief officer of a fire, rescue, or emergency 28 medical service stating that the applicant is currently a 29 volunteer for the respective fire, rescue, or emergency HB0807 Engrossed -2- LRB9101872KSgc 1 medical service. An Emergency Service Volunteer plate shall 2 not be issued to an applicant who is not a volunteer with a 3 fire, rescue, or emergency medical service and who does not 4 provide the appropriate documentation. The design and color 5 of the plates shall be within the discretion of the Secretary 6 of State, except that the plates shall bear the applicant's 7 radio call numbers, if applicable. 8 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original 9 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of 10 this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the 11 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall 12 be deposited into the Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel 13 Injury Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $17 14 fee, in addition the appropriate registration fee, shall be 15 charged. Of this fee, $2 shall be deposited into the 16 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $15 shall 17 be deposited into the Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel 18 Injury Fund. 19 (d) The Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel Injury 20 Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All 21 moneys in the Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel Injury 22 Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the benefit 23 of injured volunteer fire, rescue, or emergency medical 24 service personnel who are injured while performing duties as 25 volunteers. The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall 26 establish guidelines for the use of these funds. 27 Section 99. Effective date. The Act shall take effect 28 upon becoming law.