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Public Act 91-0679

HB0809 Enrolled                                LRB9103411KSgc

    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  2.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 6z-23 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/6z-23) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-23)
    Sec. 6z-23.  All monies  received  by  the  Secretary  of
State  pursuant  to  paragraph  (f)  of  Section 2-119 of the
Illinois   Vehicle   Code   shall   be   deposited   in   the
CDLIS/AAMVAnet Trust Fund.  The money in this Fund shall only
be used by  the  Secretary  of  State  to  pay  for  (1)  the
enrollment  of  commercial drivers into the Commercial Driver
License  Information  System  (CDLIS),  (2)  network  charges
assessed Illinois by AAMVAnet, Inc., for  motor  vehicle  and
driver   records  data  and  information,  and  (3)  expenses
(limited to equipment, maintenance, and software) related  to
the  testing  of  applicants for commercial driver's licenses
equipment to be  used  for  the  testing  of  applicants  for
commercial  driver's  licenses  and  the  maintenance of that
equipment.
(Source: P.A. 91-537, eff. 8-13-99.)

    Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
changing Sections 3-626 and 12-815 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/3-626)
    Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
    (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
State, may issue special registration  plates  designated  as
Korean  War  Veteran  license plates to residents of Illinois
who participated in the United States Armed Forces during the
Korean War.  The special  plate  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 staggered multi-year
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
    (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.   The
Secretary  may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
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 shall prescribe
the  eligibility  requirements and, in his or her discretion,
shall approve and prescribe stickers or  decals  as  provided
under Section 3-412.
    (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
issuance  in addition to the applicable registration fee.  Of
this  additional  fee,  $13   shall  be  deposited  into  the
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the Korean  War  Memorial  Construction  Fund.
For  each  registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition
to the appropriate registration fee,  shall  be  charged  and
shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State Special
License Plate Fund.
    (d)  The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created
as a special fund in the State treasury.  All moneys  in  the
Korean  War  Memorial  Construction  Fund  shall,  subject to
appropriation, be used by the Department of  Veteran  Affairs
to provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial
to be located at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
Upon  the  completion  of  the  Memorial,  the  Department of
Veteran Affairs shall certify to the State Treasurer that the
construction of the Memorial has been  completed.   Upon  the
certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State
Treasurer  shall  transfer  all  moneys  in  the Fund and any
future deposits into the Fund into  the  Secretary  of  State
Special License Plate Fund.
    (e)  An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran
license plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and received
a  grant  under  the  Senior  Citizens  and  Disabled Persons
Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance  Act  shall
pay  50%  of the original issuance and the regular annual fee
for the registration of the vehicle as  provided  in  Section
3-806.3  of  this  Code  in addition to the fees specified in
subsection (c) of this Section.  The 50% reduction shall  not
apply  to the additional fee for the original issuance or the
additional fee for each renewal under subsection (c).
(Source: P.A.  88-485;  88-560,  eff.  8-4-94;  88-670,  eff.
12-2-94; 89-98, eff. 1-1-96; 89-282,  eff.  8-10-95;  89-626,
eff. 8-9-96.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-815) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-815)
    Sec. 12-815. Strobe lamp on school bus.
    (a)  A school bus manufactured purchased prior to January
1, 2000 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
General  Assembly  may  be equipped with one strobe lamp that
will  emit  60  to  120  flashes  per  minute  of  white   or
bluish-white  light visible to a motorist approaching the bus
from any direction. A school bus manufactured purchased on or
after January 1, 2000 the effective date of  this  amendatory
Act  of  the 91st General Assembly shall be equipped with one
strobe lamp that will emit 60 to 120 flashes  per  minute  of
white or bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching
the  bus from any direction.  The lamp shall be of sufficient
brightness to be  visible  in  normal  sunlight  when  viewed
directly from a distance of at least one mile.
    (b)  The  strobe  lamp shall be mounted on the rooftop of
the bus with the light generating element in the lamp located
equidistant from each side and either at or behind the center
of the rooftop.  The maximum height of the element above  the
rooftop  shall  not exceed 1/30 of its distance from the rear
of the rooftop.  If the structure of the strobe lamp obscures
the light generating element, the element shall be deemed  to
be  in  the center of the lamp with a maximum height 1/4 inch
less than the  maximum  height  of  the  strobe  lamp  unless
otherwise  indicated  in rules and regulations promulgated by
the Department.  The  Department  may  promulgate  rules  and
regulations  to govern measurements, glare, effectiveness and
protection of strobe lamps on school buses, including  higher
strobe lamps than authorized in this paragraph.
    (c)  The  strobe lamp may be lighted only when the school
bus is actually being used as a school bus and:
         1.  is  stopping   or   stopped   for   loading   or
    discharging pupils on a highway outside an urban area; or
         2.  is  bearing  one  or  more  pupils and is either
    stopped or, in the interest of  safety,  is  moving  very
    slowly at a speed:
              (i)  less  than the posted minimum speed limit,
         or
              (ii)  less than 30 miles per hour on a  highway
         outside an urban area.
(Source: P.A. 91-168, eff. 1-1-00.)

    Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
makes changes in a "statute that is represented in  this  Act
by  text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example,
a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of  that
text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
any other Public Act.

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

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