Sen. Emil Jones Jr.
Filed: 4/11/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1120 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1120  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 5.640 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)

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    Sec. 5.640. The Autism Awareness Fund.

 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding 
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Section 3-663 as
follows:


 
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    (625 ILCS 5/3-663 new)

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    Sec. 3-663. Autism Awareness license plates.

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    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
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the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
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registration plates
designated as Autism Awareness license 
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plates. The special plates
issued
under this Section shall be 
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affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
division and 
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motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than

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8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire 
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according
to the multi-year procedure established by Section 
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3-414.1 of this Code.

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    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the

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discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary, in his or 
 


 






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her discretion, may
allow the plates to be issued as vanity or 
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personalized plates under Section
3-405.1 of this Code. The 
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Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under 
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Section 3-412 of this Code.

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    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
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$40 fee
for original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
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registration fee. Of
this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the 
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Autism Awareness Fund and $15
shall be deposited into the 
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Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund,
to be used by 
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the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing

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costs.

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    For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in 
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addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. 
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Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the Autism Awareness 
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Fund and $2 shall be deposited into
the
Secretary of State 
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Special License Plate Fund.

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    (d) The Autism Awareness Fund is created as a special fund 
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in
the State treasury. All moneys in the Autism Awareness Fund 
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shall be
paid,
subject to appropriation by the General Assembly 
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and approval by the
Secretary, to the Illinois Department of 
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Human Services for the purpose of grants for research, 
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education, and awareness regarding autism and autism spectrum 
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disorders.".