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    AN ACT concerning license plates.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 3-655 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-655)



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    Sec. 3-655.  Hospice 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 Hospice license plates.  The 
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special plates issued under this Section
shall be affixed only 
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to passenger vehicles of the first division and motor
vehicles 
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of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.  
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Plates
issued under this Section shall expire according to the 
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multi-year procedure
established by Section 3-414.1 of this 
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Code.

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    (b) The color of the plates is wholly within the discretion 
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of
the Secretary.  The design of the plates shall include the 
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word "Hospice" above
drawings of two lilies and a butterfly.

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The
Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as vanity 
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plates or personalized
under Section 3-405.1 of the 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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$25 fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
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registration fee.  Of this
fee, $10 shall be deposited into the 
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Hospice Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of 
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State Special License Plate Fund, to be used by
the Secretary 
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to help defray the administrative processing costs.

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    For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in 
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addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.  
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Of this fee, $23 shall be
deposited into the Hospice Fund and 
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$2 shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State Special 
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License Plate Fund.

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    (d) The Hospice Fund is created as a special fund in the 
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State
treasury.  All money in the Hospice Fund shall be paid, 
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subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly
and approval 
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by the Secretary, as grants to a statewide organization whose 
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primary membership consists of hospice programs to be used as 
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follows:
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        (1) To fund projects relating to hospice care for 
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    special groups, such as
children, veterans, and ethnic, 
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    religious, gender, or minority groups, or to
provide 
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    disease-specific research or outreach.
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        (2) To fund education and outreach for hospice 
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    volunteers, patients, families,
and health care 
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    professionals.
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        (3) To fund informational and educational media 
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    programs regarding the
availability of hospice services.
 


 






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        (4) To fund the expansion or enhancement of a statewide 
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    organization whose primary membership consists of hospice 
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    programs toll-free referral line operated to provide 
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    hospice information.
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        (5) To fund the expansion or enhancement of a statewide 
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    organization whose primary membership consists of hospice 
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    programs Internet website.
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        (6) To cover reasonable costs for special plate 
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    advertising. 
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    A statewide organization whose primary membership consists 
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of hospice programs shall distribute grant moneys received 
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under this subsection (d) through a standing committee that 
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reviews funding solicitations and
awards to the Department of 
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Public Health for
distribution as grants for hospice services 
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as defined in the Hospice Program
Licensing Act.  The Director 
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of Public Health shall adopt rules for the
distribution of 
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these grants.

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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)