Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

Filed: 2/24/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1070

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1070 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 3-600 and adding Section 3-600.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-600)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)
7    Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.
8    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates
9that have been authorized by the General Assembly. The
10Secretary of State shall not issue a series of special plates
11unless applications, as prescribed by the Secretary, have been
12received for 10,000 plates of that series; except that the
13Secretary of State may prescribe some other required number of
14applications if that number is sufficient to pay for the total
15cost of designing, manufacturing and issuing the special
16license plate.

 

 

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1    (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of
2special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement
3officials of the design, color and other special features of
4the special license plate series.
5    (c) This Section shall not apply to special license plate
6categories in existence on the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of 1990, or to the Secretary of State's
8discretion as established in Section 3-611.
9    (d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the
10provisions of Section 3-600.1 control the issuance and
11re-issuance of special plates.
12(Source: P.A. 95-359, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
13    (625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new)
14    Sec. 3-600.1. Special plates; issuance and reissuance.
15    (a) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the
16Secretary of State may reissue only those special plates that
17exist as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1897th General Assembly. The Secretary shall continue to accept
19annual fees for renewal stickers for those plates from those
20persons.
21    (b) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the
22Secretary may not issue any new category of special plates.
23    (c) Persons and organizations seeking issuance of special
24plates may apply for Universal Charitable Organization license
25plates under Section 3-633 of this Code, with charitable decals

 

 

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1approved under that Section. The Secretary shall work in
2cooperation with persons and organization seeking issuance of
3Universal Charitable Organization plates in the design of
4appropriate decals. There shall be no limit to the number of
5Universal Charitable Organization plates which may be issued
6under Section 3-633 of this Code.".