97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4690

 

Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that beginning with the 2014 registration year, the Secretary of State (instead of the General Assembly) may authorize the issuance of special plates. Provides that the Secretary may not issue a new series of special plates unless enough applications have been received to offset the cost of producing the special plate. Provides that if a special plate is authorized to raise funds for a specific cause and the Secretary has not received the required number of applications within 2 years of date the plate is approved, the Secretary may revoke its approval of the new special plate. Provides that the Secretary shall notify all law enforcement officials of the design, color, and other special features of any new plates it issues. Provides, with exceptions, that the new provisions shall not affect the issuance or reissuance of special plates in existence on the effective date of the amendatory Act or the Secretary's discretion to made special designations in relation to certain categories of plates. Provides that revenues from special plates shall only benefit designated charitable entities, which must be in compliance with specified requirements. Provides that in the case of a failure to comply with the requirements, the special plates shall be discontinued and any undisbursed funds collected from the sale of plates authorized for that organization shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund. Provides that if fewer than 1,000 sets of any special plate are actively registered for 2 consecutive calendar years, the Secretary may discontinue the issuance of that special plate and that discontinued plates shall be recalled and that owners of vehicles which were registered with recalled plates shall not be charged a reclassification or sticker replacement plate fee upon the issuance of new plates.


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 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. Where a special plate is authorized by law to
17raise funds for a specific civic group, charitable entity, or
18other identified organization, and where the Secretary of State
19has not received the required number of applications to issue
20that special plate within 2 years of the effective date of the
21Public Act authorizing the special plate, the Secretary of
22State's authority to issue the special plate is nullified.
23    (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of

 

 

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1special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement
2officials of the design, color and other special features of
3the special license plate series.
4    (c) This Section shall not apply to the Secretary of
5State's discretion as established in Section 3-611.
6    (d) If a law authorizing a special license plate provides
7that the sponsoring organization is to designate a charitable
8entity as the recipient of the funds from the sale of that
9license plate, the designated charitable entity must be in
10compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of
11the Charitable Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act.
12In addition, the charitable entity must annually provide the
13Secretary of State's office a letter of compliance issued by
14the Illinois Attorney General's office verifying the entity is
15in compliance with the Acts.
16    In the case of a law in effect before the effective date of
17this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the name of
18the charitable entity which is to receive the funds shall be
19provided to the Secretary of State within one year after the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
21Assembly. In the case of a law that takes effect on or after
22the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
23Assembly, the name of the charitable entity which is to receive
24the funds shall be provided to the Secretary of State within
25one year after the law takes effect. If the organization fails
26to designate an appropriate charitable entity within the

 

 

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1one-year period, or if the designated charitable entity fails
2to annually provide the Secretary of State a letter of
3compliance issued by the Illinois Attorney General's office,
4any funds collected from the sale of plates authorized for that
5organization and not previously disbursed shall be transferred
6to the General Revenue Fund, and the special plates shall be
7discontinued.
8    (e) If fewer than 1,000 sets of any special license plate
9authorized by law and issued by the Secretary of State are
10actively registered for 2 consecutive calendar years, the
11Secretary of State may discontinue the issuance of that special
12license plate.
13    (f) Where special license plates have been discontinued
14pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this Section, all
15previously issued plates of that type shall be recalled. Owners
16of vehicles which were registered with recalled plates shall
17not be charged a reclassification or registration sticker
18replacement plate fee upon the issuance of new plates for those
19vehicles.
20    (g) Beginning with the 2014 registration year, the
21provisions of Section 3-600.1 control the issuance and
22re-issuance of special plates.
23(Source: P.A. 97-409, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
24    (625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new)
25    Sec. 3-600.1. Special plates; issuance and reissuance.

 

 

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1    (a) Beginning with the 2014 registration year, an
2organization may apply to the Secretary of State and the
3Secretary may authorize the issuance of a new series of special
4plates. The Secretary shall not issue a series of special
5plates unless enough applications, as prescribed by the
6Secretary, have been received to pay for the total cost of
7designing, manufacturing, and issuing the special license
8plate. Where a special plate is authorized to raise funds for a
9specific civic group, charitable entity, or other identified
10organization, and where the Secretary of State has not received
11the required number of applications to issue that special plate
12within 2 years of the Secretary's approval of the special
13plate, the Secretary may revoke its authorization of the new
14plate.
15    (b) The Secretary, upon issuing a new series of special
16license plates, shall notify all law enforcement officials of
17the design, color, and other special features of the special
18license plate series.
19    (c) Except for as provided under subsection (e), this
20Section shall not affect the issuance or reissuance of special
21license plate categories in existence on the effective date of
22this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, or the
23Secretary's discretion under Section 3-611 of this Code.
24    (d) If the Secretary issues a special license plate with a
25sponsoring organization that is to designate a charitable
26entity as the recipient of the funds from the sale of that

 

 

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1license plate, the designated charitable entity must be in
2compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of
3the Charitable Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act.
4In addition, the charitable entity must annually provide the
5Secretary of State's office a letter of compliance issued by
6the Illinois Attorney General's office verifying the entity is
7in compliance with the Acts. If the organization fails to
8annually provide the Secretary a letter of compliance issued by
9the Illinois Attorney General's office, any funds collected
10from the sale of plates authorized for that organization and
11not previously disbursed shall be transferred to the General
12Revenue Fund, and the special plates shall be discontinued.
13    (e) If fewer than 1,000 sets of any special license plate
14issued by the Secretary are actively registered for 2
15consecutive calendar years, the Secretary may discontinue the
16issuance of that special license plate.
17    (f) Where special license plates have been discontinued
18pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this Section, all
19previously issued plates of that type shall be recalled. Owners
20of vehicles which were registered with recalled plates shall
21not be charged a reclassification or registration sticker
22replacement plate fee upon the issuance of new plates for those
23vehicles.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    625 ILCS 5/3-600from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600
4    625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new