HB1070ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

Filed: 2/24/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1070

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1070 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 3-600 and adding Section 3-600.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600)

Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates.

(a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates that have been authorized by the General Assembly. The Secretary of State shall not issue a series of special plates unless applications, as prescribed by the Secretary, have been received for 10,000 plates of that series; except that the Secretary of State may prescribe some other required number of applications if that number is sufficient to pay for the total cost of designing, manufacturing and issuing the special license plate.

(b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement officials of the design, color and other special features of the special license plate series.

(c) This Section shall not apply to special license plate categories in existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, or to the Secretary of State's discretion as established in Section 3-611.

(d) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the provisions of Section 3-600.1 control the issuance and re-issuance of special plates.

(Source: P.A. 95-359, eff. 1-1-08.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-600.1 new)

Sec. 3-600.1. Special plates; issuance and reissuance.

(a) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the Secretary of State may reissue only those special plates that exist as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The Secretary shall continue to accept annual fees for renewal stickers for those plates from those persons.

(b) Beginning with the 2013 registration year, the Secretary may not issue any new category of special plates.

(c) Persons and organizations seeking issuance of special plates may apply for Universal Charitable Organization license plates under Section 3-633 of this Code, with charitable decals approved under that Section. The Secretary shall work in cooperation with persons and organization seeking issuance of Universal Charitable Organization plates in the design of appropriate decals. There shall be no limit to the number of Universal Charitable Organization plates which may be issued under Section 3-633 of this Code.".