Full Text of HB3683 103rd General Assembly
HB3683ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Harry Benton Filed: 3/22/2024 | | 10300HB3683ham001 | | LRB103 29487 RTM 71170 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3683
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3683 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3-600 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 | 9 | | that have been authorized by the General Assembly. Except as | 10 | | provided in subsection (a-5), the Secretary of State shall not | 11 | | issue a series of special plates, or Universal special plates | 12 | | associated with an organization authorized to issue decals for | 13 | | Universal special plates, unless applications, as prescribed | 14 | | by the Secretary, have been received for 2,000 plates of that | 15 | | series. Where a special plate is authorized by law to raise | 16 | | funds for a specific civic group, charitable entity, or other |
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| 1 | | identified organization, or when the civic group, charitable | 2 | | entity, or organization is authorized to issue decals for | 3 | | Universal special license plates, and where the Secretary of | 4 | | State has not received the required number of applications to | 5 | | issue that special plate within 2 years of the effective date | 6 | | of the Public Act authorizing the special plate or decal, the | 7 | | Secretary of State's authority to issue the special plate or a | 8 | | Universal special plate associated with that decal is | 9 | | nullified. All applications for special plates shall be on a | 10 | | form designated by the Secretary and shall be accompanied by | 11 | | any civic group's, charitable entity's, or other identified | 12 | | fundraising organization's portion of the additional fee | 13 | | associated with that plate or decal. All fees collected under | 14 | | this Section are non-refundable and shall be deposited in the | 15 | | special fund as designated in the enabling legislation, | 16 | | regardless of whether the plate or decal is produced. Upon the | 17 | | adoption of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, | 18 | | no further special license plates shall be authorized by the | 19 | | General Assembly unless that special license plate is | 20 | | authorized under subsection (a-5) of this Section. | 21 | | (a-5) If the General Assembly authorizes the issuance of a | 22 | | special plate that recognizes the applicant's military service | 23 | | or receipt of a military medal or award, the Secretary may | 24 | | immediately begin issuing that special plate. | 25 | | (b) The Secretary of State, upon issuing a new series of | 26 | | special license plates, shall notify all law enforcement |
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| 1 | | officials of the design, color and other special features of | 2 | | the special license plate series. | 3 | | (c) This Section shall not apply to the Secretary of | 4 | | State's discretion as established in Section 3-611. | 5 | | (d) If a law authorizing a special license plate provides | 6 | | that the sponsoring organization is to designate a charitable | 7 | | entity as the recipient of the funds from the sale of that | 8 | | license plate, the designated charitable entity must be in | 9 | | compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of | 10 | | the Charitable Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act. | 11 | | In addition, the charitable entity must annually provide the | 12 | | Secretary of State's office a letter of compliance issued by | 13 | | the Illinois Attorney General's office verifying the entity is | 14 | | in compliance with the Acts. | 15 | | In the case of a law in effect before the effective date of | 16 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the name of | 17 | | the charitable entity which is to receive the funds shall be | 18 | | provided to the Secretary of State within one year after the | 19 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 20 | | Assembly. In the case of a law that takes effect on or after | 21 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 22 | | Assembly, the name of the charitable entity which is to | 23 | | receive the funds shall be provided to the Secretary of State | 24 | | within one year after the law takes effect. If the | 25 | | organization fails to designate an appropriate charitable | 26 | | entity within the one-year period, or if the designated |
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| 1 | | charitable entity fails to annually provide the Secretary of | 2 | | State a letter of compliance issued by the Illinois Attorney | 3 | | General's office, any funds collected from the sale of plates | 4 | | authorized for that organization and not previously disbursed | 5 | | shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund, and the | 6 | | special plates shall be discontinued. | 7 | | (e) If fewer than 1,000 sets of any special license plate | 8 | | authorized by law and issued by the Secretary of State are | 9 | | actively registered for 2 consecutive calendar years, the | 10 | | Secretary of State may discontinue the issuance of that | 11 | | special license plate or require that special license plate to | 12 | | be exchanged for Universal special plates with appropriate | 13 | | decals. | 14 | | (f) Where special license plates have been discontinued | 15 | | pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this Section, or when the | 16 | | special license plates are required to be exchanged for | 17 | | Universal special plates under subsection (e) of this Section, | 18 | | all previously issued plates of that type shall be recalled. | 19 | | Owners of vehicles which were registered with recalled plates | 20 | | shall not be charged a reclassification or registration | 21 | | sticker replacement plate fee upon the issuance of new plates | 22 | | for those vehicles. | 23 | | (g) Any special plate that is authorized to be issued for | 24 | | motorcycles may also be issued for autocycles. Any military | 25 | | series registration plate authorized for issuance under this | 26 | | Article shall be issued in a form appropriate for autocycles. |
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| 1 | | (h) The Secretary may use alternating numeric and | 2 | | alphabetical characters when issuing a special registration | 3 | | plate authorized under this Chapter. | 4 | | (i) The Secretary of State may issue digital registration | 5 | | plates and stickers in accordance with this Section and | 6 | | Section 3-401.5. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-956, eff. 1-1-19; 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)". |
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