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90_SB0548enr

      625 ILCS 5/3-639 new
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow  the  Secretary
      of  State  to issue special registration plates to presidents
      of villages and incorporated towns and mayors.  Provides  for
      increased  fees  for  these  plates, to be deposited into the
      Secretary of State Special  License  Plate  Fund.   Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  concerning vehicle registration plates, amending
 2    named Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  3.  The  State  Finance Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 5.449 as follows:
 7        (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
 8        Sec. 5.449.  The Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund.
 9        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
10    adding  Sections 3-639 and 3-640 as follows:
11        (625 ILCS 5/3-639 new)
12        Sec.  3-639.  Special  registration plate for a president
13    of a village or incorporated town or mayor.
14        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all  applicable  fees
15    and   applications   made  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
16    Secretary,  may  issue   special   registration   plates   to
17    presidents of villages and incorporated towns and mayors.
18        The  special  plates  issued  under this Section shall be
19    affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first  division  or
20    motor  vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
21    8,000 pounds.
22        Plates issued under this Section shall  expire  according
23    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
24    this Code.
25        (b)  The  design and color of the special plates shall be
26    wholly within the discretion of the  Secretary.   Appropriate
27    documentation,   as   determined   by  the  Secretary,  shall
28    accompany each application.
29        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
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 1    a   $15   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
 2    appropriate registration fee.  This additional fee  shall  be
 3    deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
 4    Fund, to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray  the
 5    administrative processing costs.
 6        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $2  fee, in
 7    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 8    charged.  This additional fee shall  be  deposited  into  the
 9    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
10        (625 ILCS 5/3-640 new)
11        Sec.  3-640.  Illinois and Michigan Canal plates.
12        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of all applicable fees
13    and  applications  made  in  the  form  prescribed   by   the
14    Secretary,  may  issue special registration plates designated
15    as Illinois and Michigan Canal license plates.
16        The special plates issued under  this  Section  shall  be
17    affixed  only  to passenger vehicles of the first division or
18    motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more  than
19    8,000 pounds.
20        Plates  issued  under this Section shall expire according
21    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
22    this Code.
23        (b)  The design and color of the special plates shall  be
24    wholly  within  the discretion of the Secretary.  Appropriate
25    documentation,  as  determined  by   the   Secretary,   shall
26    accompany each application.
27        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
28    a  $40  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
29    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of  this  fee, $25 shall be
30    deposited into the Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund  and  $15
31    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State Special
32    License Plate Fund, to be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help
33    defray the administrative processing costs.
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 1        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $27 fee, in
 2    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 3    charged.  Of this  fee,  $25  shall  be  deposited  into  the
 4    Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal Fund and $2 shall be deposited
 5    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 6        (d)  The Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund is created as a
 7    special fund  in  the  State  treasury.   All  money  in  the
 8    Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal Fund shall be used, subject to
 9    appropriation by the General Assembly, by the  Department  of
10    Natural  Resources  for  restoration  and improvements of the
11    Illinois and Michigan Canal and its adjacent structures.
12        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
13    becoming law.

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