Bill Text: IL HB1388 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. In a provision concerning scratch-off games for the benefit of Illinois veterans, provides that the net revenue from the games that is deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund shall be used to support veteran employment and employment training in addition to certain other veterans' issues. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1388 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1388-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1388
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1388 on page 1, line | ||||||
| 3 | 1, by replacing "State government" with "veterans"; and
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| 4 | on page 3, immediately below line 22, by inserting the | ||||||
| 5 | following:
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| 6 | "Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 7 | Section 3-696 as follows:
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| 8 | (625 ILCS 5/3-696 new) | ||||||
| 9 | Sec. 3-696. In God We Trust license plates. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and | ||||||
| 11 | applications
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may | ||||||
| 12 | issue special registration
plates designated as
In God We Trust
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| 13 | license plates.
The special plates issued under this Section | ||||||
| 14 | shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first | ||||||
| 15 | division or motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not | ||||||
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| 1 | more than 8,000 pounds.
Plates issued under this Section shall | ||||||
| 2 | expire according to the multi-year
procedure established by | ||||||
| 3 | Section 3-414.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be | ||||||
| 5 | wholly within the
discretion of the Secretary.
The Secretary | ||||||
| 6 | may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as
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| 7 | vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section | ||||||
| 8 | 3-405.1 of this Code.
The plates are not required to designate | ||||||
| 9 | "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in
subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
| 10 | 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary, in his or her
discretion, | ||||||
| 11 | shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as provided
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| 12 | under Section 3-412. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | ||||||
| 14 | $20
fee for
original issuance in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
| 15 | registration fee. Of this fee, $5 shall be deposited into the | ||||||
| 16 | Veterans Assistance Fund and $15
shall be deposited into the | ||||||
| 17 | Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to
be used by | ||||||
| 18 | the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing | ||||||
| 19 | costs. | ||||||
| 20 | For each registration renewal period, a $20 fee, in | ||||||
| 21 | addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | ||||||
| 22 | Of this fee, $18 shall be
deposited into the Veterans | ||||||
| 23 | Assistance Fund and $2 shall be deposited
into the Secretary of | ||||||
| 24 | State Special License Plate Fund.".
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