Bill Text: IL HB1530 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for issuance of U.S. Air Force license plates, with eligibility requirements to be determined by the Secretary of State. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1530 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1530-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1530
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1530 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-698 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-698) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-698. U.S. Air Force License Plates. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Secretary, upon
receipt of all applicable fees and | ||||||
| 9 | applications made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of | ||||||
| 10 | State, may issue special registration plates designated as
U.S. | ||||||
| 11 | Air Force license plates to
residents of Illinois who meet | ||||||
| 12 | eligibility requirements prescribed by the
Secretary of State. | ||||||
| 13 | Upon the death of a person that has been issued U.S. Air Force | ||||||
| 14 | license plates under this Section, that person's surviving | ||||||
| 15 | spouse shall be entitled to retain the plates so long as the | ||||||
| 16 | surviving spouse is a resident of Illinois and transfers the | ||||||
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| 1 | registration to his or her name within 90 days of their | ||||||
| 2 | spouse's death. The special plate issued under this Section | ||||||
| 3 | shall be
affixed
only to passenger vehicles of the first | ||||||
| 4 | division, motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not | ||||||
| 5 | more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as
defined by | ||||||
| 6 | Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this Section | ||||||
| 7 | shall
expire according to the multi-year procedure established | ||||||
| 8 | by Section
3-414.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be | ||||||
| 10 | wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State, except | ||||||
| 11 | that the U.S. Air Force emblem shall appear on the plates. The | ||||||
| 12 | Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||||||
| 13 | issued as vanity or personalized plates
in accordance with | ||||||
| 14 | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required
to | ||||||
| 15 | designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of | ||||||
| 16 | Section
3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe the | ||||||
| 17 | eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall | ||||||
| 18 | approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under | ||||||
| 19 | Section 3-412. | ||||||
| 20 | (c) An applicant shall be charged a $20 fee for original | ||||||
| 21 | issuance
in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of | ||||||
| 22 | this additional fee,
$15 shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||||||
| 23 | of State
Special License Plate Fund
and $5 shall be deposited | ||||||
| 24 | into the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund. For
each | ||||||
| 25 | registration renewal period, a $20 fee, in addition to the | ||||||
| 26 | appropriate
registration fee, shall be charged. Of this | ||||||
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| 1 | additional fee, $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary
of | ||||||
| 2 | State Special License Plate Fund and $18 shall be deposited | ||||||
| 3 | into the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund. | ||||||
| 4 | (d) The Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund is created | ||||||
| 5 | as a special fund
in the State treasury. All moneys in the | ||||||
| 6 | Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund
shall be paid, subject | ||||||
| 7 | to appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the | ||||||
| 8 | Secretary, as grants to the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage | ||||||
| 9 | Foundation of Illinois for operational and program expenses of | ||||||
| 10 | the Chanute Air Museum.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 97-243, eff. 8-4-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)".
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