Bill Text: IL HB2433 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for the issuance of Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a fee of $27 at original issuance and $17 at renewal. Provides that $12 of the additional original issuance fee and $15 the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, all money in the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund will be paid as grants to the EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Council, a not-for profit corporation, for the purposes of providing scholarships for graduate study, undergraduate study, or both, to children and spouses of emergency medical services personnel killed in the course of their employment, and for grants for the training of EMS personnel. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0591 [HB2433 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2433-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.719 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
Sec. 5.719. The Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and
Training Fund.
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 3-684 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-684 new)
Sec. 3-684. Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training
license plate.
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue
special registration plates designated to be Illinois EMS
Memorial Scholarship and Training license plates. The special
plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division, motor vehicles of the
second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds,
recreational vehicles as defined in Section 1-169 of this Code,

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and subject to the staggered registration system. Plates issued
under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
(b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary
of State may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be
issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of
Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary of State shall
prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original
issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
this additional fee, $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary
of State Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall be deposited
into the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund.
For each registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition to
the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. Of this
fee, $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special
License Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Illinois
EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund.
(d) The Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund
is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money
in the Illinois EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund
shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the Secretary of State, as grants to the EMS

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Memorial Scholarship and Training Council, a not-for-profit
corporation, for the purposes (i) of providing scholarships for
graduate study, undergraduate study, or both, to children and
spouses of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel killed in
the course of their employment, and (ii) for grants for the
training of EMS personnel.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.