Bill Text: IL HB3834 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide for the issuance of Support Neighborhood Schools license plates. Provides that the design and color of the special plates shall be determined by a contest that every elementary school pupil attending an Illinois public school is eligible to enter, and the winning design shall be selected by a committee. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $40 for original issuance of the plates, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $40 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $38 shall be deposited into the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund shall be paid as grants to the school district from which the purchaser of the Support Neighborhood Schools license plate resides. Provides that if the school district contains multiple public schools, the moneys in the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund shall be distributed to the specific school within the school boundary in which the purchaser resides. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3834 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3834-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3834 Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick - Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/5.866 new
625 ILCS 5/3-699.14 new
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide for the issuance of Support Neighborhood Schools license plates. Provides that the design and color of the special plates shall be determined by a contest that every elementary school pupil attending an Illinois public school is eligible to enter, and the winning design shall be selected by a committee. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $40 for original issuance of the plates, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $40 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $38 shall be deposited into the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund shall be paid as grants to the school district from which the purchaser of the Support Neighborhood Schools license plate resides. Provides that if the school district contains multiple public schools, the moneys in the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund shall be distributed to the specific school within the school boundary in which the purchaser resides. Effective immediately.
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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 5.866 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.866 new)
Sec. 5.866. The Support Neighborhood Schools Special
License Plate Fund.
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 3-699.14 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-699.14 new)
Sec. 3-699.14. Support Neighborhood Schools license
plates.
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
State, may issue special registration plates designated as
Support Neighborhood Schools license plates. The special
plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of
the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates
issued under this Section shall expire according to the

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multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this
Code.
(b) The design and color of the special plates shall be
determined by a contest that every elementary school pupil
attending an Illinois public school is eligible to enter. The
designs submitted for the contest shall be judged on September
30, 2015, and the winning design shall be selected by a
committee. The committee shall be composed of the Secretary,
the Director of State Police, the Mayor of the City of Chicago,
two members of the Illinois Senate with one member chosen by
the President of the Senate and one member chosen by the Senate
Minority Leader, and two members of the Illinois House of
Representative with one member chosen by the Speaker of the
House and one member chosen by the House Minority Leader. The
plates are not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as
prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The
Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as vanity or
personalized plates under Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The
Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as provided under
Section 3-412 of this Code. Appropriate documentation, as
determined by the Secretary, shall accompany each application.
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if
applicable. Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the
Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund and $15
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License

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Plate Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $40 fee, in
addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.
Of this fee, $38 shall be deposited into the Support
Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund.
(d) The Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate
Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All
moneys in the Support Neighborhood Schools Special License
Plate Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, as grants
to the school district from which the purchaser of the Support
Neighborhood Schools license plate resides. If the school
district contains multiple public schools, the moneys in the
Support Neighborhood Schools Special License Plate Fund shall
be distributed to the specific school within the school
boundary in which the purchaser resides. The moneys shall be
distributed on an annual basis.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.