Bill Text: IL HB5979 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates designated as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness license plates. Provides that the original fee and renewal fee shall be $25. Creates the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5979 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5979-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5979 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/5.891 new
625 ILCS 5/3-699.17 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates designated as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness license plates. Provides that the original fee and renewal fee shall be $25. Creates the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act.
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A BILL FOR
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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 5.891 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.891 new)
Sec. 5.891. The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness
Fund.
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 3-699.17 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-699.17 new)
Sec. 3-699.17. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness
license plates.
(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in
the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special
registration plates designated as Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder Awareness license plates. The special plates issued
under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles
of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division
weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this
Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure

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established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
(b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the
discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the plates
to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under Section
3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or
decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code.
(c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a
$25 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate
registration fee. Of this fee, $10 shall be deposited into the
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund, to be used by the Secretary to help defray administrative
processing costs. For each registration renewal period, a $25
fee, in addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be
charged. Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund and $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund.
(d) The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund is
created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in
the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund shall be
paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and
distribution by the Secretary, as grants to K9s for Veterans,
NFP for support, education, and awareness of veterans with
post-traumatic stress disorder.