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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3-680 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-680 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-680. Illinois Police Association license plates. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | ||||||
| 9 | the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | ||||||
| 10 | registration plates designated as Illinois Police Association | ||||||
| 11 | license plates. The special plates issued under this Section | ||||||
| 12 | shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first | ||||||
| 13 | division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not | ||||||
| 14 | more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall | ||||||
| 15 | expire according to the multi-year procedure established by | ||||||
| 16 | Section 3-414.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the | ||||||
| 18 | discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the plates | ||||||
| 19 | to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under Section | ||||||
| 20 | 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or | ||||||
| 21 | decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. The | ||||||
| 22 | Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be | ||||||
| 23 | issued as vanity or personalized plates in accordance with | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 3-405.1 of this Code. | ||||||
| 2 | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | ||||||
| 3 | $25 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate | ||||||
| 4 | registration fee. Of this fee, $10 shall be deposited into the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois Police Association Fund and $15 shall be deposited | ||||||
| 6 | into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be | ||||||
| 7 | used by the Secretary to help defray the administrative | ||||||
| 8 | processing costs. | ||||||
| 9 | For each registration renewal period, a $25 fee, in | ||||||
| 10 | addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | ||||||
| 11 | Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Illinois Police | ||||||
| 12 | Association Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary | ||||||
| 13 | of State Special License Plate Fund. | ||||||
| 14 | (d) The Illinois Police Association Fund is created as a | ||||||
| 15 | special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Police Association Fund shall be used, subject to | ||||||
| 17 | appropriation, for providing death benefits for the families of | ||||||
| 18 | police officers killed in the line of duty, and for providing | ||||||
| 19 | scholarships, for graduate study, undergraduate study, or | ||||||
| 20 | both, to children and spouses of police officers killed in the | ||||||
| 21 | line of duty.
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| 22 | Section 97. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 23 | Section 5.708 as follows: | ||||||
| 24 | (30 ILCS 105/5.708 new) | ||||||
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| 1 | Sec. 5.708. The Illinois Police Association Fund.
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