Rep. Rich Brauer
Filed: 3/5/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1530 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1530 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 3-698 as follows:
 
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 
9applications made in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of 
10State, may issue special registration plates designated as
U.S. 
11Air Force license plates to
residents of Illinois who meet 
12eligibility requirements prescribed by the
 Secretary of State.  
13Upon the death of a person that has been issued U.S. Air Force 
14license plates under this Section, that person's surviving 
15spouse shall be entitled to retain the plates so long as the 
16surviving spouse is a resident of Illinois and transfers the 
 
 
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1registration to his or her name within 90 days of their 
2spouse's death. The special plate issued under this Section 
3shall be
affixed
only to passenger vehicles of the first 
4division, motor vehicles of the second
division weighing not 
5more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as
defined by 
6Section 1-169 of this Code. Plates issued under this Section 
7shall
expire according to the multi-year procedure established 
8by Section
3-414.1 of this Code.
9    (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be 
10wholly
within the discretion of the Secretary of State, except 
11that the U.S. Air Force emblem shall appear on the plates.  The 
12Secretary may, in his or
her discretion, allow the plates to be 
13issued as vanity or personalized plates
in accordance with 
14Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required
to 
15designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b) of 
16Section
3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe the 
17eligibility requirements
and, in his or her discretion, shall 
18approve and prescribe stickers or decals
as provided under 
19Section 3-412.
20    (c) An applicant shall be charged a $20 fee for original 
21issuance
in addition to the applicable registration fee.  Of 
22this additional fee,
$15  shall be deposited into the Secretary 
23of State
Special License Plate Fund
and $5 shall be deposited 
24into the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund.  For
each 
25registration renewal period, a $20 fee, in addition to the 
26appropriate
registration fee, shall be charged.  Of this 
 
 
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1additional fee, $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary
of 
2State Special License Plate Fund and $18 shall be deposited 
3into the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund.
4    (d) The Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund is created 
5as a special fund
in the State treasury. All moneys in the 
6Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage Fund
shall be paid, subject 
7to appropriation by the General Assembly and
approval by the 
8Secretary, as grants to the Octave Chanute Aerospace Heritage 
9Foundation of Illinois for operational and program expenses of 
10the Chanute Air Museum.

11(Source: P.A. 97-243, eff. 8-4-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)".