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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 3-699 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-699 new)
7    Sec. 3-699. Diabetes Awareness license plates.
8    (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in 
9the form
prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special 
10registration plates
designated as Diabetes Awareness license 
11plates. The special plates
issued
under this Section shall be 
12affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first
division and 
13motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than

148,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire 
15according
to the multi-year procedure established by Section 
163-414.1 of this Code.
17    (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the

18discretion of the Secretary of State. The Secretary, in his or 
19her discretion, may
allow the plates to be issued as vanity or 
20personalized plates under Section
3-405.1 of this Code. The 
21Secretary shall prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under 
22Section 3-412 of this Code. 
23    (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
 
 
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1$40 fee
for original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
2registration fee. Of
this fee, $25 shall be deposited into the 
3Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund and $15
shall be deposited into 
4the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund,
to be used 
5by the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing

6costs. 
7    For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee, in 
8addition to the
appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. 
9Of this fee, $25 shall be
deposited into the Diabetes Research 
10Checkoff Fund and $2 shall be deposited into
the
Secretary of 
11State Special License Plate Fund.