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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding 
5Section 5.855 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.855 new)
7    Sec. 5.855. The Emergency Management Fund.
 
8    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
9Section 3-699.14 as follows:
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/3-699.14 new)
11    Sec. 3-699.14. Emergency Management plates.
12    (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 
13applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may 
14issue special registration plates designated as Emergency 
15Management license plates.
16    The special plates issued under this Section shall be 
17affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division or 
18motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 
198,000 pounds.
20    Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to 
21the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this 
 
 
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2    (b)  The design and color of the special plates shall be 
3wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. Appropriate 
4documentation, as determined by the Secretary, shall accompany 
5each application.
6    (c)   An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a 
7$20 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate 
8registration fee. Of this fee, $5 shall be deposited into the 
9Emergency Management Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the 
10Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used by 
11the Secretary to help defray the administrative processing 
12costs.
13    For each registration renewal period, a $20 fee, in 
14addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. 
15Of this fee, $18 shall be deposited into the Emergency 
16Management Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of 
17State Special License Plate Fund.
18    (d)   The Emergency Management Fund is created as a special 
19fund in the State treasury. All money in the Emergency 
20Management Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the 
21General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, as grants 
22to The Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of 
23providing training and education programs.