SB2959 EngrossedLRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 5 Section 5.1015 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new) 7 Sec. 5.1015. The Sons of the American Legion Fund. 8 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 9 changing Section 3-699.14 as follows: 10 (625 ILCS 5/3-699.14) 11 Sec. 3-699.14. Universal special license plates. 12 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the 13 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and 14 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may 15 issue Universal special license plates to residents of 16 Illinois on behalf of organizations that have been authorized 17 by the General Assembly to issue decals for Universal special 18 license plates. Appropriate documentation, as determined by 19 the Secretary, shall accompany each application. Authorized 20 organizations shall be designated by amendment to this 21 Section. When applying for a Universal special license plate SB2959 Engrossed LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 2 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 the applicant shall inform the Secretary of the name of the 2 authorized organization from which the applicant will obtain a 3 decal to place on the plate. The Secretary shall make a record 4 of that organization and that organization shall remain 5 affiliated with that plate until the plate is surrendered, 6 revoked, or otherwise cancelled. The authorized organization 7 may charge a fee to offset the cost of producing and 8 distributing the decal, but that fee shall be retained by the 9 authorized organization and shall be separate and distinct 10 from any registration fees charged by the Secretary. No decal, 11 sticker, or other material may be affixed to a Universal 12 special license plate other than a decal authorized by the 13 General Assembly in this Section or a registration renewal 14 sticker. The special plates issued under this Section shall be 15 affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division, 16 including motorcycles and autocycles, or motor vehicles of the 17 second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates 18 issued under this Section shall expire according to the 19 multi-year procedure under Section 3-414.1 of this Code. 20 (b) The design, color, and format of the Universal special 21 license plate shall be wholly within the discretion of the 22 Secretary. Universal special license plates are not required 23 to designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection 24 (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The design shall allow for 25 the application of a decal to the plate. Organizations 26 authorized by the General Assembly to issue decals for SB2959 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 3 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 Universal special license plates shall comply with rules 2 adopted by the Secretary governing the requirements for and 3 approval of Universal special license plate decals. The 4 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow Universal 5 special license plates to be issued as vanity or personalized 6 plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The 7 Secretary of State must make a version of the special 8 registration plates authorized under this Section in a form 9 appropriate for motorcycles and autocycles. 10 (c) When authorizing a Universal special license plate, 11 the General Assembly shall set forth whether an additional fee 12 is to be charged for the plate and, if a fee is to be charged, 13 the amount of the fee and how the fee is to be distributed. 14 When necessary, the authorizing language shall create a 15 special fund in the State treasury into which fees may be 16 deposited for an authorized Universal special license plate. 17 Additional fees may only be charged if the fee is to be paid 18 over to a State agency or to a charitable entity that is in 19 compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of 20 the Charitable Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act. 21 Any charitable entity receiving fees for the sale of Universal 22 special license plates shall annually provide the Secretary of 23 State a letter of compliance issued by the Attorney General 24 verifying that the entity is in compliance with the Charitable 25 Trust Act and the Solicitation for Charity Act. 26 (d) Upon original issuance and for each registration SB2959 Engrossed - 3 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 4 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 renewal period, in addition to the appropriate registration 2 fee, if applicable, the Secretary shall collect any additional 3 fees, if required, for issuance of Universal special license 4 plates. The fees shall be collected on behalf of the 5 organization designated by the applicant when applying for the 6 plate. All fees collected shall be transferred to the State 7 agency on whose behalf the fees were collected, or paid into 8 the special fund designated in the law authorizing the 9 organization to issue decals for Universal special license 10 plates. All money in the designated fund shall be distributed 11 by the Secretary subject to appropriation by the General 12 Assembly. 13 (e) The following organizations may issue decals for 14 Universal special license plates with the original and renewal 15 fees and fee distribution as follows: 16 (1) The Illinois Department of Natural Resources. 17 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 18 Roadside Monarch Habitat Fund and $15 to the Secretary 19 of State Special License Plate Fund. 20 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Roadside Monarch 21 Habitat Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State Special 22 License Plate Fund. 23 (2) Illinois Veterans' Homes. 24 (A) Original issuance: $26, which shall be 25 deposited into the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund. 26 (B) Renewal: $26, which shall be deposited into SB2959 Engrossed - 4 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 5 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund. 2 (3) The Illinois Department of Human Services for 3 volunteerism decals. 4 (A) Original issuance: $25, which shall be 5 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License 6 Plate Fund. 7 (B) Renewal: $25, which shall be deposited into 8 the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 9 (4) The Illinois Department of Public Health. 10 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 11 Prostate Cancer Awareness Fund and $15 to the 12 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 13 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Prostate Cancer 14 Awareness Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State 15 Special License Plate Fund. 16 (5) Horsemen's Council of Illinois. 17 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 18 Horsemen's Council of Illinois Fund and $15 to the 19 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 20 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Horsemen's 21 Council of Illinois Fund and $2 to the Secretary of 22 State Special License Plate Fund. 23 (6) K9s for Veterans, NFP. 24 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 25 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund and $15 26 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. SB2959 Engrossed - 5 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 6 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Post-Traumatic 2 Stress Disorder Awareness Fund and $2 to the Secretary 3 of State Special License Plate Fund. 4 (7) The International Association of Machinists and 5 Aerospace Workers. 6 (A) Original issuance: $35; with $20 to the Guide 7 Dogs of America Fund and $15 to the Secretary of State 8 Special License Plate Fund. 9 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 going to the Guide Dogs 10 of America Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State 11 Special License Plate Fund. 12 (8) Local Lodge 701 of the International Association 13 of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. 14 (A) Original issuance: $35; with $10 to the Guide 15 Dogs of America Fund, $10 to the Mechanics Training 16 Fund, and $15 to the Secretary of State Special 17 License Plate Fund. 18 (B) Renewal: $30; with $13 to the Guide Dogs of 19 America Fund, $15 to the Mechanics Training Fund, and 20 $2 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate 21 Fund. 22 (9) Illinois Department of Human Services. 23 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 24 Theresa Tracy Trot - Illinois CancerCare Foundation 25 Fund and $15 to the Secretary of State Special License 26 Plate Fund. SB2959 Engrossed - 6 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 7 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Theresa Tracy 2 Trot - Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund and $2 to 3 the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 4 (10) The Illinois Department of Human Services for 5 developmental disabilities awareness decals. 6 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 7 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Fund and $15 to 8 the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 9 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Developmental 10 Disabilities Awareness Fund and $2 to the Secretary of 11 State Special License Plate Fund. 12 (11) The Illinois Department of Human Services for 13 pediatric cancer awareness decals. 14 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 15 Pediatric Cancer Awareness Fund and $15 to the 16 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 17 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Pediatric Cancer 18 Awareness Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State 19 Special License Plate Fund. 20 (12) The Department of Veterans' Affairs for Fold of 21 Honor decals. 22 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the Folds 23 of Honor Foundation Fund and $15 to the Secretary of 24 State Special License Plate Fund. 25 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Folds of Honor 26 Foundation Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State SB2959 Engrossed - 7 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 8 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 Special License Plate Fund. 2 (13) The Illinois chapters of the Experimental 3 Aircraft Association for aviation enthusiast decals. 4 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 5 Experimental Aircraft Association Fund and $15 to the 6 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 7 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Experimental 8 Aircraft Association Fund and $2 to the Secretary of 9 State Special License Plate Fund. 10 (14) The Illinois Department of Human Services for 11 Child Abuse Council of the Quad Cities decals. 12 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the Child 13 Abuse Council of the Quad Cities Fund and $15 to the 14 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 15 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Child Abuse 16 Council of the Quad Cities Fund and $2 to the Secretary 17 of State Special License Plate Fund. 18 (15) The Illinois Department of Public Health for 19 health care worker decals. 20 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the 21 Illinois Health Care Workers Benefit Fund, and $15 to 22 the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 23 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Illinois Health 24 Care Workers Benefit Fund and $2 to the Secretary of 25 State Special License Plate Fund. 26 (16) The Department of Agriculture for Future Farmers SB2959 Engrossed - 8 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 9 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 of America decals. 2 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the Future 3 Farmers of America Fund and $15 to the Secretary of 4 State Special License Plate Fund. 5 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Future Farmers 6 of America Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State 7 Special License Plate Fund. 8 (17) The Illinois Department of Public Health for 9 autism awareness decals that are designed with input from 10 autism advocacy organizations. 11 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the Autism 12 Awareness Fund and $15 to the Secretary of State 13 Special License Plate Fund. 14 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Autism Awareness 15 Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State Special License 16 Plate Fund. 17 (18) (17) The Department of Natural Resources for Lyme 18 disease research decals. 19 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the Tick 20 Research, Education, and Evaluation Fund and $15 to 21 the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 22 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Tick Research, 23 Education, and Evaluation Fund and $2 to the Secretary 24 of State Special License Plate Fund. 25 (19) (17) The IBEW Thank a Line Worker decal. 26 (A) Original issuance: $15, which shall be SB2959 Engrossed - 9 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 10 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License 2 Plate Fund. 3 (B) Renewal: $2, which shall be deposited into the 4 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 5 (20) The Sons of the American Legion decal. 6 (A) Original issuance: $25; with $10 to the Sons 7 of the American Legion Fund and $15 to the Secretary of 8 State Special License Plate Fund. 9 (B) Renewal: $25; with $23 to the Sons of the 10 American Legion Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State 11 Special License Plate Fund. 12 (f) The following funds are created as special funds in 13 the State treasury: 14 (1) The Roadside Monarch Habitat Fund. All money in 15 the Roadside Monarch Habitat Fund shall be paid as grants 16 to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to fund 17 roadside monarch and other pollinator habitat development, 18 enhancement, and restoration projects in this State. 19 (2) The Prostate Cancer Awareness Fund. All money in 20 the Prostate Cancer Awareness Fund shall be paid as grants 21 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago. 22 (3) The Horsemen's Council of Illinois Fund. All money 23 in the Horsemen's Council of Illinois Fund shall be paid 24 as grants to the Horsemen's Council of Illinois. 25 (4) The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Fund. 26 All money in the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness SB2959 Engrossed - 10 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 11 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 Fund shall be paid as grants to K9s for Veterans, NFP for 2 support, education, and awareness of veterans with 3 post-traumatic stress disorder. 4 (5) The Guide Dogs of America Fund. All money in the 5 Guide Dogs of America Fund shall be paid as grants to the 6 International Guiding Eyes, Inc., doing business as Guide 7 Dogs of America. 8 (6) The Mechanics Training Fund. All money in the 9 Mechanics Training Fund shall be paid as grants to the 10 Mechanics Local 701 Training Fund. 11 (7) The Theresa Tracy Trot - Illinois CancerCare 12 Foundation Fund. All money in the Theresa Tracy Trot - 13 Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund shall be paid to the 14 Illinois CancerCare Foundation for the purpose of 15 furthering pancreatic cancer research. 16 (8) The Developmental Disabilities Awareness Fund. All 17 money in the Developmental Disabilities Awareness Fund 18 shall be paid as grants to the Illinois Department of 19 Human Services to fund legal aid groups to assist with 20 guardianship fees for private citizens willing to become 21 guardians for individuals with developmental disabilities 22 but who are unable to pay the legal fees associated with 23 becoming a guardian. 24 (9) The Pediatric Cancer Awareness Fund. All money in 25 the Pediatric Cancer Awareness Fund shall be paid as 26 grants to the Cancer Center at Illinois for pediatric SB2959 Engrossed - 11 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 12 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b 1 cancer treatment and research. 2 (10) The Folds of Honor Foundation Fund. All money in 3 the Folds of Honor Foundation Fund shall be paid as grants 4 to the Folds of Honor Foundation to aid in providing 5 educational scholarships to military families. 6 (11) The Experimental Aircraft Association Fund. All 7 money in the Experimental Aircraft Association Fund shall 8 be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly 9 and distribution by the Secretary, as grants to promote 10 recreational aviation. 11 (12) The Child Abuse Council of the Quad Cities Fund. 12 All money in the Child Abuse Council of the Quad Cities 13 Fund shall be paid as grants to benefit the Child Abuse 14 Council of the Quad Cities. 15 (13) The Illinois Health Care Workers Benefit Fund. 16 All money in the Illinois Health Care Workers Benefit Fund 17 shall be paid as grants to the Trinity Health Foundation 18 for the benefit of health care workers, doctors, nurses, 19 and others who work in the health care industry in this 20 State. 21 (14) The Future Farmers of America Fund. All money in 22 the Future Farmers of America Fund shall be paid as grants 23 to the Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America. 24 (15) The Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation 25 Fund. All money in the Tick Research, Education, and 26 Evaluation Fund shall be paid as grants to the Illinois SB2959 Engrossed - 12 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed- 13 -LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b SB2959 Engrossed - 13 - LRB103 36523 MXP 66629 b