625 ILCS 5/3-637
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 3 - Certificates Of Title And Registration Of Vehicles

Sec. 3-637. D.A.R.E.  license plate.(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form  prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue special registration plates  designated to be D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) license plates.  The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger  vehicles of the first division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing  not more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as defined by Section  1-169 of this Code.  Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year  procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.(b) The design and color of the plates shall be wholly within the discretion  of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate documentation, as determined by the  Secretary, shall accompany the application.  The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the  plates to be issued as  vanity or personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this  Code.(c) An applicant shall be charged a $45 fee for original issuance in  addition to the appropriate registration fee, if applicable.  Of this fee, $10  shall be deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund; $10 shall  be deposited into the County D.A.R.E. Fund if the county, as indicated by the  applicant's address,  has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee shall be deposited into  the State D.A.R.E. Fund;  $10 shall be deposited  into the Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund if the municipality, as indicated by the  applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee shall be  deposited into the County D.A.R.E. Fund if the county, as indicated by the  applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee shall be  deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund;  and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State  Special License Plate Fund.For each registration renewal period, a $29 fee, in addition to the  appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.  Of this fee, $9 shall be  deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund; $9 shall be deposited into the  County D.A.R.E. Fund if the  county, as indicated by the applicant's address,  has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $9 fee  shall be deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund;  $9 shall be deposited  into the Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund if the municipality, as indicated by the  applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $9 fee shall be  deposited into the County D.A.R.E. Fund if the county, as indicated by the  applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $9 fee shall be  deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund;  and $2 shall be deposited into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.(d) The State D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in the State  Treasury.  All money in the State D.A.R.E. Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, as grants to the Illinois D.A.R.E. Officers Association for its  D.A.R.E. program.The County D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury.  All money in the County D.A.R.E. Fund shall be distributed, subject to  appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Secretary.  The  Secretary shall make grants of this money to counties for their  D.A.R.E. programs based on the proportion of money the County D.A.R.E. Fund has  received from each county, as indicated by the applicant's address.The Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in the State  Treasury.  All money in the Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund shall be distributed,  subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Secretary.   The Secretary shall make grants of this money to municipalities  for their D.A.R.E. programs based on the proportion of money the Municipal  D.A.R.E. Fund has received from each municipality, as indicated by the  applicant's address.  (Source: P.A. 97-206, eff. 7-28-11.)