HB0200 Summary

• Creates special registration plates designated as "Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County license plates" available to active/retired Cook County peace officers, their family members, surviving family members of deceased officers, and foundation members/donors.

• Sets issuance and renewal fees at $25, with $10 from initial issuance and $23 from renewals deposited into the Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County Fund.

• Establishes the Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County Fund as a special state treasury fund to support memorial construction/maintenance, annual commemorations, scholarships for children of officers killed or injured in the line of duty, and financial assistance to affected officers and families.

• Amends the Illinois Lottery Law to distribute net revenue from a State police memorials scratch-off game equally among four funds, including the new Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County Fund.

• Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to include the Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County Fund as a recipient of voluntary charitable contributions made through the tax return checkoff process.