7am News, Sports and Obits
Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Special License Plate for Fallen Police Officers
Legislation proposed by a local state lawmaker that would provide benefits to families of police officers killed in the line of duty through the sale of special license plates is now law.

74th District State Representative Don Moffitt sponsored the measure that will provide scholarships to children and spouses of fallen police officers. The money to pay for the death benefits would come out of the newly created Illinois Police Association fund.

Moffitt says the money can be used for undergraduate and graduate study. "This is one of those things you hope is never used," Moffitt said. "Yet, the reality is that we know there are times. So I was honored to carry this for the Police Association. This gives them the revenue to create this death benefit."

The legislation passed both Houses in May and was sent to Governor Rod Blagojevich in June, and he signed the measure into law last month.

The measure, which goes into effect January 1st, allows the secretary of state to issue license plates for the Illinois Police Association. The plates will cost 25 dollars on top of the regular registration fee.
09 04 08 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.