Three Fires Council

On August 22, 2007, the Governor of Illinois signed into law Public Act 95-0320 commonly known as the Boy Scout & Girl Scout License Plate bill. This Act creates four (4) passenger license plates: Boy Scout; Eagle Scout; Girl Scout; & Gold Award. For each plate purchased, $25.00 is deposited into a special fund with the Secretary of State. Upon yearly appropriation, the $25.00 is issued as grants to the Illinois Councils of the Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts on a pro rata basis, according to the number of each type of plate sold. Grants shall be made to the county division in which the plates are sold. You must have proof of attaining the rank of Eagle or Gold Award in order to obtain the corresponding plate. This Act takes effect January 1, 2008.

In order to establish the plates a minimum of 850 people need to return the request form to the Secretary of State's office indicating their interest in the Boy Scout License Plate. It’s not an order; just an expression of interest. Please share this request form and encourage all Scouters to return the filled out form to the Secretary of State. A form is available to be faxed or e-mailed to the Secretary of State in order to begin the count toward the 850.

BSA Licence Plate Info   Please spread this information to your Scouting friends to help generate interest and get the word out.  You can also call the Secretary of States office in Springfield at 217-558-6148 and speak to Karla to get on the list. We need 850 requests to get the Boy Scout plate started and right now the list is at 204 names and counting as of January 2011.