Bill Text: IL SB2016 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2016 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2016-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 615 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2705/615 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 615. Supplemental funding; Illinois Transportation | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Enhancement Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) In addition to any other funding that may be provided | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | to the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program from | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | federal, State, or other sources, including, but not limited | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | to, the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside of the Surface | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Transportation Block Grant Program, the Department shall set | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | aside an amount equal to 2% of the total appropriation received | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | by the Department from the Road Fund for the projects in the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | following categories: pedestrian and bicycle facilities; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | streetscape projects; and the conversion of abandoned railroad | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | corridors to trails. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), funds set aside | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | under subsection (a) shall be administered according to the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | requirements of the current Guidelines Manual published by the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Department for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement |
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1 | Program, including, but not limited to, decision-making by the | ||||||
2 | Department and the applicable Metropolitan Planning | ||||||
3 | Organization and proportional fund distribution according to | ||||||
4 | population size. | ||||||
5 | (c) For projects funded under this Section: | ||||||
6 | (1) Local matching funding shall be required according | ||||||
7 | to a sliding scale based on community size, median income, | ||||||
8 | and total property tax base. | ||||||
9 | (2) Phase I Studies and Phase I Engineering Reports are | ||||||
10 | not required to be completed before application is made. | ||||||
11 | (3) At least 25% of funding shall be directed towards | ||||||
12 | projects in high-need communities, based on community | ||||||
13 | median income and total property tax base. | ||||||
14 | (d) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||||||
15 | this Section.
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