97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3083

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. David Harris

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/25-75
605 ILCS 5/4-221 new
605 ILCS 10/11  from Ch. 121, par. 100-11

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code, the Illinois Highway Code, and the Toll Highway Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2015, 25% of all vehicles purchased with State funds shall be vehicles fueled by electricity, compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or liquid natural gas. Provides that by January 1, 2015, the Illinois Department of Transportation shall construct and maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at each rest area on State highways. Provides that by January 1, 2015, the Toll Highway Authority shall construct and maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at any location where the Authority has entered into an agreement with any entity for the purposes of providing motor fuel service stations and facilities, garages, stores, or restaurants along the toll highways. Directs the Department and Authority to adopt rules to implement these requirements.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 25-75 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/25-75)
7    Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles.
8    (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles
10purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles.
11Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles
12purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel
13efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section,
14"flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that
15operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline)
16fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or
17light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an
18electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20%
19increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the
20equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model.
21    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State
23funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the

 

 

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1manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel.
2    (b-5) On and after January 1, 2015, 25% of vehicles
3purchased with State funds shall be vehicles fueled by
4electricity, compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or
5liquid natural gas.
6    (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that
7certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based
8on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as
9health and safety of Illinois citizens.
10(Source: P.A. 94-1079, eff. 6-1-07.)
 
11    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
12Section 4-221 as follows:
 
13    (605 ILCS 5/4-221 new)
14    Sec. 4-221. Electric vehicle charging stations. By January
151, 2015, the Department shall construct and maintain at least
16one electric vehicle charging station at each rest area on
17State highways.
18    The Department shall adopt and publish specifications
19detailing the kind and type of electric vehicle charging
20station to be constructed and maintained and shall adopt rules
21governing the place of erection and maintenance of electric
22vehicle charging stations.
 
23    Section 15. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing

 

 

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1Section 11 as follows:
 
2    (605 ILCS 10/11)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
3    Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
4    (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State
5for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and
6examinations as may be necessary, expedient or convenient for
7the purposes of this Act, and such entry shall not be deemed to
8be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purpose be deemed an
9entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then
10pending; provided, however, that the Authority shall make
11reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands,
12waters and premises as the result of such activities.
13    (b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the
14collection of tolls or charges upon and along any toll
15highways.
16    (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for
17the privilege of using the said toll highways. Before it adopts
18an increase in the rates for toll, the Authority shall hold a
19public hearing at which any person may appear, express
20opinions, suggestions, or objections, or direct inquiries
21relating to the proposed increase. Any person may submit a
22written statement to the Authority at the hearing, whether
23appearing in person or not. The hearing shall be held in the
24county in which the proposed increase of the rates is to take
25place. The Authority shall give notice of the hearing by

 

 

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1advertisement on 3 successive days at least 15 days prior to
2the date of the hearing in a daily newspaper of general
3circulation within the county within which the hearing is held.
4The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the
5hearing, shall contain a description of the proposed increase,
6and shall specify how interested persons may obtain copies of
7any reports, resolutions, or certificates describing the basis
8on which the proposed change, alteration, or modification was
9calculated. After consideration of any statements filed or oral
10opinions, suggestions, objections, or inquiries made at the
11hearing, the Authority may proceed to adopt the proposed
12increase of the rates for toll. No change or alteration in or
13modification of the rates for toll shall be effective unless at
14least 30 days prior to the effective date of such rates notice
15thereof shall be given to the public by publication in a
16newspaper of general circulation, and such notice, or notices,
17thereof shall be posted and publicly displayed at each and
18every toll station upon or along said toll highways.
19    (d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade
20separations at intersections with any railroads, waterways,
21street railways, streets, thoroughfares, public roads or
22highways intersected by the said toll highways, and to change
23and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to accommodate
24the same to the design of such grade separation and to
25construct interchange improvements. The Authority is
26authorized to provide such grade separations or interchange

 

 

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1improvements at its own cost or to enter into contracts or
2agreements with reference to division of cost therefor with any
3municipality or political subdivision of the State of Illinois,
4or with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, or with
5any corporation, individual, firm, person or association.
6Where such structures have been built by the Authority and a
7local highway agency did not enter into an agreement to the
8contrary, the Authority shall maintain the entire structure,
9including the road surface, at the Authority's expense.
10    (e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease or
11license to any person, partnership, firm, association or
12corporation so desiring the use of any part of any toll
13highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but including
14the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion
15for the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power lines
16and other utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, and to
17enter into operating agreements with or to contract with and
18grant concessions to or to lease to any person, partnership,
19firm, association or corporation so desiring the use of any
20part of the toll highways, excluding the paved portion thereof,
21but including the right of way adjoining, or over said paved
22portion for motor fuel service stations and facilities,
23garages, stores and restaurants, or for any other lawful
24purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, rates and
25charges for such use.
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1maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at any
2location where the Authority has entered into an agreement with
3any entity pursuant to this subsection (e) for the purposes of
4providing motor fuel service stations and facilities, garages,
5stores, or restaurants. The Authority shall adopt rules to
6implement the erection and maintenance of electric vehicle
7charging stations pursuant to this subsection (e).
8    The Authority shall also have power to establish reasonable
9regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance,
10repair, renewal, relocation and removal of pipes, mains,
11conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and
12appliances (herein called public utilities) of any public
13utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act along, over or
14under any toll road project. Whenever the Authority shall
15determine that it is necessary that any such public utility
16facilities which now are located in, on, along, over or under
17any project or projects be relocated or removed entirely from
18any such project or projects, the public utility owning or
19operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
20accordance with the order of the Authority. All costs and
21expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of
22installing such facilities in a new location or locations, and
23the cost of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any
24other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal
25shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the
26cost of any such project or projects, and further, there shall

 

 

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1be no rent, fee or other charge of any kind imposed upon the
2public utility owning or operating any facilities ordered
3relocated on the properties of the said Authority and the said
4Authority shall grant to the said public utility owning or
5operating said facilities and its successors and assigns the
6right to operate the same in the new location or locations for
7as long a period and upon the same terms and conditions as it
8had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their
9former location or locations.
10    (f) To enter into an intergovernmental agreement or
11contract with a unit of local government or other public or
12private entity for the collection, enforcement, and
13administration of tolls, fees, revenue, and violations.
14(Source: P.A. 94-636, eff. 8-22-05.)