SB0198 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0198

Introduced 1/30/2019, by Sen. Laura Fine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new
605 ILCS 5/6-701.10 new
605 ILCS 5/7-202.15	from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.15
605 ILCS 5/7-202.23 new

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a county board of any county, any township, or any municipality may use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the operation costs of any public transportation service, for capital improvements designed to improve or enhance pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility, or for infrastructure used to support publicly or privately owned electric vehicles.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 7-202.15 and by adding Sections 5-701.18, 6-701.10, and 7-202.23 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new)

Sec. 5-701.18. Transportation services; mobility; electric vehicles. The county board of any county may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the operation costs of any public transportation service operated in partnership with a local transit agency or a private provider and which is directed, contracted, or otherwise approved by the county or for any capital improvements designed to improve or enhance pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility. In addition, the county board of any county may use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for infrastructure used to support publicly or privately owned electric vehicles.

(605 ILCS 5/6-701.10 new)

Sec. 6-701.10. Transportation services; mobility; electric vehicles. Any township may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the operation costs of any public transportation service operated in partnership with a local transit agency or a private provider and which is directed, contracted, or otherwise approved by the township or for any capital improvements designed to improve or enhance pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility. In addition, any township may use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for infrastructure used to support publicly or privately owned electric vehicles.

(605 ILCS 5/7-202.15) (from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.15)

Sec. 7-202.15. The construction, maintenance, or repair of sidewalks or other pedestrian paths located within the right of way of any street in the municipality, or any other capital improvements designed to improve or enhance pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility.

(Source: P.A. 88-580, eff. 1-1-95.)

(605 ILCS 5/7-202.23 new)

Sec. 7-202.23. Transportation services; electric vehicles. Subject to Section 7-203 of this Code, any municipality may, by ordinance, use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the operation costs of any public transportation service operated in partnership with a local transit agency or a private provider and which is directed, contracted, or otherwise approved by the municipality or for infrastructure used to support publicly or privately owned electric vehicles.