HB6229 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6229

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/4-221

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change to the Section concerning mix designs.

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 4-221 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/4-221)

Sec. 4-221. Mix designs. To the extent allowed by federal law, the the Department specifications shall allow the use of recycled asphalt roofing shingles received from facilities authorized to process asphalt roofing shingles for recycling into asphalt pavement in accordance with (i) permits issued pursuant to Section 39 of the Environmental Protection Act or (ii) beneficial use determinations issued pursuant to Section 22.54 of the Environmental Protection Act. In creating the mix designs used for construction and maintenance of State highways, it shall be the goal of the Department, through its specifications, to maximize the percentage of recycled asphalt roofing shingles and binder replacement and to maximize the use of recycled aggregates and other lowest-cost constituents in the mix so long as there is no detrimental impact on life-cycle costs.

(Source: P.A. 97-314, eff. 1-1-12.)