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Public Act 093-0670
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LRB093 03052 SJM 03069 b |
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AN ACT in relation to transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing |
Section 2705-207 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2705/2705-207)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2005)
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Sec. 2705-207. Regional Transportation Task Force.
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(a) The Regional Transportation Task Force is created |
within the Department.
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(b) The Task Force shall consist of 11 voting members, as |
follows: 3 members
appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall |
be designated as chair of the task
force at the time of |
appointment; 2 members appointed by the President of the
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Senate; 2 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 |
members appointed
by the Speaker of the House of |
Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the
House Minority |
Leader.
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The following shall serve, ex officio, as non-voting |
members: the Secretary
of Transportation; one member |
designated by the Chicago Area Transportation
Study (CATS); one |
member designated by the Northeastern Illinois Planning
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Commission (NIPC); one member designated by the
Regional |
Transportation Authority (RTA); one member designated by the
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Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA); 2 members of |
Congress
representing Illinois from different political |
parties, as designated by the
Governor; and 4
members |
designated by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.
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If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the |
vacancy shall be filled
in
the same manner as the initial |
appointment.
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(c) The task force may begin to conduct business upon the |
appointment of a
majority of the voting members, including the |
chair.
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(d) The task force may adopt bylaws; it must meet at least |
once each
calendar
quarter; and it may establish committees and |
officers as it deems necessary.
For purposes of task force |
meetings, a quorum is 6 voting members.
Meetings of the task |
force are subject to the Open Meetings Act.
The task
force must |
afford an opportunity for public comment at each of its |
meetings.
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(e) Task force members shall serve without compensation, |
but may be
reimbursed
for their reasonable travel expenses from |
funds available for that purpose. The
Department shall provide |
staff and
administrative support services to the task force.
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The Department and the task force may accept donated services |
and other
resources from registered not-for-profit |
organizations as may be necessary to
complete the work of the |
task force with minimal expense to the State of
Illinois.
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(f) The task force shall gather information and make |
recommendations to the
Governor and to the General Assembly |
regarding metro area
transportation
programs in northeastern
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Illinois, which includes, without limitation, the counties of |
Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. These |
recommendations must include, without
limitation:
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(1) examining the feasibility of merging CATS, NIPC, |
RTA, and
ISTHA into a single agency;
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(2) identifying areas where functions of these and |
other agencies are
redundant or unnecessary;
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(3) identifying methods to promote
cost effectiveness, |
efficiency, and equality in meeting area transportation
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needs; and
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(4) examining regional and economic impact as it |
relates to potential
policy
implementation.
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(g) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor |
and the
General Assembly by April 15, 2004
March 1, 2004 |
concerning its findings and
recommendations.
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