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Public Act 098-1152
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task |
Force on Sustainable Transportation Funding Act.
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Section 5. Task Force on Sustainable Transportation |
Funding. There is created the Task Force on Sustainable |
Transportation Funding, to be comprised of the following |
members, with an emphasis on bipartisan and statewide |
legislative representation and diverse non-legislative |
stakeholder representation: |
(1) one member of the Illinois House of Representatives |
and 2 members of the public who represent the |
transportation industry, the Illinois transportation |
research community, or national research and policy-making |
bodies appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
Representatives; |
(2) one member of the Illinois Senate and 2 members of |
the public who represent the transportation industry, the |
Illinois transportation research community, or national |
research and policy-making bodies appointed by the |
President of the Senate; |
(3) one member of the Illinois House of Representatives |
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and 2 members of the public who represent the |
transportation industry, the Illinois transportation |
research community, or national research and policy-making |
bodies appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
Representatives; |
(4) one member of the Illinois Senate and 2 members of |
the public who represent the transportation industry, the |
Illinois transportation research community, or national |
research and policy-making bodies appointed by the |
Minority Leader of the Senate; |
(5) one member who is currently employed by the |
Illinois Department of Transportation appointed by the |
Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation; |
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(6) one member who is currently employed by the |
Illinois Department of Revenue appointed by the Director of |
the Illinois Department of Revenue.
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Section 10. Membership; voting rights. |
(a) The Task Force shall serve without compensation. |
(b) The members of the Task Force shall be considered |
members with voting rights. A quorum of the Task Force shall |
consist of a simple majority of the members of the Task Force. |
All actions and recommendations of the Task Force must be |
approved by a simple majority vote of the members. |
(c) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days after the |
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effective date of this Act. The Task Force shall elect one |
member as chairperson at its initial meeting through a simple |
majority vote of the Task Force and shall thereafter meet at |
the call of the chairperson. |
(d) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall |
provide administrative and other support to the Task Force.
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Section 15. Duties; report. |
(a) The Task Force shall: |
(1) analyze the current trends between the |
infrastructure needs of Illinois and the revenue received |
from federal and State gas taxes and the level of highway |
and road investment that would reduce congestion, keep |
Illinois' economy competitive, and keep drivers safe; |
(2) research and recommend possible alterations and |
alternatives for how to modernize the State of Illinois' |
system of financing maintenance, improvements, and |
expansion of its public infrastructure systems, including, |
but not limited to, best practices in other states, |
user-based alternatives, or other equitable and |
sustainable methods for funding transportation; |
(3) make recommendations to the Department of |
Transportation regarding how to implement possible |
alterations or alternatives; and |
(4) submit a report of its findings and recommendations |
to the General Assembly by June 1, 2015.
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