Rep. Tom Demmer
Filed: 2/23/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2725




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2725 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is 
5amended by adding Section 50 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 862/50 new)
7    Sec. 50. Federal obligation limitation. The Department may 
8enter into agreements as necessary with the Federal Highway 
9Administration, or any successor agency, for the purpose of 
10authorizing federal obligation limitations for projects under 
11the federal Recreational Trails Program; provided however, the 
12Department and the Illinois Department of Transportation shall 
13enter into an inter-agency agreement to closely coordinate the 
14obligation of projects authorized by the Illinois Division 
15Office of the Federal Highway Administration to maximize 
16federal funding opportunities.
 
 
 
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1    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by 
2changing Section 3-105 as follows:
 



3    (605 ILCS 5/3-105)  (from Ch. 121, par. 3-105)



4    Sec. 3-105. 
Except as otherwise provided in the Treasurer 
5as Custodian
of Funds Act, all money received by the State
of 
6Illinois from the federal government for aid in construction of 
7highways
shall be placed in the "Road Fund" in the State 
8Treasury. For the purposes of this Section, money received by 
9the State of Illinois from the federal government under the 
10Recreational Trails Program for grants or contracts obligated 
11on or after October 1, 2017 shall not be considered for use as 
12aid in construction of highways, and shall be placed in the 
13"Park and Conservation Fund" in the State treasury. 

14    Whenever any county having a population of 500,000 or more 
15inhabitants
has incurred indebtedness and issued Expressway 
16bonds as authorized by
Division 5-34 of
the Counties Code  and 
17has used
the proceeds of such bonds for the construction of 
18Expressways in
accordance with the provisions of Section 15d of 
19"An Act to revise the law
in relation to roads and bridges", 
20approved June 27, 1913, as amended
(repealed) or
of Section 
215-403 of this Code in order to accelerate the improvement of

22the National System of Interstate Highways, the federal aid 
23primary highway
network or the federal aid highway network in 
24urban areas, the State shall
appropriate and allot, from the 
 
 
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1allotments of federal funds made available
by Acts of Congress 
2under the Federal Aid Road Act and as appropriated
and made 
3available to the State of Illinois, to such county or counties 
4a
sum sufficient to retire the bonded indebtedness due annually 
5arising from
the issuance of those Expressway bonds issued for 
6the purpose of
constructing Expressways in the county or 
7counties. Such funds shall be
deposited in the Treasury of such 
8county or counties for the purpose of
applying such funds to 
9the payment of the Expressway bonds, principal and
interest due 
10annually, issued pursuant to Division 5-34  of the Counties 
11Code.

12(Source: P.A. 86-1475.)".