103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5423
 
Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Brad Halbrook
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new
35 ILCS 505/8c new
605 ILCS 5/6-703 new
    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides for the establishment and administration of the Township Rebuild Program by the Department of Transportation. Provides that the Department use the Township Rebuild Fund to award grants of no greater than $250,000 to townships with populations under 2,000 for the purpose of expanding machinery storage facilities. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Creates the Township Rebuild Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Provides that the Fund shall receive transfers from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund sufficient to provide awards to all eligible townships in the Illinois Township Rebuild Program. Amends the State Finance Act to make a corresponding addition. Provides that the Township Rebuild Program Fund shall be used according to the purposes described in the Transportation Funds provisions of the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
5Section 5.1015 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new)
7    Sec. 5.1015. The Township Rebuild Program Fund.
 
8    Section 10. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by adding 
9Section 8c as follows:
 
10    (35 ILCS 505/8c new)
11    Sec. 8c. Township Rebuild Program Fund; creation; 
12distribution of proceeds. The Township Rebuild Program Fund is 
13hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. The 
14Fund shall receive transfers from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund 
15sufficient to provide awards to all eligible townships. Moneys 
16in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation 
17to provide grants to townships with populations under 2,000 in 
18amounts not greater than $250,000 for the purposes of building 
19or expanding machinery storage facilities. Moneys in the 
20Township Rebuild Program Fund shall be used according to the 
21purposes described in Section 11 of Article IX of the Illinois 
 
 
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1Constitution of 1970.
 
2    Section 15. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding 
3Section 6-703 as follows:
 
4    (605 ILCS 5/6-703 new)
5    Sec. 6-703. Township Rebuild Program created.
6    (a) Following the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
7the 103rd General Assembly, the Department shall administer 
8the Illinois Township Rebuild Program. The Department shall 
9adopt all necessary rules to administer the Program.
10    (b) The Department shall use moneys of the Township 
11Rebuild Program Fund as created under Section 8c of the Motor 
12Fuel Tax Law to review applicants and award grants to 
13townships with populations under 2,000 for the purpose of 
14expanding machinery storage facilities. Awards shall be 
15distributed based on availability and shall be not greater 
16than $250,000. Eligibility shall be determined by the 
17Department and established through rules adopted by the 
18Department. Moneys in the Township Rebuild Program Fund shall 
19be used according to the purposes described in Section 11 of 
20Article IX of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.