State of Illinois
Introduced 2/20/2024, by Rep. Martin J. Moylan
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates $500,000,000 in specified amounts to the Department of Transportation from the Road Fund for capital and operational expenditures related to the Statewide Railway Program. Effective July 1, 2024.
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Transportation for expenses related to the Statewide Railway Program:
Payable from the Road Fund:
For Expenses of planning, design,
and environmental clearance of
a new electrified high-speed line
designed for speeds in excess
of 186 miles per hour....................... $70,000,000
For expenses of capital improvements
in railroad lines that currently
host at least 16 passenger trains
per day, 8 in each direction, on
existing passenger rail routes;
upgrades for existing railroad
lines or to construct railroad
lines to establish new passenger
rail routes that host a least 16
passenger trains per day, 8 in each
direction, for persons renewing
their vehicle registration
online; repairing or constructing
of new bridges; installing or
modernizing overhead catenary
for electrically powered trains;
upgrading existing mainline tracks
to FRA Class 5 standards or better;
adding second or third mainline
tracks; installing train control
systems for speeds in excess of 80 mph...... $230,000,000
For expenses of purchasing modern
trains and the construction of
new maintenance facilities or the
modernization of existing maintenance
facilities................................. $100,000,000
For salaries and other expenses
related to adding professional
staff in the rail division of
the Office of Intermodal Project
Implementation.............................. $2,000,000
For the operation of passenger
trains linking communities
outside of the Regional Transportation
Authority boundaries to Chicago and
O’Hare; operation of passenger
trains linking communities
outside of the Regional Transportation
Authority boundaries to other
communities outside of the
Regional Transportation Authority
boundaries; operation of
regional buses to connect
communities without a railway
station to the railway network
and to supplement frequency on
existing routes if the bus
operations funded through this
program have joint ticketing with
the State railway network.................... $98,000,000
Total $500,000,000
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.