104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3728
 
Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2705/2705-631 new
    Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to the specified members and committees of the General Assembly and the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget as of December 31 of each year the following: the amount of local airport planning and design engineering approved for reimbursement by the Department through programming letters for which the Department has not executed a binding agreement to reimburse such work from either federal or State funds; the amount of airport construction bids opened by the Department for which there is no binding funding agreement executed with the local airport sponsor to provide the local airport construction share as the Department requires for local government highway projects prior to advertisement for letting; the amount of construction contract bids opened but not awarded by the Department within 45 days; and the amount and date of submittal for invoices submitted to the Department by local airport sponsors for airport planning and design engineering services that were not paid by the Department within 30 days of the date of local airport sponsor invoice submittal. Requires the Department to file this report with the designated persons, committees, and offices by January 31 of each year or 2 weeks prior to a scheduled appropriation hearing for the upcoming fiscal year, whichever date is earlier.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the 
5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding 
6Section 2705-631 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-631 new)
8    Sec. 2705-631. Airport project reports. The Secretary of 
9Transportation shall report to the President of the Senate, 
10the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
11Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of 
12Representatives, the Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of 
13the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriation 
14Committees with jurisdiction over Department appropriations, 
15and the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and 
16Budget as of December 31 of each year the following:
17        (1) By project, the amount of local airport planning 
18    and design engineering approved for reimbursement by the 
19    Department through programming letters for which the 
20    Department has not executed a binding agreement to 
21    reimburse such work from either federal or State funds, 
22    including:
23            (A) The date of approval for the local airport 
 
 
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1        sponsor to incur reimbursable planning and design 
2        engineering costs.
3            (B) The reason the Department has not executed a 
4        binding agreement with the airport sponsor to 
5        reimburse the Department approved planning and 
6        engineering costs as they are incurred as the 
7        Department does with local governments implementing 
8        Department assisted highway, transit, and rail 
9        projects.
10        (2) By project, the amount of airport construction 
11    bids opened by the Department for which there is no 
12    binding funding agreement executed with the local airport 
13    sponsor to provide the local airport construction share as 
14    the Department requires for local government highway 
15    projects prior to advertisement for letting.
16        (3) By project, the amount of construction contract 
17    bids opened but not awarded by the Department within 45 
18    days, including an explanation of the reason the contract 
19    was not awarded in a timely fashion.
20        (4) The amount and date of submittal for invoices 
21    submitted to the Department by local airport sponsors for 
22    airport planning and design engineering services that were 
23    not paid by the Department within 30 days of the date of 
24    local airport sponsor invoice submittal, including an 
25    explanation of the reason for each invoice not being paid 
26    within 30 days of submittal.
 
 
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1    The Department shall file this report with the designated 
2persons, committees, and offices by January 31 of each year or 
32 weeks prior to a scheduled appropriation hearing for the 
4upcoming fiscal year, whichever date is earlier.