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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2661
Introduced 2/4/2004, by Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Department of Transportation Law in the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a regional transportation task force.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing |
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| Section 2705-207 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-207)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2005)
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| Sec. 2705-207. Regional Transportation Task Force.
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| (a) The Regional Transportation Task Force is created |
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| within the Department of Transportation.
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| (b) The Task Force shall consist of 11 voting members, as |
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| follows: 3 members
appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall |
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| be designated as chair of the task
force at the time of |
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| appointment; 2 members appointed by the President of the
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| Senate; 2 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 |
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| members appointed
by the Speaker of the House of |
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| Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the
House Minority |
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| Leader.
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| The following shall serve, ex officio, as non-voting |
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| members: the Secretary
of Transportation; one member |
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| designated by the Chicago Area Transportation
Study (CATS); one |
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| member designated by the Northeastern Illinois Planning
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| Commission (NIPC); one member designated by the
Regional |
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| Transportation Authority (RTA); one member designated by the
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| Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA); 2 members of |
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| Congress
representing Illinois from different political |
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| parties, as designated by the
Governor; and 4
members |
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| designated by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.
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| If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the |
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| vacancy shall be filled
in
the same manner as the initial |
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| appointment.
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| (c) The task force may begin to conduct business upon the |
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| appointment of a
majority of the voting members, including the |
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| chair.
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| (d) The task force may adopt bylaws; it must meet at least |
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| once each
calendar
quarter; and it may establish committees and |
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| officers as it deems necessary.
For purposes of task force |
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| meetings, a quorum is 6 voting members.
Meetings of the task |
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| force are subject to the Open Meetings Act.
The task
force must |
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| afford an opportunity for public comment at each of its |
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| meetings.
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| (e) Task force members shall serve without compensation, |
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| but may be
reimbursed
for their reasonable travel expenses from |
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| funds available for that purpose. The
Department shall provide |
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| staff and
administrative support services to the task force.
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| The Department and the task force may accept donated services |
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| and other
resources from registered not-for-profit |
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| organizations as may be necessary to
complete the work of the |
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| task force with minimal expense to the State of
Illinois.
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| (f) The task force shall gather information and make |
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| recommendations to the
Governor and to the General Assembly |
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| regarding metro area
transportation
programs in northeastern
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| Illinois, which includes, without limitation, the counties of |
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| Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. These |
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| recommendations must include, without
limitation:
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| (1) examining the feasibility of merging CATS, NIPC, |
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| RTA, and
ISTHA into a single agency;
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| (2) identifying areas where functions of these and |
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| other agencies are
redundant or unnecessary;
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| (3) identifying methods to promote
cost effectiveness, |
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| efficiency, and equality in meeting area transportation
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| needs; and
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| (4) examining regional and economic impact as it |
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| relates to potential
policy
implementation.
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| (g) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor |
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| and the
General Assembly by March 1, 2004 concerning its |
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| findings and
recommendations.
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