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HB1299 Engrossed |
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LRB095 09731 DRH 29935 b |
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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 Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 4-105 as follows:
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| (605 ILCS 5/4-105 new) |
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| Sec. 4-105. Rubberized asphalt study. The Department shall |
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| select a capital improvement project related to roads, parking |
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| lots, sidewalks, biking or walking paths, or other pedestrian |
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| or vehicular facilities, as a pilot project in which rubberized |
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| asphalt shall be used in place of conventional asphalt. The |
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| project shall feature at least 2,000 square feet of rubberized |
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| asphalt and a similarly sized patch of conventional asphalt, to |
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| enable comparisons. The Department shall select the project |
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| within 6 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, and the project must be completed |
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| within 12 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly. The Department shall report to |
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| the General Assembly, no later than 3 months after completion |
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| of the project, the results of an initial evaluation of the |
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| performance of rubberized asphalt and shall subsequently |
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| report its findings once every 3 months.
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| This Section is repealed 3 years after the effective date |