95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0983


 
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Antonio Munoz - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













605 ILCS 30/1
  from Ch. 121, par. 601








    Amends the Bikeway Act.  Makes a technical change in a provision concerning
legislative findings.
















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A BILL FOR









 











SB0983

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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 Bikeway Act is amended by changing Section 1 
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as follows:
 



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    (605 ILCS 30/1)  (from Ch. 121, par. 601)



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    Sec. 1. Legislative declarations and findings. The
The 
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General Assembly
declares
that since a third of the population 
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owns
bicycles, there is an urgent need for safe bikeways, for 
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the use of both
children and adults for transportation, healthy 
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exercise and recreation.
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    The General Assembly finds that to coordinate plans for 
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bikeways most
effectively with those of the State and local 
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governments as they affect
roads, streets, schools, parks, and 
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other publicly owned lands, lands not
owned by a municipality, 
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local unit of government, county, or the State of
Illinois or 
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one of its agencies or authorities by agreement, abandoned

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roadbeds and conservation areas, while maximizing the benefits 
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from the use
of tax dollars, a single State agency, eligible to 
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receive federal matching
funds, should be designated to 
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establish and maintain a State-wide bikeways
program.

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(Source: P.A. 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)