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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 changing 
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Section 6-901 as follows:
 



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    (605 ILCS 5/6-901)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-901)



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    Sec. 6-901. 
Annually, the General Assembly shall 
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appropriate to the
Department of Transportation from the road 
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fund, the general revenue
fund, any other State funds or a 
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combination of those funds, $15,000,000
for apportionment to 
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counties for the use of road districts for the
construction of 
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bridges 20 feet or more in length, as provided in
Sections 
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6-902 through 6-905.

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    The Department of Transportation shall apportion among the 
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several
counties of this State for the use of road districts 
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the amounts
appropriated under this Section.  The amount 
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apportioned to a county
shall be in the proportion which the 
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total mileage of township or
district roads in the county bears 
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to the total mileage of all township
and district roads in the 
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State.  Each county shall allocate to the
several road districts 
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in the county the funds so apportioned to the
county.  The 
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allocation to road districts shall be made in the same
manner 
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and be subject to the same conditions and qualifications as are

 


 






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provided by Section 8 of the "Motor Fuel Tax Law", approved 
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March 25,
1929, as amended, with respect to the allocation to 
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road districts of
the amount allotted from the Motor Fuel Tax 
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Fund for apportionment to
counties for the use of road 
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districts, but no allocation shall be made
to any road district 
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that has not levied taxes for road and bridge
purposes and for 
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bridge construction purposes at the maximum rates
permitted by 
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Sections 6-501, 6-508 and 6-512 of this Act, without

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referendum.  "Road district" and "township or district road" 
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have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in this Act.

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    Road districts in counties in which a property tax 
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extension limitation is
imposed under the Property Tax 
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Extension Limitation Law that are made
ineligible for receipt 
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of this appropriation due to the imposition of a
property tax 
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extension limitation may become eligible if, at the time the

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property tax extension limitation was imposed, the road 
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district was levying at
the required rate and continues to levy 
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the maximum allowable amount
after the imposition of the 
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property tax extension limitation.  The road
district
also 
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becomes
eligible if it levies at or above the rate required for 
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eligibility by Section
8 of the
Motor Fuel Tax Law.

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    The amounts apportioned under this Section for allocation 
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to road
districts may be used only for bridge construction as 
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provided in this
Division.  So much of those amounts as are not 
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obligated under Sections
6-902 through 6-904 and for which 
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local funds have not been committed
under Section 6-905 within 
 


 






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48 24 months of the date
when such apportionment is
made lapses 
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and shall not be paid to the county treasurer for
distribution 
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to road districts.

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(Source: P.A. 90-110, eff. 7-14-97.)