Rep. Frank J. Mautino
Filed: 2/26/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 641
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 641 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6-901 as follows:
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| 6 | (605 ILCS 5/6-901) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-901)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-901.
Annually, the General Assembly shall | ||||||
| 8 | appropriate to the
Department of Transportation from the road | ||||||
| 9 | fund, the general revenue
fund, any other State funds or a | ||||||
| 10 | combination of those funds, $15,000,000
for apportionment to | ||||||
| 11 | counties for the use of road districts for the
construction of | ||||||
| 12 | bridges 20 feet or more in length, as provided in
Sections | ||||||
| 13 | 6-902 through 6-905.
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| 14 | The Department of Transportation shall apportion among the | ||||||
| 15 | several
counties of this State for the use of road districts | ||||||
| 16 | the amounts
appropriated under this Section. The amount | ||||||
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| 1 | apportioned to a county
shall be in the proportion which the | ||||||
| 2 | total mileage of township or
district roads in the county bears | ||||||
| 3 | to the total mileage of all township
and district roads in the | ||||||
| 4 | State. Each county shall allocate to the
several road districts | ||||||
| 5 | in the county the funds so apportioned to the
county. The | ||||||
| 6 | allocation to road districts shall be made in the same
manner | ||||||
| 7 | and be subject to the same conditions and qualifications as are
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| 8 | provided by Section 8 of the "Motor Fuel Tax Law", approved | ||||||
| 9 | March 25,
1929, as amended, with respect to the allocation to | ||||||
| 10 | road districts of
the amount allotted from the Motor Fuel Tax | ||||||
| 11 | Fund for apportionment to
counties for the use of road | ||||||
| 12 | districts, but no allocation shall be made
to any road district | ||||||
| 13 | that has not levied taxes for road and bridge
purposes and for | ||||||
| 14 | bridge construction purposes at the maximum rates
permitted by | ||||||
| 15 | Sections 6-501, 6-508 and 6-512 of this Act, without
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| 16 | referendum. "Road district" and "township or district road" | ||||||
| 17 | have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in this Act.
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| 18 | Road districts in counties in which a property tax | ||||||
| 19 | extension limitation is
imposed under the Property Tax | ||||||
| 20 | Extension Limitation Law that are made
ineligible for receipt | ||||||
| 21 | of this appropriation due to the imposition of a
property tax | ||||||
| 22 | extension limitation may become eligible if, at the time the
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| 23 | property tax extension limitation was imposed, the road | ||||||
| 24 | district was levying at
the required rate and continues to levy | ||||||
| 25 | the maximum allowable amount
after the imposition of the | ||||||
| 26 | property tax extension limitation. The road
district
also | ||||||
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| 1 | becomes
eligible if it levies at or above the rate required for | ||||||
| 2 | eligibility by Section
8 of the
Motor Fuel Tax Law.
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| 3 | The amounts apportioned under this Section for allocation | ||||||
| 4 | to road
districts may be used only for bridge construction as | ||||||
| 5 | provided in this
Division. So much of those amounts as are not | ||||||
| 6 | obligated under Sections
6-902 through 6-904 and for which | ||||||
| 7 | local funds have not been committed
under Section 6-905 within | ||||||
| 8 | 48 24 months of the date
when such apportionment is
made lapses | ||||||
| 9 | and shall not be paid to the county treasurer for
distribution | ||||||
| 10 | to road districts.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 90-110, eff. 7-14-97.)".
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