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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing |
| 6 | | Section 2705-215 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-215) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27)
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| 8 | | Sec. 2705-215.
Cooperative utilization of equipment and
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| 9 | | services of governmental
entities and not-for-profit |
| 10 | | organizations for the transportation needs in
public service |
| 11 | | programs.
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| 12 | | (a) The Department is directed to encourage and assist
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| 13 | | governmental entities, not-for-profit corporations, and |
| 14 | | nonprofit community
service associations, between or among |
| 15 | | themselves, in the development of
reasonable utilization of |
| 16 | | transportation equipment and operational service
in satisfying |
| 17 | | the general and specialized public transportation needs.
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| 18 | | The Department shall develop and encourage cooperative |
| 19 | | development, among
all entities, of programs promoting |
| 20 | | efficient service and conservation
of capital
investment and |
| 21 | | energy and shall assist all entities in achieving their
goals
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| 22 | | and in their applications for transportation grants under |
| 23 | | appropriate State
or federal programs.
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| 1 | | (b) Implementation of cooperative programs is to be |
| 2 | | developed within the
meaning
of the provisions of the |
| 3 | | Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. In the circumstances of |
| 4 | | nongovernmental entities,
the Department shall be guided by |
| 5 | | that Act and any other State law
in
encouraging
the cooperative |
| 6 | | programs between those entities.
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| 7 | | (c) The Department shall report to the members of the |
| 8 | | General Assembly,
by
March 1 of each year, its successes, |
| 9 | | failures and progress in achieving
the intent of this Section. |
| 10 | | The report shall also include identification
of problems as |
| 11 | | well as the Department's recommendations.
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| 12 | | (d) The Department shall certify United States Department |
| 13 | | of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor |
| 14 | | management boards regulated under the Labor Management |
| 15 | | Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 141 et seq., as able to teach, train, |
| 16 | | and test their own members for any quality assurance and |
| 17 | | quality control certifications required by the Department. |
| 18 | | The Department shall make available, without charge, all |
| 19 | | course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the |
| 20 | | instructors of courses described by this subsection (d). |
| 21 | | The Department may administer any testing or use a third |
| 22 | | party to administer any testing. Any cost of administering the |
| 23 | | testing by the Department or a third party shall be born by the |
| 24 | | Department. |
| 25 | | If the Department chooses to administer the testing or use |
| 26 | | a third party to administer the testing, the Department or |