101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5244

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kambium Buckner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2705/2705-203 new

    Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and implement a transportation performance program for all transportation facilities under its jurisdiction. Provides that the Department shall develop a risk-based, statewide highway system asset management plan to preserve and improve the conditions of highway and bridge assets and enhance the performance of the system while minimizing life-cycle cost. Provides that the asset management plan shall include, at a minimum, strategies leading to a program of projects that would make progress toward achievement of targets for asset condition and performance of the State highway system. Provides that the asset management plan shall be made publicly available on the Department's website. Provides that the Department shall develop a needs-based asset management plan for State-supported public transportation assets, including vehicles, facilities, equipment, and other infrastructure. Limits the plan to certain transit services. Provides that the Department shall develop a performance-based project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in transportation assets that go above and beyond maintaining the existing system in a state of good repair and to evaluate projects that add capacity. Adds various requirements regarding the new asset management plan and performance-based programming. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6Section 2705-203 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-203 new)
8    Sec. 2705-203. Transportation asset management plan and
9performance-based programming.
10    (a) The General Assembly declares it to be in the public
11interest that a statewide transportation performance program
12and project prioritization process be developed and
13implemented to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the
14State's transportation system, transportation safety, and
15transportation accessibility for people and goods and
16environmental quality and to promote inclusive economic growth
17throughout the State.
18    (b) The Department of Transportation shall establish and
19implement a statewide transportation performance program for
20all transportation facilities under its jurisdiction. The
21purposes of the statewide transportation performance program
22are to:
23        (1) establish a strategic approach that uses

 

 

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1    transportation system information to make investment and
2    policy decisions to achieve statewide and regional
3    performance goals;
4        (2) ensure transportation investment decisions emerge
5    from an objective and quantifiable technical analysis;
6        (3) evaluate the need and financial support necessary
7    for maintaining, expanding, and modernizing existing
8    transportation infrastructure;
9        (4) ensure that all State transportation funds
10    invested are directed to support progress toward the
11    achievement of performance targets established in asset
12    management plans and the State and regional performance
13    targets under the National Performance Management Measures
14    Program; and
15        (5) make investment decisions transparent and
16    accessible to the public.
17    (c) The Department shall develop a risk-based, statewide
18highway system asset management plan to preserve and improve
19the conditions of highway and bridge assets and enhance the
20performance of the system while minimizing life-cycle cost. The
21asset management plan shall include, at a minimum, strategies
22leading to a program of projects that would make progress
23toward achievement of targets for asset condition and
24performance of the State highway system. The asset management
25plan shall be made publicly available on the Department's
26website.

 

 

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1    (d) The Department shall develop a needs-based asset
2management plan for State-supported public transportation
3assets, including vehicles, facilities, equipment, and other
4infrastructure. The transit asset management plan shall
5include transit services using federal funding under 49 U.S.C.
65311, transit services having fewer than 100 vehicles operating
7in the peak hour in all fixed-route modes, and transit services
8having fewer than 100 vehicles in one nonfixed route, and that
9do not develop their own asset management plans. The goal of
10the transit asset management plan is to preserve and modernize
11capital transit assets that will enhance the performance of the
12system. The transit asset management plan shall establish a
13strategic and systematic process to invest in operating,
14maintaining, and improving public transportation capital
15assets effectively through their entire life cycle. Federally
16required transit asset management plans developed by the
17Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) or service boards, as
18defined in Section 1.03 of the Regional Transportation
19Authority Act, shall become the transportation asset
20management plan for all public transportation assets owned and
21operated by the service boards. The Department's transit asset
22management plan shall be made publicly available on the
23Department's website. The RTA shall be responsible for making
24public transit asset management plans for its service area
25publicly available.
26    (e) The Department shall develop a performance-based

 

 

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1project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in
2transportation assets that go above and beyond maintaining the
3existing system in a state of good repair and to evaluate
4projects that add capacity. The goal of the process is to
5select projects equitably through an evaluation process that
6assesses the costs and benefits of new investment. This process
7shall provide the flexibility to take into consideration the
8unique needs of communities across the State. The Department
9shall solicit input from localities, metropolitan planning
10organizations, transit authorities, transportation
11authorities, representatives of labor and private businesses,
12and other stakeholders in its development of the prioritization
13process pursuant to this subsection.
14    The selection process shall include a defined, public means
15by which candidate projects shall be submitted, evaluated, and
16selected. The process shall include both a quantitative
17analysis of the evaluation factors and qualitative review by
18the Department. The Department may apply different weights to
19the performance measures based on regional geography or project
20type. Projects selected as part of the process shall be
21included in the State's multi-year transportation plan and the
22annual element of the multi-year plan. The policies that guide
23the performance-based project selection process shall be
24derived from State and regional long-range transportation
25plans. Starting January 1, 2021, no project shall be included
26in the multi-year transportation plan or annual element without

 

 

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1being evaluated under the selection process described in this
2subsection. The Department shall certify that it is making
3progress toward condition targets anticipated in its
4transportation asset management plan before programming
5projects using the process described in this subsection. All
6plan and program development based on the project selection
7process described in this subsection shall include
8consideration of regional equity. The selection process shall
9be based on an objective and quantifiable analysis that
10considers, at a minimum, the following factors: (1) congestion
11mitigation or improved traffic operations, (2) economic
12development, (3) livability, (4) environmental impact, (5)
13accessibility, and (6) safety.
14    (f) The prioritization process developed under subsection
15(e) shall not apply to:
16        (1) projects funded by the Congestion Mitigation and
17    Air Quality Improvement funds apportioned to the State
18    pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(4) and State matching funds;
19        (2) projects funded by the Highway Safety Improvement
20    Program funds apportioned to the State pursuant to 23
21    U.S.C. 104(b)(3) and State matching funds;
22        (3) projects funded by the Transportation Alternatives
23    funds set-aside pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 213 and State
24    matching funds;
25        (4) projects funded by the National Highway Freight
26    Program pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 167 and State matching funds;

 

 

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1    and
2        (5) funds to be allocated to urban areas based on
3    population under federal law.
4    (g) A summary of the project evaluation process, measures,
5program, and scores for all candidate projects shall be
6published on the website of the Department in a timely manner.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.