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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | High-Speed Railway Commission Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Commission created; membership. | ||||||
| 7 | (a) There is created the High-Speed Railway Commission to | ||||||
| 8 | carry out the duties set forth in Section 10. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) The Commission shall be composed of the following | ||||||
| 10 | members: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) The Governor or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 12 | (2) The President of the Senate or his or her | ||||||
| 13 | designee. | ||||||
| 14 | (3) The Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her | ||||||
| 15 | designee. | ||||||
| 16 | (4) The Speaker of the House or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 17 | (5) The Minority Leader of the House or his or her | ||||||
| 18 | designee. | ||||||
| 19 | (6) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her | ||||||
| 20 | designee. | ||||||
| 21 | (7) The Chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway | ||||||
| 22 | Authority or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 23 | (8) The Chairperson of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
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| 1 | Commission or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 2 | (9) The Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Metra | ||||||
| 3 | or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 4 | (10) The Mayor of the City of Chicago or his or her | ||||||
| 5 | designee. | ||||||
| 6 | (11) A representative of a labor organization | ||||||
| 7 | representing rail workers. | ||||||
| 8 | (12) A representative of a trade organization related | ||||||
| 9 | to the rail industry. | ||||||
| 10 | (13) A representative of the Metropolitan Mayors and | ||||||
| 11 | Managers Association. | ||||||
| 12 | (14) A representative from the Illinois Railroad | ||||||
| 13 | Association. | ||||||
| 14 | (15) A representative from the University of Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | System. | ||||||
| 16 | (16) A representative from the Chicago Metropolitan | ||||||
| 17 | Agency for Planning. | ||||||
| 18 | (17) A representative of the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
| 19 | League. | ||||||
| 20 | (18) A representative of the Champaign-Urbana Mass
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| 21 | Transit District. | ||||||
| 22 | (19) A representative of the Region 1 Planning | ||||||
| 23 | Council. | ||||||
| 24 | (20) A representative of the McLean County Regional | ||||||
| 25 | Planning Commission. | ||||||
| 26 | (21) A representative of the East-West Gateway Council | ||||||
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| 1 | of Governments. | ||||||
| 2 | (c) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected | ||||||
| 3 | from the Commission's membership by a simple majority vote of | ||||||
| 4 | the total membership of the Commission. The Vice-Chairperson | ||||||
| 5 | of the Commission shall be elected from the Commission's | ||||||
| 6 | membership by a simple majority vote of the total membership | ||||||
| 7 | of the Commission. | ||||||
| 8 | (d) The Governor, President of the Senate, Minority Leader | ||||||
| 9 | of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and | ||||||
| 10 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall make | ||||||
| 11 | their initial appointments to the Commission by January 1, | ||||||
| 12 | 2022. | ||||||
| 13 | (e) Vacancies in Commission membership shall be filled in | ||||||
| 14 | the same manner as initial appointments. | ||||||
| 15 | (f) Total membership of the Commission consists of the | ||||||
| 16 | number of members serving on the Commission, not including any | ||||||
| 17 | vacant positions. A quorum consists of a simple majority of | ||||||
| 18 | total membership and shall be sufficient to conduct the | ||||||
| 19 | business of the Commission, unless stipulated otherwise in the | ||||||
| 20 | bylaws of the Commission. | ||||||
| 21 | (g) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 10. Duties of Commission. The High-Speed Railway | ||||||
| 23 | Commission shall create a statewide plan for a high-speed rail | ||||||
| 24 | line and feeder network connecting St. Louis, Missouri and | ||||||
| 25 | Chicago, Illinois that includes current existing Amtrak and | ||||||
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| 1 | Metra services, connects the cities of Rockford, Moline, | ||||||
| 2 | Peoria, and Decatur, and uses inter-city bus service to | ||||||
| 3 | coordinate with the rail line. The Commission shall conduct a | ||||||
| 4 | ridership study and shall make findings and recommendations | ||||||
| 5 | concerning a governance structure, the frequency of service, | ||||||
| 6 | and implementation of the plan. The Commission shall report to | ||||||
| 7 | the General Assembly and the Governor no later than December | ||||||
| 8 | 31 of each year. | ||||||
| 9 | Section 15. Administrative support. The Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Transportation shall provide administrative and other support | ||||||
| 11 | to the Commission. | ||||||
| 12 | Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
| 13 | 2027.
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.
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