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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation. | ||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
4 | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 6-901 and 6-906 and by adding 6-907 as | ||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||
7 | (605 ILCS 5/6-901) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-901) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 6-901. Annually, the General Assembly shall | ||||||
9 | appropriate to the Department of Transportation from the Road | ||||||
10 | Fund road fund , the General Revenue Fund, or general revenue | ||||||
11 | fund, any other State funds , or a combination of those funds, | ||||||
12 | $60,000,000 for apportionment to counties for the use of road | ||||||
13 | districts for the construction of bridges 20 feet or more in | ||||||
14 | length, as provided in Sections 6-902 through 6-907 6-905 . | ||||||
15 | The Department of Transportation shall apportion among the | ||||||
16 | several counties of this State for the use of road districts | ||||||
17 | the amounts appropriated under this Section. The amount | ||||||
18 | apportioned to a county shall be in the proportion which the | ||||||
19 | total mileage of township or district roads in the county | ||||||
20 | bears to the total mileage of all township and district roads | ||||||
21 | in the State. Each county shall allocate to the several road | ||||||
22 | districts in the county the funds so apportioned to the | ||||||
23 | county. The allocation to road districts shall be made in the |
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1 | same manner and be subject to the same conditions and | ||||||
2 | qualifications as are provided by Section 8 of the " Motor Fuel | ||||||
3 | Tax Law ", approved March 25, 1929, as amended, with respect to | ||||||
4 | the allocation to road districts of the amount allotted from | ||||||
5 | the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for apportionment to counties for the | ||||||
6 | use of road districts, but no allocation shall be made to any | ||||||
7 | road district that has not levied taxes for road and bridge | ||||||
8 | purposes in such a manner that is eligible for allotment of | ||||||
9 | Motor Fuel Tax funding pursuant to Section 8 of the Motor Fuel | ||||||
10 | Tax Law. and for bridge construction purposes at the maximum | ||||||
11 | rates permitted by Sections 6-501, 6-508 and 6-512 of this | ||||||
12 | Act, without referendum. "Road district" and "township or | ||||||
13 | district road" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in | ||||||
14 | this Act. | ||||||
15 | Road districts in counties in which a property tax | ||||||
16 | extension limitation is imposed under the Property Tax | ||||||
17 | Extension Limitation Law that are made ineligible for receipt | ||||||
18 | of this appropriation due to the imposition of a property tax | ||||||
19 | extension limitation may become eligible if, at the time the | ||||||
20 | property tax extension limitation was imposed, the road | ||||||
21 | district was levying at the required rate and continues to | ||||||
22 | levy the maximum allowable amount after the imposition of the | ||||||
23 | property tax extension limitation. The road district also | ||||||
24 | becomes eligible if it levies at or above the rate required for | ||||||
25 | eligibility by Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. | ||||||
26 | The amounts apportioned under this Section for allocation |
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1 | to road districts may be used only for bridge construction as | ||||||
2 | provided in this Division. So much of those amounts as are not | ||||||
3 | obligated under Sections 6-902 through 6-904 and for which | ||||||
4 | local funds have not been committed under Section 6-905 within | ||||||
5 | 48 months of the date when such apportionment is made lapses | ||||||
6 | and shall not be paid to the county treasurer for distribution | ||||||
7 | to road districts. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; revised 9-25-23.) | ||||||
9 | (605 ILCS 5/6-906) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-906) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 6-906. So much of the amount apportioned to a county | ||||||
11 | under Section 6-901 that is obligated under Sections 6-902 | ||||||
12 | through 6-904 and for which local funds have been committed | ||||||
13 | under Section 6-905, within 4 years from the date the | ||||||
14 | apportionment is made, shall, upon certification by the | ||||||
15 | Department, be paid to the county treasurer, who shall apply | ||||||
16 | those funds to the payment of such obligations. Any funds | ||||||
17 | allocated to a county under Section 6-901 that are not | ||||||
18 | obligated within 48 months under Sections 6-902 through 6-904 | ||||||
19 | shall be considered lapsed funds and reappropriated in the | ||||||
20 | same fund revert to the Road Fund . | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 98-244, eff. 8-9-13.) | ||||||
22 | (605 ILCS 5/6-907 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 6-907. Lapsed funds; use. Lapsed funds under Section | ||||||
24 | 6-906 shall be used to provide additional monetary assistance |
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1 | to townships and road districts that have insufficient funding | ||||||
2 | for construction of bridges that are 20 feet or more in length | ||||||
3 | under 6-901 of this Code. The Department shall adopt rule to | ||||||
4 | implement this Section. | ||||||
5 | (605 ILCS 5/6-905 rep.) | ||||||
6 | Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | ||||||
7 | repealing Section 6-905. |