96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4635

 

Introduced , by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/7-202.2   from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.2
605 ILCS 5/7-203.3 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a municipality may expend Motor Fuel Tax street or road funds (except Federal-aid funds) on streets or highways or sections of highways without prior review or approval of the Department of Transportation for routine maintenance activities as determined by the Department, including without limitation snow plowing, street cleaning, crack-sealing, and road patching; and routine and periodic roadway resurfacing activities (including grinding off the surface course of roads, but not involving expansions or reconstruction of more than 20% of the affected road bed). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 adding
5 Sections 7-202.2 and 7-203.3 as follows:
 
6     (605 ILCS 5/7-202.2)  (from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.2)
7     Sec. 7-202.2. The construction and maintenance of
8 municipal streets and alleys as may be designated by the
9 corporate authorities and approved by the Department or
10 pursuant to Section 7-203.3 of this Code.
11 (Source: P.A. 78-1274.)
 
12     (605 ILCS 5/7-203.3 new)
13     Sec. 7-203.3. Alternative procedures for routine
14 maintenance activities. A municipality may expend Motor Fuel
15 Tax street or road funds, except Federal-aid funds, on streets
16 or highways or sections of highways without prior review or
17 approval of the Department for: (1) any routine maintenance
18 activities as determined by the Department, including without
19 limitation snow plowing, street cleaning, crack-sealing, and
20 road patching; and (2) routine and periodic roadway resurfacing
21 activities (including grinding off the surface course of roads,
22 but not involving expansions or reconstruction of more than 20%

 

 

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1 of the affected road bed). Bidding for projects qualifying
2 under clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection (a) shall comply
3 with the requirements of the Illinois Municipal Code.
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.