97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1871

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/15-117

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Global Positioning System Technology and the Designated Truck Route System Task Force.


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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 15-117 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/15-117)
7    Sec. 15-117. Global Positioning System Technology and the
8Designated Truck Route System Task Force.
9    (a) A Global Positioning System Technology and and the
10Designated Truck Route System Task Force shall be appointed to
11study and make recommendations for statutory change.
12    (b) The Task Force shall study advances in and utilization
13of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology relating to
14routing information for commercial vehicles. The Task Force
15shall also study the implementation and compliance with the
16Designated Truck Route System under Section 15-116 of this
17Code.
18    (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following
19members, who shall serve without pay:
20        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President
21    of the Senate;
22        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
23    Leader of the Senate;

 

 

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1        (3) one member of the House of Representatives
2    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
3        (4) one member of the House of Representatives
4    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
5    Representatives;
6        (5) the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
7    Transportation or his or her designee;
8        (6) one member representing the global positioning
9    system technology industry appointed by the President of
10    the Senate;
11        (7) one member representing the commercial trucking
12    industry appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
13        (8) one member representing a unit of county government
14    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
15        (9) one member representing a unit of municipal
16    government appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
17    Representatives; and
18        (10) one member representing the county engineers
19    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
20    Representatives.
21    The members shall select a chairperson from among
22themselves.
23    (d) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days of the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
25Assembly and meet at least 2 additional times before December
2631, 2010. Staff support services may be provided to the Task

 

 

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1Force by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
2    (e) The Task Force shall submit to the Governor and General
3Assembly a report of its findings and recommendations for
4legislative action necessary to accomplish one or more of the
5following goals: (1) improving public traffic safety, (2)
6preserving roadway infrastructure, (3) addressing advances in
7GPS technology relating to truck routing, and (4) producing an
8accurate statewide designated truck route system through
9effective enforcement of Section 15-116 of this Code. The Task
10Force report must be submitted no later than January 1, 2011.
11The activities of the Task Force shall conclude no later than
12January 31, 2011.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1370, eff. 7-28-10.)