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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Task | ||||||
| 5 | Force on Sustainable Transportation Funding Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Task Force on Sustainable Transportation | ||||||
| 7 | Funding. There is created the Task Force on Sustainable | ||||||
| 8 | Transportation Funding, to be comprised of the following | ||||||
| 9 | members, with an emphasis on bipartisan and statewide | ||||||
| 10 | legislative representation and diverse non-legislative | ||||||
| 11 | stakeholder representation: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) one member of the Illinois House of Representatives | ||||||
| 13 | and 2 members of the public who represent the | ||||||
| 14 | transportation industry, the Illinois transportation | ||||||
| 15 | research community, or national research and policy-making | ||||||
| 16 | bodies appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 17 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 18 | (2) one member of the Illinois Senate and 2 members of | ||||||
| 19 | the public who represent the transportation industry, the | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois transportation research community, or national | ||||||
| 21 | research and policy-making bodies appointed by the | ||||||
| 22 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) one member of the Illinois House of Representatives | ||||||
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| 1 | and 2 members of the public who represent the | ||||||
| 2 | transportation industry, the Illinois transportation | ||||||
| 3 | research community, or national research and policy-making | ||||||
| 4 | bodies appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 5 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 6 | (4) one member of the Illinois Senate and 2 members of | ||||||
| 7 | the public who represent the transportation industry, the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois transportation research community, or national | ||||||
| 9 | research and policy-making bodies appointed by the | ||||||
| 10 | Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
| 11 | (5) one member who is currently employed by the | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois Department of Transportation appointed by the | ||||||
| 13 | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation; | ||||||
| 14 | and | ||||||
| 15 | (6) one member who is currently employed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois Department of Revenue appointed by the Director of | ||||||
| 17 | the Illinois Department of Revenue. | ||||||
| 18 | Section 10. Membership; voting rights. | ||||||
| 19 | (a) The Task Force shall serve without compensation. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) The members of the Task Force shall be considered | ||||||
| 21 | members with voting rights. A quorum of the Task Force shall | ||||||
| 22 | consist of a simple majority of the members of the Task Force. | ||||||
| 23 | All actions and recommendations of the Task Force must be | ||||||
| 24 | approved by a simple majority vote of the members. | ||||||
| 25 | (c) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days after the | ||||||
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| 1 | effective date of this Act. The Task Force shall elect one | ||||||
| 2 | member as chairperson at its initial meeting through a simple | ||||||
| 3 | majority vote of the Task Force and shall thereafter meet at | ||||||
| 4 | the call of the chairperson. | ||||||
| 5 | (d) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall | ||||||
| 6 | provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 15. Duties; report. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Task Force shall: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) analyze the current trends between the | ||||||
| 10 | infrastructure needs of Illinois and the revenue received | ||||||
| 11 | from federal and State gas taxes and the level of highway | ||||||
| 12 | and road investment that would reduce congestion, keep | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois' economy competitive, and keep drivers safe; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) research and recommend possible alterations and | ||||||
| 15 | alternatives for how to modernize the State of Illinois' | ||||||
| 16 | system of financing maintenance, improvements, and | ||||||
| 17 | expansion of its public infrastructure systems, including, | ||||||
| 18 | but not limited to, best practices in other states, | ||||||
| 19 | user-based alternatives, or other equitable and | ||||||
| 20 | sustainable methods for funding transportation; | ||||||
| 21 | (3) make recommendations to the Department of | ||||||
| 22 | Transportation regarding how to implement possible | ||||||
| 23 | alterations or alternatives; and | ||||||
| 24 | (4) submit a report of its findings and recommendations | ||||||
| 25 | to the General Assembly by June 1, 2015. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 30. Repealer. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
| 2 | 2016.
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law. | ||||||