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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 36 | ||||||
| 3 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution | ||||||
| 4 | Constitutional Amendment 36 by replacing lines 3 through 23 on | ||||||
| 5 | page 1 and all of pages 2 and 3 with the following:
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| 6 | "RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 8 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | ||||||
| 9 | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | ||||||
| 10 | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | ||||||
| 11 | this resolution a proposition to add Section 11 to Article IX | ||||||
| 12 | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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| 13 | ARTICLE IX
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| 14 | REVENUE
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| 15 | (ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 11 new) | ||||||
| 16 | SECTION 11. TRANSPORTATION FUNDS | ||||||
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| 1 | (a) No moneys, including bond proceeds, derived from taxes, | ||||||
| 2 | fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, | ||||||
| 3 | title, or operation or use of vehicles, or related to the use | ||||||
| 4 | of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity | ||||||
| 5 | passenger rail, ports, airports, or to fuels used for | ||||||
| 6 | propelling vehicles, or derived from taxes, fees, excises, or | ||||||
| 7 | license taxes relating to any other transportation | ||||||
| 8 | infrastructure or transportation operation, shall be expended | ||||||
| 9 | for purposes other than as provided in subsections (b) and (c). | ||||||
| 10 | (b) Transportation funds may be expended for the following: | ||||||
| 11 | the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and | ||||||
| 12 | transportation, including statutory refunds and adjustments | ||||||
| 13 | provided in those laws; payment of highway obligations; costs | ||||||
| 14 | for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and | ||||||
| 15 | betterment of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, | ||||||
| 16 | intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of | ||||||
| 17 | transportation; and other statutory highway purposes. | ||||||
| 18 | Transportation funds may also be expended for the State or | ||||||
| 19 | local share of highway funds to match federal aid highway | ||||||
| 20 | funds, and expenses of grade separation of highways and | ||||||
| 21 | railroad crossings, including protection of at-grade highways | ||||||
| 22 | and railroad crossings, and, with respect to local governments, | ||||||
| 23 | other transportation purposes as authorized by law. | ||||||
| 24 | (c) The costs of administering laws related to vehicles and | ||||||
| 25 | transportation shall be limited to direct program expenses | ||||||
| 26 | related to the following: the enforcement of traffic, railroad, | ||||||
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| 1 | and motor carrier laws; the safety of highways, roads, streets, | ||||||
| 2 | bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or | ||||||
| 3 | airports; and the construction, reconstruction, improvement, | ||||||
| 4 | repair, maintenance, operation, and administration of | ||||||
| 5 | highways, under any related provisions of law or any purpose | ||||||
| 6 | related or incident to, including grade separation of highways | ||||||
| 7 | and railroad crossings. The limitations to the costs of | ||||||
| 8 | administering laws related to vehicles and transportation | ||||||
| 9 | under this subsection (c) shall also include direct program | ||||||
| 10 | expenses related to workers' compensation claims for death or | ||||||
| 11 | injury of employees of the State's transportation agency; the | ||||||
| 12 | acquisition of land and the erection of buildings for highway | ||||||
| 13 | purposes, including the acquisition of highway rights-of-way | ||||||
| 14 | or for investigations to determine the reasonable anticipated | ||||||
| 15 | future highway needs; and the making of surveys, plans, | ||||||
| 16 | specifications, and estimates for the construction and | ||||||
| 17 | maintenance of flight strips and highways. The expenses related | ||||||
| 18 | to the construction and maintenance of flight strips and | ||||||
| 19 | highways under this subsection (c) are for the purpose of | ||||||
| 20 | providing access to military and naval reservations, | ||||||
| 21 | defense-industries, defense-industry sites, and sources of raw | ||||||
| 22 | materials, including the replacement of existing highways and | ||||||
| 23 | highway connections shut off from general use at military and | ||||||
| 24 | naval reservations, defense-industries, and defense-industry | ||||||
| 25 | sites, or the purchase of rights-of-way. | ||||||
| 26 | (d) None of the revenues described in subsection (a) of | ||||||
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| 1 | this Section shall, by transfer, offset, or otherwise, be | ||||||
| 2 | diverted to any purpose other than those described in | ||||||
| 3 | subsections (b) and (c) of this Section. | ||||||
| 4 | (e) If the General Assembly appropriates funds for a mode | ||||||
| 5 | of transportation not described in this Section, the General | ||||||
| 6 | Assembly must provide for a dedicated source of funding. | ||||||
| 7 | (f) Federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized | ||||||
| 8 | by federal law.
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| 9 | SCHEDULE
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| 10 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
| 11 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Constitutional Amendment Act.". | ||||||