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