SB3387 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3387

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Pavement Preservation Act. Contains legislative findings and a statement of intent. Defines terms. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall designate in fiscal year 2013 a minimum of $20 million to be spent solely for the use of pavement preservation projects performed by outside contractors. Provides that the amount shall increase to $30 million in fiscal year 2014 and $40 million in fiscal year 2015. Provides that the Department shall issue an annual report by January 1 of each fiscal year which details the projects and amount of funding spent per district. Provides that the department shall designate a program coordinator to carry out specified functions. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2016. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Pavement Preservation Act.

Section 5. Findings; intent.

The Federal Highway Administration supports the development and conduct of efficient pavement preservation programs which address pavements in good condition before the onset of serious damage and allow states to reduce costly, time-consuming rehabilitation and reconstruction projects with improved safety and mobility, reduced congestion, and smoother, longer lasting pavements.

Pavement preservation techniques use significantly less energy and have reduced greenhouse gas emissions per year of pavement life compared to hot-mix asphalt overlays, warm mix asphalt overlays, and new construction.

Benefits and attributes of implementing a pavement preservation program include no extra increase in budget, an increase in pavement network condition rating, increased user satisfaction, improvements in system safety, reduced cost per mile expenditures, a lowered life-cycle cost, no decrease in hot-mix or concrete volumes, no decrease in the number of industry jobs, and freeing up additional cost resources for other rehabilitation and construction.

It is the intent of the General Assembly to make use of federally tested and supported, cost-effective, and green best practices that will maintain the roadway systems of this State.

Section 10. Definitions.

As used in this Act:

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.

"Pavement preservation projects" means ultra-thin hot-mix overlays, crack treatments, hot in-place recycling, micro-surfacing, chip seals, cape seals, fog seals, slurry seals, diamond grinding and diamond grooving, as referenced in Chapter 52 of the September 2010 edition of the Department of Transportation Bureau of Design and Environment Manual;

Section 15. Designated funding. The Department shall designate in fiscal year 2013 a minimum of $20,000,000 to be spent solely for the use of pavement preservation projects performed by outside contractors. This amount shall increase to $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2015.

Section 20. Report. The Department shall issue an annual report by January 1 of each fiscal year which details the projects and amount of funding spent per district.

Section 25. Program coordinator. The Department shall designate an employee to serve as program coordinator. The coordinator shall:

(1) oversee selection of appropriate pavement preservation projects throughout the State, making use of the appropriate pavement preservation technique for each roadway project;

(2) educate Department employees on the benefits of pavement preservation and how to select ideal roadway candidates;

(3) ensure that the Department selects enough roadway projects to satisfy the designated annual funding requirements; and

(4) prepare the annual report required by Section 20.

Section 30. Repealer. The Act is repealed on January 1, 2016.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.