HB2978 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2978

Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 505/14b new

Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that a road district, municipality, or county may submit a copy of its approved road budget showing expenses exceeding the motor fuel tax funds received by the road district, municipality, or county to satisfy all documentation and reporting requirements relating to the motor fuel tax funds received. Prohibits the Department of Revenue and the Department of Transportation from requiring more documentation or reporting requirements if a road district, municipality, or county provides the specified budget. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

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

Section 5. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by adding Section 14b as follows:

(35 ILCS 505/14b new)

Sec. 14b. Reporting requirements.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the submission of a road district's approved budget, a municipality's approved road maintenance budget, or a county's approved road maintenance budget showing expenses exceeding the motor fuel tax funds received by the road district, municipality, or county shall be sufficient documentation and shall satisfy all documentation and reporting requirements by the road district, municipality, or county.

(b) Neither the Department nor the Department of Transportation may, by rule or otherwise, require a road district, municipality, or county to produce more documentation, or add any additional reporting requirements, to a road district, municipality, or county whose submitted budget satisfies subsection (a).

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