Full Text of HB0728 93rd General Assembly
HB0728sam001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Susan Garrett
Filed: 4/20/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 728
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 728 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 6 |
| Section 2705-207 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-207)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2005)
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| Sec. 2705-207. Regional Transportation Task Force.
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| (a) The Regional Transportation Task Force is created | 11 |
| within the Department.
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| (b) The Task Force shall consist of 11 voting members, as | 13 |
| follows: 3 members
appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall | 14 |
| be designated as chair of the task
force at the time of | 15 |
| appointment; 2 members appointed by the President of the
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| Senate; 2 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 | 17 |
| members appointed
by the Speaker of the House of | 18 |
| Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the
House Minority | 19 |
| Leader.
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| The following shall serve, ex officio, as non-voting | 21 |
| members: the Secretary
of Transportation; one member | 22 |
| designated by the Chicago Area Transportation
Study (CATS); one | 23 |
| member designated by the Northeastern Illinois Planning
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| Commission (NIPC); one member designated by the
Regional |
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| Transportation Authority (RTA); one member designated by the
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| Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA); 2 members of | 3 |
| Congress
representing Illinois from different political | 4 |
| parties, as designated by the
Governor; and 4
members | 5 |
| designated by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.
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| If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the | 7 |
| vacancy shall be filled
in
the same manner as the initial | 8 |
| appointment.
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| (c) The task force may begin to conduct business upon the | 10 |
| appointment of a
majority of the voting members, including the | 11 |
| chair.
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| (d) The task force may adopt bylaws; it must meet at least | 13 |
| once each
calendar
quarter; and it may establish committees and | 14 |
| officers as it deems necessary.
For purposes of task force | 15 |
| meetings, a quorum is 6 voting members.
Meetings of the task | 16 |
| force are subject to the Open Meetings Act.
The task
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| afford an opportunity for public comment at each of its | 18 |
| meetings.
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| (e) Task force members shall serve without compensation, | 20 |
| but may be
reimbursed
for their reasonable travel expenses from | 21 |
| funds available for that purpose. The
Department shall provide | 22 |
| staff and
administrative support services to the task force.
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| The Department and the task force may accept donated services | 24 |
| and other
resources from registered not-for-profit | 25 |
| organizations as may be necessary to
complete the work of the | 26 |
| task force with minimal expense to the State of
Illinois.
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| (f) The task force shall gather information and make | 28 |
| recommendations to the
Governor and to the General Assembly | 29 |
| regarding metro area
transportation
programs in northeastern
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| Illinois, which includes, without limitation, the counties of | 31 |
| Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. These | 32 |
| recommendations must include, without
limitation:
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| (1) examining the feasibility of merging CATS, NIPC, | 34 |
| RTA, and
ISTHA into a single agency;
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| (2) identifying areas where functions of these and | 2 |
| other agencies are
redundant or unnecessary;
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| (3) identifying methods to promote
cost effectiveness, | 4 |
| efficiency, and equality in meeting area transportation
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| needs; and
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| (4) examining regional and economic impact as it | 7 |
| relates to potential
policy
implementation.
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| (g) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor | 9 |
| and the
General Assembly by April 30, 2004
April 15, 2004
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| concerning its findings and
recommendations.
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| (h) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2005.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-670, eff. 3-19-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.".
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