Full Text of SB0414 96th General Assembly
SB0414ham003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
Filed: 5/27/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 414
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 414, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the H+T | 6 |
| Affordability Index Act.
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| Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | 8 |
| declares all of the following: | 9 |
| (1) Affordability is an important factor for establishing | 10 |
| and implementing infrastructure investment policies because it | 11 |
| helps ensure that all individuals in the State have an | 12 |
| opportunity for a high quality of life at a reasonable cost. | 13 |
| (2) Traditional definitions of affordability include | 14 |
| housing costs but not transportation costs, which are the | 15 |
| second largest and fastest growing expenditure in a household | 16 |
| budget. |
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| (3) It is beneficial to use definitions, indexes, and | 2 |
| policies that link housing and transportation costs to assist | 3 |
| in establishing investment plans for housing, transportation, | 4 |
| infrastructure, and economic development that more effectively | 5 |
| address the significant costs of living in Metropolitan | 6 |
| Planning Organization areas. | 7 |
| (4) The H+T Affordability Index is a tool that was designed | 8 |
| to calculate the transportation costs associated with a home's | 9 |
| location and to combine that cost with the cost of housing to | 10 |
| calculate affordability as a percentage of overall household | 11 |
| income. | 12 |
| (5) An analysis of housing and transportation costs in 54 | 13 |
| metro areas nationally demonstrates that reducing the combined | 14 |
| cost of housing and transportation to 48% or less of income | 15 |
| represents a desirable and achievable goal; the H+T | 16 |
| Affordability Index has adopted 48% as the ratio of income to | 17 |
| housing and transportation costs. | 18 |
| (6) The analysis also reveals that affordability is | 19 |
| enhanced by locating residential units that have been | 20 |
| thoughtfully planned to lessen sprawl in mixed-use, | 21 |
| transit-rich communities near shopping, schools, and work, and | 22 |
| that residents of communities with low transportation costs | 23 |
| benefit from using transit for the mobility required to | 24 |
| undertake activities associated with daily life; residents of | 25 |
| these types of communities own fewer cars and drive them | 26 |
| shorter distances, thereby reducing environmental impacts and |
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| lowering their cost of living. | 2 |
| (7) A housing and transportation affordability standard, | 3 |
| such as that recommended by the H+T Affordability Index, is an | 4 |
| important consideration in the development of State plans and | 5 |
| investments in housing, transportation, economic development, | 6 |
| and other public facilities and infrastructure.
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| Section 10. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
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| "Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan" means the plan created | 9 |
| by the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act (Public Act 94-965, | 10 |
| effective June 30, 2006).
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| "Context Sensitive Solution Process" means the process by | 12 |
| which IDOT develops the scope of transportation projects, in | 13 |
| accordance with Public Act 93-545, effective January 1, 2004.
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| "CDB" means the Illinois Capital Development Board, which | 15 |
| is responsible for overseeing the design, construction, | 16 |
| repair, and renovation for State-funded, public buildings, | 17 |
| including, but not limited to, schools, colleges, museums, and
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| State recreation areas.
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| "DCEO" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | 20 |
| Opportunity, which is responsible for improving Illinois' | 21 |
| competitiveness in the global economy by administering | 22 |
| economic and workforce development programs.
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| "HUD/DOT Sustainability Initiative" means an initiative | 24 |
| undertaken by the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban | 25 |
| Development ("HUD") and Transportation ("DOT") in partnership |
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| to help American families gain better access to affordable | 2 |
| housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation | 3 |
| costs.
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| "H+T Affordability Index" means the Housing and | 5 |
| Transportation Affordability Index, a tool that maps the | 6 |
| combined costs of housing and transportation for neighborhoods | 7 |
| within a metropolitan area.
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| "IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation, | 9 |
| which is responsible for statewide planning of transportation | 10 |
| and transit development.
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| "IFA" means the Illinois Finance Authority, which is | 12 |
| responsible for issuing taxable and tax-exempt bonds, making | 13 |
| loans, and investing capital in initiatives that stimulate the
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| economy and create jobs.
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| "IHDA" means the Illinois Housing Development Authority, | 16 |
| which is responsible for financing affordable housing | 17 |
| development.
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| "Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation" or | 19 |
| "ICCT" means the committee created by Public Act 93-185, | 20 |
| effective July 11, 2003, to encourage the coordination of | 21 |
| public and private transportation services, with priority | 22 |
| given toward services directed toward those populations who are | 23 |
| not currently served or are underserved by existing public | 24 |
| transportation. | 25 |
| "Metropolitan Planning Organization" refers to a regional | 26 |
| policy body, required by the federal government in urbanized |
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| areas with populations over 50,000 and designated by local | 2 |
| officials and the Governor of the State to carry out the | 3 |
| metropolitan transportation planning requirements of federal | 4 |
| highway and transit legislation.
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| "Task Force" means the Task Force codified by the | 6 |
| Comprehensive Housing Planning Act (Public Act 94-965, | 7 |
| effective June 30, 2006), which is responsible for statewide | 8 |
| planning of affordable housing and creating Illinois' Annual | 9 |
| Comprehensive Housing Plan in cooperation with multiple | 10 |
| agencies, including IDOT, IHDA, and DCEO.
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| Section 15. Funding for non-Metropolitan Planning | 12 |
| Organization areas. Nothing in this Act shall reduce or divert | 13 |
| funds away from areas not located in a Metropolitan Planning | 14 |
| Organization area. | 15 |
| Section 20. Adoption of the H+T Affordability Index; | 16 |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization areas. The H+T | 17 |
| Affordability Index or substantially equivalent affordability | 18 |
| measure, where available, shall be adopted by DCEO, IDOT and | 19 |
| IHDA as (1) a tool for the development of plans in Metropolitan | 20 |
| Planning Organization areas and (2) a consideration for the | 21 |
| allocation of funding for public transportation, economic | 22 |
| development, and housing projects in Metropolitan Planning | 23 |
| Organization areas; the distribution of economic incentives to | 24 |
| businesses in Metropolitan Planning Organization areas; and |
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| the siting of public facilities in Metropolitan Planning | 2 |
| Organization areas, where appropriate. | 3 |
| Section 25. Adoption of H+T Affordability Index; agencies. | 4 |
| (a) The Task Force, in cooperation with the Interagency | 5 |
| Coordinating Committee on Transportation, shall consider the | 6 |
| H+T Affordability Index, results of the HUD/DOT Sustainability | 7 |
| Initiative, and the Context Sensitive Solution Process, along | 8 |
| with other applicable affordability measures, to create an | 9 |
| affordability definition and policy that incorporates housing | 10 |
| and transportation costs for Metropolitan Planning | 11 |
| Organization areas, where appropriate, and shall include both | 12 |
| in the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan for Metropolitan | 13 |
| Planning Organization Areas. | 14 |
| (b) DCEO, IDOT, and IHDA may use the H+T Affordability | 15 |
| Index and other applicable affordability measures to ensure | 16 |
| consideration of the combined costs of housing and | 17 |
| transportation in screening and prioritizing investments in | 18 |
| public transportation, housing, and economic development | 19 |
| projects in Metropolitan Planning Organization areas, where | 20 |
| appropriate.
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| (c) CDB shall recommend the H+T Affordability Index to | 22 |
| ensure consideration of the combined costs of housing and | 23 |
| transportation when new public facilities are sited in | 24 |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization areas.
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| (d) IDOT shall use its Context Sensitive Solution Process |
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| for all transportation expansion projects within Metropolitan | 2 |
| Planning Organization areas and, where possible, shall work | 3 |
| with communities to enhance or provide opportunities for | 4 |
| transportation alternatives to personal automobiles where | 5 |
| mixed-use communities thoughtfully planned to lessen sprawl | 6 |
| exist or are appropriate.
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| (e) IFA shall recommend the H+T Affordability Index to | 8 |
| ensure consideration of the combined costs of housing and | 9 |
| transportation in siting new buildings in Metropolitan | 10 |
| Planning Organization areas.
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| Section 30. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 13 |
| Sections 2705-5 and 2705-200 and by adding Sections 2705-2, | 14 |
| 2705-176, 2705-177, 2705-201, 2705-219, 2705-220, 2705-221, | 15 |
| 2705-222, and 2705-223 as follows: | 16 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-2 new) | 17 |
| Sec. 2705-2. Purpose and scope. The purpose of this Law is | 18 |
| to ensure that transportation investments in the State of | 19 |
| Illinois enhance State and local economic development and the | 20 |
| quality of life for Illinois residents. It is the intent of the | 21 |
| General Assembly to provide greater transparency, full and | 22 |
| careful consideration of investments on the merits, and | 23 |
| accountability for results that will give the public confidence | 24 |
| that tax dollars are being used effectively for transportation |
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| projects and that limited funds are allocated to achieve the | 2 |
| best outcomes. To that end, all surface transportation capital | 3 |
| moneys appropriated by the State, including but not limited to, | 4 |
| appropriations from the Road Fund, the State Construction | 5 |
| Account Fund, transportation bonds, and federal funds, to the | 6 |
| extent allowed by federal law, shall be allocated based on the | 7 |
| State and MPO plans and the annual and multiyear transportation | 8 |
| improvement programs prescribed by this Law. This Law does not | 9 |
| apply to (i) any grant programs administered by the Department | 10 |
| of Natural Resources, (ii) any funds administered by the | 11 |
| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that support | 12 |
| local transportation improvements as part of an economic | 13 |
| development project, or (iii) any moneys distributed to local | 14 |
| government entities pursuant to item (2) of subsection (e) of | 15 |
| Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-5)
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| Sec. 2705-5. Definitions. In this Law:
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| "Committee" means the Illinois Transportation Policy | 19 |
| Committee established by this Law. | 20 |
| "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
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| "District" means the 9 districts of the State of Illinois | 22 |
| established by the Department for its administrative purposes | 23 |
| and statutorily authorized activities. | 24 |
| "Downstate MPO" means an MPO whose metropolitan planning | 25 |
| boundaries are entirely outside of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, |
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| Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties. | 2 |
| "MPO" means a metropolitan planning organization | 3 |
| designated under 23 U.S.C. 134 whose metropolitan planning area | 4 |
| boundaries are partially or completely within the State. | 5 |
| "Project of interregional or statewide significance" means | 6 |
| a surface transportation corridor or project that links major | 7 |
| State destinations in support of the State's economy as | 8 |
| designated by the Department with the advice of the Committee. | 9 |
| "Regional programs" means the regional annual and | 10 |
| multiyear transportation improvement programs established | 11 |
| under this Law. | 12 |
| "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
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| "Statewide programs" means the statewide annual and | 14 |
| multiyear transportation improvement programs established | 15 |
| under this Law. | 16 |
| "Surface transportation" means roadway, bridge, public | 17 |
| transportation, rail, trail, walkway, bicycle, and intermodal | 18 |
| facilities. | 19 |
| "Surface transportation capital project" or "project" | 20 |
| means a capital project for the maintenance, improvement, | 21 |
| acquisition, or new construction of surface transportation | 22 |
| facilities, including facilities or improvements ancillary to | 23 |
| surface transportation facilities. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-176 new) |
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| Sec. 2705-176. Transportation Policy Committee; creation; | 2 |
| members; terms. | 3 |
| (a) There is created a State Transportation Policy | 4 |
| Committee. The Committee shall perform the duties enumerated in | 5 |
| this Law. The Committee members shall each represent the State | 6 |
| as a whole and balance the needs of urban and rural areas of | 7 |
| the State. The Committee shall consist of 13 voting members and | 8 |
| 8 non-voting members, all of whom must be residents of the | 9 |
| State of Illinois, as follows: | 10 |
| (1) 6 members
from Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, | 11 |
| McHenry, or
Will County appointed by the Chicago | 12 |
| Metropolitan Agency
for Planning Board, no more than 3 of | 13 |
| whom may be
members of such Board. | 14 |
| (2) 3 members appointed by the Downstate MPOs through | 15 |
| the
concurrence of at least three-fifths of the | 16 |
| chairpersons of
the Downstate MPOs. | 17 |
| (3) 3 members who are representatives of areas of the | 18 |
| State not within a metropolitan planning area, appointed by | 19 |
| the Governor. | 20 |
| (4) The Secretary of the Department of Transportation
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| or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chairperson | 22 |
| of the Committee. | 23 |
| (5) The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
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| Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of
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| the Senate, or the designee of each, shall be ex officio
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| non-voting members. |
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| (6) The chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway
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| Authority, or his or her designee, shall be an ex officio
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| non-voting member. | 4 |
| (7) The Department's Director of Highways, Director of | 5 |
| Planning and Programming, and Director of Public and | 6 |
| Intermodal Transportation, or the designee of each, shall | 7 |
| be ex officio non-voting members. | 8 |
| (b) The terms of the members initially appointed to the | 9 |
| Committee shall begin within 60 days after the effective date | 10 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. Appointed | 11 |
| committee members shall hold office for a term specified in | 12 |
| this subsection (b) or until successors are appointed. The | 13 |
| terms of the initial appointed committee members shall expire | 14 |
| as follows: the terms of 3 members appointed by the Chicago | 15 |
| Metropolitan Agency for Planning Board, one member appointed by | 16 |
| the Downstate MPOs, and 2 members appointed by the Governor for | 17 |
| areas of the State not within a metropolitan planning area | 18 |
| shall expire on December 31, 2010; the terms of the remaining 3 | 19 |
| members appointed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for | 20 |
| Planning Board, 2 members appointed by the Downstate MPOs, and | 21 |
| one member appointed by the Governor from areas of the State | 22 |
| not within a metropolitan planning area shall expire December | 23 |
| 31, 2012. The successors of the initial appointed committee | 24 |
| members shall hold office for a term of 4 years. To comply with | 25 |
| this provision, the appointing authority shall specify the term | 26 |
| for each appointment. |
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| (c) Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority | 2 |
| for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur. | 3 |
| (d) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its | 4 |
| Committee appointments to each other appointing authority, to | 5 |
| the Committee, to the Secretary of State, and to the Secretary | 6 |
| of Transportation. Within 30 days after his or her appointment | 7 |
| and before entering upon the duties of the office, each | 8 |
| Committee member shall take and subscribe to the constitutional | 9 |
| oath of office and file that oath with the Secretary of State. | 10 |
| (e) Members of the Committee shall serve without | 11 |
| compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the Department for | 12 |
| their travel to and from meetings and other reasonable expenses | 13 |
| in connection with meetings, if those expenses are approved by | 14 |
| the Department. | 15 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-177 new) | 16 |
| Sec. 2705-177. Committee meetings; officers. | 17 |
| (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall convene the first | 18 |
| meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this | 19 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. At that time and | 20 |
| annually thereafter, the Committee shall elect one of its | 21 |
| voting members as vice-chairperson to preside in the absence of | 22 |
| the chairperson. | 23 |
| (b) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held at | 24 |
| least 3 times each year. The time and place of Committee | 25 |
| meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Committee. The |
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| Committee shall be deemed a public body for purposes of the | 2 |
| Open Meetings Act. The Committee shall maintain records in | 3 |
| accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. A | 4 |
| majority of voting members of the Committee shall constitute a | 5 |
| quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting | 6 |
| members of the Committee shall be required to approve | 7 |
| recommendations related to a State transportation plan or | 8 |
| statewide program. | 9 |
| (c) The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure. | 10 |
| (d) The Department shall provide staff assistance and | 11 |
| office space for the Committee. The Department shall prepare | 12 |
| all plans, reports, and documents needed to enable the | 13 |
| Committee to review and make recommendations related to the | 14 |
| statewide plans and programs and otherwise to fulfill its | 15 |
| responsibilities. The necessary expenses of the Committee | 16 |
| shall be provided through the Department.
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-200) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16)
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| Sec. 2705-200. State transportation plan Master plan; | 19 |
| reporting requirements .
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| (a) The Department , with the advice of the Committee, shall | 21 |
| has the power to develop and maintain a continuing,
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| comprehensive, and integrated planning process that shall | 23 |
| develop and
periodically revise a State transportation plan | 24 |
| statewide master plan for transportation to guide program
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| development and to foster efficient and economical |
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| transportation services in
ground, air, water, and
all other | 2 |
| modes of surface transportation throughout the State. The | 3 |
| Department
shall coordinate its transportation planning | 4 |
| activities with those of other
State agencies and authorities | 5 |
| and shall coordinate supervise and review any
transportation | 6 |
| planning performed by other Executive agencies under the
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| direction of the Governor. The Department shall cooperate and | 8 |
| participate
with federal, regional, interstate, State, and | 9 |
| local agencies, in accordance
with Sections 5-301 and 7-301 of | 10 |
| the Illinois Highway Code, and with
interested private | 11 |
| individuals and organizations in the coordination of
plans and | 12 |
| policies for development of the state's transportation system.
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| To meet the provisions of this Section, the Department , in | 14 |
| consultation with the Committee, shall prepare, subject to the | 15 |
| review of the Governor, publish and
deliver to the Governor and | 16 |
| General Assembly by December 31, 2010 and at intervals not to | 17 |
| exceed every 5 years, January 1, 1982 and every 2
years | 18 |
| thereafter, its State transportation master plan for surface | 19 |
| transportation systems. Not less than 60 days prior to | 20 |
| submission to the Governor and General Assembly, the Department | 21 |
| shall submit the plan to the Committee. Within 30 days after | 22 |
| submission of the plan by the Department, the Committee shall | 23 |
| recommend revisions. If the Committee recommends revision of | 24 |
| the plan, the Department shall, within 30 days, either revise | 25 |
| the plan to address the Committee's recommendations or provide | 26 |
| a written explanation to the Committee for not revising the |
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| plan. The Committee's recommendation and any Department | 2 |
| response thereto shall be included with the plan filed with the | 3 |
| Governor and General Assembly highway, waterway, aeronautic, | 4 |
| mass
transportation, and railroad systems . The plan shall | 5 |
| identify priority
subsystems or components of each system that | 6 |
| are critical to the economic and
general welfare of this State | 7 |
| regardless of public jurisdictional
responsibility or private | 8 |
| ownership .
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| The State transportation plan shall set forth goals, | 10 |
| objectives, performance measures, and criteria that may | 11 |
| provide the basis for selecting projects for inclusion in the | 12 |
| annual and multiyear transportation improvement programs. It | 13 |
| may examine policies, strategies, opportunities, and | 14 |
| challenges. | 15 |
| The State transportation plan shall set forth goals and | 16 |
| objectives designed to assure the development and maintenance | 17 |
| of a comprehensive and balanced statewide transportation | 18 |
| system. Goals may include, but are not limited to, maintaining | 19 |
| a state of good repair, lowering travel times, reducing traffic | 20 |
| congestion, decreasing vehicle emissions, improving air | 21 |
| quality, protecting the environment, reducing transportation | 22 |
| costs, encouraging the effective use of pricing and other | 23 |
| demand management strategies, improving safety, encouraging | 24 |
| economic growth, supporting the greater use of alternative | 25 |
| transportation opportunities, such as walking and biking, and | 26 |
| establishing other goals that advance an adequate, efficient, |
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| and coordinated transportation system. | 2 |
| The State transportation plan may establish performance | 3 |
| measures addressing the adequacy, efficiency, and coordination | 4 |
| of transportation services and the implementation of goals and | 5 |
| objectives. It may include transportation policies that | 6 |
| reflect the relationship of transportation to land use, | 7 |
| economic development, the environment, air quality, and energy | 8 |
| consumption; foster the efficient movement of people and goods; | 9 |
| coordinate modes of transportation; coordinate planning among | 10 |
| federal agencies, State agencies, transportation agencies, and | 11 |
| local governments; and address the safety and equity of | 12 |
| transportation services. It may include priorities, | 13 |
| challenges, and strategies for improvement. The State | 14 |
| transportation plan shall incorporate the adopted regional | 15 |
| transportation plans, prepared by each MPO pursuant to Section | 16 |
| 2705-201, based on the state transportation plan's criteria and | 17 |
| performance measurements. | 18 |
| The State transportation plan shall include criteria by | 19 |
| which proposals for capital improvements may be evaluated and | 20 |
| prioritized for inclusion in the statewide programs. The | 21 |
| criteria shall be designed to advance the goals and objectives | 22 |
| established in the State transportation plan. The criteria may | 23 |
| include but not be limited to the following categories: | 24 |
| (1) objective transportation criteria, such as system | 25 |
| maintenance, efficiency, safety, and intermodal | 26 |
| connectivity; |
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| (2) economic development criteria, such as job | 2 |
| creation and retention, inclusion of transit oriented | 3 |
| development, and cost effectiveness; | 4 |
| (3) environmental criteria, such as reduced emissions; | 5 |
| (4) population affected by the project; and | 6 |
| (5) financial criteria, such as life-cycle cost, | 7 |
| return on investment, effect on transportation costs, and | 8 |
| effective leveraging of private capital. | 9 |
| The State transportation plan shall include a description | 10 |
| of the criteria and performance measures developed by the | 11 |
| Department to prioritize proposals for inclusion in the | 12 |
| statewide program pursuant to subsection (c) of Section | 13 |
| 2705-220. | 14 |
| The master plan shall provide particular emphasis and | 15 |
| detail of at least the 5-year
period in the immediate future.
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| Annual and 5-year, or longer, project programs for each | 17 |
| State system in this Section
shall be published and furnished | 18 |
| the General Assembly on the first Wednesday
in April of each | 19 |
| year.
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| Identified needs included in the project programs shall be | 21 |
| listed and
mapped in a distinctive fashion to clearly identify | 22 |
| the priority status
of the projects: (1) projects to be | 23 |
| committed for execution; (2) tentative
projects that are | 24 |
| dependent upon funding or other constraints; and (3) needed
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| projects that are not programmed due to lack of funding or | 26 |
| other constraints.
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| All projects shall be related to the priority systems of | 2 |
| the master plan,
and the priority criteria identified. Cost and | 3 |
| estimated completion dates
shall be included for work required | 4 |
| to complete a useable segment or component
beyond the
period of | 5 |
| the program.
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| (b) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | 7 |
| Governor and General
Assembly by December 31, 2012 and at | 8 |
| intervals not to exceed every 5 years thereafter a master plan | 9 |
| and 5-year program for aeronautics. on the first Wednesday in | 10 |
| April of each year a 5-year, or longer, Highway
Improvement | 11 |
| Program reporting
the number of fiscal years each project has | 12 |
| been on previous
plans submitted by the Department.
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| (c) (Blank) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | 14 |
| Governor and the General
Assembly by November 1 of each year a | 15 |
| For the Record report that shall include
the following:
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| (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous | 17 |
| fiscal year
listed by each Illinois Department of | 18 |
| Transportation District.
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| (2) The award cost and the beginning
dates of each | 20 |
| listed project .
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| (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-201 new) | 23 |
| Sec. 2705-201. Regional transportation plans. Each MPO | 24 |
| shall develop a regional transportation plan that includes: | 25 |
| (1) Criteria by which proposals for capital |
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| regional programs. Each MPO may adopt the criteria listed | 3 |
| in the State transportation plan or may propose alternative | 4 |
| criteria. Alternative criteria shall be submitted to the | 5 |
| Department and Committee for review and comment. The | 6 |
| criteria shall be designed to advance the goals and | 7 |
| objectives established by the Department's State | 8 |
| transportation plan and the MPO through its regional | 9 |
| transportation planning process. | 10 |
| (2) A description of the measurement system and process | 11 |
| the MPO will use to prioritize proposals for inclusion in | 12 |
| the regional programs. | 13 |
| The regional transportation plan shall meet all federal | 14 |
| requirements, regulations, and laws pursuant to federally | 15 |
| required metropolitan transportation plans. The regional | 16 |
| transportation plan shall be submitted to the Department upon | 17 |
| completion for incorporation, as much as practicable, in the | 18 |
| State transportation plan. | 19 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-219 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 2705-219. Program outreach; funding estimates, | 21 |
| allocation, and recommendations. | 22 |
| (a) Program outreach. No later than September 30 of each | 23 |
| year, the
Department, through each of its District offices, | 24 |
| shall hold a
program development meeting open to the public | 25 |
| with all key regional and local
agencies and officials to |
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| review current annual and multi-year
Programs, to present | 2 |
| projected information on district road
and bridge condition, | 3 |
| and to solicit input on key highway
system improvement and | 4 |
| priorities. At least 5 days before holding a program | 5 |
| development meeting, notice of the meeting shall be posted on | 6 |
| the Department's website and separately delivered to, at a | 7 |
| minimum, all MPOs, mass transit districts, County Highway | 8 |
| Engineers, and all
municipalities outside MPO regions with | 9 |
| populations greater
than 10,000 inhabitants in the District | 10 |
| jurisdiction. A record
of the proceedings must be taken and | 11 |
| produced for public review.
No later than November 30 of each | 12 |
| year, each district shall
deliver to the committee a summary | 13 |
| analysis of the program
development outreach meeting and attach | 14 |
| all written
proposals, recommendations, and comments by | 15 |
| counties,
municipalities, mass transit districts, other local
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| governments, MPOs, and members of the General Assembly.
This | 17 |
| summary shall be included in the written record for public
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| involvement documentation as required by Federal and State law. | 19 |
| (b) Annual funding estimates. The Department, with the | 20 |
| advice of the Committee, shall annually establish a 5-year | 21 |
| estimate of all federal and State funds reasonably expected to | 22 |
| be available for surface transportation capital programs | 23 |
| during each of the following 5 fiscal years. | 24 |
| (c) System needs estimates. No later than March 1 of each
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| year, the Department shall provide the Committee with the most
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| current assessments of State highway road and bridge needs for
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| the State as a whole and for each Department district. | 2 |
| (d) Funding allocation. The Department may allocate the | 3 |
| State and federal funds estimated to be available for surface | 4 |
| transportation capital programs in accordance with the annual | 5 |
| and multiyear improvement programs prescribed by this Law, as | 6 |
| follows: | 7 |
| (1) Any State and federal funds designated by law for | 8 |
| specific surface transportation purposes or specific | 9 |
| geographic areas shall be allocated, in accordance with | 10 |
| law, for those specific purposes or areas. | 11 |
| (2) The Department, with the advice of the Committee, | 12 |
| may for each 5-year program set percentage allocations for | 13 |
| each of the criteria in the State transportation plan. | 14 |
| Funding allocations may be based upon their percentage | 15 |
| share of need as defined by the criteria. | 16 |
| (e) Not less often than once every 2 years, the Committee | 17 |
| shall review and evaluate the funding allocations and make | 18 |
| recommendations for changes to the Department, General | 19 |
| Assembly, and the Governor. | 20 |
| (f) The Committee shall evaluate available transportation | 21 |
| funding sources and make recommendations to the Department, | 22 |
| General Assembly, and the Governor regarding the raising of | 23 |
| adequate and sustainable revenues for transportation. | 24 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-220 new) | 25 |
| Sec. 2705-220. Annual and multiyear transportation |
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| improvement programs. | 2 |
| (a) Preparation guidelines. The Department, with the | 3 |
| advice of the Committee, shall develop guidelines for | 4 |
| preparation of the regional and statewide programs. | 5 |
| (b) Statewide annual and multiyear transportation | 6 |
| improvement programs. The Department shall publish and submit | 7 |
| to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Committee, no | 8 |
| later than April 7, 2011 and the first Wednesday of April of | 9 |
| every year thereafter, an annual and 5-year schedule of all | 10 |
| surface transportation improvement projects and their | 11 |
| anticipated costs. These schedules are designated the | 12 |
| statewide annual and multiyear transportation improvement | 13 |
| programs. The Department shall be responsible for the planning | 14 |
| and programming of its funds for all areas of the State. | 15 |
| (1) The statewide programs shall include projects and | 16 |
| programs proposed to be funded, in whole or in part, by | 17 |
| State or federal funds and shall consist of the following: | 18 |
| (A) The Department shall choose projects for | 19 |
| inclusion. The Department, counties, municipalities, | 20 |
| mass transit districts, other local governments, MPOs, | 21 |
| and members of the General Assembly may nominate or | 22 |
| recommend projects for the statewide programs. | 23 |
| (B) The Department shall identify projects of | 24 |
| interregional or statewide significance for inclusion. | 25 |
| The Department, counties, municipalities, mass transit | 26 |
| districts, other local governments, MPOs, and members |
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| of the General Assembly may nominate or recommend | 2 |
| projects of interregional or statewide significance | 3 |
| for the statewide programs. | 4 |
| (2) All projects shall be consistent with the adopted | 5 |
| State transportation plan. The Department shall | 6 |
| demonstrate how such projects advance the goals and | 7 |
| objectives of the adopted State transportation plan. | 8 |
| (3) No later than 30 days after publication of the | 9 |
| surface transportation improvement program, the Committee | 10 |
| shall, by resolution, either (i) determine that the | 11 |
| statewide programs are consistent with the adopted State | 12 |
| transportation plan or (ii) determine that all or any | 13 |
| portions of the statewide programs are not consistent with | 14 |
| the adopted State transportation plan, including within | 15 |
| the resolution an explanation for any such determination. | 16 |
| Individual Committee members may prepare a written | 17 |
| statement indicating their disagreement with the | 18 |
| resolution adopted by the Committee. The Committee's | 19 |
| resolution and any written statements prepared by | 20 |
| individual members shall be published and delivered to the | 21 |
| General Assembly and the Governor with the statewide | 22 |
| programs. | 23 |
| (4) Within 30 days after the adoption of the | 24 |
| Committee's resolution pursuant to paragraph (3) of | 25 |
| subsection (b) of this Section, an MPO may amend its | 26 |
| regional program included within the statewide programs |
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| for the sole purpose of addressing a Committee | 2 |
| determination that the program is not consistent with the | 3 |
| adopted State transportation plan. Within 30 days after the | 4 |
| adoption of the Committee's resolution pursuant to | 5 |
| paragraph (3), the Department may amend any portion of a | 6 |
| statewide program prepared by the Department for the sole | 7 |
| purpose of addressing a Committee determination that such | 8 |
| portion of a program is not consistent with the adopted | 9 |
| State transportation plan. Any amendments shall be | 10 |
| published and delivered to the Committee, General | 11 |
| Assembly, and Governor. | 12 |
| (c) Regional annual and multiyear transportation
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| improvement programs. After consultation with the Department,
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| each MPO shall prepare and adopt an annual and 5-year schedule
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| of all regional transportation improvement projects and their
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| anticipated costs. These schedules shall be known as the
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| regional annual and multiyear transportation improvement
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| programs. The regional programs shall be submitted to the
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| Department and the Committee no later than August 31, 2011 and
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| August 31 of every year thereafter. | 21 |
| (1) The regional programs shall include projects and
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| programs within the MPO's jurisdiction proposed to be
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| funded, in whole or in part, by federal funds. | 24 |
| (2) Counties, municipalities, mass transit districts,
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| other local governments, the Department, and members of the
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| General Assembly may nominate or recommend the inclusion of
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| projects in the regional programs. The MPOs shall have
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| authority for determining whether any of the project
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| nominations or recommendations for federal funding are | 4 |
| accepted and included in the regional programs. This
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| authority extends only to a project located within the
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| MPO's jurisdiction. | 7 |
| (3) Projects included in the regional programs shall be
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| consistent with the regional transportation plan adopted | 9 |
| by the MPO. The regional programs shall demonstrate how | 10 |
| projects are
consistent with the State
transportation | 11 |
| plans. | 12 |
| (4) Projects shall be prioritized for inclusion in the
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| programs using a measurement system and the criteria
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| established by the regional transportation plan. | 15 |
| (5) The Department shall provide assistance to MPOs in
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| preparing the regional programs, at the request of the MPO. | 17 |
| (d) Fiscal year 2011 statewide program. After consultation | 18 |
| with the MPOs, the Department shall prepare, by no later than | 19 |
| April 7, 2010, and the first Wednesday in each April | 20 |
| thereafter, an annual program of surface transportation | 21 |
| capital projects and their anticipated costs proposed for | 22 |
| funding in whole or in part from appropriations made by the | 23 |
| State for fiscal year 2011 and each year thereafter. The fiscal | 24 |
| year 2011 statewide program required by this subsection shall, | 25 |
| so much as is practicable, comply with the objectives of this | 26 |
| Law. The Committee shall review and provide comments on the |
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| fiscal year 2011 statewide program by no later than 30 days | 2 |
| after the annual program publication. | 3 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-221 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 2705-221. Inclusion in transportation improvement | 5 |
| program. The transportation improvement program the Department | 6 |
| must develop pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 135 may only include | 7 |
| projects that have been prioritized for inclusion in a regional | 8 |
| or statewide program by an MPO or the Department pursuant to | 9 |
| this Law. It is not the intent of this Section to interfere | 10 |
| with administrative changes to the Transportation Improvement | 11 |
| Program, but only to ensure that all included projects undergo | 12 |
| the process prescribed by this Law. | 13 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-222 new) | 14 |
| Sec. 2705-222. Public involvement and accountability. | 15 |
| (a) The Department and the Committee shall provide timely | 16 |
| and clear information and accountability to the public and | 17 |
| shall engage the public when making State transportation | 18 |
| decisions and recommendations. The Department shall elicit the | 19 |
| public's views both with respect to adequate transportation | 20 |
| services and appropriate means of minimizing the adverse | 21 |
| social, economic, environmental, and energy impacts of | 22 |
| transportation programs. All documents listed in this Law shall | 23 |
| be made publicly available for distribution in print and on the | 24 |
| Department's website. |
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| (b) The Department and the Committee shall provide the | 2 |
| opportunity for public comment throughout the State prior to | 3 |
| the development and completion of the statewide transportation | 4 |
| plan and the statewide multi-year program. Public comment may | 5 |
| be solicited through various methods, including, but not | 6 |
| limited to, hearings, focus groups, surveys, and feedback on | 7 |
| draft plans. | 8 |
| (c) The Department, in consultation with the Committee, | 9 |
| shall publish in its publication "For the Record" and deliver | 10 |
| to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1 of each | 11 |
| year a report on all modes of transportation that shall include | 12 |
| the following: | 13 |
| (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous | 14 |
| fiscal year listed by each Illinois Department of | 15 |
| Transportation District. | 16 |
| (2) The award cost and the beginning dates of each | 17 |
| listed project. | 18 |
| (3) A summary of the Department's prior-year decisions | 19 |
| in allocating transportation capital outlay appropriations | 20 |
| and identifying timely and relevant transportation issues | 21 |
| facing the State of Illinois. | 22 |
| (4) Statewide and for each district, a description of | 23 |
| any project receiving an appropriation from the General | 24 |
| Assembly that was not included in the statewide program. | 25 |
| (5) An explanation and summary of major policies and | 26 |
| decisions adopted by the Department and the recommendation |
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| of the Committee during the previously completed State and | 2 |
| federal fiscal year, with an explanation of any changes in | 3 |
| policy associated with the performance of the Department's | 4 |
| duties and responsibilities over the past year. | 5 |
| (6) A review of the progress made in achieving the | 6 |
| State transportation goals. | 7 |
| (7) Statewide and for each district, the total of | 8 |
| program accomplishments in dollars, number of miles, | 9 |
| number of bridges, and number of transit projects. | 10 |
| (8) Statewide and for each district, the current | 11 |
| condition of roadway miles and bridges for roads and | 12 |
| bridges under State jurisdiction. | 13 |
| (d) All MPOs shall publish and deliver to the Department by | 14 |
| October 1 of each year a "For the Record" report that shall | 15 |
| include the following: | 16 |
| (1) A list of all projects accomplished in the previous | 17 |
| fiscal year, their award costs, and their beginning dates. | 18 |
| (2) An explanation and summary of changes in major | 19 |
| policies, goals, objectives, performance measures and | 20 |
| criteria that were adopted by the MPO during the previous | 21 |
| fiscal year. | 22 |
| (3) A review of the progress made in achieving the | 23 |
| goals and objectives of the State transportation plan and | 24 |
| the MPO regional transportation plan. | 25 |
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| Sec. 2705-223. Evaluation. | 2 |
| (a) The Committee shall evaluate the effectiveness of the | 3 |
| processes and procedures established by this Law to ensure that | 4 |
| they contribute to a well-coordinated and cost-effective | 5 |
| transportation system. The Committee shall recommend changes | 6 |
| as needed to the General Assembly and the Governor. | 7 |
| (b) Every 2 years, the Auditor General shall review the | 8 |
| performance of the Department to assure the Department is | 9 |
| meeting the requirements of this Law. | 10 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 |
| becoming law.".
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