Full Text of HB4857 97th General Assembly
HB4857ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr. Filed: 3/1/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4857
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4857 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 6-701.1, 6-701.2, and 9-130 as follows:
| 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-701.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-701.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-701.1.
| 8 | | (a) The construction of any township or district road | 9 | | located within the
road district.
| 10 | | (b) The construction of grade separations and approaches | 11 | | thereto which
avoid or replace grade crossings at intersections | 12 | | of township or district
roads and railroad tracks.
| 13 | | The highway commissioners of the several road districts, in | 14 | | cooperation
with the county superintendent of highways of their | 15 | | respective counties,
shall select the roads and grade | 16 | | separations to be constructed with motor
fuel tax funds. In the |
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| 1 | | selection of roads, preference shall be given to
public school | 2 | | bus routes and rural free delivery mail routes. The county
| 3 | | superintendent of highways, in cooperation with the respective | 4 | | highway
commissioners, shall prepare, or cause to be prepared | 5 | | maps showing the
roads and grade separations selected and shall | 6 | | prepare the necessary plans,
specifications and estimates of | 7 | | cost of such construction, all of which
shall be submitted to | 8 | | the Department for approval. The type of construction
selected | 9 | | shall be adequate for present or reasonably anticipated traffic
| 10 | | needs as determined by the county superintendent of highways | 11 | | and the
respective highway commissioners and approved by the | 12 | | Department.
| 13 | | The construction work provided for in this Section may be | 14 | | done by contract or
day labor with county or road district | 15 | | equipment and forces as the county
superintendent of highways | 16 | | and the respective highway commissioners may
determine. | 17 | | Contracts for construction work shall be advertised for and let | 18 | | by the county board in county unit road districts and by the | 19 | | highway commissioner in township road districts. Contracts | 20 | | shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder subject to the | 21 | | approval of the county superintendent of highways or the | 22 | | highway
commissioner and such contracts also shall be subject | 23 | | to approval by the
Department. The construction work shall be | 24 | | carried on under the immediate
supervision of the highway | 25 | | commissioner and under the general supervision
of the county | 26 | | superintendent of highways and all work upon such projects
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| 1 | | shall be subject to approval by the Department.
| 2 | | In any county in which a county unit road district has been | 3 | | created the
county superintendent of highways for such county | 4 | | shall perform all of the
functions of a highway commissioner | 5 | | under this Section with respect to the
district roads in such | 6 | | county.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 77-1628.)
| 8 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-701.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-701.2)
| 9 | | Sec. 6-701.2.
| 10 | | Maintenance of any township or district road as defined in | 11 | | Section 2-103
or any grade separation constructed as provided | 12 | | in Section 6-701.1, subject
to the approval of the county | 13 | | superintendent of highways and the
Department.
| 14 | | Maintenance work provided for in this Section may be done | 15 | | by contract or with county or road district equipment or
forces | 16 | | as the county superintendent of highways and the respective | 17 | | highway
commissioners may determine. If any road or grade | 18 | | separation constructed in
any road district as provided in this | 19 | | Section is not maintained in a manner
satisfactory to the | 20 | | Department and the county, no further funds shall be
expended | 21 | | in such road district until such road or grade separation is so
| 22 | | maintained or provision for such maintenance is made.
| 23 | | Contracts for maintenance work shall be advertised for and | 24 | | let by the county board in county unit road districts and by | 25 | | the highway commissioner in township road districts. Contracts |
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| 1 | | shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder subject to the | 2 | | approval of the county superintendent of highways or the | 3 | | highway commissioner, and such contracts also shall be subject | 4 | | to approval by the Department. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 78-819.)
| 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/9-130) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-130)
| 7 | | Sec. 9-130.
No person, firm, corporation or institution,
| 8 | | public or private,
shall plow or remove or cause to be plowed | 9 | | or removed ice or snow from any
shopping center, parking lot, | 10 | | commercial or institutional service area or
driveway or any | 11 | | other public or private service area or driveway and deposit or | 12 | | cause to be deposited
such ice or snow upon a traffic lane, | 13 | | parking area, or paved shoulder of a public highway or along | 14 | | the shoulder or edge of
a public highway. Such prohibition | 15 | | shall not pertain to a residential driveway
or sidewalk .
| 16 | | Any person, firm, corporation or institution, public or | 17 | | private, who violates
this Section is guilty of a petty | 18 | | offense.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1362.)".
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