Full Text of HB3765 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Springfield High Speed Railroad Community Advisory Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: | 7 | | "Department" means the Department of Transportation. | 8 | | "High Speed Rail Project" means the Illinois High Speed | 9 | | Rail Program, led by the Department of Transportation and the | 10 | | Federal Railroad Administration, which is designed to enhance | 11 | | the passenger transportation network in the Chicago-St. Louis | 12 | | corridor. | 13 | | Section 10. Springfield High Speed Railroad Community | 14 | | Advisory Commission. The Springfield High Speed Railroad | 15 | | Community Advisory Commission ("Commission") is created to | 16 | | monitor, review, and report on contracting and employment | 17 | | matters related to the planning, organization, and | 18 | | construction of the High Speed Rail Project. The Commission | 19 | | shall monitor the public transparency of all matters concerning | 20 | | the High Speed Rail Project. | 21 | | The Commission shall consist of 9 members who are residents | 22 | | of the City of Springfield, who shall be appointed, within 90 |
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| 1 | | days of the effective date of this Act, as follows: | 2 | | (1) Two members appointed by the President of the | 3 | | Senate, one of whom shall serve as a Co-Chairperson of the | 4 | | Commission. | 5 | | (2) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | 6 | | of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as a | 7 | | Co-Chairperson of the Commission. | 8 | | (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 9 | | Senate. | 10 | | (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 11 | | House of Representatives. | 12 | | (5) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of | 13 | | Springfield and approved by the Springfield City Council. | 14 | | (6) One member appointed by the Governor representing | 15 | | the Department. | 16 | | (7) The independent ombudsman for the 10th Street Rail | 17 | | Corridor. | 18 | | Section 15. Commission meetings; authority; reporting. The | 19 | | Commission shall meet quarterly. The Commission shall have the | 20 | | authority to convene City, County, and Department officials to | 21 | | ensure transparency and compliance with federal, State, and | 22 | | local employment and contracting goals. | 23 | | On January 1, 2016, and on the first of each quarter | 24 | | thereafter until the completion of the High Speed Rail Project, | 25 | | the Commission shall issue a written report to the Governor, |
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| 1 | | President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of | 2 | | Representatives, Minority Leader of the Senate, Minority | 3 | | Leader of the House of Representatives, Mayor of Springfield, | 4 | | Springfield City Council, Sangamon County Board, and the | 5 | | Department describing in detail the Project's compliance with | 6 | | federal, State, and local minority employment and contracting | 7 | | goals. | 8 | | Section 20. Applicability. If the implementation of any of | 9 | | the provisions of this Act would negatively affect the receipt | 10 | | of federal funding, then those provisions shall not apply.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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