Full Text of SB1210 103rd General Assembly
SB1210sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Chapin Rose Filed: 3/24/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1210
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1210 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 12 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 862/12) | 7 | | Sec. 12. Recreational Trail Programs; powers and | 8 | | authorities. | 9 | | (a) The Department may expend funds for recreational trail | 10 | | program purposes and for the maintenance and restoration of | 11 | | the existing part of the National Road located in southeastern | 12 | | Illinois . The Department may: plan, survey, design, develop, | 13 | | operate, and maintain recreational trails and related | 14 | | facilities of the State; maintain and restore the existing | 15 | | part of the National Road located in southeastern Illinois; | 16 | | prepare, or cause to be prepared, those plans, specifications, |
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| 1 | | and other documents as are necessary to advertising for and | 2 | | the taking and acceptance of bids and letting of construction | 3 | | contracts for those recreational trail projects and for the | 4 | | maintenance and restoration of the existing part of the | 5 | | National Road located in southeastern Illinois , as required in | 6 | | the Illinois Procurement Code; enter into contracts for | 7 | | construction management or supervision on all recreational | 8 | | trail projects constructed; enter into contracts for | 9 | | professional services for planning, testing, design, or | 10 | | consulting on all recreational trail projects constructed; and | 11 | | acquire land, waters, structures, and interests in land, | 12 | | waters, and structures for those areas and related facilities. | 13 | | The Department may enter into contracts and agreements with | 14 | | the United States or any appropriate or allowable federal | 15 | | entity, keep financial and other records, and furnish to | 16 | | appropriate officials and agencies of the United States | 17 | | reports and information as may be reasonably necessary to | 18 | | enable those officials and agencies to perform their duties | 19 | | under those programs. In connection with obtaining for the | 20 | | State the benefits of any program, the Department shall | 21 | | coordinate its activities with and represent the interest of | 22 | | all agencies of the State and units of local government and | 23 | | with appropriate and allowable not-for-profit and private | 24 | | organizations having interests in the acquisition, planning, | 25 | | development, and maintenance of recreational trail resources | 26 | | and related facilities within the State. |
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| 1 | | (b) The Department may execute projects for recreational | 2 | | trail purposes and for the maintenance and restoration of the | 3 | | existing part of the National Road located in southeastern | 4 | | Illinois using funds made available to the Department from | 5 | | State appropriations, the federal government, and other public | 6 | | and private sources in the exercise of its statutory powers | 7 | | and duties. Projects involving participating federal-aid funds | 8 | | may be undertaken by the Department after it has been | 9 | | determined that sufficient funds are available to the | 10 | | Department for meeting the non-federal share of project costs. | 11 | | It is the legislative intent that, to the extent as may be | 12 | | necessary to assure the proper operation, maintenance, and | 13 | | preservation of areas and facilities surveyed, acquired, or | 14 | | developed under any program participated in by this State | 15 | | under authority of this Act, the areas and facilities shall be | 16 | | maintained for public recreational trail purposes. The | 17 | | Department may enter into and administer agreements with the | 18 | | United States or any appropriate federal agency for survey, | 19 | | planning, acquisition, development, and preservation projects | 20 | | involving participating federal-aid funds on behalf of any | 21 | | federal, State, or local unit of government or appropriate and | 22 | | allowable not-for-profit or private organizations, provided | 23 | | the federal, State, or local unit of government or appropriate | 24 | | and allowable not-for-profit or private organization, gives | 25 | | necessary assurances to the Department that it has available | 26 | | sufficient funds to meet its share of the cost of the project |
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| 1 | | and that the surveyed, acquired, or developed areas and | 2 | | facilities will be operated and maintained at its expense for | 3 | | public recreational trail use. | 4 | | (c) The Department may enter into agreements as necessary | 5 | | with the Federal Highway Administration, or any successor | 6 | | agency, for the purpose of authorizing federal obligation | 7 | | limitations for projects under the federal Recreational Trails | 8 | | Program. The Department and the Department of Transportation | 9 | | shall enter into an inter-agency agreement to closely | 10 | | coordinate the obligation of projects authorized by the | 11 | | Illinois Division Office of the Federal Highway Administration | 12 | | to maximize federal funding opportunities.
| 13 | | (d) The Department may make grants to contractors for the | 14 | | maintenance and restoration of the existing part of the | 15 | | National Road located in southeastern Illinois. The grants | 16 | | shall be made from State appropriations and to the extent | 17 | | permitted by federal law from federal funds for this purpose. | 18 | | Moneys for this purpose may be received from local units of | 19 | | government or appropriate and allowable not-for-profit or | 20 | | private organizations. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 100-798, eff. 1-1-19 .)".
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