Full Text of HB1761 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 6 | | Section 2705-200 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-200) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16)
| 8 | | Sec. 2705-200. Master plan; reporting requirements.
| 9 | | (a) The Department has the power to develop and maintain a | 10 | | continuing,
comprehensive, and integrated planning process | 11 | | that shall develop and
periodically revise a statewide master | 12 | | plan for transportation to guide program
development and to | 13 | | foster efficient and economical transportation services in
| 14 | | ground, air, water, and
all other modes of transportation | 15 | | throughout the State. The Department
shall coordinate its | 16 | | transportation planning activities with those of other
State | 17 | | agencies and authorities and shall supervise and review any
| 18 | | transportation planning performed by other Executive agencies | 19 | | under the
direction of the Governor. The Department shall | 20 | | cooperate and participate
with federal, regional, interstate, | 21 | | State, and local agencies, in accordance
with Sections 5-301 | 22 | | and 7-301 of the Illinois Highway Code, and with
interested | 23 | | private individuals and organizations in the coordination of
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| 1 | | plans and policies for development of the state's | 2 | | transportation system.
| 3 | | To meet the provisions of this Section, the Department | 4 | | shall publish and
deliver to the Governor and General Assembly | 5 | | by December 31, 2012 January 1, 1982 and every 5 2
years | 6 | | thereafter, its master plan for highway, waterway, aeronautic, | 7 | | mass
transportation, and railroad systems. The plan shall | 8 | | identify priority
subsystems or components of each system that | 9 | | are critical to the economic and
general welfare of this State | 10 | | regardless of public jurisdictional
responsibility or private | 11 | | ownership.
| 12 | | The master plan shall include a comprehensive and | 13 | | multimodal freight mobility plan which shall analyze commodity | 14 | | flows, assess the freight transportation network, and identify | 15 | | significant freight system trends, needs, and economic | 16 | | opportunities. It shall recommend improvements in the | 17 | | operation and management of the freight system, projects that | 18 | | will eliminate inefficiencies in the State's freight network, | 19 | | methods of funding needed for freight system improvements, and | 20 | | policies to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient movement | 21 | | of goods within and through the State and to ensure the State's | 22 | | economic vitality. The freight mobility plan shall incorporate | 23 | | and maintain compatibility with any federally required rail | 24 | | plan affecting this State. | 25 | | The master plan shall provide particular emphasis and | 26 | | detail of at least the 5-year
period in the immediate future.
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| 1 | | Annual and 5-year, or longer, project programs for each | 2 | | State system in this Section
shall be published and furnished | 3 | | the General Assembly on the first Wednesday
in April of each | 4 | | year.
| 5 | | Identified needs included in the project programs shall be | 6 | | listed and
mapped in a distinctive fashion to clearly identify | 7 | | the priority status
of the projects: (1) projects to be | 8 | | committed for execution; (2) tentative
projects that are | 9 | | dependent upon funding or other constraints; and (3) needed
| 10 | | projects that are not programmed due to lack of funding or | 11 | | other constraints.
| 12 | | All projects shall be related to the priority systems of | 13 | | the master plan,
and the priority criteria identified. Cost and | 14 | | estimated completion dates
shall be included for work required | 15 | | to complete a useable segment or component
beyond the
period of | 16 | | the program.
| 17 | | (b) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | 18 | | Governor and General
Assembly on the first Wednesday in April | 19 | | of each year a 5-year, or longer, Highway
Improvement Program | 20 | | reporting
the number of fiscal years each project has been on | 21 | | previous
plans submitted by the Department.
| 22 | | (c) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | 23 | | Governor and the General
Assembly by November 1 of each year a | 24 | | For the Record report that shall include
the following:
| 25 | | (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous | 26 | | fiscal year
listed by each Illinois Department of |
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| 1 | | Transportation District.
| 2 | | (2) The award cost and the beginning
dates of each | 3 | | listed project.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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