Full Text of HB4344 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 Heroes | 5 | | Way Designation Program Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. This Act establishes a designation | 7 | | program, to be known as the "Heroes Way Designation Program", | 8 | | to honor the fallen Illinois heroes who have been killed in | 9 | | action while performing active military duty with the United | 10 | | States Armed Forces. | 11 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 12 | | "Department" means the Illinois Department of | 13 | | Transportation.
| 14 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Illinois Department | 15 | | of Transportation.
| 16 | | "United States Armed Forces" means any branch of the United | 17 | | States Military, including National Guard and military reserve | 18 | | components. | 19 | | Section 15. Heroes Way Designation Program.
| 20 | | (a) Any person who is related by marriage, adoption, or | 21 | | consanguinity within the second degree to a member of the |
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| 1 | | United States Armed Forces who was killed in action while | 2 | | performing active military duty with the Armed Forces, and who | 3 | | was a resident of this State at the time he or she was killed in | 4 | | action, may apply for a designation allowing the placement of | 5 | | an honorary sign alongside roads designated under the | 6 | | provisions of this Act.
| 7 | | (b) The honorary signs may be placed upon interstate or | 8 | | state-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or | 9 | | segments of highway under the jurisdiction of the Department | 10 | | according to the provisions of this Section, and any applicable | 11 | | federal and State limitations or conditions on highway signage, | 12 | | including location and spacing.
| 13 | | (c) Any person described under subsection (a) of this | 14 | | Section who desires to have an interstate or state-numbered | 15 | | highway interchange or bridge or segment of highway under the | 16 | | jurisdiction of the Department designated after his or her | 17 | | family member shall petition the Department by submitting an | 18 | | application in a form prescribed by the Secretary. The form | 19 | | shall include the amount of the fee under subsection (d) of | 20 | | this Section. The application must meet the following | 21 | | requirements:
| 22 | | (1) describe the interstate or state-numbered highway | 23 | | interchange or bridge or segment of highway under the | 24 | | jurisdiction of the Department for which the designation is | 25 | | sought and the proposed name of the interchange, bridge, or | 26 | | relevant segment of highway. The application shall include |
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| 1 | | the name of at least one current member of the General | 2 | | Assembly who will sponsor the designation. The application | 3 | | may contain written testimony for support of the | 4 | | designation;
| 5 | | (2) a signed form, prescribed by the Secretary, | 6 | | certifying that the applicant is related by marriage, | 7 | | adoption, or consanguinity within the second degree to the | 8 | | member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in | 9 | | action; and
| 10 | | (3) the name of the member of the United States Armed | 11 | | Forces for whom the designation is sought must be listed on | 12 | | the National Gold Star Family Registry.
| 13 | | (d) After determining that the petitioner meets all of the | 14 | | application requirements of subsection (c), the Department | 15 | | shall submit a recommendation containing the proposed | 16 | | designations to the sponsor in the General Assembly named in | 17 | | the application. The Department shall be notified upon the | 18 | | approval or denial of a proposed designation. Upon the approval | 19 | | of a proposed designation, the petitioner shall submit a fee to | 20 | | be determined by the Secretary to cover the costs of | 21 | | constructing and maintaining the proposed signs on the | 22 | | interchange, bridge, or segment of highway. The fee shall not | 23 | | exceed the cost of constructing and maintaining each sign. | 24 | | (e) The Department shall give notice of any proposed | 25 | | designation under this Section on the Department's official | 26 | | public website.
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| 1 | | (f) Two signs shall be erected for each interchange, | 2 | | bridge, or segment of highway designation processed under this | 3 | | Section.
| 4 | | (g) No interchange, bridge, or segment of highway may be | 5 | | named or designated under this Section if it carries an | 6 | | existing designation. A designated member of the United States | 7 | | Armed Forces shall not be eligible for more than one | 8 | | interchange, bridge, or segment of highway designation under | 9 | | this Section.
| 10 | | (h) All moneys received by the Department for the | 11 | | construction and maintenance of interchange, bridge, or | 12 | | segment of highway signs shall be deposited in the "Road Fund" | 13 | | of the State treasury.
| 14 | | (i) The documents and fees required under this Section | 15 | | shall be submitted to the Department.
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