Full Text of HB5220 100th General Assembly
HB5220 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5220 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 605 ILCS 5/5-701 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.4 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.4 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.6 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.6 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.7 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.7 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.8 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.13 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that any county board in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it for: (i) retiring bonds and paying obligations incurred for the purpose of constructing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public transportation facilities, or freight rail facilities; (ii) paying the local or county's proportionate share of any federally eligible transportation project; or (iii) acquiring, constructing, maintaining, improving, or operating public or freight rail transportation facilities. Provides that motor fuel tax money may be used to conduct studies relating to: the operation of highways; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; public transportation facilities; and freight rail facilities. Provides that a county board may turn over a portion of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, or the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority.
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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 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 5-701, 5-701.4, 5-701.6, 5-701.7, 5-701.8, and | 6 | | 5-701.13 and by adding Section 5-701.18 as follows:
| 7 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701)
| 8 | | Sec. 5-701.
Money allotted from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to | 9 | | the several
counties as provided in Section 8 of the "Motor | 10 | | Fuel Tax Law", approved
March 25, 1929, as now or hereafter | 11 | | amended, other than money allotted to
counties for the use of | 12 | | road districts, shall be used only for one or more
of the | 13 | | purposes stated in Sections 5-701.1 through 5-701.18 5-701.16 , | 14 | | as the several
counties may desire.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 85-962.)
| 16 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.4) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.4)
| 17 | | Sec. 5-701.4.
Any county board may also use any motor fuel | 18 | | tax money allotted to it or any part thereof for the purpose of | 19 | | retiring bonds and
paying obligations incurred for the purpose | 20 | | of constructing State or county
highways, the construction of | 21 | | which was under the supervision of and with
the approval of the | 22 | | Department under the provisions of Section 5-403 of
this Code |
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| 1 | | or similar provisions of prior law. The county board of a | 2 | | county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may | 3 | | also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it or any part | 4 | | thereof for the purpose of retiring bonds and paying | 5 | | obligations incurred for the purpose of constructing bicycle | 6 | | and pedestrian facilities, public transportation facilities, | 7 | | or freight rail facilities.
| 8 | | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196 .)
| 9 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.6) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.6)
| 10 | | Sec. 5-701.6.
Any county board with the approval of the | 11 | | Department may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for | 12 | | the purpose of the payment for
investigations requisite to | 13 | | determine the reasonably anticipated need for
any of the work | 14 | | described in Sections 5-701.1 to 5-701.18 5-701.5 , inclusive, | 15 | | of
this Code. Such investigations may include, but shall not be | 16 | | limited to,
the making of traffic surveys, the study of | 17 | | transportation facilities,
research concerning the development | 18 | | of the several areas within the county
and contiguous territory | 19 | | as affected by growth and changes in population
and economic | 20 | | activity and the collection and review of data relating to all
| 21 | | factors affecting the judicious planning of construction, | 22 | | reconstruction,
improvement , and maintenance , and operation | 23 | | of : highways ; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; public | 24 | | transportation facilities; or freight rail facilities . The | 25 | | investigations for which any
such payments are made may also be |
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| 1 | | conducted in cooperation with other
counties, municipalities, | 2 | | the State of Illinois, the United States, other
states of the | 3 | | United States, agencies of any such governments or other
| 4 | | persons in pursuance of agreements to share the costs thereof | 5 | | and authority
to enter into such agreements is hereby conferred | 6 | | upon counties.
| 7 | | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196 .)
| 8 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.7) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.7)
| 9 | | Sec. 5-701.7.
(a) Any county board with the approval of the | 10 | | Department may also use
motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to | 11 | | pay the local or county's share of the
cost of projects on the | 12 | | federal aid urban and the federal aid secondary
highway systems | 13 | | in the county
constructed under the provisions of the Federal | 14 | | Aid Road Act. The county
board is authorized to cooperate with | 15 | | the Department in selecting these
systems of federal aid | 16 | | highways to be improved.
| 17 | | (b) Any county board with the approval of the Department | 18 | | may also use
motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to pay the | 19 | | local or county's share of any project
constructed under | 20 | | Section 3-104.3 of this Code.
| 21 | | (c) Any county board, with the approval of the Department, | 22 | | may also use
motor fuel
tax funds allotted to it, matching tax | 23 | | funds, or any other funds of the county
for highways
to pay the | 24 | | local or county's proportionate share of any federally eligible
| 25 | | transportation project on,
adjacent to, or intended to serve |
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| 1 | | county highways in the county. The county board of a county | 2 | | with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use | 3 | | motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to pay the local or | 4 | | county's proportionate share of any federally eligible | 5 | | transportation project.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 91-315, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 7 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.8) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8)
| 8 | | Sec. 5-701.8.
Any county board may also turn over a portion | 9 | | of the motor
fuel tax funds allotted to it to: (a) a local Mass | 10 | | Transit District if the
county created such District pursuant | 11 | | to the "Local Mass Transit District
Act", approved July 21, | 12 | | 1959, as now or hereafter amended;
| 13 | | (b) a local Transit Commission if such commission is | 14 | | created pursuant to
Section 14-101 of The Public Utilities Act; | 15 | | or
| 16 | | (c) the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to | 17 | | the
"Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", approved April 12, | 18 | | 1945, as now or
hereafter amended ; .
| 19 | | (d) the Regional Transportation Authority established | 20 | | pursuant to the Regional Transportation Authority Act; | 21 | | (e) the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | 22 | | Transportation Authority established pursuant to the Regional | 23 | | Transportation Authority Act; or | 24 | | (f) the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional | 25 | | Transportation Authority established pursuant to the Regional |
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| 1 | | Transportation Authority Act. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
| 3 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.13) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13)
| 4 | | Sec. 5-701.13. Motor fuel tax funds; counties over 500,000. | 5 | | The county
board of any county may also use motor fuel tax
| 6 | | funds allotted to it for placing, erecting, and maintaining | 7 | | signs, or
surface
markings, or both to indicate officially | 8 | | designated bicycle routes along
county
highways. In addition, | 9 | | the county board of a county with a population over
500,000 may | 10 | | also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to
it
for the | 11 | | construction and maintenance of bicycle routes along county | 12 | | highways
or along State highways by agreement with the | 13 | | Department. The county board of a county with a population of | 14 | | 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may use motor fuel tax funds | 15 | | allotted to it for the acquisition, construction, and | 16 | | maintenance of any bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 88-502; 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)
| 18 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new) | 19 | | Sec. 5-701.18. Public and freight rail transportation | 20 | | facilities; counties over 1,000,000. The county board in a | 21 | | county of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use motor fuel | 22 | | tax money allotted to it for the purpose of acquiring, | 23 | | constructing, maintaining, improving, or operating public or | 24 | | freight rail transportation facilities.
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