Full Text of SR0607 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois' system of roads and bridges is rapidly | 3 | | aging; the Transportation for Illinois Coalition estimates | 4 | | that the Illinois Department of Transportation needs an | 5 | | additional $1.8 billion each year to pay for day-to-day | 6 | | maintenance and to pay for a borrowing plan to finance | 7 | | long-term upgrades; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Federal funding for State highways has decreased | 9 | | in recent years and is likely to continue to decrease; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, While revenue to help pay for road repair and | 11 | | construction from Illinois' current motor fuel tax has remained | 12 | | flat as motor vehicles have become increasingly fuel efficient, | 13 | | the costs associated with road and bridge repair and | 14 | | construction have continued to rise; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Illinois' current motor fuel taxes, which drivers | 16 | | pay based on the gallons of gasoline they purchase, are unable | 17 | | to properly fund the maintenance of roads and bridges, much | 18 | | less needed improvements; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Department | 21 | | of Transportation is directed to conduct a study on the |
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| 1 | | feasibility of a mileage-based user fee program for the State | 2 | | and report on the results of the study; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, The report shall include the following: | 4 | | (1) a draft charter for a governance and administration | 5 | | authority which defines the overarching goals, | 6 | | implementation scope, governance structure, and nominal | 7 | | performance metrics of the mileage-based user fee program; | 8 | | (2) an organizational framework which defines the | 9 | | recommended administrative and governance composition for | 10 | | a mileage-based user fee program; | 11 | | (3) technical and operational designs for system | 12 | | users; | 13 | | (4) financial reporting, auditing, and enforcement | 14 | | strategies for mileage-based user fee administration; | 15 | | (5) an implementation schedule to deploy the | 16 | | mileage-based user fee system; | 17 | | (6) a business case for a mileage-based user fee | 18 | | program to forecast potential mileage-based user fee | 19 | | revenues over a 20-year period; | 20 | | (7) a detailed cost estimate to deploy and administer | 21 | | the mileage-based user fee program; | 22 | | (8) identification of the risks associated with the | 23 | | deployment and administration of a mileage-based user fee | 24 | | program with mitigation strategies and recommendations for | 25 | | each risk; and |
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| 1 | | (9) a public outreach and engagement strategy and | 2 | | framework to identify the messages, mediums, and methods | 3 | | for educating and informing residents of this State | 4 | | regarding the mileage-based user fee program; and be it | 5 | | further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That, in conducting this study, the Department | 7 | | shall use the following considerations: | 8 | | (1) defining an alternative means of funding State | 9 | | transportation expenditures based on a motorist's vehicle | 10 | | miles traveled rather than the current funding structure | 11 | | using the motor fuel tax; | 12 | | (2) the availability, adaptability, reliability, and | 13 | | security of methods that might be used in measuring, | 14 | | recording, and reporting highway use; | 15 | | (3) the necessity of protecting all personally | 16 | | identifiable information used in reporting highway use; | 17 | | (4) identifying means for collecting vehicle miles | 18 | | traveled data for the mileage-based user fee program, | 19 | | including at least one alternative that does not rely on | 20 | | electronic vehicle location data; | 21 | | (5) minimizing the amount of personal information | 22 | | including location tracking information needed to report | 23 | | vehicle miles traveled and levy a mileage-based user fee; | 24 | | (6) identifying processes for collecting, managing, | 25 | | storing, transmitting, and destroying data to protect the |
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| 1 | | integrity of the data and safeguard the privacy of system | 2 | | users; | 3 | | (7) the ease and cost of administering the collection | 4 | | of taxes and fees as an alternative to the current system | 5 | | of taxing highway use through a motor fuel tax; | 6 | | (8) the availability of existing assets and | 7 | | infrastructure to minimize mileage-based user fee | 8 | | administration costs; | 9 | | (9) established contracting and procurement rules for | 10 | | acquiring mileage-based user fee equipment and services; | 11 | | (10) lessons learned from previously completed | 12 | | mileage-based user fee programs in other states; | 13 | | (11) geographic and socioeconomic considerations | 14 | | including rural and urban motorists; and | 15 | | (12) the current availability of technologies and | 16 | | expectations for technological advances which can be | 17 | | leveraged for a mileage-based user fee program; and be it | 18 | | further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Department shall submit a report of its | 20 | | findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or | 21 | | before March 1, 2016.
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