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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-
4 FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE
5 CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6 electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the
7 general election next occurring at least 6 months after the
8 adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Article
9 XIII of the Illinois Constitution by adding Section 9 as
10 follows:
11 ARTICLE XIII
12 GENERAL PROVISIONS
13 (ILCON Art. XIII, Sec. 9 new)
14 SECTION 9. MOTOR FUEL TAX REVENUE
15 (a) Revenue from excise taxes imposed on motor fuel must
16 be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of
17 State highways, for the payment of principal and interest on
18 bonds issued for the construction and maintenance of State
19 highways, for the acquisition of real property and
20 rights-of-way for State highways, and for public
21 transportation.
22 (b) The tax revenues designated for the purposes in
23 subsection (a) may be loaned to another fund to be used for a
24 different purpose according to the following requirements:
25 (1) That any amount loaned is to be repaid in full
26 to the fund from which it was borrowed during the same
27 fiscal year in which the loan was made, except that
28 repayment may be delayed until a date not more than 30
29 days after the date of enactment of the State budget for
30 the subsequent fiscal year.
31 (2) That any amount loaned is to be repaid in full
32 to the fund from which it was borrowed within 3 fiscal
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1 years from the date on which the loan was made if the
2 Governor has proclaimed a state of emergency and declares
3 that the emergency will result in a significant negative
4 fiscal impact to the State.
5 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the General
6 Assembly from authorizing by law loans to units of local
7 government from funds that are subject to this Section for
8 the purposes authorized under this Section.
9 SCHEDULE
10 This Constitutional Amendment takes effect July 1, 2002.