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92_HB3082

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning safety.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
 5    Sections 5.22 and 8.3 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.22) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.22)
 7        Sec. 5.22. The Crossing Safety  Improvement  Fund.  Grade
 8    Crossing Protection Fund.
 9    (Source: Laws 1919, p. 946.)

10        (30 ILCS 105/8.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
11        Sec.  8.3.  Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
12    State of Illinois incurs  any  bonded  indebtedness  for  the
13    construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
14    the  purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
15    and  interest  on  that  bonded  indebtedness  then  due  and
16    payable, and for no other purpose.  The surplus, if  any,  in
17    the  Road Fund after the payment of principal and interest on
18    that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be  used  as
19    follows:
20             first  --  to  pay  the  cost  of  administration of
21        Chapters 2 through  10  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,
22        except the cost of administration of Articles I and II of
23        Chapter 3 of that Code; and
24             secondly  --  for  expenses  of  the  Department  of
25        Transportation    for    construction,    reconstruction,
26        improvement,    repair,   maintenance,   operation,   and
27        administration  of  highways  in  accordance   with   the
28        provisions  of  laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
29        related or incident to and connected therewith, including
30        the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
 
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 1        and with highways and including  the  payment  of  awards
 2        made  by the Industrial Commission under the terms of the
 3        Workers'  Compensation  Act  or   Workers'   Occupational
 4        Diseases  Act  for  injury or death of an employee of the
 5        Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation;
 6        or for the  acquisition  of  land  and  the  erection  of
 7        buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition
 8        of   highway   right-of-way   or  for  investigations  to
 9        determine  the  reasonably  anticipated  future   highway
10        needs;  or  for  making of surveys, plans, specifications
11        and estimates for and in the construction and maintenance
12        of flight strips and of  highways  necessary  to  provide
13        access  to  military  and  naval reservations, to defense
14        industries and defense-industry sites, and to the sources
15        of raw materials and for replacing existing highways  and
16        highway  connections  shut off from general public use at
17        military  and  naval  reservations  and  defense-industry
18        sites, or for the purchase of right-of-way,  except  that
19        the  State  shall  be  reimbursed in full for any expense
20        incurred in  building  the  flight  strips;  or  for  the
21        operating  and  maintaining  of  highway  garages; or for
22        patrolling  and  policing   the   public   highways   and
23        conserving the peace; or for any of those purposes or any
24        other purpose that may be provided by law.
25        Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
26    the Road Fund.  Appropriations may also be made from the Road
27    Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
28    are  related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
29    vehicles.
30        Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter,  no  Road
31    Fund   monies   shall   be   appropriated  to  the  following
32    Departments   or   agencies   of   State    government    for
33    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
34    not  a  restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
 
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 1    Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement;
 2             1.  Department of Public Health;
 3             2.  Department of Transportation, only with  respect
 4        to subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
 5        Reduced Fare for Elderly;
 6             3.  Department   of   Central  Management  Services,
 7        except for  expenditures  incurred  for  group  insurance
 8        premiums of appropriate personnel;
 9             4.  Judicial Systems and Agencies.
10        Beginning  with  fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
11    Fund  monies  shall  be   appropriated   to   the   following
12    Departments    or    agencies   of   State   government   for
13    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
14    not a restriction upon appropriating for those  purposes  any
15    Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
16             1.  Department   of   State   Police,   except   for
17        expenditures with respect to the Division of Operations;
18             2.  Department  of Transportation, only with respect
19        to Intercity Rail Subsidies and Rail Freight Services.
20        Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter,  no  Road
21    Fund   monies   shall   be   appropriated  to  the  following
22    Departments   or   agencies   of   State    government    for
23    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
24    not  a  restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
25    Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
26    Department of Central Management Services, except for  awards
27    made  by  the  Industrial  Commission  under the terms of the
28    Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'  Occupational  Diseases
29    Act  for  injury  or  death of an employee of the Division of
30    Highways in the Department of Transportation.
31        Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter,  no  Road
32    Fund   monies   shall   be   appropriated  to  the  following
33    Departments   or   agencies   of   State    government    for
34    administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is
 
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 1    not  a  restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any
 2    Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:
 3             1.  Department of State Police, except not more than
 4        40%  of  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  Division  of
 5        Operations;
 6             2.  State Officers.
 7        Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter,  no  Road
 8    Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
 9    of State government for administration, grants, or operations
10    except  as  provided  hereafter; but this limitation is not a
11    restriction upon appropriating for those  purposes  any  Road
12    Fund  monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement.  It
13    shall not be lawful to  circumvent  the  above  appropriation
14    limitations  by governmental reorganization or other methods.
15    Appropriations shall be made  from  the  Road  Fund  only  in
16    accordance with the provisions of this Section.
17        Money  in  the  Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
18    Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the  construction
19    of  permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose
20    of paying   and  discharging  during  each  fiscal  year  the
21    principal  and  interest  on  that  bonded indebtedness as it
22    becomes due and payable as  provided  in  the  Transportation
23    Bond  Act, and for no other purpose.  The surplus, if any, in
24    the Road Fund after the payment of principal and interest  on
25    that  bonded  indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
26    follows:
27             first --  to  pay  the  cost  of  administration  of
28        Chapters 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
29             secondly  --  no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
30        excises,  or  license  taxes  relating  to  registration,
31        operation and use of vehicles on public  highways  or  to
32        fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
33        appropriated   or   expended  other  than  for  costs  of
34        administering the laws imposing those fees, excises,  and
 
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 1        license  taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
 2        thereunder, administrative costs  of  the  Department  of
 3        Transportation, payment of debts and liabilities incurred
 4        in construction and reconstruction of public highways and
 5        bridges, acquisition of rights-of-way for and the cost of
 6        construction,  reconstruction,  maintenance,  repair, and
 7        operation  of  public  highways  and  bridges  under  the
 8        direction  and  supervision  of  the   State,   political
 9        subdivision, or municipality collecting those monies, and
10        the costs for patrolling and policing the public highways
11        (by   State,   political   subdivision,  or  municipality
12        collecting that money) for enforcement of  traffic  laws.
13        The  separation of grades of such highways with railroads
14        and costs associated with protection of at-grade  highway
15        and railroad crossing shall also be permissible.
16        Appropriations  for any of such purposes are payable from
17    the Road Fund or the Crossing Safety Improvement  Fund  Grade
18    Crossing  Protection  Fund  as  provided  in Section 8 of the
19    Motor Fuel Tax Law.
20        Beginning with fiscal year 1991 and thereafter,  no  Road
21    Fund  monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State
22    Police for the purposes of this  Section  in  excess  of  its
23    total  fiscal  year  1990  Road Fund appropriations for those
24    purposes unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
25    It shall not be  lawful  to  circumvent  this  limitation  on
26    appropriations   by   governmental  reorganization  or  other
27    methods unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
28        In fiscal  year  1994,  no  Road  Fund  monies  shall  be
29    appropriated  to  the  Secretary of State for the purposes of
30    this Section in excess of the total  fiscal  year  1991  Road
31    Fund  appropriations  to  the  Secretary  of  State for those
32    purposes,  plus  $9,800,000.   It  shall  not  be  lawful  to
33    circumvent this limitation on appropriations by  governmental
34    reorganization or other method.
 
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 1        Beginning  with  fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
 2    Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary  of  State
 3    for  the  purposes  of  this  Section  in excess of the total
 4    fiscal year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of
 5    State  for  those  purposes.  It  shall  not  be  lawful   to
 6    circumvent  this limitation on appropriations by governmental
 7    reorganization or other methods.
 8        Beginning  with  fiscal  year  2000,  total   Road   Fund
 9    appropriations  to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
10    this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified  for  the
11    following fiscal years:
12             Fiscal Year 2000           $80,500,000;
13             Fiscal Year 2001           $80,500,000;
14             Fiscal Year 2002           $80,500,000;
15             Fiscal Year 2003           $80,500,000;
16             Fiscal Year 2004 and
17               each year thereafter     $30,500,000.
18        It  shall  not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
19    appropriations  by  governmental  reorganization   or   other
20    methods.
21        No  new  program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
22    thereafter  that  is  not  consistent  with  the  limitations
23    imposed by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and  thereafter,
24    insofar as appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.
25        Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
26    Fund  to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e
27    of this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 91-760, eff. 1-1-01.)

29        (30 ILCS 105/8.8b rep.)
30        Section 6. The State Finance Act is amended by  repealing
31    Section 8.8b.

32        Section  10.   The  Motor  Fuel  Tax  Law  is  amended by
 
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 1    changing Section 8 as follows:

 2        (35 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
 3        Sec. 8.  Except as provided in Sections 8a and 13a.6  and
 4    items 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Section 15, all money received by
 5    the Department under this Act, including payments made to the
 6    Department  by  member  jurisdictions  participating  in  the
 7    International  Fuel  Tax  Agreement,  shall be deposited in a
 8    special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the "Motor
 9    Fuel Tax Fund", and shall be used as follows:
10        (a)  2 1/2 cents per  gallon  of  the  tax  collected  on
11    special fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a
12    of  this  Act  shall be transferred to the State Construction
13    Account Fund in the State Treasury;
14        (b)  $420,000 shall be  transferred  each  month  to  the
15    State  Boating  Act  Fund  to  be  used  by the Department of
16    Natural Resources for the purposes specified in Article X  of
17    the Boat Registration and Safety Act;
18        (c)  $2,250,000  shall  be  transferred each month to the
19    Crossing Safety Improvement Fund  Grade  Crossing  Protection
20    Fund  to  be  used  as follows: not less than $6,000,000 each
21    fiscal  year  shall  be  used   for   the   construction   or
22    reconstruction  of  rail highway grade separation structures;
23    beginning with fiscal year 1997 and  ending  in  fiscal  year
24    2000,  $1,500,000, beginning with fiscal year 2001 and ending
25    in fiscal year 2003, $2,250,000, and $750,000 in fiscal  year
26    2004  and each fiscal year thereafter shall be transferred to
27    the Transportation Regulatory Fund and shall be accounted for
28    as part of the rail carrier portion of such funds  and  shall
29    be  used  to  pay  the cost of administration of the Illinois
30    Commerce Commission's railroad safety program  in  connection
31    with  its  duties under subsection (3) of Section 18c-7401 of
32    the Illinois Vehicle Code, with the remainder to be  used  by
33    the  Department  of Transportation upon order of the Illinois
 
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 1    Commerce Commission, to pay that part of the cost apportioned
 2    by such Commission to the State to cover the interest of  the
 3    public  in the use of highways, roads, streets, or pedestrian
 4    walkways in the county highway system, township and  district
 5    road  system,  or  municipal  street system as defined in the
 6    Illinois Highway Code, as the same may from time to  time  be
 7    amended,   for   separation   of  grades,  for  installation,
 8    construction or  reconstruction  of  crossing  protection  or
 9    reconstruction, alteration, relocation including construction
10    or  improvement  of any existing highway necessary for access
11    to property or improvement of any  grade  crossing  including
12    the  necessary  highway  approaches  thereto  of any railroad
13    across the highway or  public  road,  for  education  of  the
14    public  regarding  State  laws  dealing  with  grade crossing
15    safety  or  for  enforcement  of  those  laws,  or  for   the
16    installation, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of
17    a  pedestrian  walkway over or under a railroad right-of-way,
18    as provided for in and in accordance with Section 18c-7401 of
19    the Illinois Vehicle Code. The  Commission  shall  not  order
20    more  than $2,000,000 per year in Crossing Safety Improvement
21    Fund Grade Crossing Protection  Fund  moneys  for  pedestrian
22    walkways,  and shall not order more than $500,000 per year in
23    Crossing Safety Improvement Fund moneys for public  education
24    and  enforcement  of  State  laws dealing with grade crossing
25    safety. In entering orders for projects  for  which  payments
26    from  the  Crossing  Safety  Improvement  Fund Grade Crossing
27    Protection Fund will be made, the  Commission  shall  account
28    for  expenditures  authorized  by the orders on a cash rather
29    than an accrual basis.  For purposes of this  requirement  an
30    "accrual basis" assumes that the total cost of the project is
31    expended  in  the  fiscal year in which the order is entered,
32    while a "cash basis" allocates the cost of the project  among
33    fiscal  years as expenditures are actually made.  To meet the
34    requirements  of  this  subsection,  the  Illinois   Commerce
 
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 1    Commission  shall  develop annual and 5-year project plans of
 2    rail crossing capital improvements that will be paid for with
 3    moneys  from  the  Crossing  Safety  Improvement  Fund  Grade
 4    Crossing Protection Fund.   The  annual  project  plan  shall
 5    identify  projects  for  the  succeeding  fiscal year and the
 6    5-year  project  plan  shall  identify  projects  for  the  5
 7    directly  succeeding  fiscal  years.   The  Commission  shall
 8    submit the annual and 5-year project plans for this  Fund  to
 9    the  Governor,  the  President  of  the  Senate,  the  Senate
10    Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
11    and  the  Minority  Leader of the House of Representatives on
12    the first Wednesday in April of each year;
13        (d)  of the amount remaining after  allocations  provided
14    for  in  subsections  (a),  (b)  and (c), a sufficient amount
15    shall be reserved to pay all of the following:
16             (1)  the costs  of  the  Department  of  Revenue  in
17        administering this Act;
18             (2)  the  costs  of the Department of Transportation
19        in performing its duties imposed by the Illinois  Highway
20        Code  for  supervising  the  use  of motor fuel tax funds
21        apportioned  to   municipalities,   counties   and   road
22        districts;
23             (3)  refunds  provided for in Section 13 of this Act
24        and  under  the  terms  of  the  International  Fuel  Tax
25        Agreement referenced in Section 14a;
26             (4)  from October 1, 1985 until June 30,  1994,  the
27        administration  of  the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,
28        which  amount  shall  be   certified   monthly   by   the
29        Environmental  Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
30        and  shall  promptly  be   transferred   by   the   State
31        Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to
32        the  Vehicle  Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1,
33        1994 through June 30, 2000, June 30, 2006, one-twelfth of
34        $25,000,000 each month, and for the period July  1,  2000
 
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 1        through  June  30,  2006, one-twelfth of $30,000,000 each
 2        month, for the administration of  the  Vehicle  Emissions
 3        Inspection  Law  of  1995, to be transferred by the State
 4        Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor  Fuel  Tax  Fund
 5        into the Vehicle Inspection Fund;
 6             (5)  amounts  ordered  paid  by the Court of Claims;
 7        and
 8             (6)  payment of motor fuel use taxes due  to  member
 9        jurisdictions  under  the terms of the International Fuel
10        Tax  Agreement.   The  Department  shall  certify   these
11        amounts to the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month;
12        the  Comptroller  shall cause orders to be drawn for such
13        amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
14        on or before the last day of each month;
15        (e)  after allocations for  the  purposes  set  forth  in
16    subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), the remaining amount shall
17    be apportioned as follows:
18             (1)  Until  January  1,  2000,  58.4%, and beginning
19        January 1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
20                  (A)  37% into the  State  Construction  Account
21             Fund, and
22                  (B)  63%  into  the  Road  Fund,  $1,250,000 of
23             which  shall  be  reserved  each   month   for   the
24             Department   of   Transportation   to   be  used  in
25             accordance with the  provisions  of  Sections  6-901
26             through 6-906 of the Illinois Highway Code;
27             (2)  Until  January  1,  2000,  41.6%, and beginning
28        January 1,  2000,  54.4%  shall  be  transferred  to  the
29        Department   of   Transportation  to  be  distributed  as
30        follows:
31                  (A)  49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
32                  (B)  16.74% to the counties of the State having
33             1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
34                  (C)  18.27% to the counties of the State having
 
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 1             less than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
 2                  (D)  15.89% to the road districts of the State.
 3        As soon as may be after the first day of each  month  the
 4    Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
 5    its   share   of   the  amount  apportioned  to  the  several
 6    municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
 7    of such municipalities as determined by  the  last  preceding
 8    municipal  census  if  conducted by the Federal Government or
 9    Federal census. If territory is annexed to  any  municipality
10    subsequent  to  the  time  of  the  last preceding census the
11    corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
12    to be taken of such annexed territory and the  population  so
13    ascertained   for  such  territory  shall  be  added  to  the
14    population of the municipality  as  determined  by  the  last
15    preceding census for the purpose of determining the allotment
16    for that municipality.  If the population of any municipality
17    was  not  determined by the last Federal census preceding any
18    apportionment, the apportionment to such  municipality  shall
19    be  in accordance with any census taken by such municipality.
20    Any municipal census used in  accordance  with  this  Section
21    shall be certified to the Department of Transportation by the
22    clerk of such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be
23    subject  to  approval  of  the Department which may make such
24    corrections as it ascertains to be necessary.
25        As soon as may be after the first day of each  month  the
26    Department  of  Transportation shall allot to each county its
27    share of the amount apportioned to the  several  counties  of
28    the  State  as herein provided. Each allotment to the several
29    counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall  be  in
30    proportion  to  the  amount  of  motor  vehicle  license fees
31    received from the residents of such  counties,  respectively,
32    during  the  preceding  calendar year. The Secretary of State
33    shall, on or before April 15 of each year,  transmit  to  the
34    Department  of  Transportation  a  full  and  complete report
 
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 1    showing the amount of motor  vehicle  license  fees  received
 2    from  the  residents of each county, respectively, during the
 3    preceding calendar year.  The  Department  of  Transportation
 4    shall,  each  month, use for allotment purposes the last such
 5    report received from the Secretary of State.
 6        As soon as may be after the first day of each month,  the
 7    Department  of  Transportation  shall  allot  to  the several
 8    counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
 9    road districts.  The allotment shall be apportioned among the
10    several counties in the State in  the  proportion  which  the
11    total mileage of township or district roads in the respective
12    counties  bears  to  the  total  mileage  of all township and
13    district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
14    counties for the use  of  road  districts  therein  shall  be
15    allocated  to the several road districts in the county in the
16    proportion which  the  total  mileage  of  such  township  or
17    district  roads in the respective road districts bears to the
18    total mileage of all such township or district roads  in  the
19    county.   After  July  1  of any year, no allocation shall be
20    made for any road district unless it levied a  tax  for  road
21    and  bridge  purposes  in  an  amount  which will require the
22    extension of such tax against the  taxable  property  in  any
23    such  road district at a rate of not less than either .08% of
24    the value thereof, based upon the  assessment  for  the  year
25    immediately  prior  to  the year in which such tax was levied
26    and as equalized by the Department of Revenue or,  in  DuPage
27    County,  an  amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile
28    of  road  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  road   district,
29    whichever is less.  If any road district has levied a special
30    tax  for  road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and
31    6-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax  was  levied
32    in  an  amount which would require extension at a rate of not
33    less than .08% of the value of the taxable property  thereof,
34    as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
 
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 1    DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
 2    mile  of  road  under  the jurisdiction of the road district,
 3    whichever is less, such levy  shall,  however,  be  deemed  a
 4    proper  compliance  with  this Section and shall qualify such
 5    road district for an allotment  under  this  Section.   If  a
 6    township  has  transferred  to the road and bridge fund money
 7    which, when added to the amount of any tax levy of  the  road
 8    district  would  be  the  equivalent  of a tax levy requiring
 9    extension at a rate of at least .08%,  or, in DuPage  County,
10    an  amount  equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road
11    under the jurisdiction of the  road  district,  whichever  is
12    less,  such  transfer, together with any such tax levy, shall
13    be deemed a proper compliance with  this  Section  and  shall
14    qualify  the  road  district  for  an  allotment  under  this
15    Section.
16        In  counties in which a property tax extension limitation
17    is imposed under the Property Tax Extension  Limitation  Law,
18    road  districts  may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel
19    tax allotment if, at the  time  the  property  tax  extension
20    limitation  was imposed, the road district was levying a road
21    and bridge tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a  motor
22    fuel   tax  allotment  and  continues  to  levy  the  maximum
23    allowable amount after the imposition  of  the  property  tax
24    extension   limitation.    Any   road  district  may  in  all
25    circumstances retain its entitlement  to  a  motor  fuel  tax
26    allotment  if  it  levied  a road and bridge tax in an amount
27    that will require  the  extension  of  the  tax  against  the
28    taxable  property  in the road district at a rate of not less
29    than 0.08% of the assessed value of the property, based  upon
30    the assessment for the year immediately preceding the year in
31    which  the  tax was levied and as equalized by the Department
32    of Revenue or, in  DuPage  County,  an  amount  equal  to  or
33    greater  than $12,000 per mile of road under the jurisdiction
34    of the road district, whichever is less.
 
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 1        As used in this Section the term  "road  district"  means
 2    any  road  district,  including  a county unit road district,
 3    provided for by the  Illinois  Highway  Code;  and  the  term
 4    "township  or  district  road" means any road in the township
 5    and district road system as defined in the  Illinois  Highway
 6    Code.  For the purposes of this Section, "road district" also
 7    includes   park  districts,  forest  preserve  districts  and
 8    conservation  districts  organized  under  Illinois  law  and
 9    "township or district road" also includes such roads  as  are
10    maintained  by  park districts, forest preserve districts and
11    conservation districts.   The  Department  of  Transportation
12    shall  determine  the  mileage  of  all township and district
13    roads for the purposes of making allotments  and  allocations
14    of motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
15        Payment  of  motor  fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
16    counties  shall  be  made  as  soon  as  possible  after  the
17    allotment is made.  The  treasurer  of  the  municipality  or
18    county may invest these funds until their use is required and
19    the  interest earned by these investments shall be limited to
20    the same uses as the principal funds.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-110, eff.  7-14-97;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;
22    90-659, eff. 1-1-99; 90-691, eff. 1-1-99; 91-37, eff. 7-1-99;
23    91-59,  eff.  6-30-99;  91-173,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357,  eff.
24    7-29-99;  91-704,  eff.  7-1-00; 91-725, eff. 6-2-00; 91-794,
25    eff. 6-9-00; revised 6-28-00.)

26        Section  15.   The  Grand  Avenue   Railroad   Relocation
27    Authority Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

28        (70 ILCS 1915/35)
29        Sec.    35.  Acceptance    of    grants,    loans,    and
30    appropriations.   The Authority shall have the power to apply
31    for and accept grants,  loans,  advances  and  appropriations
32    from the Federal Government and from the State of Illinois or
 
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 1    any  agency  or  instrumentality  thereof  to be used for the
 2    purposes of the Authority, and to enter into any agreement in
 3    relation to such grants, loans, advances and  appropriations.
 4    The  Authority  may  also  accept  from  the State, any State
 5    agency,  department  or  commission,  any  county  or   other
 6    political   subdivision,   any   municipal  corporation,  any
 7    Railroads, school authorities, or jointly  therefrom,  grants
 8    of  funds  or  services  for any of the purposes of this Act.
 9    The Authority shall be treated as a rail carrier  subject  to
10    the  Illinois Commerce Commission's jurisdiction and eligible
11    to receive money from the Crossing  Safety  Improvement  Fund
12    Grade  Crossing  Protection  Fund or any fund of the State or
13    other source available for purposes of promoting  safety  and
14    separation   of   at-grade   railroad  crossings  or  highway
15    improvements.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-134, eff. 7-14-95.)

17        Section 20.  The  25th  Avenue  Railroad  Relocation  and
18    Development  Authority  Act is amended by changing Section 25
19    as follows:

20        (70 ILCS 1920/25)
21        Sec.    25.  Acceptance    of    grants,    loans,    and
22    appropriations.  The Authority shall have the power to  apply
23    for  and  accept  grants,  loans, advances and appropriations
24    from the Federal Government and from the State of Illinois or
25    any agency or instrumentality thereof  to  be  used  for  the
26    purposes of the Authority, and to enter into any agreement in
27    relation  to such grants, loans, advances and appropriations.
28    The Authority may also  accept  from  the  State,  any  State
29    agency,   department  or  commission,  any  county  or  other
30    political  subdivision,  any   municipal   corporation,   any
31    railroads,  school  authorities, or jointly therefrom, grants
32    of funds or services for any of the  purposes  of  this  Act.
 
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 1    The  Authority  shall be treated as a rail carrier subject to
 2    the Illinois Commerce Commission's jurisdiction and  eligible
 3    to  receive  money  from the Crossing Safety Improvement Fund
 4    Grade Crossing Protection Fund or any fund of  the  State  or
 5    other  source  available for purposes of promoting safety and
 6    separation  of  at-grade  railroad   crossings   or   highway
 7    improvements.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-562, eff. 8-14-99.)

 9        Section  25.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
10    changing Section 11-1201.1 and 18c-7401 as follows:

11        (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.1)
12        Sec. 11-1201.1. Automated Railroad  Crossing  Enforcement
13    System.
14        (a)  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,  an automated
15    railroad  grade  crossing  enforcement  system  is  a  system
16    operated by a law enforcement agency that records a  driver's
17    response   to  automatic,  electrical  or  mechanical  signal
18    devices and crossing gates.  The system shall be designed  to
19    obtain  a  clear  photograph  or  other recorded image of the
20    vehicle, vehicle operator and the vehicle registration  plate
21    of a vehicle in violation of Section 11-1201.  The photograph
22    or other recorded image shall also display the time, date and
23    location of the violation.
24        (b)  The  Commencing  on  January  1,  1996, the Illinois
25    Commerce Commission  and  the  Commuter  Rail  Board  of  the
26    Regional  Transportation Authority shall, in cooperation with
27    local law enforcement agencies, establish a  two  year  pilot
28    program  within a county with a population of between 750,000
29    and 1,000,000 using  an  automated  railroad  grade  crossing
30    enforcement  system.   The  Commission  shall determine the 3
31    railroad grade crossings within that  county  that  pose  the
32    greatest  threat  to  human  life  based  upon  the number of
 
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 1    accidents and fatalities at the crossings during the  past  5
 2    years  and  with approval of the local law enforcement agency
 3    equip the crossings with an automated railroad grade crossing
 4    enforcement system. The pilot program  shall  continue  until
 5    terminated by Order of the Commission.
 6        (c)  For each violation of Section 11-1201 recorded by an
 7    automatic  railroad  grade  crossing  system,  the  local law
 8    enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall issue a  written
 9    Uniform  Traffic  Citation of the violation to the registered
10    owner of the vehicle.  The Uniform Traffic Citation shall  be
11    delivered to the registered owner, by mail, within 30 days of
12    the  violation.   The  Uniform Traffic Citation shall include
13    the  name  and  address  of  vehicle   owner,   the   vehicle
14    registration number, the offense charged, the time, date, and
15    location of the violation, the first available court date and
16    that  the  basis  of  the citation is the photograph or other
17    recorded image from the  automated  railroad  grade  crossing
18    enforcement system.
19        (d)  The  Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the violator
20    shall be accompanied by a written document which explains the
21    violator's rights and obligations and how  the  violator  can
22    elect to proceed by either paying the fine or challenging the
23    issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation.
24        (e)  Any  photograph or other recorded image evidencing a
25    violation of Section  11-1201  shall  be  admissible  in  any
26    proceeding resulting from the issuance of the Uniform Traffic
27    Citation.    Photographs   or  recorded  images  made  by  an
28    automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system shall be
29    confidential,  and  shall  be  made  available  only  to  the
30    defendant, governmental and law enforcement agencies for  the
31    purposes  of  adjudicating  a violation of Section 11-1201 of
32    the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33        (f)  Rail crossings equipped with an  automatic  railroad
34    grade crossing enforcement system shall be posted with a sign
 
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 1    visible  to  approaching  traffic  stating  that the railroad
 2    grade crossing is being monitored,  that  citations  will  be
 3    issued, and the amount of the fine for violation.
 4        (g)  The cost of the installation and maintenance of each
 5    automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system shall be
 6    paid from the Crossing Safety Improvement Fund Grade Crossing
 7    Protection  Fund  if  the  rail line is not owned by Commuter
 8    Rail Board of the Regional Transportation Authority.  If  the
 9    rail line is owned by the Commuter Rail Board of the Regional
10    Transportation  Authority,  the costs of the installation and
11    maintenance shall be paid from  the  Regional  Transportation
12    Authority's portion of the Public Transportation Fund.
13        (h)  The  Illinois  Commerce  Commission  shall  issue  a
14    report  to  the  General  Assembly  every  2 years and at the
15    conclusion of the two year pilot program on the effectiveness
16    of the automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-454, eff. 5-17-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

18        (625 ILCS 5/18c-7401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-7401)
19        Sec.   18c-7401.    Safety   Requirements   for    Track,
20    Facilities, and Equipment.
21        (1)  General   Requirements.  Each  rail  carrier  shall,
22    consistent with rules, orders, and regulations of the Federal
23    Railroad Administration, construct, maintain, and operate all
24    of its equipment, track, and other property in this State  in
25    such  a  manner  as to pose no undue risk to its employees or
26    the person or property of any member of the public.
27        (2)  Adoption of  Federal  Standards.  The  track  safety
28    standards  and accident/incident standards promulgated by the
29    Federal Railroad Administration shall be safety standards  of
30    the  Commission.   The  Commission may, in addition, adopt by
31    reference in its regulations other  federal  railroad  safety
32    standards,  whether  contained  in  federal  statutes  or  in
33    regulations adopted pursuant to such statutes.
 
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 1        (3)  Railroad  Crossings.  No  public  road,  highway, or
 2    street shall hereafter be constructed across the track of any
 3    rail carrier at grade,  nor  shall  the  track  of  any  rail
 4    carrier  be  constructed  across  a  public  road, highway or
 5    street at grade, without having first secured the  permission
 6    of  the  Commission;  provided,  that  this Section shall not
 7    apply to the replacement of lawfully existing roads, highways
 8    and tracks. No public pedestrian bridge or  subway  shall  be
 9    constructed  across  the  track  of  any rail carrier without
10    having first secured the permission of the Commission.    The
11    Commission  shall  have the right to refuse its permission or
12    to grant  it  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  it  may
13    prescribe.   The Commission shall have power to determine and
14    prescribe the  manner,  including  the  particular  point  of
15    crossing,   and   the   terms   of  installation,  operation,
16    maintenance, use and protection of each such crossing.
17        The Commission shall also have power, after a hearing, to
18    require major alteration  of  or  to  abolish  any  crossing,
19    heretofore or hereafter established, when in its opinion, the
20    public  safety  requires  such  alteration or abolition, and,
21    except  in  cities,  villages  and  incorporated   towns   of
22    1,000,000  or more inhabitants, to vacate and close that part
23    of the highway on such  crossing  altered  or  abolished  and
24    cause  barricades  to  be erected across such highway in such
25    manner as to prevent the use of such crossing as  a  highway,
26    when,   in   the   opinion  of  the  Commission,  the  public
27    convenience served by the crossing in question is not such as
28    to justify the further retention thereof;  or  to  require  a
29    separation of grades, at railroad-highway grade crossings; or
30    to  require  a  separation of grades at any proposed crossing
31    where a proposed public highway may cross the tracks  of  any
32    rail  carrier  or carriers; and to prescribe, after a hearing
33    of the parties, the terms upon which such  separations  shall
34    be  made  and  the  proportion  in  which  the expense of the
 
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 1    alteration or abolition of such crossings or  the  separation
 2    of  such  grades,  having  regard  to  the  benefits, if any,
 3    accruing to the rail carrier or any party in interest,  shall
 4    be  divided between the rail carrier or carriers affected, or
 5    between such carrier  or  carriers  and  the  State,  county,
 6    municipality or other public authority in interest.  However,
 7    a  public  hearing  by  the  Commission to abolish a crossing
 8    shall not be required when the public  highway  authority  in
 9    interest  vacates  the  highway.   In  such instance the rail
10    carrier, following notification to  the  Commission  and  the
11    highway  authority,  shall  remove any grade crossing warning
12    devices and the grade crossing surface.
13        The Commission shall also have  power  by  its  order  to
14    require   the   reconstruction,   minor   alteration,   minor
15    relocation  or  improvement  of  any  crossing (including the
16    necessary highway approaches thereto) of any railroad  across
17    any  highway or public road, pedestrian bridge, or pedestrian
18    subway, whether such crossing be  at  grade  or  by  overhead
19    structure or by subway, whenever the Commission finds after a
20    hearing  or  without  a hearing as otherwise provided in this
21    paragraph that such reconstruction, alteration, relocation or
22    improvement is necessary to preserve or promote the safety or
23    convenience of the public or of the employees  or  passengers
24    of  such  rail carrier or carriers.  By its original order or
25    supplemental orders in such case, the Commission  may  direct
26    such  reconstruction,  alteration, relocation, or improvement
27    to be made in such manner and upon such terms and  conditions
28    as may be reasonable and necessary and may apportion the cost
29    of such reconstruction, alteration, relocation or improvement
30    and  the subsequent maintenance thereof, having regard to the
31    benefits, if any, accruing to the railroad or  any  party  in
32    interest,  between  the  rail  carrier or carriers and public
33    utilities affected, or between such carrier or  carriers  and
34    public utilities and the State, county, municipality or other
 
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 1    public  authority in interest.  The cost to be so apportioned
 2    shall include the cost  of  changes  or  alterations  in  the
 3    equipment of public utilities affected as well as the cost of
 4    the  relocation,  diversion  or  establishment  of any public
 5    highway, made necessary by such  reconstruction,  alteration,
 6    relocation  or improvement of said crossing.  A hearing shall
 7    not be required in those instances when the Commission enters
 8    an order  confirming  a  written  stipulation  in  which  the
 9    Commission,  the  public  highway  authority  or other public
10    authority in interest, the rail carrier or carriers affected,
11    and in instances involving the use  of  the  Crossing  Safety
12    Improvement Fund Grade Crossing Protection Fund, the Illinois
13    Department  of  Transportation,  agree on the reconstruction,
14    alteration, relocation, or  improvement  and  the  subsequent
15    maintenance thereof and the division of costs of such changes
16    of  any  grade  crossing  (including  the  necessary  highway
17    approaches  thereto)  of  any  railroad  across  any highway,
18    pedestrian bridge, or pedestrian subway.
19        Every rail carrier operating in  the  State  of  Illinois
20    shall  construct and maintain every highway crossing over its
21    tracks  within  the  State  so  that  the  roadway   at   the
22    intersection   shall   be   as   flush   with  the  rails  as
23    superelevated  curves  will  allow,  and,  unless   otherwise
24    ordered  by  the Commission, shall construct and maintain the
25    approaches thereto at a grade of not more than 5% within  the
26    right  of  way  for a distance of not less the 6 feet on each
27    side of the centerline of such  tracks;  provided,  that  the
28    grades  at  the  approaches may be maintained in excess of 5%
29    only when authorized by the Commission.
30        Every rail carrier  operating  within  this  State  shall
31    remove  from  its  right of way at all railroad-highway grade
32    crossings within the State, such brush, shrubbery, and  trees
33    as  is  reasonably  practical for a distance of not less than
34    500 feet in either direction from each  grade  crossing.  The
 
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 1    Commission  shall  have  power,  upon its own motion, or upon
 2    complaint, and after having  made  proper  investigation,  to
 3    require the installation of adequate and appropriate luminous
 4    reflective warning signs, luminous flashing signals, crossing
 5    gates  illuminated  at  night, or other protective devices in
 6    order to promote and safeguard the health and safety  of  the
 7    public.  Luminous  flashing  signal  or crossing gate devices
 8    installed at grade crossings, which have been approved by the
 9    Commission, shall be deemed  adequate  and  appropriate.  The
10    Commission  shall  have  authority  to  determine the number,
11    type, and location of such signs, signals,  gates,  or  other
12    protective  devices  which, however, shall conform as near as
13    may be with generally recognized national standards, and  the
14    Commission  shall have authority to prescribe the division of
15    the cost of the installation and  subsequent  maintenance  of
16    such  signs,  signals,  gates,  or  other  protective devices
17    between the rail carrier  or  carriers,  the  public  highway
18    authority  or  other  public  authority  in  interest, and in
19    instances  involving  the  use   of   the   Crossing   Safety
20    Improvement Fund Grade Crossing Protection Fund, the Illinois
21    Department of Transportation.
22        No  railroad  may  change  or  modify  the warning device
23    system  at  a  railroad-highway  grade  crossing,   including
24    warning  systems  interconnected with highway traffic control
25    signals, without having first received the  approval  of  the
26    Commission.   The  Commission  shall  have the further power,
27    upon application, upon its own motion, or upon complaint  and
28    after  having  made  proper  investigation,  to  require  the
29    interconnection   of  grade  crossing  warning  devices  with
30    traffic control signals at highway intersections  located  at
31    or  near railroad crossings within the distances described by
32    the State Manual on Uniform Traffic Control  Devices  adopted
33    pursuant  to Section 11-301 of this Code.  In addition, State
34    and local authorities may not install, remove, modernize,  or
 
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 1    otherwise   modify  traffic  control  signals  at  a  highway
 2    intersection  that  is  interconnected  or  proposed  to   be
 3    interconnected  with  grade crossing warning devices when the
 4    change affects the  number,  type,  or  location  of  traffic
 5    control  devices  on  the  track  approach leg or legs of the
 6    intersection  or  the  timing  of  the  railroad   preemption
 7    sequence  of  operation until the Commission has approved the
 8    installation,  removal,   modernization,   or   modification.
 9    Commission  approval  shall  be  limited  to consideration of
10    issues  directly  affecting  the   public   safety   at   the
11    railroad-highway  grade  crossing.   The  electrical  circuit
12    devices,  alternate warning devices, and preemption sequences
13    shall  conform  as  nearly  as  possible,   considering   the
14    particular  characteristics  of the crossing and intersection
15    area, to the State manual adopted by the Illinois  Department
16    of Transportation pursuant to Section 11-301 of this Code and
17    such  federal  standards as are made applicable by subsection
18    (2) of this Section.  In order to carry out  this  authority,
19    the  Commission  shall  have  the  authority to determine the
20    number, type, and location of traffic control devices on  the
21    track approach leg or legs of the intersection and the timing
22    of  the  railroad  preemption   sequence  of  operation.  The
23    Commission   shall   prescribe  the  division  of  costs  for
24    installation and maintenance of all devices required by  this
25    paragraph  between  the railroad or railroads and the highway
26    authority in interest and in instances involving the  use  of
27    the   Crossing   Safety   Improvement   Fund  Grade  Crossing
28    Protection Fund or a State highway, the  Illinois  Department
29    of Transportation.
30        Any  person who unlawfully or maliciously removes, throws
31    down, damages or defaces any  sign,  signal,  gate  or  other
32    protective  device,  located  at  or  near  any  public grade
33    crossing, shall be guilty of a petty offense  and  fined  not
34    less  than  $50  nor  more  than  $200  for each offense.  In
 
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 1    addition to fines levied under the provisions of this Section
 2    a person adjudged guilty hereunder may also  be  directed  to
 3    make  restitution  for the costs of repair or replacement, or
 4    both, necessitated by his misconduct.
 5        It is the public policy  of  the  State  of  Illinois  to
 6    enhance  public  safety by establishing safe grade crossings.
 7    In order to implement  this  policy,  the  Illinois  Commerce
 8    Commission  is  directed  to  conduct  public hearings and to
 9    adopt specific criteria  by  July  1,  1994,  that  shall  be
10    adhered to by the Illinois Commerce Commission in determining
11    if  a  grade  crossing  should  be  opened or abolished.  The
12    following  factors  shall  be  considered  by  the   Illinois
13    Commerce  Commission  in developing the specific criteria for
14    opening and abolishing grade crossings:
15             (a)  timetable speed of passenger trains;
16             (b)  distance to an alternate crossing;
17             (c)  accident history for the last 5 years;
18             (d)  number of vehicular traffic  and  posted  speed
19        limits;
20             (e)  number  of  freight  trains and their timetable
21        speeds;
22             (f)  the type of warning device present at the grade
23        crossing;
24             (g)  alignments of the roadway and railroad, and the
25        angle of intersection of those alignments;
26             (h)  use of the grade crossing  by  trucks  carrying
27        hazardous  materials,  vehicles  carrying  passengers for
28        hire, and school buses; and
29             (i)  use  of  the  grade   crossing   by   emergency
30        vehicles.
31        The  Illinois  Commerce Commission, upon petition to open
32    or abolish a grade crossing, shall enter an order opening  or
33    abolishing  the  crossing  if  it meets the specific criteria
34    adopted by the Commission.
 
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 1        Except as otherwise provided in this subsection  (3),  in
 2    no  instance  shall  a  grade  crossing be permanently closed
 3    without public hearing first being held and  notice  of  such
 4    hearing being published in an area newspaper of local general
 5    circulation.
 6        (4)  Freight   Trains   -   Radio   Communications.   The
 7    Commission  shall  after hearing and order require that every
 8    main line railroad freight train  operating  on  main  tracks
 9    outside  of  yard  limits within this State shall be equipped
10    with a radio  communication  system.   The  Commission  after
11    notice and hearing may grant exemptions from the requirements
12    of this Section as to secondary and branch lines.
13        (5)  Railroad   Bridges   and   Trestles  -  Walkway  and
14    Handrail. In cases in which the Commission finds the same  to
15    be  practical and necessary for safety of railroad employees,
16    bridges and trestles, over and upon which railroad trains are
17    operated, shall  include  as  a  part  thereof,  a  safe  and
18    suitable walkway and handrail on one side only of such bridge
19    or  trestle,  and such handrail shall be located at the outer
20    edge of the walkway and shall provide a clearance of not less
21    than 8 feet, 6 inches, from the center line  of  the  nearest
22    track, measured at right angles thereto.
23        (6)  Packages   Containing  Articles  for  First  Aid  to
24    Injured on Trains. All rail carriers shall provide a  package
25    containing the articles prescribed by the Commission, on each
26    train  or engine, for first aid to persons who may be injured
27    in the course of the operation of such trains.
28        (7)  Abandoned Bridges, Crossings, and Other Rail  Plant.
29    The   Commission  shall  have  authority,  after  notice  and
30    hearing, to order:
31             (a)  The removal of any  abandoned  railroad  tracks
32        from roads, streets or other thoroughfares in this State;
33        and
34             (b)  The  removal  of  abandoned  overhead  railroad
 
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 1        structures crossing highways, waterways, or railroads.
 2        The  Commission  may equitably apportion the cost of such
 3    actions  between  the  rail  carrier  or   carriers,   public
 4    utilities,  and  the  State,  county, municipality, township,
 5    road district, or other public authority in interest.
 6        (8)  Railroad-Highway  Bridge  Clearance.    A   vertical
 7    clearance  of  not  less  than  23 feet above the top of rail
 8    shall be  provided  for  all  new  or  reconstructed  highway
 9    bridges  constructed  over  a railroad track.  The Commission
10    may permit a lesser clearance if it determines  that  the  23
11    foot   clearance   standard  cannot  be  justified  based  on
12    engineering, operational, and economic conditions.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-691, eff. 1-1-99; 91-725, eff. 6-2-00.)

14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.

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