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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
6Section 2705-215 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-215)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27)
8    Sec. 2705-215. Cooperative utilization of equipment and
9services of governmental entities and not-for-profit
10organizations for the transportation needs in public service
11programs.
12    (a) The Department is directed to encourage and assist
13governmental entities, not-for-profit corporations, and
14nonprofit community service associations, between or among
15themselves, in the development of reasonable utilization of
16transportation equipment and operational service in satisfying
17the general and specialized public transportation needs.
18    The Department shall develop and encourage cooperative
19development, among all entities, of programs promoting
20efficient service and conservation of capital investment and
21energy and shall assist all entities in achieving their goals
22and in their applications for transportation grants under
23appropriate State or federal programs.

 

 

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1    (b) Implementation of cooperative programs is to be
2developed within the meaning of the provisions of the
3Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. In the circumstances of
4nongovernmental entities, the Department shall be guided by
5that Act and any other State law in encouraging the cooperative
6programs between those entities.
7    (c) The Department shall report to the members of the
8General Assembly, by March 1 of each year, its successes,
9failures and progress in achieving the intent of this Section.
10The report shall also include identification of problems as
11well as the Department's recommendations.
12    (d) The Department shall certify United States Department
13of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor
14management boards regulated under the Labor Management
15Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 141 et seq., as able to teach, train,
16and test their own members for any quality assurance and
17quality control certifications required by the Department.
18    The Department shall make available, without charge, all
19course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the
20instructors of courses described by this subsection (d).
21    The Department may administer any testing or use a third
22party to administer any testing. Any cost of administering the
23testing by the Department or a third party shall be born by the
24Department.
25    If the Department chooses to administer the testing or use
26a third party to administer the testing, the Department or

 

 

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1third party shall provide testers upon being given 10 days
2notice. If the Department or third party does not provide
3testers, the apprenticeship program may provide its own
4testers.
5(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.