100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2363

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/7-301  from Ch. 121, par. 7-301

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that in order to properly plan the utilization of motor fuel tax funds, each municipality of over 5,000 population shall be required to develop and update a 5 year (rather than 20 year) long-range highway transportation plan. Provides that the plan shall, amongst other requirements, include the projected future traffic usage of each highway for a 5 year (rather than 20 year) period and include a listing of the major improvements anticipated within 3 years (rather than 5 years) of the date of each plan.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing
5Section 7-301 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/7-301)  (from Ch. 121, par. 7-301)
7    Sec. 7-301.
8    In order to properly plan the utilization of motor fuel tax
9funds each municipality of over 5,000 population shall be
10required to develop and update a 5 20 year long-range highway
11transportation plan. The plan shall contain an estimate of
12revenues which will become available during that period and a
13statement of intention with respect to the construction,
14maintenance, and other related work to be done insofar as it is
15possible to make such estimates. In addition, the long-range
16plan shall show the location of existing municipal streets and
17the general corridors of future highways, the projected future
18traffic usage on each street for a 5 20 year period, a
19tabulation showing the design standards and the geometric
20features associated with different levels of traffic usage, and
21a listing of the major improvements anticipated within 3 5
22years of the date of each plan. A copy of the plan shall be
23filed with the County Superintendent of Highways in the county

 

 

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1or counties in which the municipality is located and with the
2Secretary of the Department of Transportation. The initial plan
3shall be on file with the designated agencies by July 1, 1971
4and shall be updated on an annual basis thereafter.
5(Source: P.A. 77-173.)