101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3125
 
Introduced 2/6/2020___________, by 
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 2705/2705-615

     Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that supplemental funding for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program shall be set aside on a yearly basis. Provides that local matching funding shall be required according to a sliding scale based on community size, median income, and percentage of population living below the federal poverty line (rather than community site, median income, and total property tax base). Provides that at least 25% of funding shall be directed towards projects in high-need communities, based on community median income and percentage of population living below the federal poverty line (rather than community median income and total property tax base).
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
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 2705-615 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-615)
8    Sec. 2705-615. Supplemental funding; Illinois 
9Transportation Enhancement Program.
10    (a) Each year, in In addition to any other funding that may 
11be provided to the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program 
12from federal, State, or other sources, including, but not 
13limited to, the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside of the 
14Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, the Department 
15shall set aside $50,000,000 received by the Department from the 
16Road Fund for the projects in the following categories: 
17pedestrian and bicycle facilities and the conversion of 
18abandoned railroad corridors to trails. 
19    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), funds set aside 
20under subsection (a) shall be administered according to the 
21requirements of the current Guidelines Manual published by the 
22Department for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement 
23Program, including, but not limited to, decision-making by the 
 
 
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1Department and the applicable Metropolitan Planning 
2Organization and proportional fund distribution according to 
3population size. 
4    (c) For projects funded under this Section: 
5        (1) local matching funding shall be required according 
6    to a sliding scale based on community size, median income, 
7    and percentage of population living below the federal 
8    poverty line total property tax base; 
9        (2) Phase I Studies and Phase I Engineering Reports are 
10    not required to be completed before application is made; 
11    and 
12        (3) at least 25% of funding shall be directed towards 
13    projects in high-need communities, based on community 
14    median income and percentage of population living below the 
15    federal poverty line total property tax base. 
16    (d) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to implement 
17this Section. 
18    (e) The Department shall adhere to a 2-year funding cycle 
19for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program with calls 
20for projects at least every other year. 
21    (f) The Department shall make all funded and unfunded the 
22Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program applications 
23publicly available upon completion of each funding cycle, 
24including how each application scored on the program criteria. 

25(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; revised 7-24-19.)