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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5High-Speed Railway  Commission Act.
 
6    Section 5. Commission created; membership.
7    (a) There is created the High-Speed Railway Commission to 
8carry out the duties set forth in Section 10.
9    (b) The Commission shall be composed of the following 
10members:
11        (1) The Governor or his or her designee.
12        (2) The President of the Senate or his or her 
13    designee.
14        (3) The Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her 
15    designee.
16        (4) The Speaker of the House or his or her designee.
17        (5) The Minority Leader of the House or his or her 
18    designee.
19        (6) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her 
20    designee.
21        (7) The Chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway 
22    Authority or his or her designee.
23        (8) The Chairperson of the Illinois Commerce 
 
 
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1    Commission or his or her designee.
2        (9) The Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Metra 
3    or his or her designee.
4        (10) The Mayor of the City of Chicago or his or her 
5    designee.
6        (11) A representative of a labor organization 
7    representing rail workers.
8        (12) A representative of a trade organization related 
9    to the rail industry.
10        (13) A representative of the Metropolitan Mayors and 
11    Managers Association.
12        (14) A representative from the Illinois Railroad 
13    Association.
14        (15) A representative from the University of Illinois 
15    System.
16        (16) A representative from the Chicago Metropolitan 
17    Agency for Planning.
18        (17) A representative of the Illinois Municipal 
19    League.
20        (18) A representative of the Champaign-Urbana Mass

21    Transit District.
22        (19) A representative of the Region 1 Planning 
23    Council.
24        (20) A representative of the McLean County Regional 
25    Planning Commission.
26        (21) A representative of the East-West Gateway Council 
 
 
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1    of Governments.
2    (c) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected 
3from the Commission's membership by a simple majority vote of 
4the total membership of the Commission. The Vice-Chairperson 
5of the Commission shall be elected from the Commission's 
6membership by a simple majority vote of the total membership 
7of the Commission.
8    (d) The Governor, President of the Senate, Minority Leader 
9of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 
10Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall make 
11their initial appointments to the Commission by January 1, 
122022.
13    (e) Vacancies in Commission membership shall be filled in 
14the same manner as initial appointments.
15    (f) Total membership of the Commission consists of the 
16number of members serving on the Commission, not including any 
17vacant positions. A quorum consists of a simple majority of 
18total membership and shall be sufficient to conduct the 
19business of the Commission, unless stipulated otherwise in the 
20bylaws of the Commission.
21    (g) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly.
 
22    Section 10. Duties of Commission. The High-Speed Railway 
23Commission shall create a statewide plan for a high-speed rail 
24line and feeder network connecting St. Louis, Missouri and 
25Chicago, Illinois that includes current existing Amtrak and 
 
 
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1Metra services, connects the cities of Rockford, Moline, 
2Peoria, and Decatur, and uses inter-city bus service to 
3coordinate with the rail line. The Commission shall conduct a 
4ridership study and shall make findings and recommendations 
5concerning a governance structure, the frequency of service, 
6and implementation of the plan. The Commission shall report to 
7the General Assembly and the Governor no later than December 
831 of each year.
 
9    Section 15. Administrative support. The Department of 
10Transportation shall provide administrative and other support 
11to the Commission.
 
12    Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
132027.
  
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.