Sen. Susan Garrett
Filed: 4/20/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 728
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 728 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 2705-207 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-207)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2005)
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9 | Sec. 2705-207. Regional Transportation Task Force.
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10 | (a) The Regional Transportation Task Force is created | ||||||
11 | within the Department.
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12 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of 11 voting members, as | ||||||
13 | follows: 3 members
appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall | ||||||
14 | be designated as chair of the task
force at the time of | ||||||
15 | appointment; 2 members appointed by the President of the
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16 | Senate; 2 members appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; 2 | ||||||
17 | members appointed
by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
18 | Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the
House Minority | ||||||
19 | Leader.
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20 | The following shall serve, ex officio, as non-voting | ||||||
21 | members: the Secretary
of Transportation; one member | ||||||
22 | designated by the Chicago Area Transportation
Study (CATS); one | ||||||
23 | member designated by the Northeastern Illinois Planning
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24 | Commission (NIPC); one member designated by the
Regional |
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1 | Transportation Authority (RTA); one member designated by the
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2 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA); 2 members of | ||||||
3 | Congress
representing Illinois from different political | ||||||
4 | parties, as designated by the
Governor; and 4
members | ||||||
5 | designated by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.
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6 | If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the | ||||||
7 | vacancy shall be filled
in
the same manner as the initial | ||||||
8 | appointment.
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9 | (c) The task force may begin to conduct business upon the | ||||||
10 | appointment of a
majority of the voting members, including the | ||||||
11 | chair.
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12 | (d) The task force may adopt bylaws; it must meet at least | ||||||
13 | once each
calendar
quarter; and it may establish committees and | ||||||
14 | officers as it deems necessary.
For purposes of task force | ||||||
15 | meetings, a quorum is 6 voting members.
Meetings of the task | ||||||
16 | force are subject to the Open Meetings Act.
The task
force must | ||||||
17 | afford an opportunity for public comment at each of its | ||||||
18 | meetings.
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19 | (e) Task force members shall serve without compensation, | ||||||
20 | but may be
reimbursed
for their reasonable travel expenses from | ||||||
21 | funds available for that purpose. The
Department shall provide | ||||||
22 | staff and
administrative support services to the task force.
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23 | The Department and the task force may accept donated services | ||||||
24 | and other
resources from registered not-for-profit | ||||||
25 | organizations as may be necessary to
complete the work of the | ||||||
26 | task force with minimal expense to the State of
Illinois.
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27 | (f) The task force shall gather information and make | ||||||
28 | recommendations to the
Governor and to the General Assembly | ||||||
29 | regarding metro area
transportation
programs in northeastern
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30 | Illinois, which includes, without limitation, the counties of | ||||||
31 | Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. These | ||||||
32 | recommendations must include, without
limitation:
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33 | (1) examining the feasibility of merging CATS, NIPC, | ||||||
34 | RTA, and
ISTHA into a single agency;
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1 | (2) identifying areas where functions of these and | ||||||
2 | other agencies are
redundant or unnecessary;
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3 | (3) identifying methods to promote
cost effectiveness, | ||||||
4 | efficiency, and equality in meeting area transportation
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5 | needs; and
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6 | (4) examining regional and economic impact as it | ||||||
7 | relates to potential
policy
implementation.
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8 | (g) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor | ||||||
9 | and the
General Assembly by April 30, 2004
April 15, 2004
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10 | concerning its findings and
recommendations.
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11 | (h) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2005.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 93-670, eff. 3-19-04.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.".
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