Rep. Ronald A. Wait
Filed: 3/26/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6954
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6954 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
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5 | "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the | ||||||
6 | Civil Administrative Code is amended by adding Section 2705-317 | ||||||
7 | as follows: | ||||||
8 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-317 new)
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9 | Sec. 2705-317. Safe Routes to School Construction Program. | ||||||
10 | (a) Upon enactment of a federal transportation bill with a | ||||||
11 | dedicated fund available to states for safe routes to schools, | ||||||
12 | the Department, in cooperation with the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Education and the Department of State Police, shall establish | ||||||
14 | and administer a Safe Routes to School Construction Program for | ||||||
15 | the construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and | ||||||
16 | traffic-calming projects using the federal Safe Routes to | ||||||
17 | Schools Program funds. | ||||||
18 | (b) The Department shall make construction grants
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19 | available to local governmental agencies under the Safe Routes | ||||||
20 | to School
Construction Program based on the results of a | ||||||
21 | statewide competition
that requires submission of Safe Routes | ||||||
22 | to School proposals for funding
and that rates those proposals | ||||||
23 | on all of the following factors:
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24 | (1) Demonstrated needs of the grant applicant.
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25 | (2) Potential of the proposal for reducing child |
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1 | injuries and
fatalities.
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2 | (3) Potential of the proposal for encouraging | ||||||
3 | increased
walking and bicycling among students.
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4 | (4) Identification of safety hazards.
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5 | (5) Identification of current and potential walking | ||||||
6 | and
bicycling routes to school.
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7 | (6) Consultation and support for projects by | ||||||
8 | school-based
associations, local traffic engineers, local | ||||||
9 | elected officials, law
enforcement agencies, and school | ||||||
10 | officials.
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11 | With respect to the use of federal Safe Routes to Schools | ||||||
12 | Program funds, prior to
the award of a construction grant or | ||||||
13 | the use of those funds for a Safe Routes
to
School
project | ||||||
14 | encompassing a highway, the Department shall
consult with and | ||||||
15 | obtain approval from the Department of State Police
and the | ||||||
16 | highway authority with jurisdiction to ensure that the Safe | ||||||
17 | Routes to School proposal is consistent with a
statewide | ||||||
18 | pedestrian safety statistical analysis.
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19 | (c) On March 30, 2005 and each March 30th thereafter, the | ||||||
20 | Department shall submit a report to the General Assembly | ||||||
21 | listing
and describing the projects funded under the Safe | ||||||
22 | Routes to School
Construction Program.
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23 | (d) The Department shall study the effectiveness of
the | ||||||
24 | Safe Routes to School Construction Program, with particular | ||||||
25 | emphasis on the
Program's effectiveness in reducing traffic | ||||||
26 | accidents and its contribution
to improving safety and reducing | ||||||
27 | the number of child injuries and
fatalities in the vicinity of | ||||||
28 | a Safe Routes to School project. The Department shall
submit a | ||||||
29 | report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2005
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30 | regarding the results of the study.
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31 | (e) The Department, the State Board of Education,
and the | ||||||
32 | Department of State Police may adopt any rules necessary to
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33 | implement this Section.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.".
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