93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2692


 
Introduced 2/4/2004, by Steven J. Rauschenberger, Dave Syverson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new






105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new











    Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the School Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Department of State Police, to establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Construction Program for the construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic-calming projects using federal transportation funds, with construction grants being made available to local governmental agencies. Provides that a school board may not prohibit students from riding bicycles to or from school. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning school students. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the 
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding 
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Section 2705-580
as follows:


 
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    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-580 new)

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    Sec. 2705-580. Safe Routes to School Construction Program.

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    (a) The Department, in cooperation with the
State Board of 
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Education and the Department of State Police, shall
establish 
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and administer a Safe Routes to School Construction Program
for 
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the construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and 
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traffic-calming
projects using federal transportation funds.

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    (b) The Department shall make construction grants

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available to local governmental agencies under the Safe Routes 
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to School
Construction Program based on the results of a 
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statewide competition
that requires submission of Safe Routes 
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to School proposals for funding
and that rates those proposals 
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on all of the following factors:

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        (1) Demonstrated needs of the grant applicant.

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        (2) Potential of the proposal for reducing child 
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    injuries and
fatalities.

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        (3) Potential of the proposal for encouraging 
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    increased
walking and bicycling among students.

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        (4) Identification of safety hazards.

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        (5) Identification of current and potential walking 
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    and
bicycling routes to school.

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        (6) Consultation and support for projects by 
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    school-based
associations, local traffic engineers, local 
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    elected officials, law
enforcement agencies, and school 
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    officials.

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    With respect to the use of federal transportation funds, 
 


 






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prior to
the award of a construction grant or the use of those 
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funds for a Safe Routes
to
School
project encompassing a 
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freeway,
State highway, or county road, the Department shall

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consult with and obtain approval from the Department of State 
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Police
ensuring that the Safe Routes to School proposal is 
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consistent with a
statewide pedestrian safety statistical 
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analysis.

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    (c) The State Board of Education, Department of 
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Transportation,
and Department of State Police may adopt any 
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rules necessary to
implement this Section.




 
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    Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 
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10-20.39 and 34-18.30 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new)

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    Sec. 10-20.39. No ban on bicycles.       A school board may not 
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prohibit students from riding bicycles to or from school.

 
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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new)

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    Sec. 34-18.30. No ban on bicycles. The board may not 
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prohibit students from riding bicycles to or from school.
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.