HB4857ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.

Filed: 3/1/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4857

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4857 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Sections 6-701.1, 6-701.2, and 9-130 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-701.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-701.1)

Sec. 6-701.1.

(a) The construction of any township or district road located within the road district.

(b) The construction of grade separations and approaches thereto which avoid or replace grade crossings at intersections of township or district roads and railroad tracks.

The highway commissioners of the several road districts, in cooperation with the county superintendent of highways of their respective counties, shall select the roads and grade separations to be constructed with motor fuel tax funds. In the selection of roads, preference shall be given to public school bus routes and rural free delivery mail routes. The county superintendent of highways, in cooperation with the respective highway commissioners, shall prepare, or cause to be prepared maps showing the roads and grade separations selected and shall prepare the necessary plans, specifications and estimates of cost of such construction, all of which shall be submitted to the Department for approval. The type of construction selected shall be adequate for present or reasonably anticipated traffic needs as determined by the county superintendent of highways and the respective highway commissioners and approved by the Department.

The construction work provided for in this Section may be done by contract or day labor with county or road district equipment and forces as the county superintendent of highways and the respective highway commissioners may determine. Contracts for construction work shall be advertised for and let by the county board in county unit road districts and by the highway commissioner in township road districts. Contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder subject to the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway commissioner and such contracts also shall be subject to approval by the Department. The construction work shall be carried on under the immediate supervision of the highway commissioner and under the general supervision of the county superintendent of highways and all work upon such projects shall be subject to approval by the Department.

In any county in which a county unit road district has been created the county superintendent of highways for such county shall perform all of the functions of a highway commissioner under this Section with respect to the district roads in such county.

(Source: P.A. 77-1628.)

(605 ILCS 5/6-701.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-701.2)

Sec. 6-701.2.

Maintenance of any township or district road as defined in Section 2-103 or any grade separation constructed as provided in Section 6-701.1, subject to the approval of the county superintendent of highways and the Department.

Maintenance work provided for in this Section may be done by contract or with county or road district equipment or forces as the county superintendent of highways and the respective highway commissioners may determine. If any road or grade separation constructed in any road district as provided in this Section is not maintained in a manner satisfactory to the Department and the county, no further funds shall be expended in such road district until such road or grade separation is so maintained or provision for such maintenance is made.

Contracts for maintenance work shall be advertised for and let by the county board in county unit road districts and by the highway commissioner in township road districts. Contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder subject to the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway commissioner, and such contracts also shall be subject to approval by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 78-819.)

(605 ILCS 5/9-130) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-130)

Sec. 9-130. No person, firm, corporation or institution, public or private, shall plow or remove or cause to be plowed or removed ice or snow from any shopping center, parking lot, commercial or institutional service area or driveway or any other public or private service area or driveway and deposit or cause to be deposited such ice or snow upon a traffic lane, parking area, or paved shoulder of a public highway or along the shoulder or edge of a public highway. Such prohibition shall not pertain to a residential driveway or sidewalk.

Any person, firm, corporation or institution, public or private, who violates this Section is guilty of a petty offense.

(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)".