97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1871
 
Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Kwame Raoul
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
625 ILCS 5/15-117

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Global Positioning System Technology and the Designated Truck Route System Task Force.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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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 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 15-117 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/15-117)
7    Sec. 15-117. Global Positioning System Technology and the 
8Designated Truck Route System Task Force.
9    (a) A Global Positioning System Technology and and the 
10Designated Truck Route System Task Force shall be appointed to 
11study and make recommendations for statutory change.
12    (b) The Task Force shall study advances in and utilization 
13of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology relating to 
14routing information for commercial vehicles.  The Task Force 
15shall also study the implementation and compliance with the 
16Designated Truck Route System under Section 15-116 of this 
17Code.
18    (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following 
19members, who shall serve without pay:
20        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President 
21    of the Senate;
22        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
23    Leader of the Senate;
 
 
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1        (3) one member of the House of Representatives 
2    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
3        (4) one member of the House of Representatives 
4    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
5    Representatives;
6        (5) the Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
7    Transportation or his or her designee;
8        (6) one member representing the global positioning 
9    system technology industry appointed by the President of 
10    the Senate;
11        (7) one member representing the commercial trucking 
12    industry appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
13        (8) one member representing a unit of county government 
14    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
15        (9) one member representing a unit of municipal 
16    government appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
17    Representatives; and
18        (10) one member representing the county engineers 
19    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
20    Representatives.
21    The members shall select a chairperson from among 
22themselves.
23    (d) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days of the 
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General 
25Assembly and meet at least 2 additional times before December 
2631, 2010.  Staff support services may be provided to the Task 
 
 
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1Force by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
2    (e) The Task Force shall submit to the Governor and General 
3Assembly a report of its findings and recommendations for 
4legislative action necessary to accomplish one or more of the 
5following goals: (1) improving public traffic safety, (2) 
6preserving roadway infrastructure, (3) addressing advances in 
7GPS technology relating to truck routing, and (4) producing an 
8accurate statewide designated truck route system through 
9effective enforcement of Section 15-116 of this Code. The Task 
10Force report must be submitted no later than January 1, 2011.  
11The activities of the Task Force shall conclude no later than 
12January 31, 2011.

13(Source: P.A. 96-1370, eff. 7-28-10.)