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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 Highway Code is amended by adding
5Section 9-132 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/9-132 new)
7    Sec. 9-132. Highway design. A unit of local government may
8consult a highway design publication outside the Department's
9Bureau of Local Roads and Streets Manual for the construction
10of any highway in ownership or control of the unit of local
11government, except for a highway that is part of the National
12System of Interstate and Defense Highways, if:
13    (a) the unit of local government receives federal or State
14funds for the construction project;
15    (b) the highway design publication is approved by the
16Federal Highway Administration;
17    (c) the highway design publication is adopted by the unit
18of local government; and
19    (d) the design complies with all other applicable federal
20laws.