101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0198

 

Introduced 1/30/2019, by Sen. Laura Fine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new
605 ILCS 5/6-701.10 new
605 ILCS 5/7-202.15  from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.15
605 ILCS 5/7-202.23 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a county board of any county, any township, or any municipality may use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the operation costs of any public transportation service, for capital improvements designed to improve or enhance pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility, or for infrastructure used to support publicly or privately owned electric vehicles.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Highway Code is amended by changing
5Section 7-202.15 and by adding Sections 5-701.18, 6-701.10, and
67-202.23 as follows:
 
7    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new)
8    Sec. 5-701.18. Transportation services; mobility; electric
9vehicles. The county board of any county may also use motor
10fuel tax funds allotted to it for the operation costs of any
11public transportation service operated in partnership with a
12local transit agency or a private provider and which is
13directed, contracted, or otherwise approved by the county or
14for any capital improvements designed to improve or enhance
15pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility. In addition, the
16county board of any county may use motor fuel tax funds
17allotted to it for infrastructure used to support publicly or
18privately owned electric vehicles.
 
19    (605 ILCS 5/6-701.10 new)
20    Sec. 6-701.10. Transportation services; mobility; electric
21vehicles. Any township may also use motor fuel tax funds
22allotted to it for the operation costs of any public

 

 

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1transportation service operated in partnership with a local
2transit agency or a private provider and which is directed,
3contracted, or otherwise approved by the township or for any
4capital improvements designed to improve or enhance
5pedestrian, bicycle, or transit mobility. In addition, any
6township may use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for
7infrastructure used to support publicly or privately owned
8electric vehicles.
 
9    (605 ILCS 5/7-202.15)  (from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.15)
10    Sec. 7-202.15. The construction, maintenance, or repair of
11sidewalks or other pedestrian paths located within the right of
12way of any street in the municipality, or any other capital
13improvements designed to improve or enhance pedestrian,
14bicycle, or transit mobility.
15(Source: P.A. 88-580, eff. 1-1-95.)
 
16    (605 ILCS 5/7-202.23 new)
17    Sec. 7-202.23. Transportation services; electric vehicles.
18Subject to Section 7-203 of this Code, any municipality may, by
19ordinance, use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the
20operation costs of any public transportation service operated
21in partnership with a local transit agency or a private
22provider and which is directed, contracted, or otherwise
23approved by the municipality or for infrastructure used to
24support publicly or privately owned electric vehicles.