95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1963


 
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Robert F. Flider
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














605 ILCS 5/6-901
  from Ch. 121, par. 6-901







    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Increases from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000 the amount the General Assembly shall appropriate annually for apportionment to counties for construction of bridges 20 feet or more in length.  Provides that, with respect to $15,000,000 of the $30,000,000 to be appropriated annually, the amount apportioned to a county shall be in the proportion that the number of bridges in disrepair (rather than the mileage of townships or district roads) in the county, as certified by the Department of Transportation, bears to the number of those bridges in the State, as certified by the Department.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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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 Illinois Highway Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 6-901 as follows:
 



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    (605 ILCS 5/6-901)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-901)



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    Sec. 6-901. (a) Annually, the General Assembly shall 
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appropriate to the
Department of Transportation from the road 
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fund, the general revenue
fund, any other State funds or a 
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combination of those funds, $30,000,000
$15,000,000
for 
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apportionment to counties for the use of road districts for the

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construction of bridges 20 feet or more in length, as provided 
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in
Sections 6-902 through 6-905.

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    The Department of Transportation shall apportion among the 
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several
counties of this State for the use of road districts 
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the amounts
appropriated under this Section.  
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    (b) Of the $30,000,000 to be appropriated annually under 
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subsection (a), $15,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows: 
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the
The amount apportioned to a county
shall be in the 
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proportion which the total mileage of township or
district 
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roads in the county bears to the total mileage of all township

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and district roads in the State.  
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    (c) Of the $30,000,000 to be apportioned annually under 
 


 






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subsection (a), $15,000,000 shall be appointed as follows: the 
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amount apportioned to a county
shall be in the proportion which 
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the total number of bridges in disrepair in the county, as 
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certified by the Department, bears to the total number of 
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bridges in disrepair in the State, as certified by the 
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Department.
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    (d) Each county shall allocate to the
several road 
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districts in the county the funds so apportioned to the
county.  
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The allocation to road districts shall be made in the same

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manner and be subject to the same conditions and qualifications 
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as are
provided by Section 8 of the "Motor Fuel Tax Law", 
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approved March 25,
1929, as amended, with respect to the 
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allocation to road districts of
the amount allotted from the 
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Motor Fuel Tax Fund for apportionment to
counties for the use 
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of road districts, but no allocation shall be made
to any road 
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district that has not levied taxes for road and bridge
purposes 
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and for bridge construction purposes at the maximum rates

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permitted by Sections 6-501, 6-508 and 6-512 of this Act, 
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without
referendum.  "Road district" and "township or district 
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road" have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in this Act.

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    Road districts in counties in which a property tax 
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extension limitation is
imposed under the Property Tax 
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Extension Limitation Law that are made
ineligible for receipt 
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of this appropriation due to the imposition of a
property tax 
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extension limitation may become eligible if, at the time the

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property tax extension limitation was imposed, the road 
 


 






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district was levying at
the required rate and continues to levy 
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the maximum allowable amount
after the imposition of the 
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property tax extension limitation.  The road
district
also 
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becomes
eligible if it levies at or above the rate required for 
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eligibility by Section
8 of the
Motor Fuel Tax Law.

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    The amounts apportioned under this Section for allocation 
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to road
districts may be used only for bridge construction as 
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provided in this
Division.  So much of those amounts as are not 
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obligated under Sections
6-902 through 6-904 and for which 
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local funds have not been committed
under Section 6-905 within 
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24 months of the date
when such apportionment is
made lapses 
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and shall not be paid to the county treasurer for
distribution 
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to road districts.

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(Source: P.A. 90-110, eff. 7-14-97.)