SB1291sam003 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 3/23/2007

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1291

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1291, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.675 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)

Sec. 5.675. The 80,000# Road Improvement Fund.

Section 10. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by adding Section 8b as follows:

(35 ILCS 505/8b new)

Sec. 8b. The 80,000# Road Improvement Fund.

(a) The 80,000# Road Improvement Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations from the Fund, the Department of Transportation must apportion and disburse the moneys in the Fund as follows:

(1) 33.3% to municipalities apportioned and distributed to each municipality in the proportion that the total population of the municipality bears to the total population of all municipalities in the State;

(2) 33.3% to township road districts apportioned and distributed to each road district in the proportion that the total mileage of the township or district roads in the respective road district bears to the total mileage of all township or district roads in the State; and

(3) The remainder to counties apportioned and distributed to each county in the State in the proportion that the total mileage of the county highways in the county bears to the total mileage of all county highways in all counties in the State.

(b) Moneys disbursed to municipalities, townships, and counties under this Section must be deposited in the respective agency's 80,000# Road Improvement Fund.".