Full Text of SB0849 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation | 5 | | Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act is reenacted and amended | 6 | | by changing Sections 10, 15, 25, and 30 and by adding Section | 7 | | 27 as follows: | 8 | | (20 ILCS 4116/Act title) | 9 | | An Act concerning transportation. | 10 | | (20 ILCS 4116/1)
| 11 | | Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 12 | | Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure | 13 | | Funding and Policy Act.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22.) | 15 | | (20 ILCS 4116/5)
| 16 | | Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds the | 17 | | following: | 18 | | (1) Illinois' transportation system is crucial to | 19 | | every resident, employee, and business. It serves as the | 20 | | backbone of the economy and is a critical component of | 21 | | Illinois' economic competitiveness. |
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| 1 | | (2) The State must continue to pursue an equitable | 2 | | transportation network in which marginalized communities | 3 | | have improved access to all modes of transportation, | 4 | | thereby enhancing access to jobs, housing, and other | 5 | | services. | 6 | | (3) Illinois is home to an expansive transportation | 7 | | network, currently ranking third in the nation for the | 8 | | number of roadway miles and bridges, totaling 127,044 and | 9 | | 26,848, respectively. The State also has 6,883 miles of | 10 | | freight railway, 1,118 inland waterway miles, 58 transit | 11 | | systems with over 450 million annual transit trips, and 17 | 12 | | major airports. | 13 | | (4) The historic Rebuild Illinois capital plan adopted | 14 | | in 2019 will end in June 2025. | 15 | | (5) The motor fuel tax and vehicle registration fees | 16 | | remain the most significant form of transportation funding | 17 | | for Illinois. | 18 | | (6) Illinois will continue to contend with | 19 | | transportation funding shortfalls due to increasing | 20 | | vehicle fuel efficiency and the rising popularity of | 21 | | electric vehicles. | 22 | | (7) New and innovative funding and policy options are | 23 | | needed to adequately maintain Illinois' transportation | 24 | | systems and support future growth. | 25 | | (8) The General Assembly should study these issues to | 26 | | determine funding mechanisms for transportation projects |
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| 1 | | and operations in Illinois, policy changes to support the | 2 | | efficient governance and delivery of transportation | 3 | | projects, and the workforce needed to support the future | 4 | | transportation system.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22.) | 6 | | (20 ILCS 4116/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Commission created. | 8 | | (a) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation | 9 | | Infrastructure Funding and Policy is created within the | 10 | | Department of Transportation consisting of members appointed | 11 | | as follows: | 12 | | (1) Four members of the House of Representatives, with | 13 | | 2 to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 14 | | Representatives and 2 to be appointed by the Minority | 15 | | Leader of the House of Representatives. | 16 | | (2) Four members of the Senate, with 2 to be appointed | 17 | | by the President of the Senate and 2 to be appointed by the | 18 | | Minority Leader of the Senate. | 19 | | (3) Eight members appointed by the Governor with the | 20 | | advice and consent of the Senate. | 21 | | (4) The chair of the Commission to be appointed by the | 22 | | Governor from among his 8 appointments. | 23 | | (b) Members shall have expertise, knowledge, or experience | 24 | | in transportation infrastructure development, construction, | 25 | | workforce, or policy. Members shall also represent a diverse |
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| 1 | | set of sectors, including the labor, engineering, | 2 | | construction, transit, active transportation, rail, air, or | 3 | | other sectors, and shall include participants of the | 4 | | Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. No more than 2 | 5 | | appointees shall be members of the same sector. | 6 | | (c) Members shall represent geographically diverse regions | 7 | | of the State. | 8 | | (d) Members shall be appointed by June 30 January 31 , | 9 | | 2023.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22; 102-1129, eff. 2-10-23.) | 11 | | (20 ILCS 4116/15)
| 12 | | Sec. 15. Meetings. The Commission shall hold its first | 13 | | meeting by July 31 February 15 , 2023. The Commission may | 14 | | conduct meetings at such places and at such times as it may | 15 | | deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully | 16 | | and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish | 17 | | its objectives and purposes.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22; 102-1129, eff. 2-10-23.) | 19 | | (20 ILCS 4116/20)
| 20 | | Sec. 20. Duties. The Commission shall evaluate Illinois' | 21 | | existing transportation infrastructure funding and policy | 22 | | processes and develop alternative solutions. The Commission | 23 | | shall: | 24 | | (1) Evaluate current transportation funding in |
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| 1 | | Illinois, taking into account the viability of existing | 2 | | revenue sources and funding distributions. | 3 | | (2) Consider new and innovative funding options. | 4 | | (3) Evaluate the existing governance of Illinois' | 5 | | transportation system, including roles and | 6 | | responsibilities for the State and county, township, and | 7 | | municipal governments. | 8 | | (4) Evaluate current and future workforce needs to | 9 | | design, construct, and manage the state's transportation | 10 | | system within the Illinois Department of Transportation | 11 | | and within the State as a whole. | 12 | | (5) Evaluate current and future data needs of the | 13 | | Illinois Department of Transportation. | 14 | | (6) Consider and recommend steps to expedite project | 15 | | approval and completion. | 16 | | (7) Consider future trends that will impact the | 17 | | transportation system, including safety needs, racial | 18 | | equity, electric vehicles, and climate change. | 19 | | (8) Consider ways to improve transportation investment | 20 | | impacts on goals such as improving racial equity, | 21 | | addressing climate change, and increasing economic growth. | 22 | | (9) Consider improvements to the performance-based | 23 | | programming system. | 24 | | (10) Consider multimodal system needs, including | 25 | | public transportation, bicycle facilities, railways, | 26 | | waterways, and airports. |
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| 1 | | (11) Consider alternative solutions employed by other | 2 | | states.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22.) | 4 | | (20 ILCS 4116/25)
| 5 | | Sec. 25. Report. The Commission shall direct the Illinois | 6 | | Department of Transportation to enter into a contract with a | 7 | | third party to assist the Commission in producing a document | 8 | | that evaluates the topics under this Act and outline formal | 9 | | recommendations that can be acted upon by the General | 10 | | Assembly. The Commission shall report a summary of its | 11 | | activities and produce a final report of the data, findings, | 12 | | and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2024 | 13 | | September 15, 2023 . The final report shall include specific, | 14 | | actionable recommendations for legislation and organizational | 15 | | adjustments. The final report may include recommendations for | 16 | | pilot programs to test alternatives. The final report and | 17 | | recommendations shall also include any minority and individual | 18 | | views of task force members.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22; 102-1129, eff. 2-10-23.) | 20 | | (20 ILCS 4116/27 new) | 21 | | Sec. 27. Continuation of Act; validation. | 22 | | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: | 23 | | (1) Public Act 102-1129, which took effect on February | 24 | | 10, 2023, changed the repeal date set for the Blue-Ribbon |
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| 1 | | Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and | 2 | | Policy Act from February 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023. | 3 | | (2) The Statute on Statutes sets forth general rules
| 4 | | on the repeal of statutes and the construction of multiple | 5 | | amendments, but Section 1 of that Act also states that | 6 | | these rules will not be observed when the result would be | 7 | | "inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General | 8 | | Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute". | 9 | | (3) This amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly
| 10 | | manifests the intention of the General Assembly to extend | 11 | | the repeal of the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation | 12 | | Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act and have the | 13 | | Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure | 14 | | Funding and Policy Act continue in effect until February | 15 | | 1, 2024. | 16 | | (4) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation | 17 | | Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act was
originally | 18 | | enacted to protect, promote, and preserve the general | 19 | | welfare. Any construction of this Act that results in the | 20 | | repeal of this Act on February 1, 2023, would be | 21 | | inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General | 22 | | Assembly and repugnant to the context of the Blue-Ribbon | 23 | | Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and | 24 | | Policy Act. | 25 | | (b) It is hereby declared to have been the intent of the | 26 | | General Assembly that the Blue-Ribbon Commission on |
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| 1 | | Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act not be | 2 | | subject to repeal on February 1, 2023. | 3 | | (c) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation | 4 | | Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act shall be deemed to have | 5 | | been in continuous effect since May 27, 2022 (the effective | 6 | | date of Public Act 102-998), and it shall continue to be in | 7 | | effect until it is otherwise lawfully repealed. All previously | 8 | | enacted amendments to the Act taking effect on or after | 9 | | February 1, 2023, are hereby validated. | 10 | | (d) All actions taken in reliance on or pursuant to the | 11 | | Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure | 12 | | Funding and Policy Act by any person or entity are hereby | 13 | | validated. | 14 | | (e) In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of the | 15 | | Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure | 16 | | Funding and Policy Act, it is set forth in full and reenacted | 17 | | by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Striking | 18 | | and underscoring are used only to show changes being made to | 19 | | the base text. This reenactment is intended as a continuation | 20 | | of the Act. It is not intended to supersede any amendment to | 21 | | the Act that is enacted by the 103rd General Assembly. | 22 | | (f) The Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation | 23 | | Infrastructure Funding and Policy Act applies to all claims, | 24 | | civil actions, and proceedings pending on or filed on or | 25 | | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd | 26 | | General Assembly. |
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 4116/30)
| 2 | | Sec. 30. Repeal. This Commission is dissolved, and this | 3 | | Act is repealed, on February 1, 2024 September 30, 2023 .
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22; 102-1129, eff. 2-10-23.) | 5 | | (20 ILCS 4116/99)
| 6 | | Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 102-988, eff. 5-27-22.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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