Full Text of HB5190 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 6-901 and 6-906 and by adding 6-907 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-901) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-901) | 8 | | Sec. 6-901. Annually, the General Assembly shall | 9 | | appropriate to the Department of Transportation from the Road | 10 | | Fund road fund , the General Revenue Fund, or general revenue | 11 | | fund, any other State funds , or a combination of those funds, | 12 | | $60,000,000 for apportionment to counties for the use of road | 13 | | districts for the construction of bridges 20 feet or more in | 14 | | length, as provided in Sections 6-902 through 6-907 6-905 . | 15 | | The Department of Transportation shall apportion among the | 16 | | several counties of this State for the use of road districts | 17 | | the amounts appropriated under this Section. The amount | 18 | | apportioned to a county shall be in the proportion which the | 19 | | total mileage of township or district roads in the county | 20 | | bears to the total mileage of all township and district roads | 21 | | in the State. Each county shall allocate to the several road | 22 | | districts in the county the funds so apportioned to the | 23 | | county. The allocation to road districts shall be made in the |
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| 1 | | same manner and be subject to the same conditions and | 2 | | qualifications as are provided by Section 8 of the " Motor Fuel | 3 | | Tax Law ", approved March 25, 1929, as amended, with respect to | 4 | | the allocation to road districts of the amount allotted from | 5 | | the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for apportionment to counties for the | 6 | | use of road districts, but no allocation shall be made to any | 7 | | road district that has not levied taxes for road and bridge | 8 | | purposes in such a manner that is eligible for allotment of | 9 | | Motor Fuel Tax funding pursuant to Section 8 of the Motor Fuel | 10 | | Tax Law. and for bridge construction purposes at the maximum | 11 | | rates permitted by Sections 6-501, 6-508 and 6-512 of this | 12 | | Act, without referendum. "Road district" and "township or | 13 | | district road" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in | 14 | | this Act. | 15 | | Road districts in counties in which a property tax | 16 | | extension limitation is imposed under the Property Tax | 17 | | Extension Limitation Law that are made ineligible for receipt | 18 | | of this appropriation due to the imposition of a property tax | 19 | | extension limitation may become eligible if, at the time the | 20 | | property tax extension limitation was imposed, the road | 21 | | district was levying at the required rate and continues to | 22 | | levy the maximum allowable amount after the imposition of the | 23 | | property tax extension limitation. The road district also | 24 | | becomes eligible if it levies at or above the rate required for | 25 | | eligibility by Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. | 26 | | The amounts apportioned under this Section for allocation |
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| 1 | | to road districts may be used only for bridge construction as | 2 | | provided in this Division. So much of those amounts as are not | 3 | | obligated under Sections 6-902 through 6-904 and for which | 4 | | local funds have not been committed under Section 6-905 within | 5 | | 48 months of the date when such apportionment is made lapses | 6 | | and shall not be paid to the county treasurer for distribution | 7 | | to road districts. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; revised 9-25-23.) | 9 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-906) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-906) | 10 | | Sec. 6-906. So much of the amount apportioned to a county | 11 | | under Section 6-901 that is obligated under Sections 6-902 | 12 | | through 6-904 and for which local funds have been committed | 13 | | under Section 6-905, within 4 years from the date the | 14 | | apportionment is made, shall, upon certification by the | 15 | | Department, be paid to the county treasurer, who shall apply | 16 | | those funds to the payment of such obligations. Any funds | 17 | | allocated to a county under Section 6-901 that are not | 18 | | obligated within 48 months under Sections 6-902 through 6-904 | 19 | | shall be considered lapsed funds and reappropriated in the | 20 | | same fund revert to the Road Fund . | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-244, eff. 8-9-13.) | 22 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-907 new) | 23 | | Sec. 6-907. Lapsed funds; use. Lapsed funds under Section | 24 | | 6-906 shall be used to provide additional monetary assistance |
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| 1 | | to townships and road districts that have insufficient funding | 2 | | for construction of bridges that are 20 feet or more in length | 3 | | under 6-901 of this Code. The Department shall adopt rule to | 4 | | implement this Section. | 5 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-905 rep.) | 6 | | Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | 7 | | repealing Section 6-905. | 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law. |
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