Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 5/10/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2943

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2943 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
5Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 505/8)  (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
7    Sec. 8. Except as provided in Section 8a, subdivision
8(h)(1) of Section 12a, Section 13a.6, and items 13, 14, 15, and
916 of Section 15, all money received by the Department under
10this Act, including payments made to the Department by member
11jurisdictions participating in the International Fuel Tax
12Agreement, shall be deposited in a special fund in the State
13treasury, to be known as the "Motor Fuel Tax Fund", and shall
14be used as follows:
15    (a) 2 1/2 cents per gallon of the tax collected on special
16fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a of this

 

 

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1Act shall be transferred to the State Construction Account Fund
2in the State Treasury;
3    (b) $420,000 shall be transferred each month to the State
4Boating Act Fund to be used by the Department of Natural
5Resources for the purposes specified in Article X of the Boat
6Registration and Safety Act;
7    (c) $3,500,000 shall be transferred each month to the Grade
8Crossing Protection Fund to be used as follows: not less than
9$12,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the construction
10or reconstruction of rail highway grade separation structures;
11$2,250,000 in fiscal years 2004 through 2009 and $3,000,000 in
12fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be
13transferred to the Transportation Regulatory Fund and shall be
14accounted for as part of the rail carrier portion of such funds
15and shall be used to pay the cost of administration of the
16Illinois Commerce Commission's railroad safety program in
17connection with its duties under subsection (3) of Section
1818c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, with the remainder to be
19used by the Department of Transportation upon order of the
20Illinois Commerce Commission, to pay that part of the cost
21apportioned by such Commission to the State to cover the
22interest of the public in the use of highways, roads, streets,
23or pedestrian walkways in the county highway system, township
24and district road system, or municipal street system as defined
25in the Illinois Highway Code, as the same may from time to time
26be amended, for separation of grades, for installation,

 

 

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1construction or reconstruction of crossing protection or
2reconstruction, alteration, relocation including construction
3or improvement of any existing highway necessary for access to
4property or improvement of any grade crossing and grade
5crossing surface including the necessary highway approaches
6thereto of any railroad across the highway or public road, or
7for the installation, construction, reconstruction, or
8maintenance of a pedestrian walkway over or under a railroad
9right-of-way, as provided for in and in accordance with Section
1018c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Commission may order
11up to $2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund
12moneys for the improvement of grade crossing surfaces and up to
13$300,000 per year for the maintenance and renewal of 4-quadrant
14gate vehicle detection systems located at non-high speed rail
15grade crossings. The Commission shall not order more than
16$2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund moneys
17for pedestrian walkways. In entering orders for projects for
18which payments from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund will be
19made, the Commission shall account for expenditures authorized
20by the orders on a cash rather than an accrual basis. For
21purposes of this requirement an "accrual basis" assumes that
22the total cost of the project is expended in the fiscal year in
23which the order is entered, while a "cash basis" allocates the
24cost of the project among fiscal years as expenditures are
25actually made. To meet the requirements of this subsection, the
26Illinois Commerce Commission shall develop annual and 5-year

 

 

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1project plans of rail crossing capital improvements that will
2be paid for with moneys from the Grade Crossing Protection
3Fund. The annual project plan shall identify projects for the
4succeeding fiscal year and the 5-year project plan shall
5identify projects for the 5 directly succeeding fiscal years.
6The Commission shall submit the annual and 5-year project plans
7for this Fund to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
8Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of
9Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
10Representatives on the first Wednesday in April of each year;
11    (d) of the amount remaining after allocations provided for
12in subsections (a), (b) and (c), a sufficient amount shall be
13reserved to pay all of the following:
14        (1) the costs of the Department of Revenue in
15    administering this Act;
16        (2) the costs of the Department of Transportation in
17    performing its duties imposed by the Illinois Highway Code
18    for supervising the use of motor fuel tax funds apportioned
19    to municipalities, counties and road districts;
20        (3) refunds provided for in Section 13, refunds for
21    overpayment of decal fees paid under Section 13a.4 of this
22    Act, and refunds provided for under the terms of the
23    International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section
24    14a;
25        (4) from October 1, 1985 until June 30, 1994, the
26    administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,

 

 

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1    which amount shall be certified monthly by the
2    Environmental Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
3    and shall promptly be transferred by the State Comptroller
4    and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the Vehicle
5    Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1, 1994 through
6    June 30, 2000, one-twelfth of $25,000,000 each month, for
7    the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, one-twelfth
8    of $30,000,000 each month, and $15,000,000 on July 1, 2003,
9    and $15,000,000 on January 1, 2004, and $15,000,000 on each
10    July 1 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be
11    practical, during the period July 1, 2004 through June 30,
12    2012, and $30,000,000 on June 1, 2013, or as soon
13    thereafter as may be practical, and $15,000,000 on July 1
14    and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be practical,
15    during the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015,
16    for the administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection
17    Law of 2005, to be transferred by the State Comptroller and
18    Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund into the Vehicle
19    Inspection Fund;
20        (4.5) beginning on July 1, 2019, the costs of the
21    Environmental Protection Agency for the administration of
22    the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 shall be paid,
23    subject to appropriation, from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund into
24    the Vehicle Inspection Fund; beginning in 2019, no later
25    than December 31 of each year, or as soon thereafter as
26    practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State

 

 

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1    Treasurer shall transfer from the Vehicle Inspection Fund
2    to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund any balance remaining in the
3    Vehicle Inspection Fund in excess of $2,000,000;
4        (5) amounts ordered paid by the Court of Claims; and
5        (6) payment of motor fuel use taxes due to member
6    jurisdictions under the terms of the International Fuel Tax
7    Agreement. The Department shall certify these amounts to
8    the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month; the
9    Comptroller shall cause orders to be drawn for such
10    amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
11    on or before the last day of each month;
12    (e) after allocations for the purposes set forth in
13subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), the remaining amount shall
14be apportioned as follows:
15        (1) Until January 1, 2000, 58.4%, and beginning January
16    1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
17            (A) 37% into the State Construction Account Fund,
18        and
19            (B) 63% into the Road Fund, $1,250,000 of which
20        shall be reserved each month for the Department of
21        Transportation to be used in accordance with the
22        provisions of Sections 6-901 through 6-906 of the
23        Illinois Highway Code;
24        (2) Until January 1, 2000, 41.6%, and beginning January
25    1, 2000, 54.4% shall be transferred to the Department of
26    Transportation to be distributed as follows:

 

 

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1            (A) 49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
2            (B) 16.74% to the counties of the State having
3        1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
4            (C) 18.27% to the counties of the State having less
5        than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
6            (D) 15.89% to the road districts of the State.
7    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
8Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
9its share of the amount apportioned to the several
10municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
11of such municipalities as determined by the last preceding
12municipal census if conducted by the Federal Government or
13Federal census. If territory is annexed to any municipality
14subsequent to the time of the last preceding census the
15corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
16to be taken of such annexed territory and the population so
17ascertained for such territory shall be added to the population
18of the municipality as determined by the last preceding census
19for the purpose of determining the allotment for that
20municipality. If the population of any municipality was not
21determined by the last Federal census preceding any
22apportionment, the apportionment to such municipality shall be
23in accordance with any census taken by such municipality. Any
24municipal census used in accordance with this Section shall be
25certified to the Department of Transportation by the clerk of
26such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be subject to

 

 

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1approval of the Department which may make such corrections as
2it ascertains to be necessary.
3    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
4Department of Transportation shall allot to each county its
5share of the amount apportioned to the several counties of the
6State as herein provided. Each allotment to the several
7counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall be in
8proportion to the amount of motor vehicle license fees received
9from the residents of such counties, respectively, during the
10preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State shall, on or
11before April 15 of each year, transmit to the Department of
12Transportation a full and complete report showing the amount of
13motor vehicle license fees received from the residents of each
14county, respectively, during the preceding calendar year. The
15Department of Transportation shall, each month, use for
16allotment purposes the last such report received from the
17Secretary of State.
18    As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the
19Department of Transportation shall allot to the several
20counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
21road districts. The allotment shall be apportioned among the
22several counties in the State in the proportion which the total
23mileage of township or district roads in the respective
24counties bears to the total mileage of all township and
25district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
26counties for the use of road districts therein shall be

 

 

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1allocated to the several road districts in the county in the
2proportion which the total mileage of such township or district
3roads in the respective road districts bears to the total
4mileage of all such township or district roads in the county.
5After July 1 of any year prior to 2011, no allocation shall be
6made for any road district unless it levied a tax for road and
7bridge purposes in an amount which will require the extension
8of such tax against the taxable property in any such road
9district at a rate of not less than either .08% of the value
10thereof, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
11prior to the year in which such tax was levied and as equalized
12by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
13equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
14jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less. Beginning
15July 1, 2011 and each July 1 thereafter, an allocation shall be
16made for any road district if it levied a tax for road and
17bridge purposes. In counties other than DuPage County, if the
18amount of the tax levy requires the extension of the tax
19against the taxable property in the road district at a rate
20that is less than 0.08% of the value thereof, based upon the
21assessment for the year immediately prior to the year in which
22the tax was levied and as equalized by the Department of
23Revenue, then the amount of the allocation for that road
24district shall be a percentage of the maximum allocation equal
25to the percentage obtained by dividing the rate extended by the
26district by 0.08%. In DuPage County, if the amount of the tax

 

 

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1levy requires the extension of the tax against the taxable
2property in the road district at a rate that is less than the
3lesser of (i) 0.08% of the value of the taxable property in the
4road district, based upon the assessment for the year
5immediately prior to the year in which such tax was levied and
6as equalized by the Department of Revenue, or (ii) a rate that
7will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per mile of road under
8the jurisdiction of the road district, then the amount of the
9allocation for the road district shall be a percentage of the
10maximum allocation equal to the percentage obtained by dividing
11the rate extended by the district by the lesser of (i) 0.08% or
12(ii) the rate that will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per
13mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district.
14    Prior to 2011, if any road district has levied a special
15tax for road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and
166-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax was levied in
17an amount which would require extension at a rate of not less
18than .08% of the value of the taxable property thereof, as
19equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
20DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
21mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
22whichever is less, such levy shall, however, be deemed a proper
23compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
24district for an allotment under this Section. Beginning in 2011
25and thereafter, if any road district has levied a special tax
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1Illinois Highway Code, and the tax was levied in an amount that
2would require extension at a rate of not less than 0.08% of the
3value of the taxable property of that road district, as
4equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue or, in
5DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
6mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
7whichever is less, that levy shall be deemed a proper
8compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
9district for a full, rather than proportionate, allotment under
10this Section. If the levy for the special tax is less than
110.08% of the value of the taxable property, or, in DuPage
12County if the levy for the special tax is less than the lesser
13of (i) 0.08% or (ii) $12,000 per mile of road under the
14jurisdiction of the road district, and if the levy for the
15special tax is more than any other levy for road and bridge
16purposes, then the levy for the special tax qualifies the road
17district for a proportionate, rather than full, allotment under
18this Section. If the levy for the special tax is equal to or
19less than any other levy for road and bridge purposes, then any
20allotment under this Section shall be determined by the other
21levy for road and bridge purposes.
22    Prior to 2011, if a township has transferred to the road
23and bridge fund money which, when added to the amount of any
24tax levy of the road district would be the equivalent of a tax
25levy requiring extension at a rate of at least .08%, or, in
26DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per

 

 

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1mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
2whichever is less, such transfer, together with any such tax
3levy, shall be deemed a proper compliance with this Section and
4shall qualify the road district for an allotment under this
5Section.
6    In counties in which a property tax extension limitation is
7imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, road
8districts may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel tax
9allotment or, beginning in 2011, their entitlement to a full
10allotment if, at the time the property tax extension limitation
11was imposed, the road district was levying a road and bridge
12tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a motor fuel tax
13allotment and continues to levy the maximum allowable amount
14after the imposition of the property tax extension limitation.
15Any road district may in all circumstances retain its
16entitlement to a motor fuel tax allotment or, beginning in
172011, its entitlement to a full allotment if it levied a road
18and bridge tax in an amount that will require the extension of
19the tax against the taxable property in the road district at a
20rate of not less than 0.08% of the assessed value of the
21property, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
22preceding the year in which the tax was levied and as equalized
23by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
24equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
25jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less.
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1road district, including a county unit road district, provided
2for by the Illinois Highway Code; and the term "township or
3district road" means any road in the township and district road
4system as defined in the Illinois Highway Code. For the
5purposes of this Section, "township or district road" also
6includes such roads as are maintained by park districts, forest
7preserve districts and conservation districts. The Department
8of Transportation shall determine the mileage of all township
9and district roads for the purposes of making allotments and
10allocations of motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
11    Payment of motor fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
12counties shall be made as soon as possible after the allotment
13is made. The treasurer of the municipality or county may invest
14these funds until their use is required and the interest earned
15by these investments shall be limited to the same uses as the
16principal funds.
17(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-24,
18eff. 6-19-13; 98-674, eff. 6-30-14.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".