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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
6Section 2705-615 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-615)
8    Sec. 2705-615. Supplemental funding; Illinois
9Transportation Enhancement Program.
10    (a) Each year, in In addition to any other funding that may
11be provided to the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program
12from federal, State, or other sources, including, but not
13limited to, the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside of the
14Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, the Department
15shall set aside $50,000,000 received by the Department from the
16Road Fund for the projects in the following categories:
17pedestrian and bicycle facilities and the conversion of
18abandoned railroad corridors to trails.
19    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), funds set aside
20under subsection (a) shall be administered according to the
21requirements of the current Guidelines Manual published by the
22Department for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement
23Program, including, but not limited to, decision-making by the

 

 

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1Department and the applicable Metropolitan Planning
2Organization and proportional fund distribution according to
3population size.
4    (c) For projects funded under this Section:
5        (1) local matching funding shall be required according
6    to a sliding scale based on community size, median income,
7    and percentage of population living below the federal
8    poverty line total property tax base;
9        (2) Phase I Studies and Phase I Engineering Reports are
10    not required to be completed before application is made;
11    and
12        (3) at least 25% of funding shall be directed towards
13    projects in high-need communities, based on community
14    median income and percentage of population living below the
15    federal poverty line total property tax base.
16    (d) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to implement
17this Section.
18    (e) The Department shall adhere to a 2-year funding cycle
19for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program with calls
20for projects at least every other year.
21    (f) The Department shall make all funded and unfunded the
22Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program applications
23publicly available upon completion of each funding cycle,
24including how each application scored on the program criteria.
25(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; revised 7-24-19.)