97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2549

 

Introduced 1/11/2012, by Sen. Chris Lauzen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5  from Ch. 127, par. 141
30 ILCS 105/5d  from Ch. 127, par. 141d
30 ILCS 105/8.3  from Ch. 127, par. 144.3
30 ILCS 105/5e rep.
35 ILCS 505/8  from Ch. 120, par. 424

    Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State Construction Account Fund, and the Road Fund shall not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount from those Funds into any other Fund of the State unless those actions were specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Repeals a Section of the State Finance Act authorizing the Governor to transfer moneys from the Road Fund to State Construction Account Fund. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Sections 5, 5d, and 8.3 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 141)
7    Sec. 5. Special funds.
8    (a) There are special funds in the State Treasury
9designated as specified in the Sections which succeed this
10Section 5 and precede Section 6.
11    (b) Except as provided in the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft
12Prevention Act, when any special fund in the State Treasury is
13discontinued by an Act of the General Assembly, any balance
14remaining therein on the effective date of such Act shall be
15transferred to the General Revenue Fund, or to such other fund
16as such Act shall provide. Warrants outstanding against such
17discontinued fund at the time of the transfer of any such
18balance therein shall be paid out of the fund to which the
19transfer was made.
20    (c) When any special fund in the State Treasury has been
21inactive for 18 months or longer, the fund is automatically
22terminated by operation of law and the balance remaining in
23such fund shall be transferred by the Comptroller to the

 

 

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1General Revenue Fund. When a special fund has been terminated
2by operation of law as provided in this Section, the General
3Assembly shall repeal or amend all Sections of the statutes
4creating or otherwise referring to that fund.
5    The Comptroller shall be allowed the discretion to maintain
6or dissolve any federal trust fund which has been inactive for
718 months or longer.
8    (d) (Blank).
9    (e) (Blank).
10    (f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
11of the 97th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law
12to the contrary, neither the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State
13Construction Account Fund, nor the Road Fund shall be subject
14to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other
15fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount
16from those Funds into any other Fund of the State unless
17specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of
18this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. It shall not
19be lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
20reorganization or other methods.
21(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
 
22    (30 ILCS 105/5d)  (from Ch. 127, par. 141d)
23    Sec. 5d. The Except as provided by Section 5e of this Act,
24the State Construction Account Fund shall be used exclusively
25for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the

 

 

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1State maintained highway system. None Except as provided by
2Section 5e of this Act, none of the money deposited in the
3State Construction Account Fund shall be used to pay the cost
4of administering the Motor Fuel Tax Law as now or hereafter
5amended, nor be appropriated for use by the Department of
6Transportation to pay the cost of its operations or
7administration, nor be used in any manner for the payment of
8regular or contractual employees of the State, nor be
9transferred or allocated by the Comptroller and Treasurer or be
10otherwise used, except for the sole purpose of construction,
11reconstruction and maintenance of the State maintained highway
12system as the Illinois General Assembly shall provide by
13appropriation from this fund. Beginning with the month
14immediately following the effective date of this amendatory Act
15of 1985, investment income which is attributable to the
16investment of moneys of the State Construction Account Fund
17shall be retained in that fund for the uses specified in this
18Section.
19    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
20the 97th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law to
21the contrary, the State Construction Account Fund shall not be
22subject to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or
23any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any
24amount from this Fund into any other Fund of the State unless
25specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of
26this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. It shall not

 

 

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1be lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
2reorganization or other methods.
3(Source: P.A. 84-431.)
 
4    (30 ILCS 105/8.3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
5    Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
6State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
7construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
8the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
9and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
10and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
11after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
12indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
13        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
14    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
15    of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
16    Code; and
17        secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
18    Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
19    improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
20    administration of highways in accordance with the
21    provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
22    related or incident to and connected therewith, including
23    the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
24    and with highways and including the payment of awards made
25    by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the

 

 

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1    terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
2    Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
3    employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
4    Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
5    erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the
6    acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
7    to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
8    needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
9    estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
10    flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
11    to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
12    and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
13    materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
14    connections shut off from general public use at military
15    and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
16    the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
17    be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
18    the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
19    highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
20    highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating
21    expenses of the Department relating to the administration
22    of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year
23    2012 only, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
24    $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on
25    behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit
26    expenses; or for any of those purposes or any other purpose

 

 

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1    that may be provided by law.
2    Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
3the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
4Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
5are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
6vehicles.
7    Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
8Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
9or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
10operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
11appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
12eligible for federal reimbursement;
13        1. Department of Public Health;
14        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
15    subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
16    Reduced Fare for Elderly, except during fiscal year 2012
17    only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended;
18        3. Department of Central Management Services, except
19    for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of
20    appropriate personnel;
21        4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
22    Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
23Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
24or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
25operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
26appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are

 

 

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1eligible for federal reimbursement:
2        1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures
3    with respect to the Division of Operations;
4        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
5    Intercity Rail Subsidies, except during fiscal year 2012
6    only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended, and
7    Rail Freight Services.
8    Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
9Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
10or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
11operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
12appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
13eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central
14Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois
15Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
16Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
17Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
18Highways in the Department of Transportation.
19    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
20Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
21or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
22operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
23appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
24eligible for federal reimbursement:
25        1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40%
26    of the funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;

 

 

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1        2. State Officers.
2    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
3Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
4of State government for administration, grants, or operations
5except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
6restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund
7monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It shall
8not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation limitations
9by governmental reorganization or other methods.
10Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
11accordance with the provisions of this Section.
12    Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
13Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of
14permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
15paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
16and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
17payable as provided in the Transportation Bond Act, and for no
18other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the
19payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness
20then annually due shall be used as follows:
21        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
22    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
23        secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
24    excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
25    operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
26    fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be

 

 

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1    appropriated or expended other than for costs of
2    administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
3    license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
4    thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
5    Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
6    operating expenses of the Department relating to the
7    administration of public transportation programs, payment
8    of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
9    reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
10    of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
11    reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
12    public highways and bridges under the direction and
13    supervision of the State, political subdivision, or
14    municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal
15    year 2012 only for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
16    $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on
17    behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit
18    expenses, and the costs for patrolling and policing the
19    public highways (by State, political subdivision, or
20    municipality collecting that money) for enforcement of
21    traffic laws. The separation of grades of such highways
22    with railroads and costs associated with protection of
23    at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall also be
24    permissible.
25    Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
26the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided

 

 

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1in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
2    Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal
3year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
4appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
5of this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road
6Fund appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise
7provided in Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003,
82004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be
9appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
10of this Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008
11only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the
12Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in
13excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund
14monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police
15for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000.
16Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
17appropriated to the Department of State Police. It shall not be
18lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
19governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise
20provided in Section 5g of this Act.
21    In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
22appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this
23Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
24appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
25plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
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1other method.
2    Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
3Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for
4the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year
51994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for
6those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
7limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
8other methods.
9    Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund
10appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
11this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
12following fiscal years:
13    Fiscal Year 2000$80,500,000;
14    Fiscal Year 2001$80,500,000;
15    Fiscal Year 2002$80,500,000;
16    Fiscal Year 2003$130,500,000;
17    Fiscal Year 2004$130,500,000;
18    Fiscal Year 2005$130,500,000;
19    Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
20    Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;
21    Fiscal Year 2008$130,500,000;
22    Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000.
23    For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
24appropriated to the Secretary of State.
25    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund
26shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the

 

 

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1exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees
2related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless
3otherwise provided for by law.
4    It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
5appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
6methods.
7    No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
8thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
9by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as
10appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.
11    Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
12Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of
13this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by
14this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
15    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this
16Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
17shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
18in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
19Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
20generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
21government.
22    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
23Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
24Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
25shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
26in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue

 

 

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1Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
2generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
3government.
4    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
5the 97th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law to
6the contrary, the Road Fund shall not be subject to sweeps,
7administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or
8budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount from this
9Fund into any other Fund of the State unless specifically
10authorized by law prior to the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. It shall not be
12lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
13reorganization or other methods.
14(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 97-72,
15eff. 7-1-11.)
 
16    (30 ILCS 105/5e rep.)
17    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing
18Section 5e.
 
19    Section 15. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
20Section 8 as follows:
 
21    (35 ILCS 505/8)  (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
22    Sec. 8. Except as provided in Section 8a, subdivision
23(h)(1) of Section 12a, Section 13a.6, and items 13, 14, 15, and

 

 

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116 of Section 15, all money received by the Department under
2this Act, including payments made to the Department by member
3jurisdictions participating in the International Fuel Tax
4Agreement, shall be deposited in a special fund in the State
5treasury, to be known as the "Motor Fuel Tax Fund", and shall
6be used as follows:
7    (a) 2 1/2 cents per gallon of the tax collected on special
8fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a of this
9Act shall be transferred to the State Construction Account Fund
10in the State Treasury;
11    (b) $420,000 shall be transferred each month to the State
12Boating Act Fund to be used by the Department of Natural
13Resources for the purposes specified in Article X of the Boat
14Registration and Safety Act;
15    (c) $3,500,000 shall be transferred each month to the Grade
16Crossing Protection Fund to be used as follows: not less than
17$12,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the construction
18or reconstruction of rail highway grade separation structures;
19$2,250,000 in fiscal years 2004 through 2009 and $3,000,000 in
20fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be
21transferred to the Transportation Regulatory Fund and shall be
22accounted for as part of the rail carrier portion of such funds
23and shall be used to pay the cost of administration of the
24Illinois Commerce Commission's railroad safety program in
25connection with its duties under subsection (3) of Section
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1used by the Department of Transportation upon order of the
2Illinois Commerce Commission, to pay that part of the cost
3apportioned by such Commission to the State to cover the
4interest of the public in the use of highways, roads, streets,
5or pedestrian walkways in the county highway system, township
6and district road system, or municipal street system as defined
7in the Illinois Highway Code, as the same may from time to time
8be amended, for separation of grades, for installation,
9construction or reconstruction of crossing protection or
10reconstruction, alteration, relocation including construction
11or improvement of any existing highway necessary for access to
12property or improvement of any grade crossing and grade
13crossing surface including the necessary highway approaches
14thereto of any railroad across the highway or public road, or
15for the installation, construction, reconstruction, or
16maintenance of a pedestrian walkway over or under a railroad
17right-of-way, as provided for in and in accordance with Section
1818c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Commission may order
19up to $2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund
20moneys for the improvement of grade crossing surfaces and up to
21$300,000 per year for the maintenance and renewal of 4-quadrant
22gate vehicle detection systems located at non-high speed rail
23grade crossings. The Commission shall not order more than
24$2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund moneys
25for pedestrian walkways. In entering orders for projects for
26which payments from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund will be

 

 

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1made, the Commission shall account for expenditures authorized
2by the orders on a cash rather than an accrual basis. For
3purposes of this requirement an "accrual basis" assumes that
4the total cost of the project is expended in the fiscal year in
5which the order is entered, while a "cash basis" allocates the
6cost of the project among fiscal years as expenditures are
7actually made. To meet the requirements of this subsection, the
8Illinois Commerce Commission shall develop annual and 5-year
9project plans of rail crossing capital improvements that will
10be paid for with moneys from the Grade Crossing Protection
11Fund. The annual project plan shall identify projects for the
12succeeding fiscal year and the 5-year project plan shall
13identify projects for the 5 directly succeeding fiscal years.
14The Commission shall submit the annual and 5-year project plans
15for this Fund to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
16Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of
17Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
18Representatives on the first Wednesday in April of each year;
19    (d) of the amount remaining after allocations provided for
20in subsections (a), (b) and (c), a sufficient amount shall be
21reserved to pay all of the following:
22        (1) the costs of the Department of Revenue in
23    administering this Act;
24        (2) the costs of the Department of Transportation in
25    performing its duties imposed by the Illinois Highway Code
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1    to municipalities, counties and road districts;
2        (3) refunds provided for in Section 13, refunds for
3    overpayment of decal fees paid under Section 13a.4 of this
4    Act, and refunds provided for under the terms of the
5    International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section
6    14a;
7        (4) from October 1, 1985 until June 30, 1994, the
8    administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,
9    which amount shall be certified monthly by the
10    Environmental Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
11    and shall promptly be transferred by the State Comptroller
12    and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the Vehicle
13    Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1, 1994 through
14    June 30, 2000, one-twelfth of $25,000,000 each month, for
15    the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, one-twelfth
16    of $30,000,000 each month, and $15,000,000 on July 1, 2003,
17    and $15,000,000 on January 1, 2004, and $15,000,000 on each
18    July 1 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be
19    practical, during the period July 1, 2004 through June 30,
20    2012, for the administration of the Vehicle Emissions
21    Inspection Law of 2005, to be transferred by the State
22    Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund into
23    the Vehicle Inspection Fund;
24        (5) amounts ordered paid by the Court of Claims; and
25        (6) payment of motor fuel use taxes due to member
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1    Agreement. The Department shall certify these amounts to
2    the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month; the
3    Comptroller shall cause orders to be drawn for such
4    amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
5    on or before the last day of each month;
6    (e) after allocations for the purposes set forth in
7subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), the remaining amount shall
8be apportioned as follows:
9        (1) Until January 1, 2000, 58.4%, and beginning January
10    1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
11            (A) 37% into the State Construction Account Fund,
12        and
13            (B) 63% into the Road Fund, $1,250,000 of which
14        shall be reserved each month for the Department of
15        Transportation to be used in accordance with the
16        provisions of Sections 6-901 through 6-906 of the
17        Illinois Highway Code;
18        (2) Until January 1, 2000, 41.6%, and beginning January
19    1, 2000, 54.4% shall be transferred to the Department of
20    Transportation to be distributed as follows:
21            (A) 49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
22            (B) 16.74% to the counties of the State having
23        1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
24            (C) 18.27% to the counties of the State having less
25        than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
26            (D) 15.89% to the road districts of the State.

 

 

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1    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
2Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
3its share of the amount apportioned to the several
4municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
5of such municipalities as determined by the last preceding
6municipal census if conducted by the Federal Government or
7Federal census. If territory is annexed to any municipality
8subsequent to the time of the last preceding census the
9corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
10to be taken of such annexed territory and the population so
11ascertained for such territory shall be added to the population
12of the municipality as determined by the last preceding census
13for the purpose of determining the allotment for that
14municipality. If the population of any municipality was not
15determined by the last Federal census preceding any
16apportionment, the apportionment to such municipality shall be
17in accordance with any census taken by such municipality. Any
18municipal census used in accordance with this Section shall be
19certified to the Department of Transportation by the clerk of
20such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be subject to
21approval of the Department which may make such corrections as
22it ascertains to be necessary.
23    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
24Department of Transportation shall allot to each county its
25share of the amount apportioned to the several counties of the
26State as herein provided. Each allotment to the several

 

 

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1counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall be in
2proportion to the amount of motor vehicle license fees received
3from the residents of such counties, respectively, during the
4preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State shall, on or
5before April 15 of each year, transmit to the Department of
6Transportation a full and complete report showing the amount of
7motor vehicle license fees received from the residents of each
8county, respectively, during the preceding calendar year. The
9Department of Transportation shall, each month, use for
10allotment purposes the last such report received from the
11Secretary of State.
12    As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the
13Department of Transportation shall allot to the several
14counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
15road districts. The allotment shall be apportioned among the
16several counties in the State in the proportion which the total
17mileage of township or district roads in the respective
18counties bears to the total mileage of all township and
19district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
20counties for the use of road districts therein shall be
21allocated to the several road districts in the county in the
22proportion which the total mileage of such township or district
23roads in the respective road districts bears to the total
24mileage of all such township or district roads in the county.
25After July 1 of any year prior to 2011, no allocation shall be
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1bridge purposes in an amount which will require the extension
2of such tax against the taxable property in any such road
3district at a rate of not less than either .08% of the value
4thereof, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
5prior to the year in which such tax was levied and as equalized
6by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
7equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
8jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less. Beginning
9July 1, 2011 and each July 1 thereafter, an allocation shall be
10made for any road district if it levied a tax for road and
11bridge purposes. In counties other than DuPage County, if the
12amount of the tax levy requires the extension of the tax
13against the taxable property in the road district at a rate
14that is less than 0.08% of the value thereof, based upon the
15assessment for the year immediately prior to the year in which
16the tax was levied and as equalized by the Department of
17Revenue, then the amount of the allocation for that road
18district shall be a percentage of the maximum allocation equal
19to the percentage obtained by dividing the rate extended by the
20district by 0.08%. In DuPage County, if the amount of the tax
21levy requires the extension of the tax against the taxable
22property in the road district at a rate that is less than the
23lesser of (i) 0.08% of the value of the taxable property in the
24road district, based upon the assessment for the year
25immediately prior to the year in which such tax was levied and
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1will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per mile of road under
2the jurisdiction of the road district, then the amount of the
3allocation for the road district shall be a percentage of the
4maximum allocation equal to the percentage obtained by dividing
5the rate extended by the district by the lesser of (i) 0.08% or
6(ii) the rate that will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per
7mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district.
8    Prior to 2011, if any road district has levied a special
9tax for road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and
106-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax was levied in
11an amount which would require extension at a rate of not less
12than .08% of the value of the taxable property thereof, as
13equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
14DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
15mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
16whichever is less, such levy shall, however, be deemed a proper
17compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
18district for an allotment under this Section. Beginning in 2011
19and thereafter, if any road district has levied a special tax
20for road purposes under Sections 6-601, 6-602, and 6-603 of the
21Illinois Highway Code, and the tax was levied in an amount that
22would require extension at a rate of not less than 0.08% of the
23value of the taxable property of that road district, as
24equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue or, in
25DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
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1whichever is less, that levy shall be deemed a proper
2compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
3district for a full, rather than proportionate, allotment under
4this Section. If the levy for the special tax is less than
50.08% of the value of the taxable property, or, in DuPage
6County if the levy for the special tax is less than the lesser
7of (i) 0.08% or (ii) $12,000 per mile of road under the
8jurisdiction of the road district, and if the levy for the
9special tax is more than any other levy for road and bridge
10purposes, then the levy for the special tax qualifies the road
11district for a proportionate, rather than full, allotment under
12this Section. If the levy for the special tax is equal to or
13less than any other levy for road and bridge purposes, then any
14allotment under this Section shall be determined by the other
15levy for road and bridge purposes.
16    Prior to 2011, if a township has transferred to the road
17and bridge fund money which, when added to the amount of any
18tax levy of the road district would be the equivalent of a tax
19levy requiring extension at a rate of at least .08%, 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 transfer, together with any such tax
23levy, shall be deemed a proper compliance with this Section and
24shall qualify the road district for an allotment under this
25Section.
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1imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, road
2districts may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel tax
3allotment or, beginning in 2011, their entitlement to a full
4allotment if, at the time the property tax extension limitation
5was imposed, the road district was levying a road and bridge
6tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a motor fuel tax
7allotment and continues to levy the maximum allowable amount
8after the imposition of the property tax extension limitation.
9Any road district may in all circumstances retain its
10entitlement to a motor fuel tax allotment or, beginning in
112011, its entitlement to a full allotment if it levied a road
12and bridge tax in an amount that will require the extension of
13the tax against the taxable property in the road district at a
14rate of not less than 0.08% of the assessed value of the
15property, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
16preceding the year in which the tax was levied and as equalized
17by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
18equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
19jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less.
20    As used in this Section the term "road district" means any
21road district, including a county unit road district, provided
22for by the Illinois Highway Code; and the term "township or
23district road" means any road in the township and district road
24system as defined in the Illinois Highway Code. For the
25purposes of this Section, "township or district road" also
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1preserve districts and conservation districts. The Department
2of Transportation shall determine the mileage of all township
3and district roads for the purposes of making allotments and
4allocations of motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
5    Payment of motor fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
6counties shall be made as soon as possible after the allotment
7is made. The treasurer of the municipality or county may invest
8these funds until their use is required and the interest earned
9by these investments shall be limited to the same uses as the
10principal funds.
11    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12the 97th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law to
13the contrary, the Motor Fuel Tax Fund shall not be subject to
14sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other
15fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount
16from this Fund into any other Fund of the State unless
17specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of
18this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. It shall not
19be lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
20reorganization or other methods.
21(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-959,
22eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1024, eff. 7-12-10;
2396-1384, eff. 7-29-10; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-333, eff.
248-12-11.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.