99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5393

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 30/1  from Ch. 121, par. 601

    Amends the Bikeway Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning legislative findings.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Bikeway Act is amended by changing Section 1
5as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 30/1)  (from Ch. 121, par. 601)
7    Sec. 1. Legislative declarations and findings. The The
8General Assembly declares that since a third of the population
9owns bicycles, there is an urgent need for safe bikeways, for
10the use of both children and adults for transportation, healthy
11exercise and recreation.
12    The General Assembly finds that to coordinate plans for
13bikeways most effectively with those of the State and local
14governments as they affect roads, streets, schools, parks, and
15other publicly owned lands, lands not owned by a municipality,
16local unit of government, county, or the State of Illinois or
17one of its agencies or authorities by agreement, abandoned
18roadbeds and conservation areas, while maximizing the benefits
19from the use of tax dollars, a single State agency, eligible to
20receive federal matching funds, should be designated to
21establish and maintain a State-wide bikeways program.
22(Source: P.A. 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)