99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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Introduced , by Rep. Frank J. Mautino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 11 new

    Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Adds a new Section concerning highway funds. Provides that no moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, including the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds. Limits the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation to direct program expenses of the Secretary of State, the State Police, and the Department of Transportation related to the enforcement of traffic laws and safety. Provides that the revenues described herein shall not be diverted to any other purpose. Provides that any additional modes of transportation proposed for State funding shall have dedicated sources of funding. Provides that federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized by federal law. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.


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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8this resolution a proposition to add Section 11 to Article IX
9of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE IX
11
REVENUE

12    (ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 11 new)
13SECTION 11. HIGHWAY FUNDS
14    (a) No moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license
15taxes relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of
16vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass
17transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or to
18fuels used for propelling vehicles, including bond proceeds,
19and from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to any
20other transportation infrastructure or transportation
21operation shall be expended for other than costs of
22administering laws related to vehicles and transportation,
23statutory refunds and adjustments provided in those laws,

 

 

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1payment of highway obligations, costs for construction,
2reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public
3highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity
4passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of
5transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, the
6State or local share to match federal aid highway funds,
7expenses of grade separation of public highways and railroad
8crossings, protection of at-grade public highways and railroad
9crossings, and, with respect to local governments, other
10transportation purposes as authorized by law. Costs of
11administering laws related to vehicles and transportation
12shall be limited to direct program expenses of the Secretary of
13State, the Department of State Police, and the Department of
14Transportation, or their successor agencies, related to the
15enforcement of traffic laws or the safety of public highways,
16roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger
17rail, ports, or airports.
18    (b) None of the revenues described in subsection (a) of
19this Section shall, by transfer, offset, or otherwise, be
20diverted to any purpose other than those described in
21subsection (a) of this Section.
22    (c) If a mode of transportation not described in subsection
23(a) is first proposed for State funding after this Section is
24added to the Constitution, the mode of transportation must have
25a dedicated source of funding.
26    (d) Federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized

 

 

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1by federal law.
 
2
SCHEDULE
3    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
4declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
5Constitutional Amendment Act.