SB3328 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3328

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/9-101

from Ch. 121, par. 9-101

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that agreements with the Department of Transportation may include any number and combination of municipalities, counties, townships, or road districts.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 9-101 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/9-101) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-101)

Sec. 9-101. Nothing in this Code shall prevent the execution of cooperative agreements among governmental agencies.

Any municipality may negotiate an agreement with the Department whereby the municipality may use such funds as are available to it for that purpose for the construction or maintenance of a State highway within its boundaries or with the corporate authority of a county or road district for the construction or maintenance of a highway on the county highway system or township or district road system outside of its municipal boundaries.

The county board may negotiate an agreement with the Department whereby the county may use such funds as are available to it for that purpose for the construction or maintenance of a highway on the State highway system or with a municipality for the construction or maintenance of streets on the municipal street system of such municipality.

In order to facilitate cooperation and the efficient use of resources, agreements with the Department may include any number and combination of municipalities, counties, townships, or road districts.

(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)