SB0960sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 4/15/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 960

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 960 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2705-215 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2705/2705-215) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27)

Sec. 2705-215. Cooperative utilization of equipment and services of governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations for the transportation needs in public service programs.

(a) The Department is directed to encourage and assist governmental entities, not-for-profit corporations, and nonprofit community service associations, between or among themselves, in the development of reasonable utilization of transportation equipment and operational service in satisfying the general and specialized public transportation needs.

The Department shall develop and encourage cooperative development, among all entities, of programs promoting efficient service and conservation of capital investment and energy and shall assist all entities in achieving their goals and in their applications for transportation grants under appropriate State or federal programs.

(b) Implementation of cooperative programs is to be developed within the meaning of the provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. In the circumstances of nongovernmental entities, the Department shall be guided by that Act and any other State law in encouraging the cooperative programs between those entities.

(c) The Department shall report to the members of the General Assembly, by March 1 of each year, its successes, failures and progress in achieving the intent of this Section. The report shall also include identification of problems as well as the Department's recommendations.

(d) The Department shall certify United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor management boards regulated under the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 141 et seq., as able to teach and train their own members for any quality assurance and quality control certifications issued by the Department.

The Department shall certify the curricula for the quality assurance quality control program and shall make available all course curricula, teaching aids, syllabi, and other materials necessary for instruction of courses described by this subsection (d).

The Department may administer any testing or certify a third party to administer and certify any testing, provided that the entity is independent of and not an affiliate of the United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs identified in this subsection (d).

If the Department does not administer the testing, the Department and the apprenticeship program shall mutually agree upon a third party to administer the testing. The third party shall provide testers upon being given 10 days' notice.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".