100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5220

 

Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/5-701  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701
605 ILCS 5/5-701.4  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.4
605 ILCS 5/5-701.6  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.6
605 ILCS 5/5-701.7  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.7
605 ILCS 5/5-701.8  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8
605 ILCS 5/5-701.13  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13
605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that any county board in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it for: (i) retiring bonds and paying obligations incurred for the purpose of constructing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public transportation facilities, or freight rail facilities; (ii) paying the local or county's proportionate share of any federally eligible transportation project; or (iii) acquiring, constructing, maintaining, improving, or operating public or freight rail transportation facilities. Provides that motor fuel tax money may be used to conduct studies relating to: the operation of highways; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; public transportation facilities; and freight rail facilities. Provides that a county board may turn over a portion of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, or the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority.


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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 Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing
5Sections 5-701, 5-701.4, 5-701.6, 5-701.7, 5-701.8, and
65-701.13 and by adding Section 5-701.18 as follows:
 
7    (605 ILCS 5/5-701)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701)
8    Sec. 5-701. Money allotted from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to
9the several counties as provided in Section 8 of the "Motor
10Fuel Tax Law", approved March 25, 1929, as now or hereafter
11amended, other than money allotted to counties for the use of
12road districts, shall be used only for one or more of the
13purposes stated in Sections 5-701.1 through 5-701.18 5-701.16,
14as the several counties may desire.
15(Source: P.A. 85-962.)
 
16    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.4)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.4)
17    Sec. 5-701.4. Any county board may also use any motor fuel
18tax money allotted to it or any part thereof for the purpose of
19retiring bonds and paying obligations incurred for the purpose
20of constructing State or county highways, the construction of
21which was under the supervision of and with the approval of the
22Department under the provisions of Section 5-403 of this Code

 

 

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1or similar provisions of prior law. The county board of a
2county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may
3also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it or any part
4thereof for the purpose of retiring bonds and paying
5obligations incurred for the purpose of constructing bicycle
6and pedestrian facilities, public transportation facilities,
7or freight rail facilities.
8(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
 
9    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.6)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.6)
10    Sec. 5-701.6. Any county board with the approval of the
11Department may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for
12the purpose of the payment for investigations requisite to
13determine the reasonably anticipated need for any of the work
14described in Sections 5-701.1 to 5-701.18 5-701.5, inclusive,
15of this Code. Such investigations may include, but shall not be
16limited to, the making of traffic surveys, the study of
17transportation facilities, research concerning the development
18of the several areas within the county and contiguous territory
19as affected by growth and changes in population and economic
20activity and the collection and review of data relating to all
21factors affecting the judicious planning of construction,
22reconstruction, improvement, and maintenance, and operation
23of: highways; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; public
24transportation facilities; or freight rail facilities. The
25investigations for which any such payments are made may also be

 

 

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1conducted in cooperation with other counties, municipalities,
2the State of Illinois, the United States, other states of the
3United States, agencies of any such governments or other
4persons in pursuance of agreements to share the costs thereof
5and authority to enter into such agreements is hereby conferred
6upon counties.
7(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
 
8    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.7)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.7)
9    Sec. 5-701.7. (a) Any county board with the approval of the
10Department may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to
11pay the local or county's share of the cost of projects on the
12federal aid urban and the federal aid secondary highway systems
13in the county constructed under the provisions of the Federal
14Aid Road Act. The county board is authorized to cooperate with
15the Department in selecting these systems of federal aid
16highways to be improved.
17    (b) Any county board with the approval of the Department
18may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to pay the
19local or county's share of any project constructed under
20Section 3-104.3 of this Code.
21    (c) Any county board, with the approval of the Department,
22may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it, matching tax
23funds, or any other funds of the county for highways to pay the
24local or county's proportionate share of any federally eligible
25transportation project on, adjacent to, or intended to serve

 

 

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1county highways in the county. The county board of a county
2with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use
3motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to pay the local or
4county's proportionate share of any federally eligible
5transportation project.
6(Source: P.A. 91-315, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
7    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8)
8    Sec. 5-701.8. Any county board may also turn over a portion
9of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to: (a) a local Mass
10Transit District if the county created such District pursuant
11to the "Local Mass Transit District Act", approved July 21,
121959, as now or hereafter amended;
13    (b) a local Transit Commission if such commission is
14created pursuant to Section 14-101 of The Public Utilities Act;
15or
16    (c) the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to
17the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", approved April 12,
181945, as now or hereafter amended; .
19    (d) the Regional Transportation Authority established
20pursuant to the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
21    (e) the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional
22Transportation Authority established pursuant to the Regional
23Transportation Authority Act; or
24    (f) the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional
25Transportation Authority established pursuant to the Regional

 

 

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1Transportation Authority Act.
2(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
3    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.13)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13)
4    Sec. 5-701.13. Motor fuel tax funds; counties over 500,000.
5The county board of any county may also use motor fuel tax
6funds allotted to it for placing, erecting, and maintaining
7signs, or surface markings, or both to indicate officially
8designated bicycle routes along county highways. In addition,
9the county board of a county with a population over 500,000 may
10also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for the
11construction and maintenance of bicycle routes along county
12highways or along State highways by agreement with the
13Department. The county board of a county with a population of
141,000,000 or more inhabitants may use motor fuel tax funds
15allotted to it for the acquisition, construction, and
16maintenance of any bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
17(Source: P.A. 88-502; 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)
 
18    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.18 new)
19    Sec. 5-701.18. Public and freight rail transportation
20facilities; counties over 1,000,000. The county board in a
21county of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use motor fuel
22tax money allotted to it for the purpose of acquiring,
23constructing, maintaining, improving, or operating public or
24freight rail transportation facilities.