102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1944

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Tony McCombie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
620 ILCS 5/38.01  from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.38a

    Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Provides that language allowing the disbursement of certain federal funds by corporate authorities applies to an airport authority with responsibility over an airport that carried out 20,000 or more flight operations in any calendar year prior to 2020, in addition to any municipality or any political subdivision of more than 500,000 inhabitants.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Aeronautics Act is amended by
5changing Section 38.01 as follows:
 
6    (620 ILCS 5/38.01)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.38a)
7    Sec. 38.01. Project applications.
8    (a) No municipality or political subdivision in this
9state, whether acting alone or jointly with another
10municipality or political subdivision or with the state, shall
11submit any project application under the provisions of the
12Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, or any amendment
13thereof, unless the project and the project application have
14been first approved by the Department. No such municipality or
15political subdivision shall directly accept, receive, or
16disburse any funds granted by the United States under the
17Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, but it shall
18designate the Department as its agent to accept, receive, and
19disburse such funds, provided, however, nothing in this
20Section shall be construed to prohibit any municipality or any
21political subdivision of more than 500,000 inhabitants, or any
22airport authority with responsibility over an airport that
23carried out 20,000 or more flight operations in any calendar

 

 

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1year prior to 2020, from disbursing such funds through its
2corporate authorities. It shall enter into an agreement with
3the Department prescribing the terms and conditions of such
4agency in accordance with federal laws, rules and regulations
5and applicable laws of this state. This subsection (a) does
6not apply to any project application submitted in connection
7with the O'Hare Modernization Program as defined in Section 10
8of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
9    (b) The City of Chicago may submit a project application
10under the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act
11of 1982, as now or hereafter amended, or any other federal law
12providing for airport planning or development, if the
13application is submitted in connection with the O'Hare
14Modernization Program as defined in Section 10 of the O'Hare
15Modernization Act, and the City may directly accept, receive,
16and disburse any such funds.
17(Source: P.A. 92-341, eff. 8-10-01; 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)