96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4768

 

Introduced 1/11/2010, by Rep. Elaine Nekritz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the State Transportation Policy Committee. Requires the Department of Transportation, with the advice of the Committee, to develop a statewide transportation plan that meets certain requirements (now, the Department, without consultation, develops a statewide plan). Authorizes the Department to choose projects and programs for inclusion in the statewide plan. Requires selected programs and projects to be consistent with the statewide plan. Authorizes the Committee to determine by resolution whether selected programs and projects are consistent with the statewide plan. Provides for the amendment of programs that are inconsistent with the statewide plan. Requires the Department to publish statewide annual and multiyear transportation improvement programs by certain dates. Authorizes the Department to allocate certain funds for surface transportation capital programs in accordance with the annual and multiyear improvement programs. Requires each MPO to prepare and adopt regional annual and multiyear transportation improvement programs for submittal to the Department and the Committee by certain dates. Provides that the transportation improvement program the Department is required to develop under a federal law may include only projects that an MPO or the Department has prioritized for inclusion in a regional or statewide program. Provides for the public's participation in and the Committee's evaluation of the transportation planning process. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
6 Sections 2705-5 and 2705-200 and by adding Sections 2705-2,
7 2705-176, 2705-177, 2705-201, 2705-219, 2705-220, 2705-221,
8 2705-222, and 2705-223 as follows:
 
9     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-2 new)
10     Sec. 2705-2. Purpose and scope. The purpose of this Law is
11 to ensure that transportation investments in the State of
12 Illinois enhance State and local economic development and the
13 quality of life for Illinois residents. It is the intent of the
14 General Assembly to provide greater transparency, full and
15 careful consideration of investments on the merits, and
16 accountability for results that will give the public confidence
17 that tax dollars are being used effectively for transportation
18 projects and that limited funds are allocated to achieve the
19 best outcomes. To that end, all surface transportation capital
20 moneys appropriated by the State, including but not limited to,
21 appropriations from the Road Fund, the State Construction
22 Account Fund, transportation bonds, and federal funds, to the
23 extent allowed by federal law, shall be allocated based on the

 

 

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1 State and MPO plans and the annual and multiyear transportation
2 improvement programs prescribed by this Law. This Law does not
3 apply to (i) any grant programs administered by the Department
4 of Natural Resources, (ii) any funds administered by the
5 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that support
6 local transportation improvements as part of an economic
7 development project, or (iii) any moneys distributed to local
8 government entities pursuant to item (2) of subsection (e) of
9 Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
 
10     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-5)
11     Sec. 2705-5. Definitions. In this Law:
12     "Committee" means the State Transportation Policy
13 Committee established by this Law.
14     "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
15     "District" means the 9 districts of the State of Illinois
16 established by the Department for its administrative purposes
17 and statutorily authorized activities.
18     "Downstate MPO" means an MPO whose metropolitan planning
19 boundaries are entirely outside of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall,
20 Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.
21     "MPO" means a metropolitan planning organization
22 designated under 23 U.S.C. 134 whose metropolitan planning area
23 boundaries are partially or completely within the State.
24     "Project of interregional or statewide significance" means
25 a surface transportation corridor or project that links major

 

 

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1 State destinations in support of the State's economy as
2 designated by the Department with the advice of the Committee.
3     "Regional programs" means the regional annual and
4 multiyear transportation improvement programs established
5 under this Law.
6     "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
7     "Statewide programs" means the statewide annual and
8 multiyear transportation improvement programs established
9 under this Law.
10     "Surface transportation" means roadway, bridge, public
11 transportation, rail, trail, walkway, bicycle, and intermodal
12 facilities.
13     "Surface transportation capital project" or "project"
14 means a capital project for the maintenance, improvement,
15 acquisition, or new construction of surface transportation
16 facilities, including facilities or improvements ancillary to
17 surface transportation facilities.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
19     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-176 new)
20     Sec. 2705-176. State Transportation Policy Committee;
21 creation; members; terms.
22     (a) A State Transportation Policy Committee is created. The
23 Committee shall perform the duties enumerated in this Law. The
24 Committee members shall each represent the State as a whole and
25 balance the needs of urban and rural areas of the State. The

 

 

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1 Committee shall consist of 13 voting members and 8 non-voting
2 members, all of whom must be residents of the State of
3 Illinois, as follows:
4         (1) 6 members from Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake,
5     McHenry, or Will County appointed by the Chicago
6     Metropolitan Agency for Planning Board, no more than 3 of
7     whom may be members of such Board.
8         (2) 3 members appointed by the Downstate MPOs through
9     the concurrence of at least three-fifths of the
10     chairpersons of the Downstate MPOs.
11         (3) 3 members who are representatives of areas of the
12     State not within a metropolitan planning area, appointed by
13     the Governor.
14         (4) The Secretary of the Department of Transportation
15     or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chairperson
16     of the Committee.
17         (5) The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
18     Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of
19     the Senate, or the designee of each, shall be ex officio
20     non-voting members.
21         (6) The chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway
22     Authority, or his or her designee, shall be an ex officio
23     non-voting member.
24         (7) The Department's Director of Highways, Director of
25     Planning and Programming, and Director of Public and
26     Intermodal Transportation, or the designee of each, shall

 

 

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1     be ex officio non-voting members.
2     (b) The terms of the members initially appointed to the
3 Committee shall begin within 60 days after the effective date
4 of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. Appointed
5 committee members shall hold office for a term specified in
6 this subsection (b) or until successors are appointed. The
7 terms of the initial appointed committee members shall expire
8 as follows: the terms of 3 members appointed by the Chicago
9 Metropolitan Agency for Planning Board, one member appointed by
10 the Downstate MPOs, and 2 members appointed by the Governor for
11 areas of the State not within a metropolitan planning area
12 shall expire on December 31, 2011; the terms of the remaining 3
13 members appointed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
14 Planning Board, 2 members appointed by the Downstate MPOs, and
15 one member appointed by the Governor from areas of the State
16 not within a metropolitan planning area shall expire December
17 31, 2013. The successors of the initial appointed committee
18 members shall hold office for a term of 4 years. To comply with
19 this provision, the appointing authority shall specify the term
20 for each appointment.
21     (c) Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority
22 for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.
23     (d) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its
24 Committee appointments to each other appointing authority, to
25 the Committee, to the Secretary of State, and to the Secretary
26 of Transportation. Within 30 days after his or her appointment

 

 

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1 and before entering upon the duties of the office, each
2 Committee member shall take and subscribe to the constitutional
3 oath of office and file that oath with the Secretary of State.
4     (e) Members of the Committee shall serve without
5 compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the Department for
6 their travel to and from meetings and other reasonable expenses
7 in connection with meetings, if those expenses are approved by
8 the Department.
 
9     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-177 new)
10     Sec. 2705-177. Committee meetings; officers.
11     (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall convene the first
12 meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. At that time and
14 annually thereafter, the Committee shall elect one of its
15 voting members as vice-chairperson to preside in the absence of
16 the chairperson.
17     (b) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held at
18 least 3 times each year. The time and place of Committee
19 meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Committee. The
20 Committee shall be deemed a public body for purposes of the
21 Open Meetings Act. The Committee shall maintain records in
22 accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. A
23 majority of voting members of the Committee shall constitute a
24 quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting
25 members of the Committee shall be required to approve

 

 

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1 recommendations related to a State transportation plan or
2 statewide program.
3     (c) The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
4     (d) The Department shall provide staff assistance and
5 office space for the Committee. The Department shall prepare
6 all plans, reports, and documents needed to enable the
7 Committee to review and make recommendations related to the
8 statewide plans and programs and otherwise to fulfill its
9 responsibilities. The necessary expenses of the Committee
10 shall be provided through the Department.
 
11     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-200)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16)
12     Sec. 2705-200. State transportation plan Master plan;
13 reporting requirements.
14     (a) The Department, with the advice of the Committee, shall
15 has the power to develop and maintain a continuing,
16 comprehensive, and integrated planning process that shall
17 develop and periodically revise a State transportation plan
18 statewide master plan for transportation to guide program
19 development and to foster efficient and economical
20 transportation services in ground, air, water, and all other
21 modes of surface transportation throughout the State. The
22 Department shall coordinate its transportation planning
23 activities with those of other State agencies and authorities
24 and shall coordinate supervise and review any transportation
25 planning performed by other Executive agencies under the

 

 

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1 direction of the Governor. The Department shall cooperate and
2 participate with federal, regional, interstate, State, and
3 local agencies, in accordance with Sections 5-301 and 7-301 of
4 the Illinois Highway Code, and with interested private
5 individuals and organizations in the coordination of plans and
6 policies for development of the state's transportation system.
7     To meet the provisions of this Section, the Department, in
8 consultation with the Committee, shall prepare, subject to the
9 review of the Governor, publish and deliver to the Governor and
10 General Assembly by December 31, 2011 and at intervals not to
11 exceed every 5 years, January 1, 1982 and every 2 years
12 thereafter, its State transportation master plan for surface
13 transportation systems. Not less than 60 days prior to
14 submission to the Governor and General Assembly, the Department
15 shall submit the plan to the Committee. Within 30 days after
16 submission of the plan by the Department, the Committee shall
17 recommend revisions. If the Committee recommends revision of
18 the plan, the Department shall, within 30 days, either revise
19 the plan to address the Committee's recommendations or provide
20 a written explanation to the Committee for not revising the
21 plan. The Committee's recommendation and any Department
22 response thereto shall be included with the plan filed with the
23 Governor and General Assembly highway, waterway, aeronautic,
24 mass transportation, and railroad systems. The plan shall
25 identify priority subsystems or components of each system that
26 are critical to the economic and general welfare of this State

 

 

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1 regardless of public jurisdictional responsibility or private
2 ownership.
3     The State transportation plan shall set forth goals,
4 objectives, performance measures, and criteria that may
5 provide the basis for selecting projects for inclusion in the
6 annual and multiyear transportation improvement programs. It
7 may examine policies, strategies, opportunities, and
8 challenges.
9     The State transportation plan shall set forth goals and
10 objectives designed to assure the development and maintenance
11 of a comprehensive and balanced statewide transportation
12 system. Goals may include, but are not limited to, maintaining
13 a state of good repair, lowering travel times, reducing traffic
14 congestion, decreasing vehicle emissions, improving air
15 quality, protecting the environment, reducing transportation
16 costs, encouraging the effective use of pricing and other
17 demand management strategies, improving safety, encouraging
18 economic growth, supporting the greater use of alternative
19 transportation opportunities, such as walking and biking, and
20 establishing other goals that advance an adequate, efficient,
21 and coordinated transportation system.
22     The State transportation plan may establish performance
23 measures addressing the adequacy, efficiency, and coordination
24 of transportation services and the implementation of goals and
25 objectives. It may include transportation policies that
26 reflect the relationship of transportation to land use,

 

 

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1 economic development, the environment, air quality, and energy
2 consumption; foster the efficient movement of people and goods;
3 coordinate modes of transportation; coordinate planning among
4 federal agencies, State agencies, transportation agencies, and
5 local governments; and address the safety and equity of
6 transportation services. It may include priorities,
7 challenges, and strategies for improvement. The State
8 transportation plan shall incorporate the adopted regional
9 transportation plans, prepared by each MPO pursuant to Section
10 2705-201, based on the state transportation plan's criteria and
11 performance measurements.
12     The State transportation plan shall include criteria by
13 which proposals for capital improvements may be evaluated and
14 prioritized for inclusion in the statewide programs. The
15 criteria shall be designed to advance the goals and objectives
16 established in the State transportation plan. The criteria may
17 include but not be limited to the following categories:
18         (1) objective transportation criteria, such as system
19     maintenance, efficiency, safety, and intermodal
20     connectivity;
21         (2) economic development criteria, such as job
22     creation and retention, inclusion of transit oriented
23     development, and cost effectiveness;
24         (3) environmental criteria, such as reduced emissions;
25         (4) population affected by the project; and
26         (5) financial criteria, such as life-cycle cost,

 

 

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1     return on investment, effect on transportation costs, and
2     effective leveraging of private capital.
3     The State transportation plan shall include a description
4 of the criteria and performance measures developed by the
5 Department to prioritize proposals for inclusion in the
6 statewide program pursuant to subsection (c) of Section
7 2705-220.
8     The master plan shall provide particular emphasis and
9 detail of at least the 5-year period in the immediate future.
10     Annual and 5-year, or longer, project programs for each
11 State system in this Section shall be published and furnished
12 the General Assembly on the first Wednesday in April of each
13 year.
14     Identified needs included in the project programs shall be
15 listed and mapped in a distinctive fashion to clearly identify
16 the priority status of the projects: (1) projects to be
17 committed for execution; (2) tentative projects that are
18 dependent upon funding or other constraints; and (3) needed
19 projects that are not programmed due to lack of funding or
20 other constraints.
21     All projects shall be related to the priority systems of
22 the master plan, and the priority criteria identified. Cost and
23 estimated completion dates shall be included for work required
24 to complete a useable segment or component beyond the period of
25 the program.
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1 Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2012 and at
2 intervals not to exceed every 5 years thereafter a master plan
3 and 5-year program for aeronautics. on the first Wednesday in
4 April of each year a 5-year, or longer, Highway Improvement
5 Program reporting the number of fiscal years each project has
6 been on previous plans submitted by the Department.
7     (c) (Blank) The Department shall publish and deliver to the
8 Governor and the General Assembly by November 1 of each year a
9 For the Record report that shall include the following:
10         (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous
11     fiscal year listed by each Illinois Department of
12     Transportation District.
13         (2) The award cost and the beginning dates of each
14     listed project.
15 (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
16     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-201 new)
17     Sec. 2705-201. Regional transportation plans. Each MPO
18 shall develop a regional transportation plan that includes:
19         (1) Criteria by which proposals for capital
20     improvements will be evaluated for inclusion in the
21     regional programs. Each MPO may adopt the criteria listed
22     in the State transportation plan or may propose alternative
23     criteria. Alternative criteria shall be submitted to the
24     Department and Committee for review and comment. The
25     criteria shall be designed to advance the goals and

 

 

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1     objectives established by the Department's State
2     transportation plan and the MPO through its regional
3     transportation planning process.
4         (2) A description of the measurement system and process
5     the MPO will use to prioritize proposals for inclusion in
6     the regional programs.
7     The regional transportation plan shall meet all federal
8 requirements, regulations, and laws pursuant to federally
9 required metropolitan transportation plans. The regional
10 transportation plan shall be submitted to the Department upon
11 completion for incorporation, as much as practical, in the
12 State transportation plan.
 
13     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-219 new)
14     Sec. 2705-219. Program outreach; funding estimates,
15 allocation, and recommendations.
16     (a) Program Outreach. No later than September 30 of each
17 year, the Department, through each of its District offices,
18 shall hold a program development meeting open to the public
19 with all key regional and local agencies and officials to
20 review current annual and multi-year Programs, to present
21 projected information on district road and bridge conditions,
22 and to solicit input on key highway system improvements and
23 priorities. At least 5 days before holding a program
24 development meeting, notice of the meeting shall be posted on
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1 minimum, all MPOs, mass transit districts, County Highway
2 Engineers, and all municipalities outside MPO regions with
3 populations greater than 10,000 inhabitants in the District
4 jurisdiction. A record of the proceedings must be taken and
5 produced for public review. No later than November 30 of each
6 year, each district shall deliver to the committee a summary
7 analysis of the program development outreach meeting and attach
8 all written proposals, recommendations, and comments by
9 counties, municipalities, mass transit districts, other local
10 governments, MPOs, and members of the General Assembly. This
11 summary shall be included in the written record for public
12 involvement documentation as required by Federal and State law.
13     (b) Annual funding estimates. The Department, with the
14 advice of the Committee, shall annually establish a 5-year
15 estimate of all federal and State funds reasonably expected to
16 be available for surface transportation capital programs
17 during each of the following 5 fiscal years.
18     (c) System needs estimates. No later than March 1 of each
19 year, the Department shall provide the Committee with the most
20 current assessments of State highway road and bridge needs for
21 the State as a whole and for each Department district.
22     (d) Funding allocation. The Department may allocate the
23 State and federal funds estimated to be available for surface
24 transportation capital programs in accordance with the annual
25 and multiyear improvement programs prescribed by this Law, as
26 follows:

 

 

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1         (1) Any State and federal funds designated by law for
2     specific surface transportation purposes or specific
3     geographic areas shall be allocated, in accordance with
4     law, for those specific purposes or areas.
5         (2) The Department, with the advice of the Committee,
6     may for each 5-year program set percentage allocations for
7     each of the criteria in the State transportation plan.
8     Funding allocations may be based upon their percentage
9     share of need as defined by the criteria.
10     (e) Not less often than once every 2 years, the Committee
11 shall review and evaluate the funding allocations and make
12 recommendations for changes to the Department, General
13 Assembly, and the Governor.
14     (f) The Committee shall evaluate available transportation
15 funding sources and make recommendations to the Department,
16 General Assembly, and the Governor regarding the raising of
17 adequate and sustainable revenues for transportation.
 
18     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-220 new)
19     Sec. 2705-220. Annual and multiyear transportation
20 improvement programs.
21     (a) Preparation guidelines. The Department, with the
22 advice of the Committee, shall develop guidelines for
23 preparation of the regional and statewide programs.
24     (b) Statewide annual and multiyear transportation
25 improvement programs. The Department shall publish and submit

 

 

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1 to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Committee, no
2 later than April 4, 2012 and the first Wednesday of April of
3 every year thereafter, an annual and 5-year schedule of all
4 surface transportation improvement projects and their
5 anticipated costs. These schedules are designated as the
6 statewide annual and multiyear transportation improvement
7 programs. The Department shall be responsible for the planning
8 and programming of its funds for all areas of the State.
9         (1) The statewide programs shall include projects and
10     programs proposed to be funded, in whole or in part, by
11     State or federal funds and shall consist of the following:
12             (A) The Department shall choose projects for
13         inclusion. The Department, counties, municipalities,
14         mass transit districts, other local governments, MPOs,
15         and members of the General Assembly may nominate or
16         recommend projects for the statewide programs.
17             (B) The Department shall identify projects of
18         interregional or statewide significance for inclusion.
19         The Department, counties, municipalities, mass transit
20         districts, other local governments, MPOs, and members
21         of the General Assembly may nominate or recommend
22         projects of interregional or statewide significance
23         for the statewide programs.
24         (2) All projects shall be consistent with the adopted
25     State transportation plan. The Department shall
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1     objectives of the adopted State transportation plan.
2         (3) No later than 30 days after publication of the
3     surface transportation improvement program, the Committee
4     shall, by resolution, either (i) determine that the
5     statewide programs are consistent with the adopted State
6     transportation plan or (ii) determine that all or any
7     portions of the statewide programs are not consistent with
8     the adopted State transportation plan, including within
9     the resolution an explanation for any such determination.
10     Individual Committee members may prepare a written
11     statement indicating their disagreement with the
12     resolution adopted by the Committee. The Committee's
13     resolution and any written statements prepared by
14     individual members shall be published and delivered to the
15     General Assembly and the Governor with the statewide
16     programs.
17         (4) Within 30 days after the adoption of the
18     Committee's resolution pursuant to paragraph (3) of
19     subsection (b) of this Section, an MPO may amend its
20     regional program included within the statewide programs
21     for the sole purpose of addressing a Committee
22     determination that the program is not consistent with the
23     adopted State transportation plan. Within 30 days after the
24     adoption of the Committee's resolution pursuant to
25     paragraph (3), the Department may amend any portion of a
26     statewide program prepared by the Department for the sole

 

 

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1     purpose of addressing a Committee determination that such
2     portion of a program is not consistent with the adopted
3     State transportation plan. Any amendments shall be
4     published and delivered to the Committee, General
5     Assembly, and Governor.
6     (c) Regional annual and multiyear transportation
7 improvement programs. After consultation with the Department,
8 each MPO shall prepare and adopt an annual and 5-year schedule
9 of all regional transportation improvement projects and their
10 anticipated costs. These schedules shall be known as the
11 regional annual and multiyear transportation improvement
12 programs. The regional programs shall be submitted to the
13 Department and the Committee no later than August 31, 2012 and
14 August 31 of every year thereafter.
15         (1) The regional programs shall include projects and
16     programs within the MPO's jurisdiction proposed to be
17     funded, in whole or in part, by federal funds.
18         (2) Counties, municipalities, mass transit districts,
19     other local governments, the Department, and members of the
20     General Assembly may nominate or recommend the inclusion of
21     projects in the regional programs. The MPOs shall have
22     authority for determining whether any of the project
23     nominations or recommendations for federal funding are
24     accepted and included in the regional programs. This
25     authority extends only to a project located within the
26     MPO's jurisdiction.

 

 

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1         (3) Projects included in the regional programs shall be
2     consistent with the regional transportation plan adopted
3     by the MPO. The regional programs shall demonstrate how
4     projects are consistent with the State transportation
5     plans.
6         (4) Projects shall be prioritized for inclusion in the
7     programs using a measurement system and the criteria
8     established by the regional transportation plan.
9         (5) The Department shall provide assistance to MPOs in
10     preparing the regional programs, at the request of the MPO.
11     (d) Fiscal year 2012 statewide program. After consultation
12 with the MPOs, the Department shall prepare, by no later than
13 April 6, 2011, and the first Wednesday in each April
14 thereafter, an annual program of surface transportation
15 capital projects and their anticipated costs proposed for
16 funding in whole or in part from appropriations made by the
17 State for fiscal year 2012 and each year thereafter. The fiscal
18 year 2012 statewide program required by this subsection shall,
19 so much as is practicable, comply with the objectives of this
20 Law. The Committee shall review and provide comments on the
21 fiscal year 2012 statewide program by no later than 30 days
22 after the annual program publication.
 
23     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-221 new)
24     Sec. 2705-221. Inclusion in transportation improvement
25 program. The transportation improvement program the Department

 

 

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1 must develop pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 135 may include only
2 projects that have been prioritized for inclusion in a regional
3 or statewide program by an MPO or the Department pursuant to
4 this Law. It is not the intent of this Section to interfere
5 with administrative changes to the Transportation Improvement
6 Program, but only to ensure that all included projects undergo
7 the process prescribed by this Law.
 
8     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-222 new)
9     Sec. 2705-222. Public involvement and accountability.
10     (a) The Department and the Committee shall provide timely
11 and clear information and accountability to the public and
12 shall engage the public when making State transportation
13 decisions and recommendations. The Department shall elicit the
14 public's views both with respect to adequate transportation
15 services and appropriate means of minimizing the adverse
16 social, economic, environmental, and energy impacts of
17 transportation programs. All documents listed in this Law shall
18 be made publicly available for distribution in print and on the
19 Department's website.
20     (b) The Department and the Committee shall provide the
21 opportunity for public comment throughout the State prior to
22 the development and completion of the statewide transportation
23 plan and the statewide multi-year program. Public comment may
24 be solicited through various methods, including, but not
25 limited to, hearings, focus groups, surveys, and feedback on

 

 

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1 draft plans.
2     (c) The Department, in consultation with the Committee,
3 shall publish in its publication "For the Record" and deliver
4 to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1 of each
5 year a report on all modes of transportation that shall include
6 the following:
7         (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous
8     fiscal year listed by each Illinois Department of
9     Transportation District.
10         (2) The award cost and the beginning dates of each
11     listed project.
12         (3) A summary of the Department's prior-year decisions
13     in allocating transportation capital outlay appropriations
14     and identifying timely and relevant transportation issues
15     facing the State of Illinois.
16         (4) Statewide and for each district, a description of
17     any project receiving an appropriation from the General
18     Assembly that was not included in the statewide program.
19         (5) An explanation and summary of major policies and
20     decisions adopted by the Department and the recommendation
21     of the Committee during the previously completed State and
22     federal fiscal year, with an explanation of any changes in
23     policy associated with the performance of the Department's
24     duties and responsibilities over the past year.
25         (6) A review of the progress made in achieving the
26     State transportation goals.

 

 

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1         (7) Statewide and for each district, the total of
2     program accomplishments in dollars, number of miles,
3     number of bridges, and number of transit projects.
4         (8) Statewide and for each district, the current
5     condition of roadway miles and bridges for roads and
6     bridges under State jurisdiction.
7     (d) All MPOs shall publish and deliver to the Department by
8 October 1 of each year a "For the Record" report that shall
9 include the following:
10         (1) A list of all projects accomplished in the previous
11     fiscal year, their award costs, and their beginning dates.
12         (2) An explanation and summary of changes in major
13     policies, goals, objectives, performance measures and
14     criteria that were adopted by the MPO during the previous
15     fiscal year.
16         (3) A review of the progress made in achieving the
17     goals and objectives of the State transportation plan and
18     the MPO regional transportation plan.
 
19     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-223 new)
20     Sec. 2705-223. Evaluation.
21     (a) The Committee shall evaluate the effectiveness of the
22 processes and procedures established by this Law to ensure that
23 they contribute to a well-coordinated and cost-effective
24 transportation system. The Committee shall recommend changes
25 as needed to the General Assembly and the Governor.

 

 

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1     (b) Every 2 years, the Auditor General shall review the
2 performance of the Department to assure the Department is
3 meeting the requirements of this Law.
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     20 ILCS 2705/2705-2 new
4     20 ILCS 2705/2705-5
5     20 ILCS 2705/2705-176 new
6     20 ILCS 2705/2705-177 new
7     20 ILCS 2705/2705-200 was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16
8     20 ILCS 2705/2705-201 new
9     20 ILCS 2705/2705-219 new
10     20 ILCS 2705/2705-220 new
11     20 ILCS 2705/2705-221 new
12     20 ILCS 2705/2705-222 new
13     20 ILCS 2705/2705-223 new