97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1258

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.168  from Ch. 127, par. 141.168
30 ILCS 105/5.786 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-87 new
30 ILCS 105/8.3  from Ch. 127, par. 144.3
35 ILCS 505/8  from Ch. 120, par. 424
605 ILCS 5/2-221 new
605 ILCS 5/2-222 new
605 ILCS 5/5-701.8  from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8
605 ILCS 5/7-202.14  from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.14

    Amends the State Finance Act. Changes the name of the State Rail Freight Loan Repayment Fund to the State Rail Freight Fund. Creates the Building Our Economy Transportation Fund. Provides that money in the Road Fund shall be used for public transportation and for the payment of debts incurred in construction of public transportation facilities. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that an amount of the motor fuel tax shall be deposited into the Building Our Economy Transportation Fund. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a county board or municipality may use motor fuel tax money for construction of public transportation facilities. Effective immediately.


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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 State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Sections 5.168 and 8.3 and by adding Sections 5.786 and 6z-87
6as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 105/5.168)  (from Ch. 127, par. 141.168)
8    Sec. 5.168. The State Rail Freight Loan Repayment Fund. On
9the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
10Assembly, the name of the State Rail Freight Loan Repayment
11Fund is changed to the State Rail Freight Fund. References in
12any law, appropriation, rule, form, or other document to the
13State Rail Freight Loan Repayment Fund are deemed, in
14appropriate contexts, to be references to the State Rail
15Freight Fund for all purposes.
16(Source: P.A. 84-111; 84-292; 84-1308.)
 
17    (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
18    Sec. 5.786. The Building Our Economy Transportation Fund.
 
19    (30 ILCS 105/6z-87 new)
20    Sec. 6z-87. The Building Our Economy Transportation Fund;
21creation; uses. The Building Our Economy Transportation Fund is

 

 

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1established in order to relieve congestion, provide better
2access to jobs, and improve freight traffic in order to
3increase economic development throughout the State by
4investing in public transportation and freight improvements.
5Money in the Building Our Economy Transportation Fund shall be
6apportioned as follows:
7        (1) 50% to be used for public transportation throughout
8    the State, distributed to the Public Transportation Fund,
9    the Downstate Public Transportation Fund, and the
10    Metro-East Public Transportation Fund as follows: (i) the
11    Public Transportation Fund shall receive an allotment in
12    proportion to which the total ridership of the Regional
13    Transportation Authority bears to the total ridership of
14    all mass transit districts in the State; (ii) the Downstate
15    Public Transportation Fund shall receive an allotment in
16    proportion to which the total ridership of participants in
17    the Downstate Public Transportation Act, excluding any
18    Metro-East Transit District participant, bears to the
19    total ridership of all mass transit districts in the State;
20    (iii) the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund shall
21    receive an allotment in proportion to which the total
22    ridership of participants in the Metro-East Transit
23    District bears to the total ridership of all mass transit
24    districts in the State.
25        (2) 50% to be used for freight improvements throughout
26    the State. Prior to the establishment of a State Freight

 

 

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1    Authority, the money shall be distributed as follows: (i)
2    50% transferred to the Illinois Department of
3    Transportation to be used for competitive grants to any
4    unit of local government, private company, or
5    not-for-profit organization to rehabilitate, improve, or
6    construct highway or intermodal freight facilities or
7    facilities that will reduce conflict between freight,
8    passenger vehicles, and pedestrians and (ii) 50% deposited
9    into the State Rail Freight Fund to be used for loans and
10    grants to rehabilitate, improve, or construct freight rail
11    facilities. Upon the establishment of a State Freight
12    Authority, the money shall be transferred to the State
13    Freight Authority and shall be used for loans and
14    competitive grants to any unit of local government, private
15    company, or not-for-profit organization to rehabilitate,
16    improve, or construct freight facilities or facilities
17    that will reduce conflict between freight, passenger
18    vehicles, and pedestrians.
19        (c) The disbursement of any moneys under this Section
20    may not reduce any amount to be appropriated to a
21    municipality, county, or transit district under any
22    statutory program.
 
23    (30 ILCS 105/8.3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
24    Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
25State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the

 

 

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1construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
2the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
3and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
4and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
5after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
6indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
7        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
8    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
9    of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
10    Code; and
11        secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
12    Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
13    improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
14    administration of highways in accordance with the
15    provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
16    related or incident to and connected therewith, including
17    the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
18    and with highways and including the payment of awards made
19    by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the
20    terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
21    Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
22    employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
23    Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
24    erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the
25    acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
26    to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway

 

 

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1    needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
2    estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
3    flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
4    to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
5    and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
6    materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
7    connections shut off from general public use at military
8    and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
9    the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
10    be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
11    the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
12    highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
13    highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating
14    expenses of the Department relating to the administration
15    of public transportation programs; or for any of those
16    purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law.
17        thirdly -- for expenses of the Department of
18    Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
19    improvement, repair, and maintenance of public
20    transportation, passenger rail, bicycle and pedestrian
21    facilities, and facilities that will promote and provide
22    access to public transportation, passenger rail, and
23    bicycle and pedestrian ways, in accordance with the
24    provisions of law relating thereto, or for any purpose
25    related or incident to and connected therewith; or for the
26    acquisition of land and the erection of buildings for these

 

 

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1    purposes, including the acquisition of public
2    transportation, passenger rail, bicycle, and pedestrian
3    rights-of-way or for investigations to determine the
4    reasonably anticipated future public transportation,
5    passenger rail, bicycle, and pedestrian needs. The
6    expenses may include, but are not limited to bus lanes,
7    transit signal prioritization programs, bicycle lanes, and
8    pedestrian walkways.
9    Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
10the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
11Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
12are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
13vehicles.
14    Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
15Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
16or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
17operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
18appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
19eligible for federal reimbursement;
20        1. Department of Public Health;
21        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
22    subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
23    Reduced Fare for Elderly;
24        3. Department of Central Management Services, except
25    for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of
26    appropriate personnel;

 

 

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1        4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
2    Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
3Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
4or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
5operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
6appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
7eligible for federal reimbursement:
8        1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures
9    with respect to the Division of Operations;
10        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
11    Intercity Rail Subsidies and Rail Freight Services.
12    Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
13Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
14or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
15operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
16appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
17eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central
18Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois
19Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
20Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
21Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
22Highways in the Department of Transportation.
23    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
24Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
25or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
26operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon

 

 

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1appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
2eligible for federal reimbursement:
3        1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40%
4    of the funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;
5        2. State Officers.
6    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
7Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
8of State government for administration, grants, or operations
9except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
10restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund
11monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It shall
12not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation limitations
13by governmental reorganization or other methods.
14Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
15accordance with the provisions of this Section.
16    Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
17Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of
18permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
19paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
20and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
21payable as provided in the Transportation Bond Act, and for no
22other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the
23payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness
24then annually due shall be used as follows:
25        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
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1        secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
2    excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
3    operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
4    fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
5    appropriated or expended other than for costs of
6    administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
7    license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
8    thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
9    Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
10    operating expenses of the Department relating to the
11    administration of public transportation programs, payment
12    of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
13    reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
14    of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
15    reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
16    public highways and bridges under the direction and
17    supervision of the State, political subdivision, or
18    municipality collecting those monies, and the costs for
19    patrolling and policing the public highways (by State,
20    political subdivision, or municipality collecting that
21    money) for enforcement of traffic laws, and payment of
22    debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
23    reconstruction of public transportation, passenger rail,
24    bicycle and pedestrian facilities and acquisition of
25    rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
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1    transportation, passenger rail, bicycle and pedestrian
2    facilities, and facilities that will promote and provide
3    access to public transportation, passenger rail, and
4    bicycle and pedestrian ways. The separation of grades of
5    such highways with railroads and costs associated with
6    protection of at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall
7    also be permissible.
8    Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
9the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided
10in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
11    Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal
12year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
13appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
14of this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road
15Fund appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise
16provided in Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003,
172004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be
18appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
19of this Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008
20only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the
21Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in
22excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund
23monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police
24for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000.
25Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
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1lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
2governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise
3provided in Section 5g of this Act.
4    In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
5appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this
6Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
7appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
8plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
9limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
10other method.
11    Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
12Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for
13the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year
141994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for
15those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
16limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
17other methods.
18    Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund
19appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
20this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
21following fiscal years:
22    Fiscal Year 2000$80,500,000;
23    Fiscal Year 2001$80,500,000;
24    Fiscal Year 2002$80,500,000;
25    Fiscal Year 2003$130,500,000;
26    Fiscal Year 2004$130,500,000;

 

 

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1    Fiscal Year 2005$130,500,000;
2    Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
3    Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;
4    Fiscal Year 2008$130,500,000;
5    Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000.
6    For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
7appropriated to the Secretary of State.
8    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund
9shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the
10exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees
11related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless
12otherwise provided for by law.
13    It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
14appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
15methods.
16    No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
17thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
18by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as
19appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.
20    Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
21Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of
22this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by
23this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
24    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this
25Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
26shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund

 

 

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1in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
2Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
3generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
4government.
5    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
6Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
7Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
8shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
9in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
10Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
11generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
12government.
13(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08;
1496-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
15    Section 10. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
16Section 8 as follows:
 
17    (35 ILCS 505/8)  (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
18    Sec. 8. Except as provided in Section 8a, subdivision
19(h)(1) of Section 12a, Section 13a.6, and items 13, 14, 15, and
2016 of Section 15, all money received by the Department under
21this Act, including payments made to the Department by member
22jurisdictions participating in the International Fuel Tax
23Agreement, shall be deposited in a special fund in the State
24treasury, to be known as the "Motor Fuel Tax Fund", and shall

 

 

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1be used as follows:
2    (a) 2 1/2 cents per gallon of the tax collected on special
3fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a of this
4Act shall be transferred to the State Construction Account Fund
5in the State Treasury;
6    (b) $420,000 shall be transferred each month to the State
7Boating Act Fund to be used by the Department of Natural
8Resources for the purposes specified in Article X of the Boat
9Registration and Safety Act;
10    (c) $3,500,000 shall be transferred each month to the Grade
11Crossing Protection Fund to be used as follows: not less than
12$12,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the construction
13or reconstruction of rail highway grade separation structures;
14$2,250,000 in fiscal years 2004 through 2009 and $3,000,000 in
15fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be
16transferred to the Transportation Regulatory Fund and shall be
17accounted for as part of the rail carrier portion of such funds
18and shall be used to pay the cost of administration of the
19Illinois Commerce Commission's railroad safety program in
20connection with its duties under subsection (3) of Section
2118c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, with the remainder to be
22used by the Department of Transportation upon order of the
23Illinois Commerce Commission, to pay that part of the cost
24apportioned by such Commission to the State to cover the
25interest of the public in the use of highways, roads, streets,
26or pedestrian walkways in the county highway system, township

 

 

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1and district road system, or municipal street system as defined
2in the Illinois Highway Code, as the same may from time to time
3be amended, for separation of grades, for installation,
4construction or reconstruction of crossing protection or
5reconstruction, alteration, relocation including construction
6or improvement of any existing highway necessary for access to
7property or improvement of any grade crossing and grade
8crossing surface including the necessary highway approaches
9thereto of any railroad across the highway or public road, or
10for the installation, construction, reconstruction, or
11maintenance of a pedestrian walkway over or under a railroad
12right-of-way, as provided for in and in accordance with Section
1318c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Commission may order
14up to $2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund
15moneys for the improvement of grade crossing surfaces and up to
16$300,000 per year for the maintenance and renewal of 4-quadrant
17gate vehicle detection systems located at non-high speed rail
18grade crossings. The Commission shall not order more than
19$2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund moneys
20for pedestrian walkways. In entering orders for projects for
21which payments from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund will be
22made, the Commission shall account for expenditures authorized
23by the orders on a cash rather than an accrual basis. For
24purposes of this requirement an "accrual basis" assumes that
25the total cost of the project is expended in the fiscal year in
26which the order is entered, while a "cash basis" allocates the

 

 

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1cost of the project among fiscal years as expenditures are
2actually made. To meet the requirements of this subsection, the
3Illinois Commerce Commission shall develop annual and 5-year
4project plans of rail crossing capital improvements that will
5be paid for with moneys from the Grade Crossing Protection
6Fund. The annual project plan shall identify projects for the
7succeeding fiscal year and the 5-year project plan shall
8identify projects for the 5 directly succeeding fiscal years.
9The Commission shall submit the annual and 5-year project plans
10for this Fund to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
11Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of
12Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
13Representatives on the first Wednesday in April of each year;
14    (c-5) a minimum of 50% of any amount of the motor fuel tax
15above 19 cents per gallon of motor fuel and 21.5 cents per
16gallon of diesel fuel shall be deposited into the Building Our
17Economy Transportation Fund and apportioned according to
18Section 6z-87 of the State Finance Act;
19    (d) of the amount remaining after allocations provided for
20in subsections (a), (b), and (c), and (c-5), a sufficient
21amount shall be reserved to pay all of the following:
22        (1) the costs of the Department of Revenue in
23    administering this Act;
24        (2) the costs of the Department of Transportation in
25    performing its duties imposed by the Illinois Highway Code
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1    to municipalities, counties and road districts;
2        (3) refunds provided for in Section 13, refunds for
3    overpayment of decal fees paid under Section 13a.4 of this
4    Act, and refunds provided for under the terms of the
5    International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section
6    14a;
7        (4) from October 1, 1985 until June 30, 1994, the
8    administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,
9    which amount shall be certified monthly by the
10    Environmental Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
11    and shall promptly be transferred by the State Comptroller
12    and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the Vehicle
13    Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1, 1994 through
14    June 30, 2000, one-twelfth of $25,000,000 each month, for
15    the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, one-twelfth
16    of $30,000,000 each month, and $15,000,000 on July 1, 2003,
17    and $15,000,000 on January 1, 2004, and $15,000,000 on each
18    July 1 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be
19    practical, during the period July 1, 2004 through June 30,
20    2011, for the administration of the Vehicle Emissions
21    Inspection Law of 2005, to be transferred by the State
22    Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund into
23    the Vehicle Inspection Fund;
24        (5) amounts ordered paid by the Court of Claims; and
25        (6) payment of motor fuel use taxes due to member
26    jurisdictions under the terms of the International Fuel Tax

 

 

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1    Agreement. The Department shall certify these amounts to
2    the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month; the
3    Comptroller shall cause orders to be drawn for such
4    amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
5    on or before the last day of each month;
6    (e) after allocations for the purposes set forth in
7subsections (a), (b), (c), (c-5), and (d), the remaining amount
8shall be apportioned as follows:
9        (1) Until January 1, 2000, 58.4%, and beginning January
10    1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
11            (A) 37% into the State Construction Account Fund,
12        and
13            (B) 63% into the Road Fund, $1,250,000 of which
14        shall be reserved each month for the Department of
15        Transportation to be used in accordance with the
16        provisions of Sections 6-901 through 6-906 of the
17        Illinois Highway Code;
18        (2) Until January 1, 2000, 41.6%, and beginning January
19    1, 2000, 54.4% shall be transferred to the Department of
20    Transportation to be distributed as follows:
21            (A) 49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
22            (B) 16.74% to the counties of the State having
23        1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
24            (C) 18.27% to the counties of the State having less
25        than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
26            (D) 15.89% to the road districts of the State.

 

 

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1    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
2Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
3its share of the amount apportioned to the several
4municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
5of such municipalities as determined by the last preceding
6municipal census if conducted by the Federal Government or
7Federal census. If territory is annexed to any municipality
8subsequent to the time of the last preceding census the
9corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
10to be taken of such annexed territory and the population so
11ascertained for such territory shall be added to the population
12of the municipality as determined by the last preceding census
13for the purpose of determining the allotment for that
14municipality. If the population of any municipality was not
15determined by the last Federal census preceding any
16apportionment, the apportionment to such municipality shall be
17in accordance with any census taken by such municipality. Any
18municipal census used in accordance with this Section shall be
19certified to the Department of Transportation by the clerk of
20such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be subject to
21approval of the Department which may make such corrections as
22it ascertains to be necessary.
23    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
24Department of Transportation shall allot to each county its
25share of the amount apportioned to the several counties of the
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1counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall be in
2proportion to the amount of motor vehicle license fees received
3from the residents of such counties, respectively, during the
4preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State shall, on or
5before April 15 of each year, transmit to the Department of
6Transportation a full and complete report showing the amount of
7motor vehicle license fees received from the residents of each
8county, respectively, during the preceding calendar year. The
9Department of Transportation shall, each month, use for
10allotment purposes the last such report received from the
11Secretary of State.
12    As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the
13Department of Transportation shall allot to the several
14counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
15road districts. The allotment shall be apportioned among the
16several counties in the State in the proportion which the total
17mileage of township or district roads in the respective
18counties bears to the total mileage of all township and
19district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
20counties for the use of road districts therein shall be
21allocated to the several road districts in the county in the
22proportion which the total mileage of such township or district
23roads in the respective road districts bears to the total
24mileage of all such township or district roads in the county.
25After July 1 of any year prior to 2011, no allocation shall be
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1bridge purposes in an amount which will require the extension
2of such tax against the taxable property in any such road
3district at a rate of not less than either .08% of the value
4thereof, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
5prior to the year in which such tax was levied and as equalized
6by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
7equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
8jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less. Beginning
9July 1, 2011 and each July 1 thereafter, an allocation shall be
10made for any road district if it levied a tax for road and
11bridge purposes. In counties other than DuPage County, if the
12amount of the tax levy requires the extension of the tax
13against the taxable property in the road district at a rate
14that is less than 0.08% of the value thereof, based upon the
15assessment for the year immediately prior to the year in which
16the tax was levied and as equalized by the Department of
17Revenue, then the amount of the allocation for that road
18district shall be a percentage of the maximum allocation equal
19to the percentage obtained by dividing the rate extended by the
20district by 0.08%. In DuPage County, if the amount of the tax
21levy requires the extension of the tax against the taxable
22property in the road district at a rate that is less than the
23lesser of (i) 0.08% of the value of the taxable property in the
24road district, based upon the assessment for the year
25immediately prior to the year in which such tax was levied and
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1will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per mile of road under
2the jurisdiction of the road district, then the amount of the
3allocation for the road district shall be a percentage of the
4maximum allocation equal to the percentage obtained by dividing
5the rate extended by the district by the lesser of (i) 0.08% or
6(ii) the rate that will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per
7mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district.
8    Prior to 2011, if any road district has levied a special
9tax for road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and
106-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax was levied in
11an amount which would require extension at a rate of not less
12than .08% of the value of the taxable property thereof, as
13equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
14DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
15mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
16whichever is less, such levy shall, however, be deemed a proper
17compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
18district for an allotment under this Section. Beginning in 2011
19and thereafter, if any road district has levied a special tax
20for road purposes under Sections 6-601, 6-602, and 6-603 of the
21Illinois Highway Code, and the tax was levied in an amount that
22would require extension at a rate of not less than 0.08% of the
23value of the taxable property of that road district, as
24equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue or, in
25DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
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1whichever is less, that levy shall be deemed a proper
2compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
3district for a full, rather than proportionate, allotment under
4this Section. If the levy for the special tax is less than
50.08% of the value of the taxable property, or, in DuPage
6County if the levy for the special tax is less than the lesser
7of (i) 0.08% or (ii) $12,000 per mile of road under the
8jurisdiction of the road district, and if the levy for the
9special tax is more than any other levy for road and bridge
10purposes, then the levy for the special tax qualifies the road
11district for a proportionate, rather than full, allotment under
12this Section. If the levy for the special tax is equal to or
13less than any other levy for road and bridge purposes, then any
14allotment under this Section shall be determined by the other
15levy for road and bridge purposes.
16    Prior to 2011, if a township has transferred to the road
17and bridge fund money which, when added to the amount of any
18tax levy of the road district would be the equivalent of a tax
19levy requiring extension at a rate of at least .08%, or, in
20DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
21mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
22whichever is less, such transfer, together with any such tax
23levy, shall be deemed a proper compliance with this Section and
24shall qualify the road district for an allotment under this
25Section.
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1imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, road
2districts may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel tax
3allotment or, beginning in 2011, their entitlement to a full
4allotment if, at the time the property tax extension limitation
5was imposed, the road district was levying a road and bridge
6tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a motor fuel tax
7allotment and continues to levy the maximum allowable amount
8after the imposition of the property tax extension limitation.
9Any road district may in all circumstances retain its
10entitlement to a motor fuel tax allotment or, beginning in
112011, its entitlement to a full allotment if it levied a road
12and bridge tax in an amount that will require the extension of
13the tax against the taxable property in the road district at a
14rate of not less than 0.08% of the assessed value of the
15property, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
16preceding the year in which the tax was levied and as equalized
17by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
18equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
19jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less.
20    As used in this Section the term "road district" means any
21road district, including a county unit road district, provided
22for by the Illinois Highway Code; and the term "township or
23district road" means any road in the township and district road
24system as defined in the Illinois Highway Code. For the
25purposes of this Section, "township or district road" also
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1preserve districts and conservation districts. The Department
2of Transportation shall determine the mileage of all township
3and district roads for the purposes of making allotments and
4allocations of motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
5    Payment of motor fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
6counties shall be made as soon as possible after the allotment
7is made. The treasurer of the municipality or county may invest
8these funds until their use is required and the interest earned
9by these investments shall be limited to the same uses as the
10principal funds.
11(Source: P.A. 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-45,
12eff. 7-15-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
1396-1024, eff. 7-12-10; 96-1384, eff. 7-29-10; revised 9-2-10.)
 
14    Section 15. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
15changing Sections 5-701.8 and 7-202.14 and by adding Sections
162-221 and 2-222 as follows:
 
17    (605 ILCS 5/2-221 new)
18    Sec. 2-221. Public transportation. "Public transportation"
19means transportation of passengers by means, without
20limitation, of a street railway, elevated railway or guideway,
21subway, motor vehicle, motor bus, or any bus or other means of
22conveyance operating as a common carrier within the regional
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1    (605 ILCS 5/2-222 new)
2    Sec. 2-222. Public transportation system. "Public
3transportation system" means a combination of real and personal
4property, structures, improvements, buildings, equipment,
5plants, vehicle parking, or other facilities and
6rights-of-way, or any combination thereof, used or useful for
7the purposes of public transportation.
 
8    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8)
9    Sec. 5-701.8. Any county board may also turn over a portion
10of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to: (a) a local Mass
11Transit District if the county created such District pursuant
12to the "Local Mass Transit District Act", approved July 21,
131959, as now or hereafter amended;
14    (b) a local Transit Commission if such commission is
15created pursuant to Section 14-101 of The Public Utilities Act;
16or
17    (c) the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to
18the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", approved April 12,
191945, as now or hereafter amended.
20    Any county board may also use any motor fuel tax money
21allotted to it for construction, reconstruction, improvement,
22repair, and maintenance of, and payment of debts and
23liabilities incurred in construction and reconstruction of, a
24public transportation system or other transportation system,
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1public transportation, passenger rail, ferry, aviation,
2bicycle, and walking.
3(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
4    (605 ILCS 5/7-202.14)  (from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.14)
5    Sec. 7-202.14. Any municipality may by ordinance of the
6corporate authorities turn over a portion of its allotment to:
7    (a) a local Mass Transit District if the municipality
8created such a District pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit
9District Act", approved July 21, 1959, as now or hereafter
10amended;
11    (b) a local Transit Commission if the municipality
12established such commission pursuant to Section 14-101 of The
13Public Utilities Act; or
14    (c) the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to
15the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", approved April 12,
161945, as now or hereafter amended.
17    Any municipality may, by ordinance of the corporate
18authorities, use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it for
19construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, and
20maintenance of, and payment of debts and liabilities incurred
21in construction and reconstruction of, a public transportation
22system or other transportation system, or for facilities that
23will promote and enhance travel by public transportation,
24passenger rail, ferry, aviation, bicycle, and walking.
25(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.