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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task
5Force on Sustainable Transportation Funding Act.
 
6    Section 5. Task Force on Sustainable Transportation
7Funding. There is created the Task Force on Sustainable
8Transportation Funding, to be comprised of the following
9members, with an emphasis on bipartisan and statewide
10legislative representation and diverse non-legislative
11stakeholder representation:
12        (1) one member of the Illinois House of Representatives
13    and 2 members of the public who represent the
14    transportation industry, the Illinois transportation
15    research community, or national research and policy-making
16    bodies appointed by the Speaker of the House of
17    Representatives;
18        (2) one member of the Illinois Senate and 2 members of
19    the public who represent the transportation industry, the
20    Illinois transportation research community, or national
21    research and policy-making bodies appointed by the
22    President of the Senate;
23        (3) one member of the Illinois House of Representatives

 

 

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1    and 2 members of the public who represent the
2    transportation industry, the Illinois transportation
3    research community, or national research and policy-making
4    bodies appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
5    Representatives;
6        (4) one member of the Illinois Senate and 2 members of
7    the public who represent the transportation industry, the
8    Illinois transportation research community, or national
9    research and policy-making bodies appointed by the
10    Minority Leader of the Senate;
11        (5) one member who is currently employed by the
12    Illinois Department of Transportation appointed by the
13    Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation;
14    and
15        (6) one member who is currently employed by the
16    Illinois Department of Revenue appointed by the Director of
17    the Illinois Department of Revenue.
 
18    Section 10. Membership; voting rights.
19    (a) The Task Force shall serve without compensation.
20    (b) The members of the Task Force shall be considered
21members with voting rights. A quorum of the Task Force shall
22consist of a simple majority of the members of the Task Force.
23All actions and recommendations of the Task Force must be
24approved by a simple majority vote of the members.
25    (c) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days after the

 

 

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1effective date of this Act. The Task Force shall elect one
2member as chairperson at its initial meeting through a simple
3majority vote of the Task Force and shall thereafter meet at
4the call of the chairperson.
5    (d) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall
6provide administrative and other support to the Task Force.
 
7    Section 15. Duties; report.
8    (a) The Task Force shall:
9        (1) analyze the current trends between the
10    infrastructure needs of Illinois and the revenue received
11    from federal and State gas taxes and the level of highway
12    and road investment that would reduce congestion, keep
13    Illinois' economy competitive, and keep drivers safe;
14        (2) research and recommend possible alterations and
15    alternatives for how to modernize the State of Illinois'
16    system of financing maintenance, improvements, and
17    expansion of its public infrastructure systems, including,
18    but not limited to, best practices in other states,
19    user-based alternatives, or other equitable and
20    sustainable methods for funding transportation;
21        (3) make recommendations to the Department of
22    Transportation regarding how to implement possible
23    alterations or alternatives; and
24        (4) submit a report of its findings and recommendations
25    to the General Assembly by June 1, 2015.
 

 

 

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1    Section 30. Repealer. This Act is repealed on January 1,
22016.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.