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SB1891 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1891

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/4-221

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a performance-based specification applicable to designs for all hot mix asphalt projects, which includes minimum criteria for balancing acceptable safety and performance characteristics. Provides that the purpose of the performance-based specification is to incentivize the use of recycled materials, lower cost alternatives, and sustainable practices. Allows the Governor to appoint 2 sustainability officers for the purpose of monitoring the advancement of green technology initiatives throughout the State. Provides that within 60 days after the completion of each fiscal year, the Department shall provide a written report of the initiatives utilized in each district or region during the previous year. Provides that the report shall include an analysis of the cost effectiveness of the initiatives and shall outline the proposed initiatives for the current year. Requires the Department to send a copy of the report to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of the Senate.


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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
5Section 4-221 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/4-221)
7    Sec. 4-221. Mix designs.
8    (a) The Department shall develop and implement a
9performance-based specification applicable to designs for all
10hot mix asphalt projects, which includes minimum criteria for
11balancing acceptable safety and performance characteristics by
12utilizing testing methods approved by the American Society for
13Testing and Materials. Within the parameters of the
14performance-based specification, it shall be the goal of the
15Department to incentivize the use of recycled materials, lower
16cost alternatives, and sustainable practices, including but
17not limited to, the use of recycled asphalt shingles, warm mix
18asphalt, and ground tire rubber. In order to monitor the
19advancement of green technology initiatives, the Governor may
20appoint or designate 2 Department "sustainability officers".
21One of the officers shall be responsible for the initiatives
22within District or Region 1, and the other officer shall be
23responsible for the initiatives throughout the remainder of the

 

 

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1State. Within 60 days after the completion of each fiscal year,
2the Department, either through its sustainability officers or
3on its own, shall provide a written report of the initiatives
4utilized in each district or region during the previous year.
5The report shall include an analysis of the cost effectiveness
6of those initiatives and shall outline the proposed initiatives
7for the current year. A copy of the report shall be sent to the
8Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and
9the President and Minority Leader of the Senate.
10    (b) To the extent allowed by federal law, the Department
11specifications shall allow the use of recycled asphalt roofing
12shingles received from facilities authorized to process
13asphalt roofing shingles for recycling into asphalt pavement in
14accordance with (i) permits issued pursuant to Section 39 of
15the Environmental Protection Act or (ii) beneficial use
16determinations issued pursuant to Section 22.54 of the
17Environmental Protection Act. In creating the mix designs used
18for construction and maintenance of State highways, it shall be
19the goal of the Department, through its specifications, to
20maximize the percentage of recycled asphalt roofing shingles
21and binder replacement and to maximize the use of recycled
22aggregates and other lowest-cost constituents in the mix so
23long as there is no detrimental impact on life-cycle costs.
24(Source: P.A. 97-314, eff. 1-1-12.)