Full Text of SB1680 100th General Assembly
SB1680 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1680 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 605 ILCS 5/6-901 | from Ch. 121, par. 6-901 |
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Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, in the case of funds received by a county from the Department of Transportation to be apportioned to road districts for the construction of bridges, a road district shall, in order to be eligible for the expenditure of the apportioned funds, levy taxes for road and bridge purposes under a provision in the Motor Fuel Tax Law (rather than levy taxes under certain provisions of the Illinois Highway Code). Removes a provision allowing a road district that is otherwise ineligible to receive apportioned funds due to a property tax limitation to become eligible if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6-901 as follows:
| 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-901) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-901)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-901.
Annually, the General Assembly shall | 8 | | appropriate to the
Department of Transportation from the road | 9 | | fund, the general revenue
fund, any other State funds or a | 10 | | combination of those funds, $15,000,000
for apportionment to | 11 | | counties for the use of road districts for the
construction of | 12 | | bridges 20 feet or more in length, as provided in
Sections | 13 | | 6-902 through 6-905.
| 14 | | The Department of Transportation shall apportion among the | 15 | | several
counties of this State for the use of road districts | 16 | | the amounts
appropriated under this Section. The amount | 17 | | apportioned to a county
shall be in the proportion which the | 18 | | total mileage of township or
district roads in the county bears | 19 | | to the total mileage of all township
and district roads in the | 20 | | State. To be eligible for the expenditure of the apportioned | 21 | | funds, a road district shall levy taxes for road and bridge | 22 | | purposes under Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Each county | 23 | | shall allocate to the
several road districts in the county the |
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| 1 | | funds so apportioned to the
county. The allocation to road | 2 | | districts shall be made in the same
manner and be subject to | 3 | | the same conditions and qualifications as are
provided by | 4 | | Section 8 of the "Motor Fuel Tax Law", approved March 25,
1929, | 5 | | as amended, with respect to the allocation to road districts of
| 6 | | the amount allotted from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for | 7 | | apportionment to
counties for the use of road districts, but no | 8 | | allocation shall be made
to any road district that has not | 9 | | levied taxes for road and bridge
purposes and for bridge | 10 | | construction purposes at the maximum rates
permitted by | 11 | | Sections 6-501, 6-508 and 6-512 of this Act, without
| 12 | | referendum. "Road district" and "township or district road" | 13 | | have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in this Act.
| 14 | | Road districts in counties in which a property tax | 15 | | extension limitation is
imposed under the Property Tax | 16 | | Extension Limitation Law that are made
ineligible for receipt | 17 | | of this appropriation due to the imposition of a
property tax | 18 | | extension limitation may become eligible if, at the time the
| 19 | | property tax extension limitation was imposed, the road | 20 | | district was levying at
the required rate and continues to levy | 21 | | the maximum allowable amount
after the imposition of the | 22 | | property tax extension limitation. The road
district
also | 23 | | becomes
eligible if it levies at or above the rate required for | 24 | | eligibility by Section
8 of the
Motor Fuel Tax Law.
| 25 | | The amounts apportioned under this Section for allocation | 26 | | to road
districts may be used only for bridge construction as |
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| 1 | | provided in this
Division. So much of those amounts as are not | 2 | | obligated under Sections
6-902 through 6-904 and for which | 3 | | local funds have not been committed
under Section 6-905 within | 4 | | 48 months of the date
when such apportionment is
made lapses | 5 | | and shall not be paid to the county treasurer for
distribution | 6 | | to road districts .
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-366, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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