Bill Text: IL HB1283 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall certify United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor management boards regulated under the federal Labor Management Relations Act as able to teach, train, and test their own members for any quality assurance and quality control certifications required by the Department. Provides that the Department shall make all course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the instructors of programs available without charge. Provides that the Department shall bear the cost of administering required testing, and that the Department or any third party it uses to administer the testing shall provide testers upon 10 days notice. Provides that if testers are not provided by the Department or third party, the apprenticeship program may provide its own testers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1283 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1283-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1283 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2705/2705-215 was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall certify United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor management boards regulated under the federal Labor Management Relations Act as able to teach, train, and test their own members for any quality assurance and quality control certifications required by the Department. Provides that the Department shall make all course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the instructors of programs available without charge. Provides that the Department shall bear the cost of administering required testing, and that the Department or any third party it uses to administer the testing shall provide testers upon 10 days notice. Provides that if testers are not provided by the Department or third party, the apprenticeship program may provide its own testers. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
Section 2705-215 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-215) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27)
Sec. 2705-215. Cooperative utilization of equipment and
services of governmental entities and not-for-profit
organizations for the transportation needs in public service
programs.
(a) The Department is directed to encourage and assist
governmental entities, not-for-profit corporations, and
nonprofit community service associations, between or among
themselves, in the development of reasonable utilization of
transportation equipment and operational service in satisfying
the general and specialized public transportation needs.
The Department shall develop and encourage cooperative
development, among all entities, of programs promoting
efficient service and conservation of capital investment and
energy and shall assist all entities in achieving their goals
and in their applications for transportation grants under
appropriate State or federal programs.

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(b) Implementation of cooperative programs is to be
developed within the meaning of the provisions of the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. In the circumstances of
nongovernmental entities, the Department shall be guided by
that Act and any other State law in encouraging the cooperative
programs between those entities.
(c) The Department shall report to the members of the
General Assembly, by March 1 of each year, its successes,
failures and progress in achieving the intent of this Section.
The report shall also include identification of problems as
well as the Department's recommendations.
(d) The Department shall certify United States Department
of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor
management boards regulated under the Labor Management
Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 141 et seq., as able to teach, train,
and test their own members for any quality assurance and
quality control certifications required by the Department.
The Department shall make available, without charge, all
course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the
instructors of courses described by this subsection (d).
The Department may administer any testing or use a third
party to administer any testing. Any cost of administering the
testing by the Department or a third party shall be born by the
Department.
If the Department chooses to administer the testing or use
a third party to administer the testing, the Department or

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third party shall provide testers upon being given 10 days
notice. If the Department or third party does not provide
testers, the apprenticeship program may provide its own
testers.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.