Bill Text: IL HB4276 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that upon the occurrence of circumstances, directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19, occurring on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before June 30, 2021 (instead of December 31, 2020) which would hinder the physical recovery from an injury of an eligible employee within a one-year period, the eligible employee shall be entitled to an extension of no longer than 60 days by which he or she shall continue to be paid by the employing public entity on the same basis as he or she was paid before the injury. Amends the Chicago Police and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning line-of-duty death benefits and other death benefits, provides a rebuttable presumption that the death of a policeman or fireman from COVID-19 was a fatal injury while in active service if the policeman or fireman was exposed to and contracted COVID-19 on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before June 30, 2021 (instead of December 31, 2020). Amends the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that the rebuttable presumption that the exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 by a COVID-19 first responder or front-line worker was causally connect to the hazards or exposures of the employee's first responder or front-line work employment if the diagnosis of COVID-19 was made on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before June 30, 2021 (instead of December 31, 2020). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2021-01-13 - Passed Both Houses [HB4276 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4276-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4276 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2705/2705-615
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that supplemental funding for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program shall be set aside on a yearly basis. Provides that local matching funding shall be required according to a sliding scale based on community size, median income, and percentage of population living below the federal poverty line (rather than community site, median income, and total property tax base). Provides that at least 25% of funding shall be directed towards projects in high-need communities, based on community median income and percentage of population living below the federal poverty line (rather than community median income and total property tax base).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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 2705-615 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-615)
Sec. 2705-615. Supplemental funding; Illinois
Transportation Enhancement Program.
(a) Each year, in In addition to any other funding that may
be provided to the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program
from federal, State, or other sources, including, but not
limited to, the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside of the
Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, the Department
shall set aside $50,000,000 received by the Department from the
Road Fund for the projects in the following categories:
pedestrian and bicycle facilities and the conversion of
abandoned railroad corridors to trails.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), funds set aside
under subsection (a) shall be administered according to the
requirements of the current Guidelines Manual published by the
Department for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement
Program, including, but not limited to, decision-making by the

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Department and the applicable Metropolitan Planning
Organization and proportional fund distribution according to
population size.
(c) For projects funded under this Section:
(1) local matching funding shall be required according
to a sliding scale based on community size, median income,
and percentage of population living below the federal
poverty line total property tax base;
(2) Phase I Studies and Phase I Engineering Reports are
not required to be completed before application is made;
and
(3) at least 25% of funding shall be directed towards
projects in high-need communities, based on community
median income and percentage of population living below the
federal poverty line total property tax base.
(d) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to implement
this Section.
(e) The Department shall adhere to a 2-year funding cycle
for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program with calls
for projects at least every other year.
(f) The Department shall make all funded and unfunded the
Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program applications
publicly available upon completion of each funding cycle,
including how each application scored on the program criteria.
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; revised 7-24-19.)