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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| 5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sections 2705-5 and 2705-200 and by adding Sections 2705-2, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2705-176, 2705-177, 2705-201, 2705-219, 2705-220, 2705-221, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 2705-222, and 2705-223 as follows:
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| 9 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-2 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sec. 2705-2. Purpose and scope. The purpose of this Law is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | to ensure that transportation investments in the State of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Illinois enhance State and local economic development and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | quality of life for Illinois residents. It is the intent of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | General Assembly to provide greater transparency, full and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | careful consideration of investments on the merits, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | accountability for results that will give the public confidence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | that tax dollars are being used effectively for transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | projects and that limited funds are allocated to achieve the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | best outcomes. To that end, all surface transportation capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | moneys appropriated by the State, including but not limited to, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | appropriations from the Road Fund, the State Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Account Fund, transportation bonds, and federal funds, to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | extent allowed by federal law, shall be allocated based on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | State and MPO plans and the annual and multiyear transportation | ||||||
| 2 | improvement programs prescribed by this Law. This Law does not | ||||||
| 3 | apply to (i) any grant programs administered by the Department | ||||||
| 4 | of Natural Resources, (ii) any funds administered by the | ||||||
| 5 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that support | ||||||
| 6 | local transportation improvements as part of an economic | ||||||
| 7 | development project, or (iii) any moneys distributed to local | ||||||
| 8 | government entities pursuant to item (2) of subsection (e) of | ||||||
| 9 | Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
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| 10 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-5)
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| 11 | Sec. 2705-5. Definitions. In this Law:
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| 12 | "Committee" means the Illinois Transportation Policy | ||||||
| 13 | Committee established by this Law. | ||||||
| 14 | "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
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| 15 | "District" means the 9 districts of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | established by the Department for its administrative purposes | ||||||
| 17 | and statutorily authorized activities. | ||||||
| 18 | "Downstate MPO" means an MPO whose metropolitan planning | ||||||
| 19 | boundaries are entirely outside of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, | ||||||
| 20 | Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties. | ||||||
| 21 | "MPO" means a metropolitan planning organization | ||||||
| 22 | designated under 23 U.S.C. 134 whose metropolitan planning area | ||||||
| 23 | boundaries are partially or completely within the State. | ||||||
| 24 | "Project of interregional or statewide significance" means | ||||||
| 25 | a surface transportation corridor or project that links major | ||||||
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| 1 | State destinations in support of the State's economy as | ||||||
| 2 | designated by the Department with the advice of the Committee. | ||||||
| 3 | "Regional programs" means the regional annual and | ||||||
| 4 | multiyear transportation improvement programs established | ||||||
| 5 | under this Law. | ||||||
| 6 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
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| 7 | "Statewide programs" means the statewide annual and | ||||||
| 8 | multiyear transportation improvement programs established | ||||||
| 9 | under this Law. | ||||||
| 10 | "Surface transportation" means roadway, bridge, public | ||||||
| 11 | transportation, rail, trail, walkway, bicycle, and intermodal | ||||||
| 12 | facilities. | ||||||
| 13 | "Surface transportation capital project" or "project" | ||||||
| 14 | means a capital project for the maintenance, improvement, | ||||||
| 15 | acquisition, or new construction of surface transportation | ||||||
| 16 | facilities, including facilities or improvements ancillary to | ||||||
| 17 | surface transportation facilities. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 19 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-176 new) | ||||||
| 20 | Sec. 2705-176. Transportation Policy Committee; creation; | ||||||
| 21 | members; terms. | ||||||
| 22 | (a) There is created a State Transportation Policy | ||||||
| 23 | Committee. The Committee shall perform the duties enumerated in | ||||||
| 24 | this Law. The Committee members shall each represent the State | ||||||
| 25 | as a whole and balance the needs of urban and rural areas of | ||||||
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| 1 | the State. The Committee shall consist of 13 voting members and | ||||||
| 2 | 8 non-voting members, all of whom must be residents of the | ||||||
| 3 | State of Illinois, as follows: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) 6 members
from Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, | ||||||
| 5 | McHenry, or
Will County appointed by the Chicago | ||||||
| 6 | Metropolitan Agency
for Planning Board, no more than 3 of | ||||||
| 7 | whom may be
members of such Board. | ||||||
| 8 | (2) 3 members appointed by the Downstate MPOs through | ||||||
| 9 | the
concurrence of at least three-fifths of the | ||||||
| 10 | chairpersons of
the Downstate MPOs. | ||||||
| 11 | (3) 3 members who are representatives of areas of the | ||||||
| 12 | State not within a metropolitan planning area, appointed by | ||||||
| 13 | the Governor. | ||||||
| 14 | (4) The Secretary of the Department of Transportation
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| 15 | or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chairperson | ||||||
| 16 | of the Committee. | ||||||
| 17 | (5) The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
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| 18 | Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of
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| 19 | the Senate, or the designee of each, shall be ex officio
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| 20 | non-voting members. | ||||||
| 21 | (6) The chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway
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| 22 | Authority, or his or her designee, shall be an ex officio
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| 23 | non-voting member. | ||||||
| 24 | (7) The Department's Director of Highways, Director of | ||||||
| 25 | Planning and Programming, and Director of Public and | ||||||
| 26 | Intermodal Transportation, or the designee of each, shall | ||||||
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| 1 | be ex officio non-voting members. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) The terms of the members initially appointed to the | ||||||
| 3 | Committee shall begin within 60 days after the effective date | ||||||
| 4 | of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. Appointed | ||||||
| 5 | committee members shall hold office for a term specified in | ||||||
| 6 | this subsection (b) or until successors are appointed. The | ||||||
| 7 | terms of the initial appointed committee members shall expire | ||||||
| 8 | as follows: the terms of 3 members appointed by the Chicago | ||||||
| 9 | Metropolitan Agency for Planning Board, one member appointed by | ||||||
| 10 | the Downstate MPOs, and 2 members appointed by the Governor for | ||||||
| 11 | areas of the State not within a metropolitan planning area | ||||||
| 12 | shall expire on December 31, 2010; the terms of the remaining 3 | ||||||
| 13 | members appointed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for | ||||||
| 14 | Planning Board, 2 members appointed by the Downstate MPOs, and | ||||||
| 15 | one member appointed by the Governor from areas of the State | ||||||
| 16 | not within a metropolitan planning area shall expire December | ||||||
| 17 | 31, 2012. The successors of the initial appointed committee | ||||||
| 18 | members shall hold office for a term of 4 years. To comply with | ||||||
| 19 | this provision, the appointing authority shall specify the term | ||||||
| 20 | for each appointment. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority | ||||||
| 22 | for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur. | ||||||
| 23 | (d) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its | ||||||
| 24 | Committee appointments to each other appointing authority, to | ||||||
| 25 | the Committee, to the Secretary of State, and to the Secretary | ||||||
| 26 | of Transportation. Within 30 days after his or her appointment | ||||||
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| 1 | and before entering upon the duties of the office, each | ||||||
| 2 | Committee member shall take and subscribe to the constitutional | ||||||
| 3 | oath of office and file that oath with the Secretary of State. | ||||||
| 4 | (e) Members of the Committee shall serve without | ||||||
| 5 | compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the Department for | ||||||
| 6 | their travel to and from meetings and other reasonable expenses | ||||||
| 7 | in connection with meetings, if those expenses are approved by | ||||||
| 8 | the Department.
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| 9 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-177 new) | ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 2705-177. Committee meetings; officers. | ||||||
| 11 | (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall convene the first | ||||||
| 12 | meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 13 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. At that time and | ||||||
| 14 | annually thereafter, the Committee shall elect one of its | ||||||
| 15 | voting members as vice-chairperson to preside in the absence of | ||||||
| 16 | the chairperson. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held at | ||||||
| 18 | least 3 times each year. The time and place of Committee | ||||||
| 19 | meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Committee. The | ||||||
| 20 | Committee shall be deemed a public body for purposes of the | ||||||
| 21 | Open Meetings Act. The Committee shall maintain records in | ||||||
| 22 | accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. A | ||||||
| 23 | majority of voting members of the Committee shall constitute a | ||||||
| 24 | quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting | ||||||
| 25 | members of the Committee shall be required to approve | ||||||
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| 1 | recommendations related to a State transportation plan or | ||||||
| 2 | statewide program. | ||||||
| 3 | (c) The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure. | ||||||
| 4 | (d) The Department shall provide staff assistance and | ||||||
| 5 | office space for the Committee. The Department shall prepare | ||||||
| 6 | all plans, reports, and documents needed to enable the | ||||||
| 7 | Committee to review and make recommendations related to the | ||||||
| 8 | statewide plans and programs and otherwise to fulfill its | ||||||
| 9 | responsibilities. The necessary expenses of the Committee | ||||||
| 10 | shall be provided through the Department.
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| 11 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-200) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16)
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| 12 | Sec. 2705-200. State transportation plan Master plan; | ||||||
| 13 | reporting requirements.
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| 14 | (a) The Department, with the advice of the Committee, shall | ||||||
| 15 | has the power to develop and maintain a continuing,
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| 16 | comprehensive, and integrated planning process that shall | ||||||
| 17 | develop and
periodically revise a State transportation plan | ||||||
| 18 | statewide master plan for transportation to guide program
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| 19 | development and to foster efficient and economical | ||||||
| 20 | transportation services in
ground, air, water, and
all other | ||||||
| 21 | modes of surface transportation throughout the State. The | ||||||
| 22 | Department
shall coordinate its transportation planning | ||||||
| 23 | activities with those of other
State agencies and authorities | ||||||
| 24 | and shall coordinate supervise and review any
transportation | ||||||
| 25 | planning performed by other Executive agencies under the
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| 1 | direction of the Governor. The Department shall cooperate and | ||||||
| 2 | participate
with federal, regional, interstate, State, and | ||||||
| 3 | local agencies, in accordance
with Sections 5-301 and 7-301 of | ||||||
| 4 | the Illinois Highway Code, and with
interested private | ||||||
| 5 | individuals and organizations in the coordination of
plans and | ||||||
| 6 | policies for development of the state's transportation system.
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| 7 | To meet the provisions of this Section, the Department, in | ||||||
| 8 | consultation with the Committee, shall prepare, subject to the | ||||||
| 9 | review of the Governor, publish and
deliver to the Governor and | ||||||
| 10 | General Assembly by December 31, 2010 and at intervals not to | ||||||
| 11 | exceed every 5 years, January 1, 1982 and every 2
years | ||||||
| 12 | thereafter, its State transportation master plan for surface | ||||||
| 13 | transportation systems. Not less than 60 days prior to | ||||||
| 14 | submission to the Governor and General Assembly, the Department | ||||||
| 15 | shall submit the plan to the Committee. Within 30 days after | ||||||
| 16 | submission of the plan by the Department, the Committee shall | ||||||
| 17 | recommend revisions. If the Committee recommends revision of | ||||||
| 18 | the plan, the Department shall, within 30 days, either revise | ||||||
| 19 | the plan to address the Committee's recommendations or provide | ||||||
| 20 | a written explanation to the Committee for not revising the | ||||||
| 21 | plan. The Committee's recommendation and any Department | ||||||
| 22 | response thereto shall be included with the plan filed with the | ||||||
| 23 | Governor and General Assembly highway, waterway, aeronautic, | ||||||
| 24 | mass
transportation, and railroad systems. The plan shall | ||||||
| 25 | identify priority
subsystems or components of each system that | ||||||
| 26 | are critical to the economic and
general welfare of this State | ||||||
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| 1 | regardless of public jurisdictional
responsibility or private | ||||||
| 2 | ownership.
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| 3 | The State transportation plan shall set forth goals, | ||||||
| 4 | objectives, performance measures, and criteria that may | ||||||
| 5 | provide the basis for selecting projects for inclusion in the | ||||||
| 6 | annual and multiyear transportation improvement programs. It | ||||||
| 7 | may examine policies, strategies, opportunities, and | ||||||
| 8 | challenges. | ||||||
| 9 | The State transportation plan shall set forth goals and | ||||||
| 10 | objectives designed to assure the development and maintenance | ||||||
| 11 | of a comprehensive and balanced statewide transportation | ||||||
| 12 | system. Goals may include, but are not limited to, maintaining | ||||||
| 13 | a state of good repair, lowering travel times, reducing traffic | ||||||
| 14 | congestion, decreasing vehicle emissions, improving air | ||||||
| 15 | quality, protecting the environment, reducing transportation | ||||||
| 16 | costs, encouraging the effective use of pricing and other | ||||||
| 17 | demand management strategies, improving safety, encouraging | ||||||
| 18 | economic growth, supporting the greater use of alternative | ||||||
| 19 | transportation opportunities, such as walking and biking, and | ||||||
| 20 | establishing other goals that advance an adequate, efficient, | ||||||
| 21 | and coordinated transportation system. | ||||||
| 22 | The State transportation plan may establish performance | ||||||
| 23 | measures addressing the adequacy, efficiency, and coordination | ||||||
| 24 | of transportation services and the implementation of goals and | ||||||
| 25 | objectives. It may include transportation policies that | ||||||
| 26 | reflect the relationship of transportation to land use, | ||||||
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| 1 | economic development, the environment, air quality, and energy | ||||||
| 2 | consumption; foster the efficient movement of people and goods; | ||||||
| 3 | coordinate modes of transportation; coordinate planning among | ||||||
| 4 | federal agencies, State agencies, transportation agencies, and | ||||||
| 5 | local governments; and address the safety and equity of | ||||||
| 6 | transportation services. It may include priorities, | ||||||
| 7 | challenges, and strategies for improvement. The State | ||||||
| 8 | transportation plan shall incorporate the adopted regional | ||||||
| 9 | transportation plans, prepared by each MPO pursuant to Section | ||||||
| 10 | 2705-201, based on the state transportation plan's criteria and | ||||||
| 11 | performance measurements. | ||||||
| 12 | The State transportation plan shall include criteria by | ||||||
| 13 | which proposals for capital improvements may be evaluated and | ||||||
| 14 | prioritized for inclusion in the statewide programs. The | ||||||
| 15 | criteria shall be designed to advance the goals and objectives | ||||||
| 16 | established in the State transportation plan. The criteria may | ||||||
| 17 | include but not be limited to the following categories: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) objective transportation criteria, such as system | ||||||
| 19 | maintenance, efficiency, safety, and intermodal | ||||||
| 20 | connectivity; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) economic development criteria, such as job | ||||||
| 22 | creation and retention, inclusion of transit oriented | ||||||
| 23 | development, and cost effectiveness; | ||||||
| 24 | (3) environmental criteria, such as reduced emissions; | ||||||
| 25 | (4) population affected by the project; and | ||||||
| 26 | (5) financial criteria, such as life-cycle cost, | ||||||
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| 1 | return on investment, effect on transportation costs, and | ||||||
| 2 | effective leveraging of private capital. | ||||||
| 3 | The State transportation plan shall include a description | ||||||
| 4 | of the criteria and performance measures developed by the | ||||||
| 5 | Department to prioritize proposals for inclusion in the | ||||||
| 6 | statewide program pursuant to subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
| 7 | 2705-220. | ||||||
| 8 | The master plan shall provide particular emphasis and | ||||||
| 9 | detail of at least the 5-year
period in the immediate future.
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| 10 | Annual and 5-year, or longer, project programs for each | ||||||
| 11 | State system in this Section
shall be published and furnished | ||||||
| 12 | the General Assembly on the first Wednesday
in April of each | ||||||
| 13 | year.
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| 14 | Identified needs included in the project programs shall be | ||||||
| 15 | listed and
mapped in a distinctive fashion to clearly identify | ||||||
| 16 | the priority status
of the projects: (1) projects to be | ||||||
| 17 | committed for execution; (2) tentative
projects that are | ||||||
| 18 | dependent upon funding or other constraints; and (3) needed
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| 19 | projects that are not programmed due to lack of funding or | ||||||
| 20 | other constraints.
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| 21 | All projects shall be related to the priority systems of | ||||||
| 22 | the master plan,
and the priority criteria identified. Cost and | ||||||
| 23 | estimated completion dates
shall be included for work required | ||||||
| 24 | to complete a useable segment or component
beyond the
period of | ||||||
| 25 | the program.
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| 26 | (b) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | ||||||
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| 1 | Governor and General
Assembly by December 31, 2012 and at | ||||||
| 2 | intervals not to exceed every 5 years thereafter a master plan | ||||||
| 3 | and 5-year program for aeronautics. on the first Wednesday in | ||||||
| 4 | April of each year a 5-year, or longer, Highway
Improvement | ||||||
| 5 | Program reporting
the number of fiscal years each project has | ||||||
| 6 | been on previous
plans submitted by the Department.
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| 7 | (c) (Blank) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | ||||||
| 8 | Governor and the General
Assembly by November 1 of each year a | ||||||
| 9 | For the Record report that shall include
the following:
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| 10 | (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous | ||||||
| 11 | fiscal year
listed by each Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 12 | Transportation District.
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| 13 | (2) The award cost and the beginning
dates of each | ||||||
| 14 | listed project.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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| 16 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-201 new) | ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 2705-201. Regional transportation plans. Each MPO | ||||||
| 18 | shall develop a regional transportation plan that includes: | ||||||
| 19 | (1) Criteria by which proposals for capital | ||||||
| 20 | improvements will be evaluated for inclusion in the | ||||||
| 21 | regional programs. Each MPO may adopt the criteria listed | ||||||
| 22 | in the State transportation plan or may propose alternative | ||||||
| 23 | criteria. Alternative criteria shall be submitted to the | ||||||
| 24 | Department and Committee for review and comment. The | ||||||
| 25 | criteria shall be designed to advance the goals and | ||||||
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| 1 | objectives established by the Department's State | ||||||
| 2 | transportation plan and the MPO through its regional | ||||||
| 3 | transportation planning process. | ||||||
| 4 | (2) A description of the measurement system and process | ||||||
| 5 | the MPO will use to prioritize proposals for inclusion in | ||||||
| 6 | the regional programs. | ||||||
| 7 | The regional transportation plan shall meet all federal | ||||||
| 8 | requirements, regulations, and laws pursuant to federally | ||||||
| 9 | required metropolitan transportation plans. The regional | ||||||
| 10 | transportation plan shall be submitted to the Department upon | ||||||
| 11 | completion for incorporation, as much as practicable, in the | ||||||
| 12 | State transportation plan.
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| 13 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-219 new) | ||||||
| 14 | Sec. 2705-219. Program outreach; funding estimates, | ||||||
| 15 | allocation, and recommendations. | ||||||
| 16 | (a) Program Outreach. No later than September 30 of each | ||||||
| 17 | year, the
Department, through each of its District offices, | ||||||
| 18 | shall hold a
program development meeting open to the public | ||||||
| 19 | with all key regional and local
agencies and officials to | ||||||
| 20 | review current annual and multi-year
Programs, to present | ||||||
| 21 | projected information on district road
and bridge condition, | ||||||
| 22 | and to solicit input on key highway
system improvement and | ||||||
| 23 | priorities. At least 5 days before holding a program | ||||||
| 24 | development meeting, notice of the meeting shall be posted on | ||||||
| 25 | the Department's website and separately delivered to, at a | ||||||
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| 1 | minimum, all MPOs, mass transit districts, County Highway | ||||||
| 2 | Engineers, and all
municipalities outside MPO regions with | ||||||
| 3 | populations greater
than 10,000 inhabitants in the District | ||||||
| 4 | jurisdiction. A record
of the proceedings must be taken and | ||||||
| 5 | produced for public review.
No later than November 30 of each | ||||||
| 6 | year, each district shall
deliver to the committee a summary | ||||||
| 7 | analysis of the program
development outreach meeting and attach | ||||||
| 8 | all written
proposals, recommendations, and comments by | ||||||
| 9 | counties,
municipalities, mass transit districts, other local
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| 10 | governments, MPOs, and members of the General Assembly.
This | ||||||
| 11 | summary shall be included in the written record for public
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| 12 | involvement documentation as required by Federal and State law. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) Annual funding estimates. The Department, with the | ||||||
| 14 | advice of the Committee, shall annually establish a 5-year | ||||||
| 15 | estimate of all federal and State funds reasonably expected to | ||||||
| 16 | be available for surface transportation capital programs | ||||||
| 17 | during each of the following 5 fiscal years. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) System needs estimates. No later than March 1 of each
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| 19 | year, the Department shall provide the Committee with the most
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| 20 | current assessments of State highway road and bridge needs for
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| 21 | the State as a whole and for each Department district. | ||||||
| 22 | (d) Funding allocation. The Department may allocate the | ||||||
| 23 | State and federal funds estimated to be available for surface | ||||||
| 24 | transportation capital programs in accordance with the annual | ||||||
| 25 | and multiyear improvement programs prescribed by this Law, as | ||||||
| 26 | follows: | ||||||
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| 1 | (1) Any State and federal funds designated by law for | ||||||
| 2 | specific surface transportation purposes or specific | ||||||
| 3 | geographic areas shall be allocated, in accordance with | ||||||
| 4 | law, for those specific purposes or areas. | ||||||
| 5 | (2) The Department, with the advice of the Committee, | ||||||
| 6 | may for each 5-year program set percentage allocations for | ||||||
| 7 | each of the criteria in the State transportation plan. | ||||||
| 8 | Funding allocations may be based upon their percentage | ||||||
| 9 | share of need as defined by the criteria. | ||||||
| 10 | (e) Not less often than once every 2 years, the Committee | ||||||
| 11 | shall review and evaluate the funding allocations and make | ||||||
| 12 | recommendations for changes to the Department, General | ||||||
| 13 | Assembly, and the Governor. | ||||||
| 14 | (f) The Committee shall evaluate available transportation | ||||||
| 15 | funding sources and make recommendations to the Department, | ||||||
| 16 | General Assembly, and the Governor regarding the raising of | ||||||
| 17 | adequate and sustainable revenues for transportation.
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| 18 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-220 new) | ||||||
| 19 | Sec. 2705-220. Annual and multiyear transportation | ||||||
| 20 | improvement programs. | ||||||
| 21 | (a) Preparation guidelines. The Department, with the | ||||||
| 22 | advice of the Committee, shall develop guidelines for | ||||||
| 23 | preparation of the regional and statewide programs. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) Statewide annual and multiyear transportation | ||||||
| 25 | improvement programs. The Department shall publish and submit | ||||||
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| 1 | to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Committee, no | ||||||
| 2 | later than April 7, 2011 and the first Wednesday of April of | ||||||
| 3 | every year thereafter, an annual and 5-year schedule of all | ||||||
| 4 | surface transportation improvement projects and their | ||||||
| 5 | anticipated costs. These schedules are designated the | ||||||
| 6 | statewide annual and multiyear transportation improvement | ||||||
| 7 | programs. The Department shall be responsible for the planning | ||||||
| 8 | and programming of its funds for all areas of the State. | ||||||
| 9 | (1) The statewide programs shall include projects and | ||||||
| 10 | programs proposed to be funded, in whole or in part, by | ||||||
| 11 | State or federal funds and shall consist of the following: | ||||||
| 12 | (A) The Department shall choose projects for | ||||||
| 13 | inclusion. The Department, counties, municipalities, | ||||||
| 14 | mass transit districts, other local governments, MPOs, | ||||||
| 15 | and members of the General Assembly may nominate or | ||||||
| 16 | recommend projects for the statewide programs. | ||||||
| 17 | (B) The Department shall identify projects of | ||||||
| 18 | interregional or statewide significance for inclusion. | ||||||
| 19 | The Department, counties, municipalities, mass transit | ||||||
| 20 | districts, other local governments, MPOs, and members | ||||||
| 21 | of the General Assembly may nominate or recommend | ||||||
| 22 | projects of interregional or statewide significance | ||||||
| 23 | for the statewide programs. | ||||||
| 24 | (2) All projects shall be consistent with the adopted | ||||||
| 25 | State transportation plan. The Department shall | ||||||
| 26 | demonstrate how such projects advance the goals and | ||||||
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| 1 | objectives of the adopted State transportation plan. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) No later than 30 days after publication of the | ||||||
| 3 | surface transportation improvement program, the Committee | ||||||
| 4 | shall, by resolution, either (i) determine that the | ||||||
| 5 | statewide programs are consistent with the adopted State | ||||||
| 6 | transportation plan or (ii) determine that all or any | ||||||
| 7 | portions of the statewide programs are not consistent with | ||||||
| 8 | the adopted State transportation plan, including within | ||||||
| 9 | the resolution an explanation for any such determination. | ||||||
| 10 | Individual Committee members may prepare a written | ||||||
| 11 | statement indicating their disagreement with the | ||||||
| 12 | resolution adopted by the Committee. The Committee's | ||||||
| 13 | resolution and any written statements prepared by | ||||||
| 14 | individual members shall be published and delivered to the | ||||||
| 15 | General Assembly and the Governor with the statewide | ||||||
| 16 | programs. | ||||||
| 17 | (4) Within 30 days after the adoption of the | ||||||
| 18 | Committee's resolution pursuant to paragraph (3) of | ||||||
| 19 | subsection (b) of this Section, an MPO may amend its | ||||||
| 20 | regional program included within the statewide programs | ||||||
| 21 | for the sole purpose of addressing a Committee | ||||||
| 22 | determination that the program is not consistent with the | ||||||
| 23 | adopted State transportation plan. Within 30 days after the | ||||||
| 24 | adoption of the Committee's resolution pursuant to | ||||||
| 25 | paragraph (3), the Department may amend any portion of a | ||||||
| 26 | statewide program prepared by the Department for the sole | ||||||
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| 1 | purpose of addressing a Committee determination that such | ||||||
| 2 | portion of a program is not consistent with the adopted | ||||||
| 3 | State transportation plan. Any amendments shall be | ||||||
| 4 | published and delivered to the Committee, General | ||||||
| 5 | Assembly, and Governor. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) Regional annual and multiyear transportation
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| 7 | improvement programs. After consultation with the Department,
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| 8 | each MPO shall prepare and adopt an annual and 5-year schedule
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| 9 | of all regional transportation improvement projects and their
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| 10 | anticipated costs. These schedules shall be known as the
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| 11 | regional annual and multiyear transportation improvement
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| 12 | programs. The regional programs shall be submitted to the
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| 13 | Department and the Committee no later than August 31, 2011 and
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| 14 | August 31 of every year thereafter. | ||||||
| 15 | (1) The regional programs shall include projects and
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| 16 | programs within the MPO's jurisdiction proposed to be
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| 17 | funded, in whole or in part, by federal funds. | ||||||
| 18 | (2) Counties, municipalities, mass transit districts,
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| 19 | other local governments, the Department, and members of the
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| 20 | General Assembly may nominate or recommend the inclusion of
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| 21 | projects in the regional programs. The MPOs shall have
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| 22 | authority for determining whether any of the project
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| 23 | nominations or recommendations for federal funding are | ||||||
| 24 | accepted and included in the regional programs. This
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| 25 | authority extends only to a project located within the
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| 26 | MPO's jurisdiction. | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) Projects included in the regional programs shall be
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| 2 | consistent with the regional transportation plan adopted | ||||||
| 3 | by the MPO. The regional programs shall demonstrate how | ||||||
| 4 | projects are
consistent with the State
transportation | ||||||
| 5 | plans. | ||||||
| 6 | (4) Projects shall be prioritized for inclusion in the
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| 7 | programs using a measurement system and the criteria
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| 8 | established by the regional transportation plan. | ||||||
| 9 | (5) The Department shall provide assistance to MPOs in
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| 10 | preparing the regional programs, at the request of the MPO. | ||||||
| 11 | (d) Fiscal year 2011 statewide program. After consultation | ||||||
| 12 | with the MPOs, the Department shall prepare, by no later than | ||||||
| 13 | April 7, 2010, and the first Wednesday in each April | ||||||
| 14 | thereafter, an annual program of surface transportation | ||||||
| 15 | capital projects and their anticipated costs proposed for | ||||||
| 16 | funding in whole or in part from appropriations made by the | ||||||
| 17 | State for fiscal year 2011 and each year thereafter. The fiscal | ||||||
| 18 | year 2011 statewide program required by this subsection shall, | ||||||
| 19 | so much as is practicable, comply with the objectives of this | ||||||
| 20 | Law. The Committee shall review and provide comments on the | ||||||
| 21 | fiscal year 2011 statewide program by no later than 30 days | ||||||
| 22 | after the annual program publication.
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| 23 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-221 new) | ||||||
| 24 | Sec. 2705-221. Inclusion in transportation improvement | ||||||
| 25 | program.The transportation improvement program the Department | ||||||
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| 1 | must develop pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 135 may only include | ||||||
| 2 | projects that have been prioritized for inclusion in a regional | ||||||
| 3 | or statewide program by an MPO or the Department pursuant to | ||||||
| 4 | this Law. It is not the intent of this Section to interfere | ||||||
| 5 | with administrative changes to the Transportation Improvement | ||||||
| 6 | Program, but only to ensure that all included projects undergo | ||||||
| 7 | the process prescribed by this Law.
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| 8 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-222 new) | ||||||
| 9 | Sec. 2705-222. Public involvement and accountability. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Department and the Committee shall provide timely | ||||||
| 11 | and clear information and accountability to the public and | ||||||
| 12 | shall engage the public when making State transportation | ||||||
| 13 | decisions and recommendations. The Department shall elicit the | ||||||
| 14 | public's views both with respect to adequate transportation | ||||||
| 15 | services and appropriate means of minimizing the adverse | ||||||
| 16 | social, economic, environmental, and energy impacts of | ||||||
| 17 | transportation programs. All documents listed in this Law shall | ||||||
| 18 | be made publicly available for distribution in print and on the | ||||||
| 19 | Department's website. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) The Department and the Committee shall provide the | ||||||
| 21 | opportunity for public comment throughout the State prior to | ||||||
| 22 | the development and completion of the statewide transportation | ||||||
| 23 | plan and the statewide multi-year program. Public comment may | ||||||
| 24 | be solicited through various methods, including, but not | ||||||
| 25 | limited to, hearings, focus groups, surveys, and feedback on | ||||||
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| 1 | draft plans. | ||||||
| 2 | (c) The Department, in consultation with the Committee, | ||||||
| 3 | shall publish in its publication "For the Record" and deliver | ||||||
| 4 | to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1 of each | ||||||
| 5 | year a report on all modes of transportation that shall include | ||||||
| 6 | the following: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) All the projects accomplished in the previous | ||||||
| 8 | fiscal year listed by each Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 9 | Transportation District. | ||||||
| 10 | (2) The award cost and the beginning dates of each | ||||||
| 11 | listed project. | ||||||
| 12 | (3) A summary of the Department's prior-year decisions | ||||||
| 13 | in allocating transportation capital outlay appropriations | ||||||
| 14 | and identifying timely and relevant transportation issues | ||||||
| 15 | facing the State of Illinois. | ||||||
| 16 | (4) Statewide and for each district, a description of | ||||||
| 17 | any project receiving an appropriation from the General | ||||||
| 18 | Assembly that was not included in the statewide program. | ||||||
| 19 | (5) An explanation and summary of major policies and | ||||||
| 20 | decisions adopted by the Department and the recommendation | ||||||
| 21 | of the Committee during the previously completed State and | ||||||
| 22 | federal fiscal year, with an explanation of any changes in | ||||||
| 23 | policy associated with the performance of the Department's | ||||||
| 24 | duties and responsibilities over the past year. | ||||||
| 25 | (6) A review of the progress made in achieving the | ||||||
| 26 | State transportation goals. | ||||||
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| 1 | (7) Statewide and for each district, the total of | ||||||
| 2 | program accomplishments in dollars, number of miles, | ||||||
| 3 | number of bridges, and number of transit projects. | ||||||
| 4 | (8) Statewide and for each district, the current | ||||||
| 5 | condition of roadway miles and bridges for roads and | ||||||
| 6 | bridges under State jurisdiction. | ||||||
| 7 | (d) All MPOs shall publish and deliver to the Department by | ||||||
| 8 | October 1 of each year a "For the Record" report that shall | ||||||
| 9 | include the following: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) A list of all projects accomplished in the previous | ||||||
| 11 | fiscal year, their award costs, and their beginning dates. | ||||||
| 12 | (2) An explanation and summary of changes in major | ||||||
| 13 | policies, goals, objectives, performance measures and | ||||||
| 14 | criteria that were adopted by the MPO during the previous | ||||||
| 15 | fiscal year. | ||||||
| 16 | (3) A review of the progress made in achieving the | ||||||
| 17 | goals and objectives of the State transportation plan and | ||||||
| 18 | the MPO regional transportation plan.
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| 19 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-223 new) | ||||||
| 20 | Sec. 2705-223. Evaluation. | ||||||
| 21 | (a) The Committee shall evaluate the effectiveness of the | ||||||
| 22 | processes and procedures established by this Law to ensure that | ||||||
| 23 | they contribute to a well-coordinated and cost-effective | ||||||
| 24 | transportation system. The Committee shall recommend changes | ||||||
| 25 | as needed to the General Assembly and the Governor. | ||||||
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| 2 | performance of the Department to assure the Department is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | meeting the requirements of this Law.
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