Bill Text: IL SB1602 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Road Designation Program Act. Establishes a designation program for the naming and subsequent placement of signage upon interstate or State-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or segments of highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. Provides that any person who desires to have roads designated or to erect signage upon designated roads must, in an application to the Department, state the total cost of construction and maintenance of the requested signage, as well as provide: (1) a description of the interstate or State-numbered highway interchange or bridge or segment of highway for which the designation is sought and the proposed name of the interchange, bridge, or relevant segment of highway; and (2) a letter of sponsorship from the State Representative and State Senator for each district in which the road is located. Provides that the Department shall give notice of any proposed designation on the Department's official public website. Provides that signs are subject to all applicable federal and State limitations or conditions on highway signage. Provides that 2 signs shall be erected for each interchange, bridge, or segment of highway designation and that all money received by the Department for the construction and maintenance of interchange, bridge, or segment of highway signs shall be deposited into the Road Fund. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB1602 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1602-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1602 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Road Designation Program Act. Establishes a designation program for the naming and subsequent placement of signage upon interstate or State-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or segments of highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. Provides that any person who desires to have roads designated or to erect signage upon designated roads must, in an application to the Department, state the total cost of construction and maintenance of the requested signage, as well as provide: (1) a description of the interstate or State-numbered highway interchange or bridge or segment of highway for which the designation is sought and the proposed name of the interchange, bridge, or relevant segment of highway; and (2) a letter of sponsorship from the State Representative and State Senator for each district in which the road is located. Provides that the Department shall give notice of any proposed designation on the Department's official public website. Provides that signs are subject to all applicable federal and State limitations or conditions on highway signage. Provides that 2 signs shall be erected for each interchange, bridge, or segment of highway designation and that all money received by the Department for the construction and maintenance of interchange, bridge, or segment of highway signs shall be deposited into the Road Fund. 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Road
Designation Program Act.
Section 5. Purpose. This Act establishes a designation
program for the naming and subsequent placement of signage
upon interstate or State-numbered highway interchanges or upon
bridges or segments of highway under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Transportation.
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Transportation.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation.
Section 15. Road designation program.
(a) Any person who desires to have an interstate or
State-numbered highway interchange or bridge or segment of
highway under the jurisdiction of the Department designated
shall petition the Department by submitting an application in
a form prescribed by the Secretary. The form shall include the
amount of the fee under subsection (b) and contain the

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following:
(1) a description of the interstate or State-numbered
highway interchange or bridge or segment of highway under
the jurisdiction of the Department for which the
designation is sought and the proposed name of the
interchange, bridge, or relevant segment of highway; and
(2) a letter of sponsorship from the State
Representative and State Senator for each district in
which the road is located.
(b) After determining that the petitioner meets all of the
application requirements of subsection (a), the Department
shall submit a recommendation containing the proposed
designations to the sponsors in the General Assembly named in
the application. The Department shall be notified upon the
approval or denial of a proposed designation. Upon the
approval of a proposed designation, the petitioner shall
submit a fee to be determined by the Secretary to cover the
costs of constructing and maintaining the proposed signs on
the interchange, bridge, or segment of highway. The fee shall
not exceed the cost of constructing and maintaining each sign.
(c) The Department shall give notice of any proposed
designation under this Section on the Department's official
public website.
(d) The honorary signs may be placed upon interstate or
State-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or
segments of highway under the jurisdiction of the Department

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according to the provisions of this Section, and any
applicable federal and State limitations or conditions on
highway signage, including location and spacing.
(e) Two signs shall be erected for each interchange,
bridge, or segment of highway designation processed under this
Section.
(f) No interchange, bridge, or segment of highway may be
named or designated under this Section if it carries an
existing designation.
(g) All money received by the Department for the
construction and maintenance of interchange, bridge, or
segment of highway signs shall be deposited into the Road
Fund.
(h) The documents and fees required under this Section
shall be submitted to the Department. The Department shall
waive all fees for road designations made in honor of members
of the United States Armed Forces and first responders who
have died in the line of duty.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.