Bill Text: IL HB2460 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that beginning with Fiscal Year 2014, all Road Fund Monies shall be appropriated to provide 50% to Department of Transportation District 1 and 50% to be divided among the remaining Department of Transportation Districts. Effective July 1, 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2460 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2460-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 8.3 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/8.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | State of
Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | construction of
permanent highways, be set aside and used for | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the purpose of paying and
discharging annually the principal | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and interest on that bonded
indebtedness then due and payable, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | and for no other purpose. The
surplus, if any, in the Road Fund | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | after the payment of principal and
interest on that bonded | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2 through 10 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of administration of Articles I and
II of Chapter 3 of that | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Code; and | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | secondly -- for expenses of the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Transportation for
construction, reconstruction, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | improvement, repair, maintenance,
operation, and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | administration of highways in accordance with the
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23 | provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose |
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1 | related or
incident to and connected therewith, including | ||||||
2 | the separation of grades
of those highways with railroads | ||||||
3 | and with highways and including the
payment of awards made | ||||||
4 | by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the | ||||||
5 | terms of
the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' | ||||||
6 | Occupational Diseases Act for
injury or death of an | ||||||
7 | employee of the Division of Highways in the
Department of | ||||||
8 | Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
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9 | erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the | ||||||
10 | acquisition of
highway right-of-way or for investigations | ||||||
11 | to determine the reasonably
anticipated future highway | ||||||
12 | needs; or for making of surveys, plans,
specifications and | ||||||
13 | estimates for and in the construction and maintenance
of | ||||||
14 | flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access | ||||||
15 | to military
and naval reservations, to defense industries | ||||||
16 | and defense-industry
sites, and to the sources of raw | ||||||
17 | materials and for replacing existing
highways and highway | ||||||
18 | connections shut off from general public use at
military | ||||||
19 | and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for | ||||||
20 | the
purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall | ||||||
21 | be reimbursed in
full for any expense incurred in building | ||||||
22 | the flight strips; or for the
operating and maintaining of | ||||||
23 | highway garages; or for patrolling and
policing the public | ||||||
24 | highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating | ||||||
25 | expenses of the Department relating to the administration | ||||||
26 | of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year |
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1 | 2012 only, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed | ||||||
2 | $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on | ||||||
3 | behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit | ||||||
4 | expenses; or, during fiscal year 2013 only, for the | ||||||
5 | purposes of a grant not to exceed $3,825,000 to the | ||||||
6 | Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the | ||||||
7 | purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or for any of
those | ||||||
8 | purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law. | ||||||
9 | Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from | ||||||
10 | the Road
Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road | ||||||
11 | Fund for the
administrative expenses of any State agency that | ||||||
12 | are related to motor
vehicles or arise from the use of motor | ||||||
13 | vehicles. | ||||||
14 | Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
15 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
16 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
17 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
18 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
19 | eligible for federal reimbursement; | ||||||
20 | 1. Department of Public Health; | ||||||
21 | 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to | ||||||
22 | subsidies for
one-half fare Student Transportation and | ||||||
23 | Reduced Fare for Elderly, except during fiscal year 2012 | ||||||
24 | only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended and | ||||||
25 | except during fiscal year 2013 only when no more than | ||||||
26 | $17,570,300 may be expended; |
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1 | 3. Department of Central Management
Services, except | ||||||
2 | for expenditures
incurred for group insurance premiums of | ||||||
3 | appropriate personnel; | ||||||
4 | 4. Judicial Systems and Agencies. | ||||||
5 | Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
6 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
7 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
8 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
9 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
10 | eligible for federal reimbursement: | ||||||
11 | 1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures | ||||||
12 | with
respect to the Division of Operations; | ||||||
13 | 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to | ||||||
14 | Intercity Rail
Subsidies, except during fiscal year 2012 | ||||||
15 | only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended and | ||||||
16 | except during fiscal year 2013 only when no more than | ||||||
17 | $26,000,000 may be expended, and Rail Freight Services. | ||||||
18 | Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
19 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
20 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
21 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
22 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
23 | eligible for federal reimbursement: Department
of Central | ||||||
24 | Management Services, except for awards made by
the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the | ||||||
26 | Workers' Compensation Act
or Workers' Occupational Diseases |
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1 | Act for injury or death of an employee of
the Division of | ||||||
2 | Highways in the Department of Transportation. | ||||||
3 | Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
4 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
5 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
6 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
7 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
8 | eligible for federal reimbursement: | ||||||
9 | 1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40% | ||||||
10 | of the
funds appropriated for the Division of Operations; | ||||||
11 | 2. State Officers. | ||||||
12 | Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
13 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to any Department or agency | ||||||
14 | of State government
for administration, grants, or operations | ||||||
15 | except as provided hereafter;
but this limitation is not a | ||||||
16 | restriction upon appropriating for those
purposes any Road Fund | ||||||
17 | monies that are eligible for federal
reimbursement. It shall | ||||||
18 | not be lawful to circumvent the above
appropriation limitations | ||||||
19 | by governmental reorganization or other
methods. | ||||||
20 | Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
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21 | accordance with the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
22 | Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of | ||||||
23 | Illinois
incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of | ||||||
24 | permanent
highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of | ||||||
25 | paying and
discharging during each fiscal year the principal | ||||||
26 | and interest on that
bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and |
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1 | payable as provided in the
Transportation Bond Act, and for no | ||||||
2 | other
purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the | ||||||
3 | payment of
principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness | ||||||
4 | then annually due
shall be used as follows: | ||||||
5 | first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters | ||||||
6 | 2 through 10
of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and | ||||||
7 | secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees, | ||||||
8 | excises, or
license taxes relating to registration, | ||||||
9 | operation and use of vehicles on
public highways or to | ||||||
10 | fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles,
shall be | ||||||
11 | appropriated or expended other than for costs of | ||||||
12 | administering
the laws imposing those fees, excises, and | ||||||
13 | license taxes, statutory
refunds and adjustments allowed | ||||||
14 | thereunder, administrative costs of the
Department of | ||||||
15 | Transportation, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
16 | operating expenses of the Department relating to the | ||||||
17 | administration of public transportation programs, payment | ||||||
18 | of debts and liabilities incurred
in construction and | ||||||
19 | reconstruction of public highways and bridges,
acquisition | ||||||
20 | of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
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21 | reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of | ||||||
22 | public highways and
bridges under the direction and | ||||||
23 | supervision of the State, political
subdivision, or | ||||||
24 | municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal | ||||||
25 | year 2012 only for the purposes of a grant not to exceed | ||||||
26 | $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on |
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1 | behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit | ||||||
2 | expenses, and the costs for
patrolling and policing the | ||||||
3 | public highways (by State, political
subdivision, or | ||||||
4 | municipality collecting that money) for enforcement of
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5 | traffic laws. The separation of grades of such highways | ||||||
6 | with railroads
and costs associated with protection of | ||||||
7 | at-grade highway and railroad
crossing shall also be | ||||||
8 | permissible. | ||||||
9 | Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from | ||||||
10 | the Road
Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided | ||||||
11 | in Section 8 of
the Motor Fuel Tax Law. | ||||||
12 | Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal | ||||||
13 | year 1991 and
thereafter, no Road Fund monies
shall be | ||||||
14 | appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes | ||||||
15 | of
this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road | ||||||
16 | Fund
appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise | ||||||
17 | provided in Section 5g of
this Act.
For fiscal years 2003,
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18 | 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall
be | ||||||
19 | appropriated to the
Department of State Police for the purposes | ||||||
20 | of this Section in excess of
$97,310,000.
For fiscal year 2008 | ||||||
21 | only, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the | ||||||
22 | Department of State Police for the purposes of
this Section in | ||||||
23 | excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund | ||||||
24 | monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police | ||||||
25 | for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000. | ||||||
26 | Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be |
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1 | appropriated to the Department of State Police. It shall not be | |||||||||||||||||
2 | lawful to circumvent this limitation on
appropriations by | |||||||||||||||||
3 | governmental reorganization or other methods unless
otherwise | |||||||||||||||||
4 | provided in Section 5g of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||
5 | In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be | |||||||||||||||||
6 | appropriated
to the
Secretary of State for the purposes of this | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Section in excess of the total
fiscal year 1991 Road Fund | |||||||||||||||||
8 | appropriations to the Secretary of State for
those purposes, | |||||||||||||||||
9 | plus $9,800,000. It
shall not be
lawful to circumvent
this | |||||||||||||||||
10 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or | |||||||||||||||||
11 | other
method. | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Fund
monies
shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for | |||||||||||||||||
14 | the purposes of this
Section in excess of the total fiscal year | |||||||||||||||||
15 | 1994 Road Fund
appropriations to
the Secretary of State for | |||||||||||||||||
16 | those purposes. It shall not be lawful to
circumvent this | |||||||||||||||||
17 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization
or | |||||||||||||||||
18 | other methods. | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund | |||||||||||||||||
20 | appropriations to the
Secretary of State for the purposes of | |||||||||||||||||
21 | this Section shall not exceed the
amounts specified for the | |||||||||||||||||
22 | following fiscal years: | |||||||||||||||||
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7 | For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | appropriated to the Secretary of State. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | otherwise provided for by law. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | appropriations by
governmental reorganization or other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | methods. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
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18 | thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | by this
Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | appropriation of
Road Fund monies is concerned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Fund to the
State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | this Act; nor to the
General Revenue Fund, as authorized by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | this amendatory Act of
the 93rd
General Assembly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
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1 | shall be repaid to the Road Fund
from the General Revenue Fund | ||||||
2 | in the next succeeding fiscal year that the
General Revenue | ||||||
3 | Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
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4 | generally accepted accounting principles applicable to | ||||||
5 | government. | ||||||
6 | The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the | ||||||
7 | Secretary of State
and
the Department of State Police in this | ||||||
8 | Section by this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly | ||||||
9 | shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund | ||||||
10 | in the
next
succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue | ||||||
11 | Fund has a positive budgetary
balance,
as determined by | ||||||
12 | generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
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13 | government. | ||||||
14 | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
15 | beginning with fiscal year 2014 and thereafter, all Road Fund | ||||||
16 | monies shall be appropriated according to the following | ||||||
17 | formula: | ||||||
18 | 1. 50% to Department of Transportation District 1; and | ||||||
19 | 2. 50% to Department of Transportation Districts 2 | ||||||
20 | through 9, to be divided among those Districts at the | ||||||
21 | discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 97-72, | ||||||
23 | eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
25 | 2013.
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