Bill Text: IL HB3692 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the State finance Act. Provides that moneys in the Road Fund may be allocated to and used by the Illinois State Police for the purposes of the Division of Patrol Operations and to fund the patrolling of Illinois public highways and expressways by the Illinois State Police. Makes conforming and other changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3692 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3692-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 and by adding Section 8.3a 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 to pay the costs of the Executive Ethics | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Commission for oversight and administration of the Chief | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (2) of | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Procurement Code for transportation; and | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | secondly -- for expenses of the Department of |
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1 | Transportation for
construction, reconstruction, | ||||||
2 | improvement, repair, maintenance,
operation, and | ||||||
3 | administration of highways in accordance with the
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4 | provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose | ||||||
5 | related or
incident to and connected therewith, including | ||||||
6 | the separation of grades
of those highways with railroads | ||||||
7 | and with highways and including the
payment of awards made | ||||||
8 | by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the | ||||||
9 | terms of
the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' | ||||||
10 | Occupational Diseases Act for
injury or death of an | ||||||
11 | employee of the Division of Highways in the
Department of | ||||||
12 | Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
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13 | erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the | ||||||
14 | acquisition of
highway right-of-way or for investigations | ||||||
15 | to determine the reasonably
anticipated future highway | ||||||
16 | needs; or for making of surveys, plans,
specifications and | ||||||
17 | estimates for and in the construction and maintenance
of | ||||||
18 | flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access | ||||||
19 | to military
and naval reservations, to defense industries | ||||||
20 | and defense-industry
sites, and to the sources of raw | ||||||
21 | materials and for replacing existing
highways and highway | ||||||
22 | connections shut off from general public use at
military | ||||||
23 | and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for | ||||||
24 | the
purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall | ||||||
25 | be reimbursed in
full for any expense incurred in building | ||||||
26 | the flight strips; or for the
operating and maintaining of |
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1 | highway garages; or for patrolling and
policing the public | ||||||
2 | highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating | ||||||
3 | expenses of the Department relating to the administration | ||||||
4 | of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year | ||||||
5 | 2022, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $8,394,800 | ||||||
6 | to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE | ||||||
7 | for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during | ||||||
8 | fiscal year 2023, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed | ||||||
9 | $8,394,800 to the Regional Transportation Authority on | ||||||
10 | behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit | ||||||
11 | expenses; or for any of
those purposes or any other | ||||||
12 | purpose that may be provided by law. | ||||||
13 | Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from | ||||||
14 | the Road
Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road | ||||||
15 | Fund for the
administrative expenses of any State agency that | ||||||
16 | are related to motor
vehicles or arise from the use of motor | ||||||
17 | vehicles. | ||||||
18 | Beginning with fiscal year 1980 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: | ||||||
24 | 1. Department of Public Health; | ||||||
25 | 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to | ||||||
26 | subsidies for
one-half fare Student Transportation and |
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1 | Reduced Fare for Elderly, except fiscal year 2022 when no | ||||||
2 | more than $17,570,000 may be expended and except fiscal | ||||||
3 | year 2023 when no more than $17,570,000 may be expended; | ||||||
4 | 3. Department of Central Management
Services, except | ||||||
5 | for expenditures
incurred for group insurance premiums of | ||||||
6 | appropriate personnel; | ||||||
7 | 4. Judicial Systems and Agencies. | ||||||
8 | Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
9 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
10 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
11 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
12 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
13 | eligible for federal reimbursement: | ||||||
14 | 1. Illinois State Police, except for expenditures with
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15 | respect to the Division of Patrol Operations and Division | ||||||
16 | of Criminal Investigation; | ||||||
17 | 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to | ||||||
18 | Intercity Rail
Subsidies, except fiscal year 2022 when no | ||||||
19 | more than $50,000,000 may be expended and except fiscal | ||||||
20 | year 2023 when no more than $55,000,000 may be expended, | ||||||
21 | and Rail Freight Services. | ||||||
22 | Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
23 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
24 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
25 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
26 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are |
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1 | eligible for federal reimbursement: Department
of Central | ||||||
2 | Management Services, except for awards made by
the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the | ||||||
4 | Workers' Compensation Act
or Workers' Occupational Diseases | ||||||
5 | Act for injury or death of an employee of
the Division of | ||||||
6 | Highways in the Department of Transportation. | ||||||
7 | Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
8 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
9 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
10 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
11 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
12 | eligible for federal reimbursement: | ||||||
13 | 1. Illinois State Police, except for expenditures with
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14 | respect to not more than 40% of the
funds appropriated for | ||||||
15 | the Division of Patrol Operations and Division of Criminal | ||||||
16 | Investigation ; | ||||||
17 | 2. State Officers. | ||||||
18 | Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
19 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to any Department or agency | ||||||
20 | of State government
for administration, grants, or operations | ||||||
21 | except as provided hereafter;
but this limitation is not a | ||||||
22 | restriction upon appropriating for those
purposes any Road | ||||||
23 | Fund monies that are eligible for federal
reimbursement. It | ||||||
24 | shall not be lawful to circumvent the above
appropriation | ||||||
25 | limitations by governmental reorganization or other
methods. | ||||||
26 | Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
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1 | accordance with the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
2 | Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of | ||||||
3 | Illinois
incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction | ||||||
4 | of permanent
highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of | ||||||
5 | paying and
discharging during each fiscal year the principal | ||||||
6 | and interest on that
bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and | ||||||
7 | payable as provided in the
Transportation Bond Act, and for no | ||||||
8 | other
purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the | ||||||
9 | payment of
principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness | ||||||
10 | then annually due
shall be used as follows: | ||||||
11 | first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters | ||||||
12 | 2 through 10
of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and | ||||||
13 | secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees, | ||||||
14 | excises, or
license taxes relating to registration, | ||||||
15 | operation and use of vehicles on
public highways or to | ||||||
16 | fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles,
shall be | ||||||
17 | appropriated or expended other than for costs of | ||||||
18 | administering
the laws imposing those fees, excises, and | ||||||
19 | license taxes, statutory
refunds and adjustments allowed | ||||||
20 | thereunder, administrative costs of the
Department of | ||||||
21 | Transportation, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
22 | operating expenses of the Department relating to the | ||||||
23 | administration of public transportation programs, payment | ||||||
24 | of debts and liabilities incurred
in construction and | ||||||
25 | reconstruction of public highways and bridges,
acquisition | ||||||
26 | of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
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1 | reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of | ||||||
2 | public highways and
bridges under the direction and | ||||||
3 | supervision of the State, political
subdivision, or | ||||||
4 | municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal | ||||||
5 | year 2022 for the purposes of a grant not to exceed | ||||||
6 | $8,394,800 to the Regional Transportation Authority on | ||||||
7 | behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit | ||||||
8 | expenses, or during fiscal year 2023 for the purposes of a | ||||||
9 | grant not to exceed $8,394,800 to the Regional | ||||||
10 | Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose | ||||||
11 | of ADA/Para-transit expenses, and the costs for
patrolling | ||||||
12 | and policing the public highways (by the State, political
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13 | subdivision, or municipality collecting that money) for | ||||||
14 | enforcement of
traffic laws. The separation of grades of | ||||||
15 | such highways with railroads
and costs associated with | ||||||
16 | protection of at-grade highway and railroad
crossing shall | ||||||
17 | also be permissible. | ||||||
18 | Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from | ||||||
19 | the Road
Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as | ||||||
20 | provided in Section 8 of
the Motor Fuel Tax Law. | ||||||
21 | Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with | ||||||
22 | fiscal year 1991 and
thereafter, no Road Fund monies
shall be | ||||||
23 | appropriated to the Illinois State Police for the purposes of
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24 | this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund
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25 | appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise provided in | ||||||
26 | Section 5g of
this Act.
For fiscal years 2003,
2004, 2005, |
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1 | 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall
be appropriated | ||||||
2 | to the Illinois
Department of State Police for the purposes of | ||||||
3 | this Section in excess of
$97,310,000.
For fiscal year 2008 | ||||||
4 | only, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Department of State Police for the purposes of
this | ||||||
6 | Section in excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, | ||||||
7 | no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of | ||||||
8 | State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of | ||||||
9 | $114,700,000. Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund | ||||||
10 | moneys shall be appropriated to the Illinois State Police. It | ||||||
11 | shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
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12 | appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods | ||||||
13 | unless
otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act. | ||||||
14 | In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be | ||||||
15 | appropriated
to the
Secretary of State for the purposes of | ||||||
16 | this Section in excess of the total
fiscal year 1991 Road Fund | ||||||
17 | appropriations to the Secretary of State for
those purposes, | ||||||
18 | plus $9,800,000. It
shall not be
lawful to circumvent
this | ||||||
19 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or | ||||||
20 | other
method. | ||||||
21 | Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
22 | Fund
monies
shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State | ||||||
23 | for the purposes of this
Section in excess of the total fiscal | ||||||
24 | year 1994 Road Fund
appropriations to
the Secretary of State | ||||||
25 | for those purposes. It shall not be lawful to
circumvent this | ||||||
26 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization
or |
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1 | other methods. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | appropriations to the
Secretary of State for the purposes of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | this Section shall not exceed the
amounts specified for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | following fiscal years: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 | For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | appropriated to the Secretary of State. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | otherwise provided for by law. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | appropriations by
governmental reorganization or other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | methods. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
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1 | thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed | ||||||
2 | by this
Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar | ||||||
3 | as appropriation of
Road Fund monies is concerned. | ||||||
4 | Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road | ||||||
5 | Fund to the
State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e | ||||||
6 | of this Act; nor to the
General Revenue Fund, as authorized by | ||||||
7 | Public Act 93-25. | ||||||
8 | The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this | ||||||
9 | Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
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10 | shall be repaid to the Road Fund
from the General Revenue Fund | ||||||
11 | in the next succeeding fiscal year that the
General Revenue | ||||||
12 | Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
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13 | generally accepted accounting principles applicable to | ||||||
14 | government. | ||||||
15 | The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the | ||||||
16 | Secretary of State
and
the Illinois Department of State Police | ||||||
17 | in this Section by Public Act 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road | ||||||
18 | Fund from the General Revenue Fund in the
next
succeeding | ||||||
19 | fiscal year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive | ||||||
20 | budgetary
balance,
as determined by generally accepted | ||||||
21 | accounting principles applicable to
government. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; | ||||||
23 | 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-699, eff. | ||||||
24 | 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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25 | (30 ILCS 105/8.3a new) |
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1 | Sec. 8.3a. State Police patrol funding. Notwithstanding | ||||||
2 | any provision of law to the contrary, moneys in the Road Fund | ||||||
3 | may be allocated to and used by the Illinois State Police for | ||||||
4 | the purposes of the Division of Patrol Operations and to fund | ||||||
5 | the patrolling of Illinois public highways and expressways by | ||||||
6 | the Illinois State Police.
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