Bill Text: IL HB3765 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Creates the Springfield High Speed Railroad Oversight Act. Provides for the establishment of a diversity program to ensure environmental justice, local involvement, and non-discrimination in all contracts related to the High Speed Rail Project in the City of Springfield and Sangamon County. Sets forth requirements of the program. Establishes the Springfield High Speed Railroad Oversight Commission. Requires the Commission to submit quarterly reports to various state officers and agencies detailing the progress of the project. Defines required terms. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0465 [HB3765 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3765-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0465
HB3765 Enrolled LRB099 07593 JLK 31591 b
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
Springfield High Speed Railroad Community Advisory Act.
Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Transportation.
"High Speed Rail Project" means the Illinois High Speed
Rail Program, led by the Department of Transportation and the
Federal Railroad Administration, which is designed to enhance
the passenger transportation network in the Chicago-St. Louis
corridor.
Section 10. Springfield High Speed Railroad Community
Advisory Commission. The Springfield High Speed Railroad
Community Advisory Commission ("Commission") is created to
monitor, review, and report on contracting and employment
matters related to the planning, organization, and
construction of the High Speed Rail Project. The Commission
shall monitor the public transparency of all matters concerning
the High Speed Rail Project.
The Commission shall consist of 9 members who are residents
of the City of Springfield, who shall be appointed, within 90

days of the effective date of this Act, as follows:
(1) Two members appointed by the President of the
Senate, one of whom shall serve as a Co-Chairperson of the
Commission.
(2) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as a
Co-Chairperson of the Commission.
(3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
(5) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Springfield and approved by the Springfield City Council.
(6) One member appointed by the Governor representing
the Department.
(7) The independent ombudsman for the 10th Street Rail
Corridor.
Section 15. Commission meetings; authority; reporting. The
Commission shall meet quarterly. The Commission shall have the
authority to convene City, County, and Department officials to
ensure transparency and compliance with federal, State, and
local employment and contracting goals.
On January 1, 2016, and on the first of each quarter
thereafter until the completion of the High Speed Rail Project,
the Commission shall issue a written report to the Governor,

President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Minority Leader of the Senate, Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives, Mayor of Springfield,
Springfield City Council, Sangamon County Board, and the
Department describing in detail the Project's compliance with
federal, State, and local minority employment and contracting
goals.
Section 20. Applicability. If the implementation of any of
the provisions of this Act would negatively affect the receipt
of federal funding, then those provisions shall not apply.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.