Bill Text: IL SB1735 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall certify United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs which have joint labor management boards regulated under the federal Labor Management Relations Act as able to teach, train, and test their own members for any quality assurance and quality control certifications required by the Department. Provides that the Department shall make all course curricula, teaching aides, syllabi, and tests for the instructors of programs available without charge. Provides that the Department shall bear the cost of administering required testing, and that the Department or any third party it uses to administer the testing shall provide testers upon 10 days notice. Provides that if testers are not provided by the Department or third party, the apprenticeship program may provide its own testers. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1735 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1735-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1735
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1735, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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6 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||||
7 | Section 2705-215 as follows:
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8 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-215) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.27)
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9 | Sec. 2705-215.
Cooperative utilization of equipment and
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10 | services of governmental
entities and not-for-profit | ||||||
11 | organizations for the transportation needs in
public service | ||||||
12 | programs.
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13 | (a) The Department is directed to encourage and assist
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14 | governmental entities, not-for-profit corporations, and | ||||||
15 | nonprofit community
service associations, between or among | ||||||
16 | themselves, in the development of
reasonable utilization of |
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1 | transportation equipment and operational service
in satisfying | ||||||
2 | the general and specialized public transportation needs.
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3 | The Department shall develop and encourage cooperative | ||||||
4 | development, among
all entities, of programs promoting | ||||||
5 | efficient service and conservation
of capital
investment and | ||||||
6 | energy and shall assist all entities in achieving their
goals
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7 | and in their applications for transportation grants under | ||||||
8 | appropriate State
or federal programs.
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9 | (b) Implementation of cooperative programs is to be | ||||||
10 | developed within the
meaning
of the provisions of the | ||||||
11 | Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. In the circumstances of | ||||||
12 | nongovernmental entities,
the Department shall be guided by | ||||||
13 | that Act and any other State law
in
encouraging
the cooperative | ||||||
14 | programs between those entities.
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15 | (c) The Department shall report to the members of the | ||||||
16 | General Assembly,
by
March 1 of each year, its successes, | ||||||
17 | failures and progress in achieving
the intent of this Section. | ||||||
18 | The report shall also include identification
of problems as | ||||||
19 | well as the Department's recommendations.
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20 | (d) The General Assembly finds as follows: | ||||||
21 | (i) Federal regulation 23 CFR 637 requires | ||||||
22 | contractors, consultants, local agencies, and Department | ||||||
23 | personnel performing materials acceptance sampling and | ||||||
24 | testing on Federal-aid projects on the National Highway | ||||||
25 | System be qualified. | ||||||
26 | (ii) The Illinois Department of Transportation offers |
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1 | Quality Control/Quality Assurance courses and specific | ||||||
2 | task training programs in order to meet the educational | ||||||
3 | requirements for qualified personnel. | ||||||
4 | (iii) All personnel who successfully complete the | ||||||
5 | required Quality Control/Quality Assurance courses or the | ||||||
6 | specific task training programs and have been entered into | ||||||
7 | departmental databases are considered qualified. | ||||||
8 | (iv) The laws of this State do not require that all | ||||||
9 | Quality Control/Quality Assurance courses be completed at | ||||||
10 | Illinois Department of Transportation facilities. Proper | ||||||
11 | training, however, is an integral component to the success | ||||||
12 | of the Quality Control/Quality Assurance program. | ||||||
13 | (v) Due to inherent differences in administering local | ||||||
14 | projects, and due to the administrative burdens that are | ||||||
15 | imposed when enforcing quality standards, a proper system | ||||||
16 | of training is necessary to ensure laboratories remain | ||||||
17 | qualified to adequately teach and train contractors, | ||||||
18 | consultants, local agencies, and Department personnel at | ||||||
19 | these facilities. | ||||||
20 | (vi) Only a minimal number of facilities meet these | ||||||
21 | standards and are able to competently teach and train | ||||||
22 | qualified sampling and testing personnel. | ||||||
23 | In order to ensure that only competent training is | ||||||
24 | available, it is the intent of the General Assembly to limit | ||||||
25 | the certification of apprenticeship programs to those that meet | ||||||
26 | minimal standards and that are able to competently teach and |
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1 | train. It is also the intent of the General Assembly to require | ||||||
2 | that all training managers satisfy Quality Control/Quality | ||||||
3 | Assurance standards, and that all training facilities and | ||||||
4 | apprenticeship programs in this State conform to the safety | ||||||
5 | standards imposed by the laws and regulations of this State and | ||||||
6 | the laws and regulations of the federal government. | ||||||
7 | The Department shall certify an apprenticeship program as | ||||||
8 | able to teach and train its own members for any quality | ||||||
9 | assurance and quality control certifications issued by the | ||||||
10 | Department if the apprenticeship program meets the following | ||||||
11 | requirements: | ||||||
12 | (1) the program is a United States Department of Labor | ||||||
13 | apprenticeship program conducted by a joint labor | ||||||
14 | management board that is regulated under the Labor | ||||||
15 | Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 141 et seq.; and | ||||||
16 | (2) the program is conducted at a training facility | ||||||
17 | that was established prior to January 1, 2008. | ||||||
18 | The Department shall certify the curricula for the quality | ||||||
19 | assurance quality control program and shall make available all | ||||||
20 | course curricula, teaching aids, syllabi, and other materials | ||||||
21 | necessary for instruction of courses described by this | ||||||
22 | subsection (d). | ||||||
23 | The Department may administer any testing or certify a | ||||||
24 | third party to administer and certify any testing, provided | ||||||
25 | that the entity is independent of and not an affiliate of the | ||||||
26 | United States Department of Labor apprenticeship programs |
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1 | identified in this subsection (d). | ||||||
2 | If the Department does not administer the testing, the | ||||||
3 | Department and the apprenticeship program shall mutually agree | ||||||
4 | upon a third party to administer the testing. The third party | ||||||
5 | shall provide testers upon being given 10 days' notice. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.".
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