Bill Text: IL SB1803 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Sand Mine and Transportation Study Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall conduct a sand mine and transportation study on the effects of sand mine operations in LaSalle county and its bordering counties, and produce a report on its findings. Allows the Department to consult with other agencies to carry out its purposes. Requires the Department to submit its report by January 1, 2016. Contains a repealer provision. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0400 [SB1803 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1803-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1803 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Sand Mine and Transportation Study Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall conduct a sand mine and transportation study on the effects of sand mine operations in LaSalle county and its bordering counties, and produce a report on its findings. Allows the Department to consult with other agencies to carry out its purposes. Requires the Department to submit its report by January 1, 2016. Contains a repealer provision. Effective immediately.
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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 Sand
Mine and Transportation Study Act.
Section 5. Sand Mine and Transportation Study.
(a) The Department of Transportation shall conduct a sand
mine and transportation study on the effects of sand mine
operations in LaSalle county and its bordering counties, and
produce a report on its findings. The report shall include:
(1) impacts of road usage and traffic pattern
disruptions by sand mine trucking companies;
(2) potential road improvement plans to alleviate the
additional highway traffic caused by sand mine operations;
(3) potential for adding new railway terminals and sand
pipelines to alleviate the highway traffic caused by sand
mine operations;
(4) estimates of current and future tourism trends for
the State parks and tourism areas in LaSalle county and the
effects of sand mine operations on visitors to those parks
and tourism areas; and
(5) recommendations to the General Assembly as to
whether further legislation or rulemaking is needed to

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regulate sand mining in this State.
(b) The Department may consult with any agency it deems
necessary to carry out the study.
(c) The Department shall submit its report and
recommendations to the General Assembly on or before January 1,
2016.
Section 10. Expiration. This Act is repealed on January 1,
2017.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.