Bill Text: IL SB1949 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate rules governing corrosion prevention projects affecting eligible bridges. Provides for consideration of industry standards and the handling of hazardous materials. Defines terms.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1949 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1949-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1949 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 5/4-106 new
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate rules governing corrosion prevention projects affecting eligible bridges. Provides for consideration of industry standards and the handling of hazardous materials. Defines terms.
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AN ACT concerning the transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
Section 4-106 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/4-106 new)
Sec. 4-106. Preservation of bridge infrastructure.
(a) The Department shall adopt rules governing all
corrosion prevention projects carried out on eligible bridges.
The rules shall include:
(1) a process for ensuring that corrosion prevention
and mitigation methods are carried out according to
corrosion prevention industry standards adopted by the
Department for eligible bridges that include the use of
industry trained and certified:
(A) protective coatings personnel to carry out
corrosion prevention and mitigation methods on any
type of substrate or surface, but especially concrete
and steel; and
(B) inspectors to ensure best practices and
standards are adhered to on a corrosion prevention
project;
(2) a plan to prevent environmental degradation that

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could occur as a result of carrying out corrosion
prevention and mitigation methods including the careful
handling and containment of hazardous materials,
especially lead paint; and
(3) consulting and interacting directly with, for the
purpose of approving industry trained and certified
personnel, corrosion industry experts specializing in the
training and certification of personnel to carry out
corrosion prevention and mitigation methods.
(b) In this Section:
"Corrosion" means a naturally occurring phenomenon
commonly defined as the deterioration of a material (usually a
metal) that results from a chemical or electrochemical reaction
with its environment.
"Corrosion prevention and mitigation methods" means:
(1) the preparation, application, installation,
removal, or general maintenance as necessary of a
protective coating system including the following:
(A) surface preparation and coating application on
an eligible bridge;
(B) removal of a lead-based or other hazardous
coating from an eligible bridge;
(C) shop painting of structural steel fabricated
for installation as part of an eligible bridge; and
(2) any other activities related to corrosion
prevention, such as cathodic protection, on eligible

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bridges determined by the Department that require industry
trained and certified personnel to carry out.
"Corrosion prevention project" means carrying out
corrosion prevention and mitigation methods during
construction, alteration, maintenance, repair work, or at any
other time necessary on an eligible bridge.
"Eligible bridge" means a bridge or overpass the
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair work on which
is funded, directly or indirectly, by a municipality, a
public-private partnership, the State, the federal government,
or some combination thereof.
"Industry trained and certified" means documentation, as
recognized by the United States Department of Labor, showing
either:
(1) an individual's prior completion of, or current
enrollment in for at least the entire duration of a
corrosion prevention project on an eligible bridge, a
United States Department of Labor certified apprenticeship
training program that requires concurrent on-the-job
training and classroom instruction for an individual to be
considered adequately knowledgeable to carry out corrosion
prevention and mitigation methods; or
(2) an individual's receipt from a corrosion
prevention industry credentialing organization, whose
standards for corrosion prevention and mitigation methods
are recognized by the Department, of confirmation that the

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individual is adequately trained to carry out corrosion
prevention and mitigation methods or inspections.