Bill Text: IL SB2658 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that motor fuel tax funds allotted to municipalities may be used for the treatment or removal of trees infected with Dutch elm disease or ash trees infected with the emerald ash borer from any parcel of public or private property within the municipality.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2658 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2658-Engrossed.html

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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 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing
Section 7-202 and by adding Section 7-202.23 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/7-202) (from Ch. 121, par. 7-202)
Sec. 7-202. Motor fuel tax funds allotted to the several
municipalities shall be used for one or more of the purposes
stated in Sections 7-202.1 through 7-202.23 7-202.22.
(Source: P.A. 85-1010.)
(605 ILCS 5/7-202.23 new)
Sec. 7-202.23. Treatment or removal of ash trees infected
with the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) from
any public right-of-way within a municipality. Municipalities
may use motor fuel tax funds under the general maintenance
program for the treatment or removal of ash trees if the
following criteria are met:
(a) the municipality is located in the emerald ash borer
internal State quarantine zone most recently published by the
Illinois Department of Agriculture, unless the Department has
determined that the entire State has become infested and, as a
result, has rescinded the internal State quarantine;

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(b) the ash trees are located on the public right-of-way or
are a potential hazard to vehicle travel;
(c) the ash trees to be removed are shown in a detailed
inventory; and
(d) motor fuel tax funds are not used to plant replacement
trees.