Bill Text: IL SJR0019 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Route 53 Expansion Land Alternative Use Task Force to study the following: (1) The cost, feasibility, and environmental impact of alternative uses of the expansion land, including any potential impact on flooding in the area, (2) The short and long term economic impact to the region, and (3) All options for funding alternative uses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-31 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SJR0019 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SJR0019-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Lake County is a desirable place to live because | ||||||
| 3 | of its people and its location and hosts long-standing | ||||||
| 4 | communities that have called Lake County home for generations; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has | ||||||
| 7 | found that they are not in a position to lead the exploration | ||||||
| 8 | of extending Illinois Route
53 into Lake County and into these | ||||||
| 9 | communities; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The communities of Lake County have been voicing
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| 11 | concerns about the type of impact that the extension would | ||||||
| 12 | have on their homes; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 15 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Route 53 | ||||||
| 16 | Expansion Land Alternative Use Task Force is created to study | ||||||
| 17 | the following: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) The cost, feasibility, and environmental impact of | ||||||
| 19 | alternative uses of the expansion land, including any | ||||||
| 20 | potential impact on flooding in the area; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) The short and long term economic impact to the | ||||||
| 22 | region; and | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) All options for funding alternative uses; and be | ||||||
| 2 | it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 4 | following members: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) The President of the Senate, or his or her | ||||||
| 6 | designee; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) The Speaker of the House, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) The Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or her | ||||||
| 9 | designee; | ||||||
| 10 | (4) The Minority Leader of the House, or his or her | ||||||
| 11 | designee; | ||||||
| 12 | (5) The Secretary of Transportation, or his or her | ||||||
| 13 | designee; | ||||||
| 14 | (6) The Executive Director of the Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Natural Resources, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 16 | (7) The Director of the Illinois Environmental | ||||||
| 17 | Protection Agency, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 18 | (8) A representative of Lake County appointed by the | ||||||
| 19 | Chairman of the Lake County Board; | ||||||
| 20 | (9) The Chair of the Lake County Stormwater Management | ||||||
| 21 | Commission, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 22 | (10) The Mayor of Long Grove, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 23 | (11) The Mayor of Hawthorn Woods, or his or her | ||||||
| 24 | designee; | ||||||
| 25 | (12) The Mayor of Mundelein, or his or her designee; | ||||||
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| 1 | (13) The Mayor of Grayslake, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 2 | (14) A representative of a local sustainability | ||||||
| 3 | organization, nominated by its president and appointed by | ||||||
| 4 | the Task Force members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
| 5 | (15) A representative of a local livability | ||||||
| 6 | organization, nominated by its president and appointed by | ||||||
| 7 | the Task Force members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
| 8 | (16) A representative of an environmental | ||||||
| 9 | organization, nominated by its president and appointed by | ||||||
| 10 | the Task Force members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
| 11 | (17) A representative of a tourism organization, | ||||||
| 12 | nominated by its president and appointed by the Task Force | ||||||
| 13 | members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
| 14 | (18) A representative of a conservation organization, | ||||||
| 15 | nominated by its president and appointed by the Task Force | ||||||
| 16 | members who are General Assembly members; and | ||||||
| 17 | (19) A representative of the Lake County Forest | ||||||
| 18 | Preserves, nominated by its president and appointed by the | ||||||
| 19 | Task Force members who are General Assembly members; and | ||||||
| 20 | be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall select a Chairperson | ||||||
| 22 | from among the members of the Task Force who serve in the | ||||||
| 23 | General Assembly; Task Force members shall serve without | ||||||
| 24 | compensation; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Natural | ||||||
| 2 | Resources shall provide administrative and other support to | ||||||
| 3 | the Task Force; the Illinois Department of Transportation and | ||||||
| 4 | the Illinois Tollway shall provide all information requested | ||||||
| 5 | by the Task Force; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet a minimum of four | ||||||
| 7 | times and make recommendations to the
General Assembly and | ||||||
| 8 | IDOT before December 31, 2022, and, upon the filing of its | ||||||
| 9 | final report, the Task Force is dissolved.
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