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| Public Act 097-0032 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||
Section 2705-200 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2705/2705-200) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16)
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Sec. 2705-200. Master plan; reporting requirements.
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(a) The Department has the power to develop and maintain a | ||||
continuing,
comprehensive, and integrated planning process | ||||
that shall develop and
periodically revise a statewide master | ||||
plan for transportation to guide program
development and to | ||||
foster efficient and economical transportation services in
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ground, air, water, and
all other modes of transportation | ||||
throughout the State. The Department
shall coordinate its | ||||
transportation planning activities with those of other
State | ||||
agencies and authorities and shall supervise and review any
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transportation planning performed by other Executive agencies | ||||
under the
direction of the Governor. The Department shall | ||||
cooperate and participate
with federal, regional, interstate, | ||||
State, and local agencies, in accordance
with Sections 5-301 | ||||
and 7-301 of the Illinois Highway Code, and with
interested | ||||
private individuals and organizations in the coordination of
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plans and policies for development of the state's | ||
transportation system.
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To meet the provisions of this Section, the Department | ||
shall publish and
deliver to the Governor and General Assembly | ||
by December 31, 2012 January 1, 1982 and every 5 2
years | ||
thereafter, its master plan for highway, waterway, aeronautic, | ||
mass
transportation, and railroad systems. The plan shall | ||
identify priority
subsystems or components of each system that | ||
are critical to the economic and
general welfare of this State | ||
regardless of public jurisdictional
responsibility or private | ||
ownership.
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The master plan shall include a comprehensive and | ||
multimodal freight mobility plan which shall analyze commodity | ||
flows, assess the freight transportation network, and identify | ||
significant freight system trends, needs, and economic | ||
opportunities. It shall recommend improvements in the | ||
operation and management of the freight system, projects that | ||
will eliminate inefficiencies in the State's freight network, | ||
methods of funding needed for freight system improvements, and | ||
policies to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient movement | ||
of goods within and through the State and to ensure the State's | ||
economic vitality. The freight mobility plan shall incorporate | ||
and maintain compatibility with any federally required rail | ||
plan affecting this State. | ||
The master plan shall provide particular emphasis and | ||
detail of at least the 5-year
period in the immediate future.
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Annual and 5-year, or longer, project programs for each | ||
State system in this Section
shall be published and furnished | ||
the General Assembly on the first Wednesday
in April of each | ||
year.
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Identified needs included in the project programs shall be | ||
listed and
mapped in a distinctive fashion to clearly identify | ||
the priority status
of the projects: (1) projects to be | ||
committed for execution; (2) tentative
projects that are | ||
dependent upon funding or other constraints; and (3) needed
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projects that are not programmed due to lack of funding or | ||
other constraints.
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All projects shall be related to the priority systems of | ||
the master plan,
and the priority criteria identified. Cost and | ||
estimated completion dates
shall be included for work required | ||
to complete a useable segment or component
beyond the
period of | ||
the program.
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(b) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | ||
Governor and General
Assembly on the first Wednesday in April | ||
of each year a 5-year, or longer, Highway
Improvement Program | ||
reporting
the number of fiscal years each project has been on | ||
previous
plans submitted by the Department.
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(c) The Department shall publish and deliver to the | ||
Governor and the General
Assembly by November 1 of each year a | ||
For the Record report that shall include
the following:
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(1) All the projects accomplished in the previous | ||
fiscal year
listed by each Illinois Department of | ||
Transportation District.
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(2) The award cost and the beginning
dates of each | ||
listed project.
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(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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