104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1822

 

Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2705/2705-627 new

    Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of the construction of the South Suburban Airport. Prohibits the State from allocating any additional funds to the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis is completed. Prohibits the Department from using any funds granted to it under the Airport Improvement Program for the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis is completed. Provides that any request for proposal under the Department's current request for quote process submitted to the Department after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall require any private developer to certify to the Department that no additional funds will be used for the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis is completed. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6Section 2705-627 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-627 new)
8    Sec. 2705-627. South Suburban Airport analysis. The
9Department shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of the costs
10and benefits of the construction of the South Suburban
11Airport. The State shall not allocate any additional funds to
12the construction of the South Suburban Airport until the
13analysis is completed. The Department shall not use any funds
14granted to it under the Airport Improvement Program for the
15construction of the South Suburban Airport until the analysis
16is completed. Any request for proposal under the Department's
17current request for quote process submitted to the Department
18after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
19General Assembly shall require any private developer to
20certify to the Department that no additional funds will be
21used for the construction of the South Suburban Airport until
22the analysis is completed.
23    For the purpose of this Section, "funds" includes any

 

 

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1associated costs related to any study, engineering work,
2environmental review, or other expenditure of public funds
3related to the construction of the South Suburban Airport.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.