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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING
4 HEREIN, that there is created the Task Force on Converting
5 Toll Highways to Freeways:
6 (a) The Task Force consists of at least 12 members and
7 not more than 22 members chosen according to the following
8 requirements:
9 (1) Six voting members appointed from the House of
10 Representatives, with 3 members appointed by the Speaker
11 and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader;
12 (2) Six voting members appointed from the Senate,
13 with 3 members appointed by the President and 3 members
14 appointed by the Minority Leader;
15 (3) Up to 10 non-voting members appointed from
16 pertinent fields or disciplines by the legislative
17 members of the Task Force, by majority vote, with up to 2
18 individuals appointed from each of the following
19 categories:
20 (A) Transportation;
21 (B) Academia;
22 (C) County or municipal government;
23 (D) Environment and urban or regional planning;
24 and
25 (E) Any other field or discipline the
26 legislative members of the Task Force deem
27 necessary;
28 (b) A majority of the legislative appointees shall select
29 a legislative member of the Task Force to serve as
30 chairperson;
31 (c) The chairman of the Illinois State Toll Highway
32 Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, the Director of
33 Commerce and Community Affairs, the Director of Natural
34 Resources, or their designees, may serve as advisory non-
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1 voting delegates to the Task Force;
2 (d) The Task Force has the following objectives:
3 (1) Conduct a series of public hearings throughout
4 the State to discuss plans to convert the toll highway
5 system to freeways and the possible effect of that
6 conversion;
7 (2) Make recommendations and propose enabling
8 legislation to allow the conversion of the toll highway
9 system to freeways;
10 (3) Develop legislative proposals to implement the
11 conversion;
12 (4) Review the State budget, revenues, and tax
13 expenditures to determine the fiscal effect of the
14 conversion;
15 (5) Propose funding amounts and identify revenue
16 sources to finance the conversion;
17 (e) The Task Force shall receive the assistance of
18 legislative staff, legislative agencies, and upon request,
19 private and public organizations;
20 (f) The members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for
21 their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds
22 appropriated for that purpose; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, that the Task Force on Converting Toll Highways
24 to Freeways shall meet as soon as possible after at least 6
25 legislative members have been appointed, shall hold public
26 hearings, and shall report its findings and recommendations
27 concerning the conversion of the toll highway system to
28 freeways to the General Assembly by filing copies of its
29 report with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the
30 Senate on or before April 14, 2000; and that upon filing its
31 report the Task Force is dissolved.