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Bill Action of Note:
HJR 23, I-55-Support was adopted in the House 88-3-0. This resolution supports the "I-55 Managed Lane Project" and IDOT's efforts to pursue the project as a P3. The Chamber supports this resolution and project.
HB 1342, Transit passed the Senate 50-5-0. This bill provides that the powers of the Chicago Transit Board include the power to pass ordinances or adopt rules and regulations concerning the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media. Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that a local mass transit district's board and the Suburban Bus Board may adopt all ordinances and make all rules proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation, and maintenance of its property and facilities, and to carry into effect the powers granted to each board with any necessary fines or penalties, including ordinances, rules, or regulations concerning the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media, as each board deems proper. Adds limits to suspension of riding privileges and confiscation of fare media and required procedures. Further amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Chicago Transit Board shall partner with the City of Chicago to provide transportation at reduced fares for participants in programs which offer employment and internship opportunities to youth and young adults ages 14 to 24. Further amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, due to the fiscal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the aggregate of all projected fare revenues from specified fares and charges received in fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (rather than 2021, 2022, and 2023) may be less than 50% of the aggregate costs of providing public transportation in those fiscal years. Provides that, after July 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2026), a Service Board may not enter into a new contract to purchase a bus that is not a zero-emission bus for the purpose of the Service Board's transit bus fleet. Provides that a Service Board shall not be deemed to be in violation of the provisions when failure to comply is due to: (1) the unavailability of zero-emission buses from a manufacturer or funding to purchase zero-emission buses; (2) the lack of necessary charging, fueling, or storage facilities or funding to procure charging, fueling, or storage facilities; or (3) the inability of a third party to enter into a contractual or commercial relationship with a Service Board that is necessary to carry out the purposes of the provisions. Provides that the Regional Transportation Authority shall file a statement certifying that the Service Boards published specified data with the General Assembly and the Governor after adoption of the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan and, if the Authority fails to file a statement certifying publication of the data, then the appropriations to the Department of Transportation for grants to the Authority intended to reimburse the Service Boards for providing free and reduced fares shall be withheld.
HB 2068, Transportation Benefit Program-Opposed passed the House on concurrence 77-36-0. This bill creates the Transportation Benefits Program Act. Requires all covered employers of 50 employees or more in a specified geographic area at an address that is located within one mile of regularly scheduled transit service. Provides that the pre-tax commuter benefit shall allow employees to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of a transit pass via payroll deduction, such that the costs for such purchases may be excluded from the employee's taxable wages and compensation up to the maximum amount permitted by federal tax law. Provides that the Regional Transportation Authority shall make publicly available a searchable map of addresses that are located within one mile of fixed-route transit service.
HB 2121, Traffic Fatalities Task Force passed the House on concurrence 109-0-0. This bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish and convene the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force's efforts to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2025. Establishes membership of task force.
HB 2219, Sanitary Districts/Renewable Energy passed the House on concurrence 112-0-0. This bill authorizes the corporate authorities of a sanitary district to issue bonds prior to December 31, 2034, for the development of distributed renewable energy generation devices. Also authorizes a district to construct, maintain, finance, and operate distributed renewable energy generation devices as necessary to sell or otherwise dispose of recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting from the operation of district facilities.
HB 2531, South Suburban Airport-Oppose passed the Senate 33-20-0 and has now passed both houses. This bill amends the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act. Defines cargo-oriented development as the development of places that are both multimodal nodes of freight transportation and centers of employment in logistics and manufacturing businesses. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall (instead of may) establish a process for prequalification of offerors. Requires the Department to commence the prequalification process within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
HB 3017, Permitting Portal-Chamber/IERG Initiative passed the Senate 55-0-0. As amended, this bill provides that the Office shall implement reforms to improve interagency coordination and encourage expeditious permit issuance. Provides that the Office shall use information technology tools to track project schedules and metrics in order to improve transparency and accountability of the permitting process, reduce uncertainty and delays, and reduce costs and risks to taxpayers. In provisions concerning an online transparency tool, provides that certain information shall be provided to the Office of Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance by State agencies. Provides that various provisions of the introduced bill are subject to appropriation.This bill is the Chamber/IERG initiative to create an online permitting portal for large industrial projects in Illinois.
HB 3095, Limestone passed the Senate 55-0-0. This bill requires the Pollution Control Board to adopt rules for the placement of limestone residual materials generated from the treatment of drinking water by a municipal utility in an underground limestone mine located in whole or in part within the municipality that operates the municipal utility. Requires the rules to be consistent with the Board's Underground Injection Control regulations for Class V wells, provided that the rules shall allow for the limestone residual materials to be delivered to and placed in the mine by means other than an injection well. Provides that rules adopted under the provision shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Title VII of the Act and the procedures for rulemaking in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, provided that a municipality proposing rules is not required to include in its proposal a petition signed by at least 200 persons. Provides that rules adopted under the provision shall not be considered a part of the State Underground Injection Control program established under the Act.
HB 3370, Prevailing Wage/Power Washing-Oppose passed the House 76-33-0. This bill provides that the definition of "public works" includes power washing projects by a public body or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.
HB 3400, Public Works-Support passed the Senate 40-13-0. This bill provides that the Department of Labor shall report quarterly (rather than annually) to the General Assembly and the Governor the number of people employed on public works in the State during the preceding 3 months (rather preceding calendar year). This report shall include the total number of people employed on each public works project during the preceding 3 months. Provides that the report shall identify every public works project in the State by project name and contractor name and include the demographics of the workers on the project by percentage, including gender, race, and ethnicity, broken down by the following categories: (i) type of trade; (ii) whether the worker is a journey worker or apprentice; and (iii) total work hours performed.
HB 3448, Contractors passed the House 78-35-0. This bill provides that every primary contractor and subcontractor shall post and keep posted, in one or more conspicuous places accessible to all laborers, workers, and mechanics at a job site, a notice, to be made available by the Director of Labor, summarizing specified requirements under the Act and information pertaining to the filing of a complaint. Provides that the Director shall provide copies of summaries and rules to primary contractors and subcontractors upon request without charge. Provides that any primary contractor or subcontractor who fails to provide notice as required shall be subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed $250, payable to the Department of Labor. Provides that one copy of the notice at a job site shall satisfy the notice requirement for the primary contractor and all subcontractors.
SB 684, Central IL Regional Airport Authority passed the House 73-40-0. This bill creates the Central Illinois Regional Airport Authority. Provides that the territory of the Authority shall be the corporate limits of McLean County and that any existing airport authority located within McLean County is dissolved upon the establishment of the Authority. Provides that the new Authority shall assume the rights to all property, assets, and liabilities of any dissolved authority. Provides that, of the 3 commissioners appointed by the county board chairman, 2 shall reside in rural municipalities with a population less than 5,000 and one shall reside in an unincorporated area of McLean County.
SB 1438, Dig Once Act passed the House 114-0-0. This bill creates the Illinois Dig Once Act. This bill provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall consult with the State-Wide One-Call Notice System to jointly develop rules for the design and construction of road, highway, tollway, and expressway projects to reduce the need for the relocation of public water and wastewater infrastructure and to promote the deployment (rather than reduce the scale and number of repeated excavations of roads, highways, tollways, and expressways for the installation and maintenance) of broadband infrastructure and underground utility facilities in an efficient and competitively neutral process for all road, highway, tollway, and expressway projects. Provides that the rules adopted under the Act are not intended to delay the design or construction of road, highway, tollway, and expressway construction projects, and shall not be construed to provide authority to approve, deny, or delay broadband infrastructure projects or underground utility facilities projects. Provides that whenever a public utility makes an application for a grant or easement in, over, or upon real property of the State for purposes of locating and maintaining such utility, or such utility's wire, pipe, cable, fiber conduit, or other facility or equipment, the Administrator, with the consent of the agency having jurisdiction over the real property, may grant such an easement.
SB 2192, Procurement Bid Notice passed the House 109-0-0. This bill provides that if a bidder has failed to be awarded a contract after 4 consecutive bids to provide the same services to a single agency, the applicable agency shall detail, in writing, why the 4 bids were not awarded to the bidder. Provides that the agency shall submit by certified copy to the bidder the reasoning for the rejection of the bid within the same quarter in which the 4th bid was rejected. Provides that the provisions of the introduced bill only apply to the Department of Transportation, the Capital Development Board, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
Amendments of Note:
SB 1996 HCA 3, Paid Leave was filed. This bill amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Removes a provision that the Act shall not apply to any employee who is covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement with an employer that provides services nationally and internationally of delivery, pickup, and transportation of parcels, documents, and freight. Provides that the definition of "employee" does not include an employee as defined in the Federal Employers' Liability Act.
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