Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Adds a new Section concerning highway funds. Provides that no moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, including the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds. Limits the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation to direct program expenses of the Secretary of State, the State Police, and the Department of Transportation related to the enforcement of traffic laws and safety. Provides that the revenues described herein shall not be diverted to any other purpose. Provides that any additional modes of transportation proposed for State funding shall have dedicated sources of funding. Provides that federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized by federal law. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.
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Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Eliminates the office of Lieutenant Governor, beginning with the term of office otherwise commencing in 2019. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Mourns the death of Daniel P. Kelley of Skokie.
Mourns the death of Karl Richard Vollendorf of Glendale Heights.
Mourns the death of Theresa Maria Marks Lee.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for its FY 16 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Act.
Mourns the death of Guy F. Brownson.
Mourns the death of Timothy John Koziol of Bloomingdale.
Mourns the death of Tim Stewart of Carol Stream.