HB 4618

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a municipality that is located partially or wholly in a county with a population greater than 500,000 but less than 3,000,000 under specified conditions may expend Motor Fuel Tax street or road funds (except Federal-aid funds) on streets or highways or sections of highways without prior review or approval of the Department of Transportation for routine maintenance activities as determined by the Department, including without limitation snow plowing, street cleaning, crack-sealing, and road patching; and routine and periodic roadway resurfacing activities (including grinding off the surface course of roads, but not involving expansions or reconstruction of more than 20% of the affected road bed). Effective immediately.