Sen. Laura Murphy

Mourns the death of Mary Helen Bentall of Elk Grove Village.

Mourns the death of Mary Helen Bentall of Elk Grove Village.

Mourns the death of Valerie Hagedorn of Des Plaines.

Mourns the death of Roger Wallace Spiegler of Des Plaines.

Mourns the death of Ronald C. Schneider of Elk Grove Village.

Urges the Chicago Department of Aviation to develop a more comprehensive, aggressive Fly Quiet program, including the development of a Continuous Descent Approach, a review of Noise Abatement Department Procedures, the act of maintaining at least 2 operating runways and leaving a third runway open during Fly Quiet hours, including at least one diagonal runway, and the operating use of a Runway Rotation Plan, to disperse airport noise effects during Fly Quiet hours. Urges the Chicago Department of Aviation to revise and strengthen the Fly Quiet Program Manual and operating procedures to create a pathway toward partial compliance with Fly Quiet during non-optimal weather conditions, and better familiarity between air traffic controllers and Fly Quiet principles. Recommends that the Fly Quiet Program Manual should be studied and revised at regular, periodic intervals; these reviews should include, but not be limited to, the assessment of departure paths and headings from O'Hare's newest runways and determine the best runway configurations, with the goal of directing flights over less-populated areas and reducing population impacts. Urges that the stakeholders should work together to study and implement Fly Quiet Program Manual voluntary operating procedures outside of normal Fly Quiet hours. Urges the Chicago Department of Aviation to make every effort to work with its private partners to discourage and phase down the use of older and noisier aircraft, including but not limited to the MD-80 and DC-10 aircraft, on a 24/7 basis but especially during Fly Quiet hours. Urges the Chicago Department of Aviation to enhance the report card program to measure and publicly report on the noise mitigation performance metrics posted by airlines and air cargo operators throughout the 24/7 day, but especially with respect to operations during Fly Quiet hours.

Commends the generation of new CNEL data as a way for the communities around O'Hare International Airport to better understand the impact of airport noise on their communities and quality of life. Commends the City of Chicago for supporting P.A. 99-202 and calls upon it to continue to take steps to implement the law and generate the data mandated by this Public Act. Calls upon the Federal Aviation Administration to assist the City of Chicago in the implementation of P.A. 99-202, including the siting, re-siting, and re-equipping of noise monitoring stations, and the generation and publication of data generated by these stations in conformity with CNEL professional standards. Re-affirms the noise contour maps that cover areas surrounding O'Hare Airport, and describes that the impacts of noise upon these communities, should be based upon the best and newest possible data and technology. Calls upon the FAA to use new CNEL data to revisit the existing noise contour maps that cover areas surrounding O'Hare Airport, and to promptly redraw these maps as new airport noise data is submitted.

Mourns the death of Richard T. Vana of Des Plaines.

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.