104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2248 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 630 ILCS 10/15 Amends the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may use the design-build project delivery method for transportation facilities if the capital costs for transportation facilities delivered utilizing the design-build project delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build project delivery method do not for transportation facilities delivered by the Department, exceed the value of 20% of the projects annually programmed in (rather than $400 million of contracts awarded during) the Department's multi-year highway improvement program on an annual basis (rather than for any 5-year period). Removes language that provides that notwithstanding any other law, and as authority supplemental to its existing powers, the Department may use the Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for up to 2 transportation facilities per year. Effective immediately. LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2248 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 630 ILCS 10/15 630 ILCS 10/15 Amends the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may use the design-build project delivery method for transportation facilities if the capital costs for transportation facilities delivered utilizing the design-build project delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build project delivery method do not for transportation facilities delivered by the Department, exceed the value of 20% of the projects annually programmed in (rather than $400 million of contracts awarded during) the Department's multi-year highway improvement program on an annual basis (rather than for any 5-year period). Removes language that provides that notwithstanding any other law, and as authority supplemental to its existing powers, the Department may use the Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for up to 2 transportation facilities per year. Effective immediately. LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2248 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 630 ILCS 10/15 630 ILCS 10/15 630 ILCS 10/15 Amends the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may use the design-build project delivery method for transportation facilities if the capital costs for transportation facilities delivered utilizing the design-build project delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build project delivery method do not for transportation facilities delivered by the Department, exceed the value of 20% of the projects annually programmed in (rather than $400 million of contracts awarded during) the Department's multi-year highway improvement program on an annual basis (rather than for any 5-year period). Removes language that provides that notwithstanding any other law, and as authority supplemental to its existing powers, the Department may use the Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for up to 2 transportation facilities per year. Effective immediately. LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b A BILL FOR SB2248LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Innovations for Transportation 5 Infrastructure Act is amended by changing Section 15 as 6 follows: 7 (630 ILCS 10/15) 8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2032) 9 Sec. 15. Authorization of project delivery methods. 10 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and as authority 11 supplemental to its existing powers, except as otherwise 12 provided for in this Act, the Transportation Agency, in 13 accordance with this Act, may use the design-build project 14 delivery method for transportation facilities if the capital 15 costs for transportation facilities delivered utilizing the 16 design-build project delivery method or Construction 17 Manager/General Contractor project delivery method or 18 Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build project 19 delivery method do not: (i) for transportation facilities 20 delivered by the Department, exceed the value of 20% $400 21 million of the projects annually programmed in contracts 22 awarded during the Department's multi-year highway improvement 23 program on an annual basis for any 5-year period; or (ii) for 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2248 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 630 ILCS 10/15 630 ILCS 10/15 630 ILCS 10/15 Amends the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may use the design-build project delivery method for transportation facilities if the capital costs for transportation facilities delivered utilizing the design-build project delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build project delivery method do not for transportation facilities delivered by the Department, exceed the value of 20% of the projects annually programmed in (rather than $400 million of contracts awarded during) the Department's multi-year highway improvement program on an annual basis (rather than for any 5-year period). Removes language that provides that notwithstanding any other law, and as authority supplemental to its existing powers, the Department may use the Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for up to 2 transportation facilities per year. Effective immediately. LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b A BILL FOR 630 ILCS 10/15 LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248- 2 -LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 - 2 - LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 - 2 - LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b 1 transportation facilities delivered by the Authority, exceed 2 20% of the Authority's annual improvement program. The 3 Transportation Agency shall make this calculation before 4 commencing the procurement. Notwithstanding any other law, and 5 as authority supplemental to its existing powers, the 6 Department, in accordance with this Act, may use the 7 Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery 8 method for up to 2 transportation facilities per year. Before 9 commencing a procurement under this Act for either a 10 design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General 11 Contractor contract, the Transportation Agency shall first 12 undertake an analysis and make a written determination that it 13 is in the best interests of this State to use the selected 14 delivery method for that transportation facility. The analysis 15 and determination shall discuss the design-build project 16 delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor 17 project delivery method's impact on the anticipated schedule, 18 completion date, and project costs. The best interests of the 19 State analysis shall be made available to the public. 20 (b) The Transportation Agency shall report to the General 21 Assembly annually for the first 5 years after June 15, 2022 22 (the effective date of this Act) on the progress of 23 procurements and transportation facilities procured under this 24 Act. 25 (c) A contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of 26 this Act is excepted from the Public Contract Fraud Act. SB2248 - 2 - LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248- 3 -LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 - 3 - LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b SB2248 - 3 - LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b 1 (Source: P.A. 102-1094, eff. 6-15-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) SB2248 - 3 - LRB104 10936 LNS 21018 b