Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 3010/3. Capital improvement programs; contents

§ 3. Each capital improvement program shall include, but not be limited to, roads, bridges, buildings, including schools, prisons, recreational facilities and conservation areas, and other infrastructure facilities that are owned by the State of Illinois.

Each capital improvement program shall include a needs assessment of the State's capital facilities. Each needs assessment shall include where possible the inventory, age, condition, use, sources of financing, past investment, maintenance history, trends in condition, financing and investment, and projected dollar amount of need in the next 5 years, 10 years, and until the year 2000. Needs assessment of State facilities shall use, to the fullest extent possible, existing studies and data from other agencies such as the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, the Capital Development Board, the Governor's Task Force on the Future of Illinois, and relevant federal agencies, so that studies can be completed as efficiently as possible, and so information on needs can be used to seek federal funds as soon as possible.

Each capital improvement program shall include an identification and analysis of factors that affect estimated capital investment needs, including but not limited to, economic assumptions, engineering standards, estimates of spending for operations and maintenance, federal and State regulations, and estimation of demand for services.

Each capital improvement program shall include an identification and analysis of the principal policy issues that affect estimated capital investment needs, including but not limited to, economic development policy, equity considerations, policies regarding alternative technologies, political jurisdiction over different infrastructure systems, and the role of the private sector in planning for and investing in infrastructure.