Senate Bill 1965 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, with amounts to be specified (shown as $0.00 in introduced form).

• Transfers appropriations to the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund and Public Transit Revolving Fund.

• Requires the Department to expend minimum amounts from construction funds for roads to industrial sites, economic development purposes, and roads to historical sites and lake access roads.

• Establishes budget categories with specified funding allocations for Administration, Operations, Engineering, Intermodal, County Roads, Industrial and Lake Access, Capital Improvement Program, State Aid Roads, Federal Aid Roads, and Right-of-Way Acquisition.

• Sets budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and lease-purchase agreements, and limits the Director's salary to an amount to be specified, effective September 1, 2012.