96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0953


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













605 ILCS 10/3
  from Ch. 121, par. 100-3







    Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing 
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Section 3 as follows:
 



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    (605 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3)



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    Sec. 3. 
There is hereby created an Authority to be known as 
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the
The
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which is hereby 
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constituted an
instrumentality and an administrative agency of 
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the State of Illinois.
The said Authority shall consist of 11 
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directors; the Governor and the
Secretary of the Department of 
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Transportation, ex officio, and 9
directors appointed by the 
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Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate, from the 
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State at large, which said directors and their
successors are 
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hereby authorized to carry out the provisions of this
Act, and 
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to exercise the powers herein conferred. Of the 9 directors

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appointed by the Governor, no more than 5 shall be members of 
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the same
political party. Vacancies shall be filled for the 
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unexpired term
in the same manner as original appointments. All 
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appointments shall be
in writing and filed with the Secretary 
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of State as a public record. It
is the intention of this 
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section that the Governor's appointments shall
be made with due 
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consideration to the location of proposed toll highway
routes 
 


 






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so that maximum geographic representation from the areas served

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by said toll highway routes may be accomplished insofar as 
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practicable.
The said Authority shall have the power to 
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contract and be contracted
with, to acquire, hold and convey 
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personal and real property or any
interest therein including 
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rights of way, franchises and easements; to
have and use a 
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common seal, and to alter the same at will; to make and

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establish resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations, 
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and to
alter or repeal the same as the Authority shall deem 
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necessary and
expedient for the construction, operation, 
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relocation, regulation and
maintenance of a system of toll 
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highways within and through the State of
Illinois.
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    Appointment of the additional directors provided for by 
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this amendatory
Act of 1980 shall be made within 30 days after 
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the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1980.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1164.)