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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 9.5 as follows:
 



6    (605 ILCS 10/9.5)



7    Sec. 9.5. Acquisition by purchase or by condemnation. The

8Authority is authorized to acquire by purchase or by 
9condemnation, in
the manner provided for the exercise of the 
10power of eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act, any and 
11all lands,
buildings, and grounds necessary or convenient for 
12its authorized
purpose.  The Authority shall comply with the 
13federal Uniform
Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
14Acquisition Policies Act,
Public Law 91-646, as amended, and 
15the implementing regulations in 49
CFR Part 24
and is 
16authorized to
operate a relocation program and to pay 
17relocation costs.
If there is a conflict between the provisions 
18of this amendatory Act of
1998
and the provisions of the 
19federal law or regulations, however, the provisions
of this 
20amendatory Act of 1998 shall control with the exception that 
21the Authority shall use whichever law or regulation provides 
22the highest payment limit.
The
Authority is authorized to 
23exceed the maximum payment limits of the
federal Uniform 
 
 
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1Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition
Policies 
2Act when necessary to ensure the provision of decent, safe, or

3sanitary housing, or to secure a suitable relocation site.
The 
4Authority may not adopt rules to implement the federal law or

5regulations referenced in this Section unless those rules have 
6received the
prior approval of the Joint Committee on 
7Administrative Rules.

8(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

 
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.