Bill Text: IL SB0958 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning powers of the Toll Highway Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0958 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0958-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning powers of the Toll Highway Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0958 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0958-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (605 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8)
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7 | Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power:
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8 | (a) To acquire, own, use, hire, lease, operate and
and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | dispose of
personal property, real property (except with | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | respect to the headquarters
building and surrounding land of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the Authority located at 2700 Ogden Avenue,
Downers Grove, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Illinois, which may be sold or mortgaged only as provided in
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13 | Section 7.5
of the State Property Control Act
to the extent | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | that such property is subject to the State Property Control
Act | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | at the time
of the proposed sale), any interest therein, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | including
rights-of-way, franchises and easements. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or
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18 | incidental to the performance of its powers under this Act. All
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19 | employment contracts let under this Act shall be in conformity | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | with the
applicable provisions of "An Act regulating wages of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | laborers, mechanics
and other workers employed under contracts | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | for public works," approved
June 26, 1941, as amended.
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23 | (c) To employ and discharge, without regard to the |
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1 | requirements of
any civil service or personnel act, such | ||||||
2 | administrative, engineering,
traffic, architectural, | ||||||
3 | construction, and financial experts, and
inspectors, and such | ||||||
4 | other employees, as are necessary in the
Authority's judgment | ||||||
5 | to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to
establish and | ||||||
6 | administer standards of classification of all of such
persons | ||||||
7 | with respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and
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8 | tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment with such | ||||||
9 | persons for
such periods and on such terms as the Authority | ||||||
10 | deems desirable.
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11 | (d) To appoint by and with the consent of the Attorney | ||||||
12 | General,
assistant attorneys for such Authority, which said | ||||||
13 | assistant attorneys
shall be under the control, direction and | ||||||
14 | supervision of the Attorney
General and shall serve at his | ||||||
15 | pleasure.
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16 | (e) To retain special counsel, subject to the approval of | ||||||
17 | the
Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix | ||||||
18 | their
compensation, provided however, such special counsel | ||||||
19 | shall be
subject
to
the control, direction and supervision of | ||||||
20 | the Attorney General and shall
serve at his pleasure.
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21 | (f) To acquire, construct, relocate, operate, regulate and | ||||||
22 | maintain
a system of toll highways through and within the State | ||||||
23 | of Illinois.
However, the Authority does not have the power to | ||||||
24 | acquire, operate,
regulate or maintain any system of toll | ||||||
25 | highways or toll bridges or
portions of them (including but not | ||||||
26 | limited to any system organized
pursuant to Division 108 of |
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1 | Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code)
in the event either | ||||||
2 | of the following conditions exists at the time the
proposed | ||||||
3 | acquisition, operation, regulation or maintenance of such
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4 | system is to become effective:
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5 | (1) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments
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6 | evidencing indebtedness of the system are in default; or
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7 | (2) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments
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8 | evidencing indebtedness of the system have been in default at | ||||||
9 | any time
during the 5 year period prior to the proposed | ||||||
10 | acquisition.
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11 | To facilitate such construction, operation
and maintenance | ||||||
12 | and subject to the approval of the Division of Highways
of the | ||||||
13 | Department of Transportation, the Authority shall have the full
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14 | use and advantage of the engineering staff and facilities of | ||||||
15 | the
Department.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 93-19, eff. 6-20-03.)
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