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Public Act 098-0442
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
changing Section 25-75 as follows:
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(30 ILCS 500/25-75) |
Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. |
(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. |
Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles |
purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel |
efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, |
"flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that |
operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) |
fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or |
light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an |
electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% |
increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the |
equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model. |
(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State |
funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the |
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manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel. |
(b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 25% of vehicles, other |
than Department of Corrections vehicles and Department of State |
Police patrol vehicles, purchased with State funds shall be |
vehicles fueled by electricity, compressed natural gas, liquid |
petroleum gas, or liquid natural gas. |
(c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that |
certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based |
on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as |
health and safety of Illinois citizens.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1079, eff. 6-1-07.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding |
Section 223 as follows:
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(605 ILCS 5/223 new) |
Sec. 223. Electric vehicle charging stations. |
By January 1, 2016 or as soon thereafter as possible, the |
Department may provide for at least one electric vehicle |
charging station at each Interstate highway rest area where |
electrical service will reasonably permit and if these stations |
and charging user fees at these stations are allowed by federal |
regulations. |
The Department may adopt and publish specifications |
detailing the kind and type of electric vehicle charging |
station to be provided and may adopt rules governing the place |
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of erection, user fees, and maintenance of electric vehicle |
charging stations.
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Section 15. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing |
Section 11 as follows:
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(605 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
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Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
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(a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State |
for the
purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and |
examinations as may be
necessary, expedient or convenient for |
the purposes of this Act, and such
entry shall not be deemed to |
be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such
purpose be deemed an |
entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be
then |
pending; provided, however, that the Authority shall make
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reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands, |
waters and
premises as the result of such activities.
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(b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the |
collection of
tolls or charges upon and along any toll |
highways.
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(c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for |
the privilege
of using the said toll highways.
Before it adopts |
an increase in the
rates for toll, the Authority shall hold a |
public
hearing at which any person may appear, express |
opinions, suggestions, or
objections, or direct inquiries |
relating to the proposed increase.
Any person may submit a |
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written statement to the Authority at
the hearing, whether |
appearing in person or not. The hearing shall be held in
the |
county in which the proposed
increase of the rates is to take |
place. The
Authority shall give notice of the hearing by |
advertisement on
3 successive days at least 15 days prior to |
the date of the hearing in a daily
newspaper of general |
circulation within the county within which the
hearing is held.
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The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the |
hearing, shall contain
a description of the proposed increase, |
and shall
specify how interested persons may obtain copies of |
any reports, resolutions,
or certificates describing the basis |
on which the proposed change, alteration,
or modification was |
calculated. After consideration of any statements filed or
oral |
opinions, suggestions, objections, or inquiries made at the |
hearing, the
Authority may proceed to adopt the proposed |
increase
of the rates for toll. No change or alteration in or |
modification
of the rates for toll shall be effective unless at |
least 30 days
prior to the effective date of such rates notice |
thereof
shall be given to
the public by publication in a |
newspaper of general circulation, and such
notice, or notices, |
thereof shall be posted and publicly displayed at each
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every toll station upon or along said toll highways.
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(d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade |
separations
at intersections with any railroads, waterways, |
street railways, streets,
thoroughfares, public roads or |
highways intersected by the said toll
highways, and to change |
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and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to
accommodate |
the same to the design of such grade separation and to
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construct interchange improvements. The Authority is |
authorized to provide
such grade separations or interchange |
improvements at its own cost or to
enter into contracts or |
agreements with reference to division of cost
therefor with any |
municipality or political subdivision of the State of
Illinois, |
or with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, or with
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any corporation, individual, firm, person or association. |
Where such
structures have been built by the Authority and a |
local highway agency did
not enter into an agreement to the |
contrary, the Authority shall maintain
the entire structure, |
including the road surface, at the Authority's expense.
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(e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease or |
license to any
person, partnership, firm, association or |
corporation so desiring the use
of any part of any toll |
highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but
including |
the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion |
for
the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power lines |
and other
utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, and to |
enter into operating
agreements with or to contract with and |
grant concessions to or to lease to
any person, partnership, |
firm, association or corporation so desiring the
use of any |
part of the toll highways, excluding the paved portion thereof,
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but including the right of way adjoining, or over said paved |
portion for
motor fuel service stations and facilities, |
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garages, stores and
restaurants, or for any other lawful |
purpose, and to fix the terms,
conditions, rents, rates and |
charges for such use.
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By January 1, 2016, the Authority shall construct and
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maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at any |
location where the Authority has entered into an agreement with |
any entity pursuant to this subsection (e) for the purposes of |
providing motor fuel service stations and facilities, garages, |
stores, or
restaurants. The Authority shall charge a fee for |
the use of these charging stations to offset the costs of |
constructing and maintaining these charging stations. The |
Authority shall
adopt rules to implement the erection, user |
fees, and maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations |
pursuant to this subsection (e). |
The Authority shall also have power to establish reasonable |
regulations
for the installation, construction, maintenance, |
repair, renewal,
relocation and removal of pipes, mains, |
conduits, cables, wires, towers,
poles and other equipment and |
appliances (herein called public utilities)
of any public |
utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act along,
over or |
under any toll road project. Whenever the Authority shall |
determine
that it is necessary that any such public utility |
facilities which now are
located in, on, along, over or under |
any project or projects be relocated
or removed entirely from |
any such project or projects, the public utility
owning or |
operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
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accordance with the order of the Authority. All costs and |
expenses of such
relocation or removal, including the cost of |
installing such facilities in
a new location or locations, and |
the cost of any land or lands, or interest
in land, or any |
other rights required to accomplish such relocation or
removal |
shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the
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cost of any such project or projects, and further, there shall |
be no rent,
fee or other charge of any kind imposed upon the |
public utility owning or
operating any facilities ordered |
relocated on the properties of the said
Authority and the said |
Authority shall grant to the said public utility
owning or |
operating said facilities and its successors and assigns the
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right to operate the same in the new location or locations for |
as long a
period and upon the same terms and conditions as it |
had the right to
maintain and operate such facilities in their |
former location or locations.
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(f) To enter into an intergovernmental agreement or |
contract with a unit of local government or other
public or |
private entity for the collection, enforcement, and |
administration
of tolls,
fees, revenue, and violations.
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The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection |
systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, |
efficiency, and traveler convenience. The Authority shall |
cooperate with other public and private entities to further the |
goal of standardized toll collection in Illinois and is |
authorized to provide toll collection and toll violation |