96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0785


 
Introduced 2/9/2009, by Rep. Robert Rita
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













605 ILCS 10/8
  from Ch. 121, par. 100-8







    Amends the Toll Highway Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning powers of the 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 8 as follows:
 



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    (605 ILCS 10/8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8)



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    Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power: 

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    (a) To acquire, own, use, hire, lease, operate and
and 
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dispose of
personal property, real property (except with 
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respect to the headquarters
building and surrounding land of 
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the Authority located at 2700 Ogden Avenue,
Downers Grove, 
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Illinois, which may be sold or mortgaged only as provided in

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Section 7.5
of the State Property Control Act
to the extent 
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that such property is subject to the State Property Control
Act 
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at the time
of the proposed sale), any interest therein, 
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including
rights-of-way, franchises and easements.
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    (b) To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or

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incidental to the performance of its powers under this Act. All

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employment contracts let under this Act shall be in conformity 
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with the
applicable provisions of "An Act regulating wages of 
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laborers, mechanics
and other workers employed under contracts 
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for public works," approved
June 26, 1941, as amended.

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    (c) To employ and discharge, without regard to the 
 


 






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requirements of
any civil service or personnel act, such 
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administrative, engineering,
traffic, architectural, 
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construction, and financial experts, and
inspectors, and such 
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other employees, as are necessary in the
Authority's judgment 
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to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to
establish and 
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administer standards of classification of all of such
persons 
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with respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and

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tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment with such 
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persons for
such periods and on such terms as the Authority 
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deems desirable.

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    (d) To appoint by and with the consent of the Attorney 
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General,
assistant attorneys for such Authority, which said 
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assistant attorneys
shall be under the control, direction and 
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supervision of the Attorney
General and shall serve at his 
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pleasure.

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    (e) To retain special counsel, subject to the approval of 
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the
Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix 
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their
compensation, provided however, such special counsel 
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shall be
subject
to
the control, direction and supervision of 
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the Attorney General and shall
serve at his pleasure.

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    (f) To acquire, construct, relocate, operate, regulate and 
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maintain
a system of toll highways through and within the State 
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of Illinois.
However, the Authority does not have the power to 
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acquire, operate,
regulate or maintain any system of toll 
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highways or toll bridges or
portions of them (including but not 
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limited to any system organized
pursuant to Division 108 of 
 


 






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Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code)
in the event either 
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of the following conditions exists at the time the
proposed 
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acquisition, operation, regulation or maintenance of such

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system is to become effective:

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    (1) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments

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evidencing indebtedness of the system are in default; or

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    (2) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments

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evidencing indebtedness of the system have been in default at 
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any time
during the 5 year period prior to the proposed 
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acquisition.

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    To facilitate such construction, operation
and maintenance 
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and subject to the approval of the Division of Highways
of the 
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Department of Transportation, the Authority shall have the full

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use and advantage of the engineering staff and facilities of 
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the
Department.

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(Source: P.A. 93-19, eff. 6-20-03.)