SB1825ham003 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.

Filed: 5/29/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1825

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1825, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Section 8.3 and by adding Section 6z-100 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/6z-100 new)

Sec. 6z-100. The Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund.

(a) For purposes of this Section:

"Availability payment" means a payment made to the contractor for performing its responsibility to design, build, finance, operate, or maintain the Illiana Expressway.

"Contractor" means the contractor as defined by the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act.

"Public private agreement" means the public private agreement developed under the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of Transportation.

(b) Fund Established. The Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund is created as a trust fund in the State treasury. It is the intent of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly that all items of income that may be legally applied for use in making payments required under the public private agreement shall first be deposited into the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund unless provided in this Section or otherwise specified by law. The income of the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund shall consist of the transfers and deposits detailed in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.

(c) Transfers.

(1) Upon the execution of the public private agreement, the Secretary shall provide written notice to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer. This notice shall include the dates on which payments designated as availability payments are required to be paid under the public private agreement and shall also specify the maximum annual amount of availability payments required to be paid under the public private agreement. Beginning July 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, of the fiscal year prior to the year in which the first availability payments are required to be made under the public private agreement, and continuing for each fiscal year thereafter until the termination of the public private agreement, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer on the first day of each month, or as soon as practicable thereafter, from the Road Fund to the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund an amount equal to 150% of one-twelfth of the amount specified by the Secretary until the amount transferred equals the availability payments certified for that fiscal year. In the event that the amount on deposit in the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund at the end of any fiscal year is greater than the amount of the availability payments certified by the Secretary as due for the following fiscal year, this excess amount shall reduce the amount of the required transfers from the Road Fund to the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund for the following fiscal year.

(2) In addition to the transfers specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), in the event that payments other than availability payments are required to be paid under the public private agreement, the Secretary shall certify the amount of these payments to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer, and the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the Road Fund to the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund the amount certified.

(3) In the event that a payment is required to be paid on a date or in an amount that differs from the date or amount initially provided by the Secretary under this subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide written notice to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer of the new date or amount of payment. The State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer the amount required on the date described in this written certification.

(d) The Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund shall consist of the following:

(1) all user fees, as defined in the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act, shall be deposited into the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund; as soon as may be practical on or after July 1 of each fiscal year, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer the available balance in the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund into the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund;

(2) all other sources of income that may lawfully be directed into the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund, including without limitation transfers under subsection (c) of this Section, federal funds and reimbursements, grants, and gifts; and

(3) investment income earned on the available balances in the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund and the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund.

(e) The Governor shall include in the State budget for each fiscal year that he or she submits to the General Assembly under the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois an appropriation recommendation equal to the expected amount of expenditures required from the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund for that fiscal year and the following 3 fiscal years. This appropriation recommendation shall include an approximate break-out of expenditures between availability payments and other payments required by the public private agreement.

Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund shall only be used for payments under the public private agreement.

The deposits and transfers required by this Section are intended to facilitate the authorization granted by the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act to the Department of Transportation to enter into the public private agreement.

(f) In the event that at the end of any fiscal year the amount on deposit in the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund is in excess of the amount required to be transferred into the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust for the succeeding fiscal year under subsection (c) of this Section, no transfers from the Road Fund to the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund shall be required for the succeeding fiscal year and the excess amount shall be transferred from Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund to the Road Fund.

(g) Upon the termination of the public private agreement and satisfaction in full of all payments required under the public private agreement no further transfers shall be made from the Road Fund to the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund. All amounts remaining on deposit in the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund shall be transferred to the Road Fund and the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund shall be dissolved. Thereafter, deposits for the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund shall be deposited into the Road Fund. At the end of each fiscal year, any amounts on deposit in the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund shall be transferred to the Road Fund.

(30 ILCS 105/8.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)

Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable, and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:

first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that Code; and

secondly -- for expenses of the Department of Transportation for construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and administration of highways in accordance with the provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose related or incident to and connected therewith, including the separation of grades of those highways with railroads and with highways and including the payment of awards made by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation; or for the purpose of making payments and transfers required by the public private agreement developed under the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act; or for the acquisition of land and the erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access to military and naval reservations, to defense industries and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw materials and for replacing existing highways and highway connections shut off from general public use at military and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating expenses of the Department relating to the administration of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year 2012 only, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during fiscal year 2013 only, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $3,825,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during fiscal year 2014 only, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $3,825,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or for any of those purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law.

Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor vehicles.

Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement;

1. Department of Public Health;

2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and Reduced Fare for Elderly, except during fiscal year 2012 only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended and except during fiscal year 2013 only when no more than $17,570,300 may be expended and except during fiscal year 2014 only when no more than $17,570,000 may be expended;

3. Department of Central Management Services, except for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of appropriate personnel;

4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.

Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:

1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures with respect to the Division of Operations;

2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to Intercity Rail Subsidies, except during fiscal year 2012 only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended and except during fiscal year 2013 only when no more than $26,000,000 may be expended and except during fiscal year 2014 only when no more than $38,000,000 may be expended, and Rail Freight Services.

Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation.

Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:

1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40% of the funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;

2. State Officers.

Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency of State government for administration, grants, or operations except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It shall not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation limitations by governmental reorganization or other methods. Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and payable as provided in the Transportation Bond Act, and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:

first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and

secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be appropriated or expended other than for costs of administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, the operating expenses of the Department relating to the administration of public transportation programs, payment of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of public highways and bridges under the direction and supervision of the State, political subdivision, or municipality collecting those monies, or for the purpose of making payments and transfers required by the public private agreement developed under the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act, or during fiscal year 2012 only for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses, or during fiscal year 2013 only for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $3,825,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses, or during fiscal year 2014 only for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $3,825,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses, and the costs for patrolling and policing the public highways (by State, political subdivision, or municipality collecting that money) for enforcement of traffic laws. The separation of grades of such highways with railroads and costs associated with protection of at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall also be permissible.

Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.

Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000. Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.

In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes, plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other method.

Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods.

Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the following fiscal years:

For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State.

Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless otherwise provided for by law.

It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods.

No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.

Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly; nor to the Illiana Expressway Public Private Agreement Trust Fund, as authorized by this amendatory act of the 98th General Assembly.

The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting principles applicable to government.

The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting principles applicable to government.

(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)

Section 10. The Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act is amended by changing Sections 20, 25, 40, and 47 and by adding Section 131 as follows:

(605 ILCS 130/20)

Sec. 20. Procurement; request for proposals process.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department on behalf of the State shall select a contractor through a competitive request for proposals process governed by the Illinois Procurement Code and rules adopted under that Code and this Act.

(b) The competitive request for proposals process shall, at a minimum, solicit statements of qualification and proposals from offerors.

(c) The competitive request for proposals process shall, at a minimum, take into account the following criteria:

(1) The offeror's plans for the Illiana Expressway project;

(2) The offeror's current and past business practices;

(3) The offeror's poor or inadequate past performance in developing, financing, constructing, managing, or operating highways or other public assets;

(4) The offeror's ability to meet and past performance in meeting or exhausting good faith efforts to meet the utilization goals for business enterprises established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act;

(5) The offeror's ability to comply with and past performance in complying with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act; and

(6) The offeror's plans to comply with the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act and Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

(d) The Department shall retain the services of an advisor or advisors with significant experience in the development, financing, construction, management, or operation of public assets to assist in the preparation of the request for proposals.

(e) The Department shall not include terms in the request for proposals that provide an advantage, whether directly or indirectly, to any contractor presently providing goods, services, or equipment to the Department.

(f) The Department shall select at least 2 offerors as finalists. The Department shall submit all the offerors' statements of qualification and proposals to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability and the Procurement Policy Board, which shall, within 30 days of the submission, complete a review of the statements of qualification and proposals and, jointly or separately, report on, at a minimum, the satisfaction of the criteria contained in the request for proposals, the qualifications of the offerors, and the value of the proposals to the State. The Department shall not select an offeror as the contractor for the Illiana Expressway project until it has received and considered the findings of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability and the Procurement Policy Board as set forth in their respective reports.

(g) Before awarding a public private agreement to an offeror, the Department shall schedule and hold a public hearing or hearings on the proposed public private agreement and publish notice of the hearing or hearings at least 7 days before the hearing and in accordance with Section 4-219 of the Illinois Highway Code. The notice must include the following:

(1) the date, time, and place of the hearing and the address of the Department;

(2) the subject matter of the hearing;

(3) a description of the agreement that may be awarded; and

(4) the recommendation that has been made to select an offeror as the contractor for the Illiana Expressway project.

At the hearing, the Department shall allow the public to be heard on the subject of the hearing.

(h) After the procedures required in this Section have been completed, the Department shall make a determination as to whether the offeror should be designated as the contractor for the Illiana Expressway project and shall submit the decision to the Governor and to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. After review of the Department's determination, the Governor may accept or reject the determination. If the Governor accepts the determination of the Department, the Governor shall designate the offeror for the Illiana Expressway project.

(Source: P.A. 96-913, eff. 6-9-10.)

(605 ILCS 130/25)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-595)

Sec. 25. Provisions of the public private agreement.

(a) The public private agreement shall include all of the following:

(1) The term of the public private agreement that is consistent with Section 15 of this Act;

(2) The powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and functions of the Department and the contractor;

(3) Compensation or payments to the Department, if applicable;

(4) Compensation or payments to the contractor;

(5) A provision specifying that the Department:

(A) has ready access to information regarding the contractor's powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and functions under the public private agreement;

(B) has the right to demand and receive information from the contractor concerning any aspect of the contractor's powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and functions under the public private agreement; and

(C) has the authority to direct or countermand decisions by the contractor at any time;

(6) A provision imposing an affirmative duty on the contractor to provide the Department with any information the contractor reasonably believes the Department would want to know or would need to know to enable the Department to exercise its powers, carry out its duties, responsibilities, and obligations, and perform its functions under this Act or the public private agreement or as otherwise required by law;

(7) A provision requiring the contractor to provide the Department with advance notice of any decision that bears significantly on the public interest so the Department has a reasonable opportunity to evaluate and countermand that decision pursuant to this Section;

(8) A requirement that the Department monitor and oversee the contractor's practices and take action that the Department considers appropriate to ensure that the contractor is in compliance with the terms of the public private agreement;

(9) The authority of the Department to enter into contracts with third parties pursuant to Section 50 of this Act;

(10) A provision governing the contractor's authority to negotiate and execute subcontracts with third parties;

(10.5) A provision stating that, in the event the contractor finds it necessary, proper, or desirable to enter into subcontracts with one or more design-build entities, then it must follow a selection process that is, to the greatest extent possible, identical to the selection process contained in the Design-Build Procurement Act;

(11) The authority of the contractor to impose user fees and the amounts of those fees, including the authority of the contractor to use congestion pricing, pursuant to which higher tolls rates are imposed during times or in locations of increased congestion;

(12) A provision governing the deposit and allocation of revenues including user fees;

(13) A provision governing rights to real and personal property of the State, the Department, the contractor, and other third parties;

(14) A provision stating that the contractor must, pursuant to Section 75 of this Act, finance an independent audit if the construction costs under the contract exceed $50,000,000;

(15) A provision regarding the implementation and delivery of a comprehensive system of internal audits;

(16) A provision regarding the implementation and delivery of reports, which must include a requirement that the contractor file with the Department, at least on an annual basis, financial statements containing information required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP);

(17) Procedural requirements for obtaining the prior approval of the Department when rights that are the subject of the agreement, including but not limited to development rights, construction rights, property rights, and rights to certain revenues, are sold, assigned, transferred, or pledged as collateral to secure financing or for any other reason;

(18) Grounds for termination of the agreement by the Department or the contractor and a restatement of the Department's rights under Section 35 of this Act;

(19) A requirement that the contractor enter into a project labor agreement pursuant to Section 100 of this Act;

(19.5) A provision stating that construction contractors shall comply with the requirements of Section 30-22 of the Illinois Procurement Code pursuant to Section 100 of this Act;

(20) Timelines, deadlines, and scheduling;

(21) Review of plans, including development, financing, construction, management, or operations plans, by the Department;

(22) Inspections by the Department, including inspections of construction work and improvements;

(23) Rights and remedies of the Department in the event that the contractor defaults or otherwise fails to comply with the terms of the agreement;

(24) A code of ethics for the contractor's officers and employees; and

(25) Procedures for amendment to the agreement.

(b) The public private agreement may include any or all of the following:

(1) A provision regarding the extension of the agreement that is consistent with Section 15 of this Act;

(2) Cash reserves requirements;

(3) Delivery of performance and payment bonds or other performance security in a form and amount that is satisfactory to the Department;

(4) Maintenance of public liability insurance;

(5) Maintenance of self-insurance;

(6) Provisions governing grants and loans, pursuant to which the Department may agree to make grants or loans for the development, financing, construction, management, or operation of the Illiana Expressway project from time to time from amounts received from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or from any State or local agency;

(7) Reimbursements to the Department for work performed and goods, services, and equipment provided by the Department; and

(8) All other terms, conditions, and provisions acceptable to the Department that the Department deems necessary and proper and in the public interest.

(Source: P.A. 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 97-808, eff. 7-13-12.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-595)

Sec. 25. Provisions of the public private agreement.

(a) The public private agreement shall include all of the following:

(1) The term of the public private agreement that is consistent with Section 15 of this Act;

(2) The powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and functions of the Department and the contractor;

(3) Compensation or payments to the Department, if applicable;

(4) Compensation or payments to the contractor;

(5) A provision specifying that the Department:

(A) has ready access to information regarding the contractor's powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and functions under the public private agreement;

(B) has the right to demand and receive information from the contractor concerning any aspect of the contractor's powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and functions under the public private agreement; and

(C) has the authority to direct or countermand decisions by the contractor at any time;

(6) A provision imposing an affirmative duty on the contractor to provide the Department with any information the contractor reasonably believes the Department would want to know or would need to know to enable the Department to exercise its powers, carry out its duties, responsibilities, and obligations, and perform its functions under this Act or the public private agreement or as otherwise required by law;

(7) A provision requiring the contractor to provide the Department with advance notice of any decision that bears significantly on the public interest so the Department has a reasonable opportunity to evaluate and countermand that decision pursuant to this Section;

(8) A requirement that the Department monitor and oversee the contractor's practices and take action that the Department considers appropriate to ensure that the contractor is in compliance with the terms of the public private agreement;

(9) The authority of the Department to enter into contracts with third parties pursuant to Section 50 of this Act;

(10) A provision governing the contractor's authority to negotiate and execute subcontracts with third parties;

(10.5) A provision stating that, in the event that the contractor does not have a subcontract with a design-build entity in effect at the time of execution of the public-private agreement by the Department, the contractor must follow a selection process that is, to the greatest extent possible, identical to the selection process contained in the Design-Build Procurement Act;

(11) The authority of the contractor to impose user fees and the amounts of those fees, including the authority of the contractor to use congestion pricing, pursuant to which higher tolls rates are imposed during times or in locations of increased congestion;

(12) A provision governing the deposit and allocation of revenues including user fees;

(13) A provision governing rights to real and personal property of the State, the Department, the contractor, and other third parties;

(14) A provision stating that the contractor must, pursuant to Section 75 of this Act, finance an independent audit if the construction costs under the contract exceed $50,000,000;

(15) A provision regarding the implementation and delivery of a comprehensive system of internal audits;

(16) A provision regarding the implementation and delivery of reports, which must include a requirement that the contractor file with the Department, at least on an annual basis, financial statements containing information required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP);

(17) Procedural requirements for obtaining the prior approval of the Department when rights that are the subject of the agreement, including but not limited to development rights, construction rights, property rights, and rights to certain revenues, are sold, assigned, transferred, or pledged as collateral to secure financing or for any other reason;

(18) Grounds for termination of the agreement by the Department or the contractor and a restatement of the Department's rights under Section 35 of this Act;

(19) A requirement that the contractor enter into a project labor agreement pursuant to Section 100 of this Act;

(19.5) A provision stating that construction contractors shall comply with the requirements of Section 30-22 of the Illinois Procurement Code pursuant to Section 100 of this Act;

(20) Timelines, deadlines, and scheduling;

(21) Review of plans, including development, financing, construction, management, or operations plans, by the Department;

(22) Inspections by the Department, including inspections of construction work and improvements;

(23) Rights and remedies of the Department in the event that the contractor defaults or otherwise fails to comply with the terms of the agreement;

(24) A code of ethics for the contractor's officers and employees; and

(25) Procedures for amendment to the agreement.

(b) The public private agreement may include any or all of the following:

(1) A provision regarding the extension of the agreement that is consistent with Section 15 of this Act;

(2) Cash reserves requirements;

(3) Delivery of performance and payment bonds or other performance security in a form and amount that is satisfactory to the Department;

(4) Maintenance of public liability insurance;

(5) Maintenance of self-insurance;

(6) Provisions governing grants and loans, pursuant to which the Department may agree to make grants or loans for the development, financing, construction, management, or operation of the Illiana Expressway project from time to time from amounts received from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government or from any State or local agency;

(7) Reimbursements to the Department for work performed and goods, services, and equipment provided by the Department; and

(8) All other terms, conditions, and provisions acceptable to the Department that the Department deems necessary and proper and in the public interest.

(c) The public private agreement shall contain a conspicuous statement to the following effect: (i) neither the State, the Department, or any other State agency, political corporation, or political subdivision of the State, is obligated to make payments under the public private agreement except as provided by this Act and by Sections 6z-100 and 8.3 of the State Finance Act; and (ii) neither the faith and credit of the State, the Department, or any other State agency, political corporation, or political subdivision of the State is pledged to any of the payments required under the public private agreement.

(Source: P.A. 97-808, eff. 7-13-12; 98-595, eff. 6-1-14.)

(605 ILCS 130/40)

Sec. 40. Public private agreement proceeds; deposit of user fees. After the payment of all transaction costs, including payments for legal, accounting, financial, consultation, and other professional services, all moneys received by the State as compensation for the public private agreement shall be deposited into the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. In addition, all user fees shall be deposited into the Illiana Expressway Proceeds Fund. Expenditures may be made from the Fund only in the manner as appropriated by the General Assembly by law.

(Source: P.A. 96-913, eff. 6-9-10.)

(605 ILCS 130/47)

Sec. 47. Selection of professional design firms. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the selection of professional design firms by the Department or the contractor shall comply with the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-913, eff. 6-9-10.)

(605 ILCS 130/131 new)

Sec. 131. Binding dispute resolution.

(a) The Department may include in the public private agreement a provision authorizing a binding dispute resolution process consistent with the Uniform Arbitration Act for any claim or controversy subsequently arising out of the public private agreement and the Department may agree to be bound by this binding dispute resolution process.

(b) Any award against the Department made under the binding dispute resolution process shall be paid only upon appropriation by the General Assembly.

(c) The Court of Claims has no jurisdiction concerning any claims or controversy arising under the public private agreement that are the subject of the binding dispute resolution process described in subsection (a) of this Section.

Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other Public Act.

Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".