97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1890

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, for purposes of the Code, a person who does not have a contract with the primary contractor is not a subcontractor. Provides that contracts for procurements conducted by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall include only the names and addresses of all known subcontractors with subcontracts with an annual value of more than $25,000. Provides that for certain subcontracts for procurements, the disclosure of financial interests and the annual certification of continuing eligibility shall be required only from known subcontractors with subcontracts with an annual value of more than $25,000. Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that moneys in the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Fund may be invested in interest bearing bonds of specified units of government, school district, or political subdivisions or agencies, whether the interest earned the bonds is taxable or tax exempt under federal law, provided such bonds shall be rated at the time of purchase within the 4 highest general classifications established by a rating service of nationally recognized expertise in rating bonds of states and their political subdivisions. Changes certain definitions, makes pronouns gender-neutral, and changes "Chairman" to "Chair". Deletes, repeals, or changes various provisions regarding: the appointment of certain directors; certain salaries; acquisition of certain school property; eminent domain; amnesty for toll evasion; bids and contracts for certain work; new and existing toll highways; legislative intent; certain appropriations; the transfer of powers and duties from another entity; and the Act's effective date. Moves certain provisions from one location in the Act to another location. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-15.107, 1-15.108, 20-120, 50-2, and 50-35
6as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 500/1-15.107)
8    Sec. 1-15.107. Subcontract. "Subcontract" means a contract
9between a person and a person who has or is seeking a contract
10subject to this Code, pursuant to which the subcontractor
11provides to the contractor or another subcontractor some or all
12of the goods, services, property, remuneration, or other forms
13of consideration that are the subject of the primary contract
14and includes, among other things, subleases from a lessee of a
15State agency. A person who does not have a contract with the
16primary contractor does not have a subcontract for purposes of
17this Code.
18(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
19for the effective date of P.A. 96-795).)
 
20    (30 ILCS 500/1-15.108)
21    Sec. 1-15.108. Subcontractor. "Subcontractor" means a
22person or entity that enters into a contractual agreement with

 

 

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1a total value of $25,000 or more with a person or entity who
2has or is seeking a contract subject to this Code pursuant to
3which the person or entity provides some or all of the goods,
4services, property, remuneration, or other forms of
5consideration that are the subject of the primary State
6contract, including subleases from a lessee of a State
7contract. A person who does not have a contract with the
8primary contractor is not a subcontractor for purposes of this
9Code.
10(Source: P.A. 96-920, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
11    (30 ILCS 500/20-120)
12    Sec. 20-120. Subcontractors.
13    (a) Any contract granted under this Code shall state
14whether the services of a subcontractor will or may be used.
15The contract shall include the names and addresses of all known
16subcontractors with subcontracts with an annual value of more
17than $25,000 and the expected amount of money each will receive
18under the contract. For procurements subject to the authority
19of the chief procurement officer appointed pursuant to
20subsection (a)(2) of Section 10-20 or conducted by the Illinois
21State Toll Highway Authority, the contract shall include only
22the names and addresses of all known subcontractors of the
23primary contractor with subcontracts with an annual value of
24more than $25,000. The contractor shall provide the chief
25procurement officer or State purchasing officer a copy of any

 

 

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1subcontract with an annual value of more than $25,000 so
2identified within 20 days after the execution of the State
3contract or after execution of the subcontract, whichever is
4later. A subcontractor, or contractor on behalf of a
5subcontractor, may identify information that is deemed
6proprietary or confidential. If the chief procurement officer
7determines the information is not relevant to the primary
8contract, the chief procurement officer may excuse the
9inclusion of the information. If the chief procurement officer
10determines the information is proprietary or could harm the
11business interest of the subcontractor, the chief procurement
12officer may, in his or her discretion, redact the information.
13Redacted information shall not become part of the public
14record.
15    (b) If at any time during the term of a contract, a
16contractor adds or changes any subcontractors, he or she shall
17promptly notify, in writing, the chief procurement officer,
18State purchasing officer, or their designee of the names and
19addresses and the expected amount of money each new or replaced
20subcontractor will receive. The contractor shall provide to the
21responsible chief procurement officer a copy of the subcontract
22within 20 days after the execution of the subcontract.
23    (c) In addition to any other requirements of this Code, a
24subcontract subject to this Section must include all of the
25subcontractor's certifications required by Article 50 of the
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1    (d) This Section applies to procurements solicited on or
2after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
3General Assembly.
4(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
5for the effective date of P.A. 96-795); 96-920, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/50-2)
7    Sec. 50-2. Continuing disclosure; false certification.
8Every person that has entered into a multi-year contract and
9every subcontractor with a multi-year subcontract shall
10certify, by July 1 of each fiscal year covered by the contract
11after the initial fiscal year, to the responsible chief
12procurement officer whether it continues to satisfy the
13requirements of this Article pertaining to eligibility for a
14contract award. For subcontracts for procurements subject to
15the authority of the chief procurement officer appointed
16pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of Section 10-20 or conducted by
17the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the disclosure
18requirement of this Section shall apply only to known
19subcontractors of the primary contractor with subcontracts
20with an annual value of more than $25,000. If a contractor or
21subcontractor is not able to truthfully certify that it
22continues to meet all requirements, it shall provide with its
23certification a detailed explanation of the circumstances
24leading to the change in certification status. A contractor or
25subcontractor that makes a false statement material to any

 

 

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1given certification required under this Article is, in addition
2to any other penalties or consequences prescribed by law,
3subject to liability under the Illinois False Claims Act for
4submission of a false claim.
5(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793
6for the effective date of P.A. 96-795); 96-1304, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
7    (30 ILCS 500/50-35)
8    Sec. 50-35. Financial disclosure and potential conflicts
9of interest.
10    (a) All offers from responsive bidders or offerors with an
11annual value of more than $25,000, and all subcontracts
12identified as provided by Section 20-120 of this Code, shall be
13accompanied by disclosure of the financial interests of the
14contractor, bidder, or proposer and each subcontractor to be
15used. For subcontracts for procurements subject to the
16authority of the chief procurement officer appointed pursuant
17to subsection (a)(2) of Section 10-20 or conducted by the
18Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the disclosure
19requirement of this Section shall apply only to known
20subcontractors of the primary contractor with subcontracts
21with an annual value of more than $25,000. The financial
22disclosure of each successful bidder or offeror and its
23subcontractors shall be incorporated as a material term of the
24contract and shall become part of the publicly available
25contract or procurement file maintained by the appropriate

 

 

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1chief procurement officer. Each disclosure under this Section
2and Section 50-34 shall be signed and made under penalty of
3perjury by an authorized officer or employee on behalf of the
4bidder or offeror, and must be filed with the Procurement
5Policy Board.
6    (b) Disclosure shall include any ownership or distributive
7income share that is in excess of 5%, or an amount greater than
860% of the annual salary of the Governor, of the disclosing
9entity or its parent entity, whichever is less, unless the
10contractor, bidder, or subcontractor (i) is a publicly traded
11entity subject to Federal 10K reporting, in which case it may
12submit its 10K disclosure in place of the prescribed
13disclosure, or (ii) is a privately held entity that is exempt
14from Federal 10k reporting but has more than 400 shareholders,
15in which case it may submit the information that Federal 10k
16reporting companies are required to report under 17 CFR 229.401
17and list the names of any person or entity holding any
18ownership share that is in excess of 5% in place of the
19prescribed disclosure. The form of disclosure shall be
20prescribed by the applicable chief procurement officer and must
21include at least the names, addresses, and dollar or
22proportionate share of ownership of each person identified in
23this Section, their instrument of ownership or beneficial
24relationship, and notice of any potential conflict of interest
25resulting from the current ownership or beneficial
26relationship of each person identified in this Section having

 

 

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1in addition any of the following relationships:
2        (1) State employment, currently or in the previous 3
3    years, including contractual employment of services.
4        (2) State employment of spouse, father, mother, son, or
5    daughter, including contractual employment for services in
6    the previous 2 years.
7        (3) Elective status; the holding of elective office of
8    the State of Illinois, the government of the United States,
9    any unit of local government authorized by the Constitution
10    of the State of Illinois or the statutes of the State of
11    Illinois currently or in the previous 3 years.
12        (4) Relationship to anyone holding elective office
13    currently or in the previous 2 years; spouse, father,
14    mother, son, or daughter.
15        (5) Appointive office; the holding of any appointive
16    government office of the State of Illinois, the United
17    States of America, or any unit of local government
18    authorized by the Constitution of the State of Illinois or
19    the statutes of the State of Illinois, which office
20    entitles the holder to compensation in excess of expenses
21    incurred in the discharge of that office currently or in
22    the previous 3 years.
23        (6) Relationship to anyone holding appointive office
24    currently or in the previous 2 years; spouse, father,
25    mother, son, or daughter.
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1    as or by any registered lobbyist of the State government.
2        (8) Relationship to anyone who is or was a registered
3    lobbyist in the previous 2 years; spouse, father, mother,
4    son, or daughter.
5        (9) Compensated employment, currently or in the
6    previous 3 years, by any registered election or re-election
7    committee registered with the Secretary of State or any
8    county clerk in the State of Illinois, or any political
9    action committee registered with either the Secretary of
10    State or the Federal Board of Elections.
11        (10) Relationship to anyone; spouse, father, mother,
12    son, or daughter; who is or was a compensated employee in
13    the last 2 years of any registered election or re-election
14    committee registered with the Secretary of State or any
15    county clerk in the State of Illinois, or any political
16    action committee registered with either the Secretary of
17    State or the Federal Board of Elections.
18    (b-1) The disclosure required under this Section must also
19include the name and address of each lobbyist required to
20register under the Lobbyist Registration Act and other agent of
21the bidder or offeror who is not identified under subsections
22(a) and (b) and who has communicated, is communicating, or may
23communicate with any State officer or employee concerning the
24bid or offer. The disclosure under this subsection is a
25continuing obligation and must be promptly supplemented for
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1contract if the bid or offer is successful.
2    (b-2) The disclosure required under this Section must also
3include, for each of the persons identified in subsection (b)
4or (b-1), each of the following that occurred within the
5previous 10 years: debarment from contracting with any
6governmental entity; professional licensure discipline;
7bankruptcies; adverse civil judgments and administrative
8findings; and criminal felony convictions. The disclosure
9under this subsection is a continuing obligation and must be
10promptly supplemented for accuracy throughout the process and
11throughout the term of the contract if the bid or offer is
12successful.
13    (c) The disclosure in subsection (b) is not intended to
14prohibit or prevent any contract. The disclosure is meant to
15fully and publicly disclose any potential conflict to the chief
16procurement officers, State purchasing officers, their
17designees, and executive officers so they may adequately
18discharge their duty to protect the State.
19    (d) When a potential for a conflict of interest is
20identified, discovered, or reasonably suspected, the chief
21procurement officer or State procurement officer shall send the
22contract to the Procurement Policy Board. The Board shall
23recommend, in writing, whether to allow or void the contract,
24bid, offer, or subcontract weighing the best interest of the
25State of Illinois. All recommendations shall be submitted to
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1must hold a public hearing if the Procurement Policy Board
2makes a recommendation to (i) void a contract or (ii) void a
3bid or offer and the chief procurement officer selected or
4intends to award the contract to the bidder or offeror. A chief
5procurement officer is prohibited from awarding a contract
6before a hearing if the Board recommendation does not support a
7bid or offer. The recommendation and proceedings of any
8hearing, if applicable, shall become part of the contract, bid,
9or proposal file and shall be available to the public.
10    (e) These thresholds and disclosure do not relieve the
11chief procurement officer, the State purchasing officer, or
12their designees from reasonable care and diligence for any
13contract, bid, offer, or proposal. The chief procurement
14officer, the State purchasing officer, or their designees shall
15be responsible for using any reasonably known and publicly
16available information to discover any undisclosed potential
17conflict of interest and act to protect the best interest of
18the State of Illinois.
19    (f) Inadvertent or accidental failure to fully disclose
20shall render the contract, bid, proposal, subcontract, or
21relationship voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or
22she deems it in the best interest of the State of Illinois and,
23at his or her discretion, may be cause for barring from future
24contracts, bids, proposals, subcontracts, or relationships
25with the State for a period of up to 2 years.
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1shall render the contract, bid, proposal, subcontract, or
2relationship voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or
3she deems it in the best interest of the State of Illinois and
4shall result in debarment from future contracts, bids,
5proposals, subcontracts, or relationships for a period of not
6less than 2 years and not more than 10 years. Reinstatement
7after 2 years and before 10 years must be reviewed and
8commented on in writing by the Governor of the State of
9Illinois, or by an executive ethics board or commission he or
10she might designate. The comment shall be returned to the
11responsible chief procurement officer who must rule in writing
12whether and when to reinstate.
13    (h) In addition, all disclosures shall note any other
14current or pending contracts, proposals, subcontracts, leases,
15or other ongoing procurement relationships the bidding,
16proposing, offering, or subcontracting entity has with any
17other unit of State government and shall clearly identify the
18unit and the contract, proposal, lease, or other relationship.
19    (i) The contractor or bidder has a continuing obligation to
20supplement the disclosure required by this Section throughout
21the bidding process or during the term of any contract.
22(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see
23Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 for the effective date of changes made
24by P.A. 96-795); 96-920, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
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1Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9.5, 10, 16, 17, 19, 21, 24,
226, 29, and 34 as follows:
 
3    (605 ILCS 10/2)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-2)
4    Sec. 2. The following words and terms as used in this Act
5shall have the following meanings:
6    (a) The word "Authority" shall mean The Illinois State Toll
7Highway Authority.
8    (b) The word "person," shall mean any individual, firm,
9association, partnership, corporation, limited liability
10company, trustee or legal representative.
11    (c) The word "owner," shall include all individuals,
12copartnerships, firms, associations, corporations, limited
13liability companies, trustees or legal representatives, and
14others having any title or interest in any property, rights or
15easements authorized to be acquired by this Act.
16    (d) The words "toll highway" or "toll highways," shall mean
17such highways as are so designed and constructed, in the best
18professional judgment of the engineering staff responsible, as
19to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
20    (e) The word "toll" or "tolls" shall mean the compensation
21to be paid to The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for the
22privilege of using any toll highway, or portions or parts
23thereof, by vehicular or other traffic.
24    (f) The word "cost" as applied to a toll highway shall
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1under existing highways and railroads, the cost of acquisition
2of all land, rights of way, property, rights, easements and
3interests acquired by the Authority for such construction, the
4cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on
5land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to
6which such buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of
7diverting highways, interchange of highways, access to roads to
8private property, including the cost of lands or easements
9therefor, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing
10charges, interest prior to and during construction, and for one
11or more years after completion of construction, cost of traffic
12estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans,
13specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, other
14expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility
15or practicability of constructing any such toll highway,
16administrative expenses and such other expense as may be
17necessary or incident to the construction of the toll highway,
18the financing of such construction and the placing of the
19highway in operation.
20(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2748.)
 
21    (605 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3)
22    Sec. 3. There is hereby created an Authority to be known as
23The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which is hereby
24constituted an instrumentality and an administrative agency of
25the State of Illinois. The said Authority shall consist of 11

 

 

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1directors; the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of
2Transportation, ex officio, and 9 directors appointed by the
3Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the
4State at large, which said directors and their successors are
5hereby authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act, and
6to exercise the powers herein conferred. Of the 9 directors
7appointed by the Governor, no more than 5 shall be members of
8the same political party. Vacancies shall be filled for the
9unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments. All
10appointments shall be in writing and filed with the Secretary
11of State as a public record. It is the intention of this
12section that the Governor's appointments shall be made with due
13consideration to the location of proposed toll highway routes
14so that maximum geographic representation from the areas served
15by said toll highway routes may be accomplished insofar as
16practicable. The said Authority shall have the power to
17contract and be contracted with, to acquire, hold and convey
18personal and real property or any interest therein including
19rights of way, franchises and easements; to have and use a
20common seal, and to alter the same at will; to make and
21establish resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations,
22and to alter or repeal the same as the Authority shall deem
23necessary and expedient for the construction, operation,
24relocation, regulation and maintenance of a system of toll
25highways within and through the State of Illinois.
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1this amendatory Act of 1980 shall be made within 30 days after
2the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980.
3(Source: P.A. 86-1164.)
 
4    (605 ILCS 10/4)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)
5    Sec. 4. Of the directors appointed by the Governor, one
6such director shall be appointed by the Governor as Chair
7chairman and shall hold office for 4 years from the date of his
8or her appointment, and until a his successor shall be duly
9appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the
10Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.
11    The Chair chairman shall preside at all meetings of the
12Board of Directors of the Authority; shall exercise general
13supervision over all powers, duties, obligations and functions
14of the Authority; and shall approve or disapprove all
15resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made and
16established by the Board of Directors, and if the Chair he
17shall approve thereof, he or she shall sign the same, and such
18as the Chair he shall not approve he or she shall return to the
19Board of Directors with his objections thereto in writing at
20the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors occurring
21after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or
22more items contained in such resolution, by-law, rule, rate or
23regulation, or to its entirety; and in case the veto extends to
24a part of such resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation,
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1case the Chair chairman shall fail to return any resolution,
2by-law, rule, rate or regulation with his objections thereto by
3the time aforesaid, the Chair he shall be deemed to have
4approved the same, and the same shall take effect accordingly.
5Upon the return of any resolution, by-law, rule, rate or
6regulation by the Chair chairman, the vote by which the same
7was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board of Directors, and
8if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the Directors
9agree by yeas and nays to pass the same, it shall go into
10effect notwithstanding the Chair's chairman's refusal to
11approve thereof.
12    The Chair chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per
13annum, or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
14greater, payable in monthly installments, together with
15reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the
16performance of his or her duties. The Chair chairman shall be
17eligible for reappointment.
18(Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
 
19    (605 ILCS 10/5)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-5)
20    Sec. 5. Directors Of the original directors, other than the
21chairman, so appointed by the Governor, 3 shall hold office for
222 years and 3 shall hold office for 4 years, from the date of
23their appointment and until their respective successors shall
24be duly appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to
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1malfeasance. In case of vacancies in such offices during the
2recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary
3appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when the
4Governor he shall nominate some person to fill such office and
5any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall
6hold office during the remainder of the term and until a his
7successor shall be appointed and qualified. Successors The
8respective term of the first directors appointed shall be
9designated by the Governor at the time of appointment, but
10their successors shall each be appointed for a term of four
11years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall
12serve only for the unexpired term. Directors shall be eligible
13for reappointment.
14    In making the initial appointments of the 2 additional
15directors provided for by this amendatory Act of 1980, the
16respective terms of the 2 additional directors first appointed
17shall be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment
18in such manner that the term of one such additional director
19shall expire at the same time as the terms of 4 of the other
20directors and the term of the other additional director shall
21expire at the same time as the terms of 3 of the other
22directors; thereafter the terms shall be 4 years.
23    Each such director, other than ex officio members, shall
24receive an annual salary of $15,000, or as set by the
25Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, payable in
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1expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
2(Source: P.A. 86-1164.)
 
3    (605 ILCS 10/6)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-6)
4    Sec. 6. Immediately after such appointment and
5qualification as hereinafter provided said Chair chairman and
6directors shall enter upon their duties. The directors shall
7biennially select a Secretary secretary, who may or may not be
8a director, and if not a director fix the Secretary's his
9compensation. Six directors shall constitute a quorum. No
10vacancy in the said Board of Directors shall impair the right
11of a quorum of the directors to exercise all the rights and
12perform all the duties of the Authority.
13(Source: P.A. 81-1363.)
 
14    (605 ILCS 10/7)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-7)
15    Sec. 7. The Chair chairman of the Board of Directors shall
16execute and file as hereinafter provided, a bond in the penal
17sum of $100,000. Each other director, other than the ex officio
18directors shall qualify by executing and filing, as hereinafter
19provided, a bond in the penal sum of $25,000, and the Secretary
20secretary, if not a member of the Authority, shall execute and
21file, as hereinafter provided, a bond in the penal sum of
22$15,000. All such bonds shall be payable to the People of the
23State of Illinois, and be conditioned upon the faithful
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1directors or Secretary secretary under this Act. Said bonds
2shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and of the
3Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and shall, when
4executed and so approved, be filed in the office of the
5Secretary of State. The said bonds herein required to be
6furnished shall be with a surety company, or companies,
7authorized to do business in this State under the laws thereof,
8and the cost of any official bonds required to be furnished
9hereunder shall be paid out of any fund subject to expenditure
10by the Authority.
11    The Chair chairman, directors and Secretary secretary of
12the Authority shall be eligible to participate in all pensions,
13accident, health and benefit plans established by the Authority
14for its employees in the same manner and form as all other
15employees.
16(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2748.)
 
17    (605 ILCS 10/8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8)
18    Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power:
19    (a) To acquire, own, use, hire, lease, operate and dispose
20of personal property, real property (except with respect to the
21headquarters building and surrounding land of the Authority
22located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois, which
23may be sold or mortgaged only as provided in Section 7.5 of the
24State Property Control Act to the extent that such property is
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1proposed sale), any interest therein, including rights-of-way,
2franchises and easements.
3    (b) To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or
4incidental to the performance of its powers under this Act. All
5employment contracts let under this Act shall be in conformity
6with the applicable provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act. "An
7Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers
8employed under contracts for public works," approved June 26,
91941, as amended.
10    (c) To employ and discharge, without regard to the
11requirements of any civil service or personnel act, such
12administrative, engineering, traffic, architectural,
13construction, and financial experts, and inspectors, and such
14other employees, as are necessary in the Authority's judgment
15to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to establish and
16administer standards of classification of all of such persons
17with respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and
18tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment with such
19persons for such periods and on such terms as the Authority
20deems desirable.
21    (d) To appoint by and with the consent of the Attorney
22General, assistant attorneys for such Authority, which said
23assistant attorneys shall be under the control, direction and
24supervision of the Attorney General and shall serve at his or
25her pleasure.
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1the Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix
2their compensation, provided however, such special counsel
3shall be subject to the control, direction and supervision of
4the Attorney General and shall serve at his or her pleasure.
5    (f) To acquire, construct, relocate, operate, regulate and
6maintain a system of toll highways through and within the State
7of Illinois. However, the Authority does not have the power to
8acquire, operate, regulate or maintain any system of toll
9highways or toll bridges or portions of them (including but not
10limited to any system organized pursuant to Division 108 of
11Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code) in the event either
12of the following conditions exists at the time the proposed
13acquisition, operation, regulation or maintenance of such
14system is to become effective:
15    (1) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments
16evidencing indebtedness of the system are in default; or
17    (2) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments
18evidencing indebtedness of the system have been in default at
19any time during the 5 year period prior to the proposed
20acquisition.
21    To facilitate such construction, operation and maintenance
22and subject to the approval of the Division of Highways of the
23Department of Transportation, the Authority shall have the full
24use and advantage of the engineering staff and facilities of
25the Department.
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1    (605 ILCS 10/9)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-9)
2    Sec. 9. The Authority shall have the power:
3        (a) To prepare, or cause to be prepared detailed plans,
4    specifications and estimates, from time to time, for the
5    construction, relocation, repair, maintenance and
6    operation of toll highways within and through the State of
7    Illinois.
8        (b) To acquire, hold and use real and personal
9    property, including rights, rights-of-way, franchises,
10    easements and other interests in land as it may desire, or
11    as may be necessary or convenient for its authorized
12    purposes by purchase, gift, grant or otherwise, and to take
13    title thereto; to acquire in the manner that may now or
14    hereafter be provided for by the law of eminent domain of
15    this State, any real or personal property (including road
16    building materials and public lands, parks, playgrounds,
17    reservations, highways or parkways, or parts thereof, or
18    rights therein, of any person, railroad, public service,
19    public utility, or municipality or political subdivision)
20    necessary or convenient for its authorized purpose. Such
21    acquisition of real property, whether by purchase, gift,
22    condemnation or otherwise, wherever necessary or
23    convenient in the discretion of the Authority, may include
24    the extension of existing rights and easements of access,
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1    in land abutting on existing highways, and remnants or
2    remainder property; and such acquisitions of real property
3    may be free and clear of, and without any rights or
4    easements of access, use and crossing in favor of any
5    person or persons including interest in any land adjacent
6    or contiguous to the land so acquired, provided however,
7    that nothing herein contained shall be construed to
8    authorize the taking or damaging of any private property
9    for such purposes by the Authority, without just
10    compensation.
11        (c) To accept conveyance of fee simple title to, or any
12    lesser interest in, land, rights or property conveyed by
13    the Department of Transportation under Section 4-508.1 of
14    the Illinois Highway Code.
15        (c-1) To establish presently the approximate locations
16    and widths of rights of way for future additions to the
17    toll highway system to inform the public and prevent costly
18    and conflicting development of the land involved.
19        The Authority shall hold a public hearing whenever
20    approximate locations and widths of rights of way for
21    future toll highway additions are to be established. The
22    hearing shall be held in or near the county or counties in
23    which the land to be used is located and notice of the
24    hearing shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers of
25    general circulation in the county or counties involved. Any
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1    heard. The Authority shall evaluate the testimony given at
2    the hearing.
3        The Authority shall make a survey and prepare a map
4    showing the location and approximate widths of the rights
5    of way needed for future additions to the toll highway
6    system. The map shall show existing highways in the area
7    involved and the property lines and owners of record of all
8    land that will be needed for the future additions and all
9    other pertinent information. Approval of the map with any
10    changes resulting from the hearing shall be indicated in
11    the record of the hearing and a notice of the approval and
12    a copy of the map shall be filed in the office of the
13    recorder for all counties in which the land needed for
14    future additions is located.
15        Public notice of the approval and filing shall be given
16    in newspapers of general circulation in all counties in
17    which the land is located and shall be served by registered
18    mail within 60 days thereafter on all owners of record of
19    the land needed for future additions.
20        The Authority may approve changes in the map from time
21    to time. The changes shall be filed and notice given in the
22    manner provided for an original map.
23        After the map is filed and notice thereof given to the
24    owners of record of the land needed for future additions,
25    no person shall incur development costs or place
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1    rebuild, alter, or add to any existing structure without
2    first giving 60 days' notice by registered mail to the
3    Authority. This prohibition shall not apply to any normal
4    or emergency repairs to existing structures. The Authority
5    shall have 45 days after receipt of that notice to inform
6    the owner of the Authority's intention to acquire the land
7    involved, after which it shall have an additional 120 days
8    to acquire the land by purchase or to initiate action to
9    acquire the land through the exercise of the right of
10    eminent domain. When the right of way is acquired by the
11    Authority, no damages shall be allowed for any
12    construction, alteration, or addition in violation of this
13    subsection (c-1) unless the Authority has failed to acquire
14    the land by purchase or has abandoned an eminent domain
15    proceeding initiated in accordance with this subsection
16    (c-1).
17        Any right of way needed for additions to the toll
18    highway system may be acquired at any time by the
19    Authority. The time of determination of the value of the
20    property to be taken under this Section for additions to
21    the toll highway system shall be the date of the actual
22    taking, if the property is acquired by purchase, or the
23    date of the filing of a complaint for condemnation, if the
24    property is acquired through the exercise of the right of
25    eminent domain, rather than the date when the map of the
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1        (c-2) Not more than 10 years after a protected corridor
2    is established under subsection (c-1), and not later than
3    the expiration of each 10-year period thereafter, the
4    Authority shall hold a public hearing to discuss the
5    viability and feasibility of the protected corridor.
6    Following the hearing and giving due consideration to the
7    information obtained at the hearing, the Board of Directors
8    of the Authority shall vote to either continue or abolish
9    the protected corridor.
10        (d) (Blank). It is hereby declared, as a matter of
11    legislative determination, that the fundamental goal of
12    the people of Illinois is the educational development of
13    all persons to the limits of their capacities, and this
14    educational development requires the provision of
15    environmentally and physically safe facilities.
16        If the building line of a building used primarily for
17    the purpose of educating elementary or secondary students
18    lies within 100 feet of any ingress or egress ramp that is
19    used or that has been used by traffic exiting or entering
20    any toll highway operated by the Toll Highway Authority,
21    the Toll Highway Authority shall acquire the building,
22    together with any property owned, leased, or utilized
23    adjacent to it and pertaining to its educational
24    operations, from the school district that owns or operates
25    it, for just compensation. "Just compensation" for
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1    of the building and adjacent property so that the students
2    educated in the building have the opportunity to be
3    educated according to standards prevailing in the State of
4    Illinois.
5(Source: P.A. 89-297, eff. 8-11-95; 90-681, eff. 7-31-98.)
 
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. The Authority is
21authorized to exceed the maximum payment limits of the federal
22Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition
23Policies Act when necessary to ensure the provision of decent,
24safe, or sanitary housing, or to secure a suitable relocation
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1federal law or regulations referenced in this Section unless
2those rules have received the prior approval of the Joint
3Committee on Administrative Rules.
4(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
5    (605 ILCS 10/10)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-10)
6    Sec. 10. The Authority shall have power:
7    (a) To pass resolutions, make by-laws, rules and
8regulations for the management, regulation and control of its
9affairs, and to fix tolls, and to make, enact and enforce all
10needful rules and regulations in connection with the
11construction, operation, management, care, regulation or
12protection of its property or any toll highways, constructed or
13reconstructed hereunder.
14    (a-5) To fix, assess, and collect civil fines for a
15vehicle's operation on a toll highway without the required toll
16having been paid.
17    (a-10)(1) The Authority may establish by rule a system of
18civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate only alleged
19instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll highway without
20the required toll having been paid, as detected by the
21Authority's video or photo surveillance system.
22    (2) In cases in which the operator of the vehicle is not
23the registered vehicle owner, the establishment of ownership of
24the vehicle creates a rebuttable presumption that the vehicle
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1If the registered vehicle owner liable for a violation under
2this Section was not the operator of the vehicle at the time of
3the violation, the owner may maintain an action for
4indemnification against the operator in the circuit court.
5    (3) Rules establishing a system of civil administrative
6adjudication must provide for written notice, by first class
7mail or other means provided by law, to the address of the
8registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
9Secretary of State or to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the
10last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the
11time of the lease, of the alleged violation and an opportunity
12to be heard on the question of the violation and must provide
13for the establishment of a toll-free telephone number to
14receive inquiries concerning alleged violations. The notice
15shall also inform the registered vehicle owner that failure to
16contest in the manner and time provided shall be deemed an
17admission of liability and that a final order of liability may
18be entered on that admission. A duly authorized agent of the
19Authority may perform or execute the preparation,
20certification, affirmation, or mailing of the notice.
21    (4) A notice of violation, sworn or affirmed to or
22certified by a duly authorized agent of the Authority, or a
23facsimile of the notice, based upon an inspection of
24photographs, microphotographs, videotape, or other recorded
25images produced by a video or photo surveillance system, shall
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1facts contained in the notice or facsimile.
2    (5) Only civil fines, along with the corresponding
3outstanding toll, and costs may be imposed by administrative
4adjudication. A fine may be imposed under this paragraph only
5if a violation is established by a preponderance of the
6evidence.
7    (6) Judicial review of all final orders of the Authority
8under this paragraph shall be conducted in the circuit court of
9the county in which the administrative decision was rendered in
10accordance with the Administrative Review Law.
11    (7) Any outstanding toll, fine, additional late payment
12fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of any fine,
13other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid after the
14exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review
15procedures under the Administrative Review Law are a debt due
16and owing the Authority and may be collected in accordance with
17applicable law. After expiration of the period in which
18judicial review under the Administrative Review Law may be
19sought, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, a
20final order of the Authority under this subsection (a-10) (a-5)
21may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment entered by a
22court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other
23provision of this Act, the Authority may, with the approval of
24the Attorney General, retain a law firm or law firms with
25expertise in the collection of government fines and debts for
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1under this subsection (a-10) (a-5).
2    (8) A system of civil administrative adjudication may also
3provide for a program of vehicle immobilization, tow, or
4impoundment for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of any
5final order or orders of the Authority under this subsection
6(a-10) (a-5) that result in a finding or liability for 5 or
7more violations after expiration of the period in which
8judicial review under the Administrative Review Law may be
9sought. The registered vehicle owner of a vehicle immobilized,
10towed, or impounded for nonpayment of a final order of the
11Authority under this subsection (a-10) (a-5) shall have the
12right to request a hearing before the Authority's civil
13administrative adjudicatory system to challenge the validity
14of the immobilization, tow, or impoundment. This hearing,
15however, shall not constitute a readjudication of the merits of
16previously adjudicated notices.
17    (9) Judicial review of all final orders of the Authority
18under this subsection (a-10) (a-5) shall be conducted in the
19circuit court of the county in which the administrative
20decision was rendered in accordance with the Administrative
21Review Law.
22    (10) No commercial entity that is the lessor of a vehicle
23under a written lease agreement shall be liable for an
24administrative notice of violation for toll evasion issued
25under this subsection (a-10) (a-5) involving that vehicle
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1the leasing agreement to the Authority within 21 days of the
2issue date on the notice of violation. The leasing agreement
3also must contain a provision or addendum informing the lessee
4that the lessee is liable for payment of all tolls and any
5fines for toll evasion. Each entity must also post a sign at
6the leasing counter notifying the lessee of that liability. The
7copy of the leasing agreement provided to the Authority must
8contain the name, address, and driver's license number of the
9lessee, as well as the check-out and return dates and times of
10the vehicle and the vehicle license plate number and vehicle
11make and model.
12    (11) As used in this subsection (a-10) (a-5), "lessor"
13includes commercial leasing and rental entities but does not
14include public passenger vehicle entities.
15    (12) The Authority by resolution may shall establish an
16amnesty program for violations adjudicated under this
17subsection (a-10) (a-5). Under the program, any person who has
18an outstanding notice of violation for toll evasion or a final
19order of a hearing officer for toll evasion dated prior to the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
21Assembly and who pays to the Authority the full percentage
22amounts listed in this paragraph remaining due on the notice of
23violation or final order of the hearing officer and the full
24fees and costs paid by the Authority to the Secretary of State
25relating to suspension proceedings, if applicable, on or before
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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
2Assembly shall not be required to pay more than the listed
3percentage of the original fine amount and outstanding toll as
4listed on the notice of violation or final order of the hearing
5officer and the full fees and costs paid by the Authority to
6the Secretary of State relating to suspension proceedings, if
7applicable. The payment percentage scale shall be as follows: a
8person with 25 or fewer violations shall be eligible for
9amnesty upon payment of 50% of the original fine amount and the
10outstanding tolls; a person with more than 25 but fewer than 51
11violations shall be eligible for amnesty upon payment of 60% of
12the original fine amount and the outstanding tolls; and a
13person with 51 or more violations shall be eligible for amnesty
14upon payment of 75% of the original fine amount and the
15outstanding tolls. In such a situation, the Executive Director
16of the Authority or his or her designee is authorized and
17directed to waive any late fine amount above the applicable
18percentage of the original fine amount. Partial payment of the
19amount due shall not be a basis to extend the amnesty payment
20deadline nor shall it act to relieve the person of liability
21for payment of the late fine amount. In order to receive
22amnesty, the full amount of the applicable percentage of the
23original fine amount and outstanding toll remaining due on the
24notice of violation or final order of the hearing officer and
25the full fees and costs paid by the Authority to the Secretary
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1must be paid in full by 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, of
2the 60th day after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3the 94th General Assembly. This amendatory Act of the 94th
4General Assembly has no retroactive effect with regard to
5payments already tendered to the Authority that were full
6payments or payments in an amount greater than the applicable
7percentage, and this Act shall not be the basis for either a
8refund or a credit. This amendatory Act of the 94th General
9Assembly does not apply to toll evasion citations issued by the
10Illinois State Police or other authorized law enforcement
11agencies and for which payment may be due to or through the
12clerk of the circuit court. The Authority shall adopt rules as
13necessary to implement the provisions of this amendatory Act of
14the 94th General Assembly. The Authority, by a resolution of
15the Board of Directors, shall have the discretion to implement
16similar amnesty programs in the future.
17    (13) The Authority, at its discretion and in consultation
18with the Attorney General, is further authorized to settle an
19administrative fine or penalty if it determines that settling
20for less than the full amount is in the best interests of the
21Authority after taking into account the following factors: (i)
22(1) the merits of the Authority's claim against the respondent;
23(ii) (2) the amount that can be collected relative to the
24administrative fine or penalty owed by the respondent; (iii)
25(3) the cost of pursuing further enforcement or collection
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1collecting the full amount owed; and (v) (5) the burden on the
2judiciary. The provisions in this Section may be extended to
3other toll facilities in the State of Illinois through a duly
4executed agreement between the Authority and the operator of
5the toll facility.
6    (b) To prescribe rules and regulations applicable to
7traffic on highways under the jurisdiction of the Authority,
8concerning:
9        (1) Types of vehicles permitted to use such highways or
10    parts thereof, and classification of such vehicles;
11        (2) Designation of the lanes of traffic to be used by
12    the different types of vehicles permitted upon said
13    highways;
14        (3) Stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles;
15        (4) Control of traffic by means of police officers or
16    traffic control signals;
17        (5) Control or prohibition of processions, convoys,
18    and assemblages of vehicles and persons;
19        (6) Movement of traffic in one direction only on
20    designated portions of said highways;
21        (7) Control of the access, entrance, and exit of
22    vehicles and persons to and from said highways; and
23        (8) Preparation, location and installation of all
24    traffic signs; and to prescribe further rules and
25    regulations applicable to such traffic, concerning matters
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1    the Illinois Vehicle Code. Notice of such rules and
2    regulations shall be posted conspicuously and displayed at
3    appropriate points and at reasonable intervals along said
4    highways, by clearly legible markers or signs, to provide
5    notice of the existence of such rules and regulations to
6    persons traveling on said highways. At each toll station,
7    the Authority shall make available, free of charge,
8    pamphlets containing all of such rules and regulations.
9    (c) The Authority, in fixing the rate for tolls for the
10privilege of using the said toll highways, is authorized and
11directed, in fixing such rates, to base the same upon annual
12estimates to be made, recorded and filed with the Authority.
13Said estimates shall include the following: The estimated total
14amount of the use of the toll highways; the estimated amount of
15the revenue to be derived therefrom, which said revenue, when
16added to all other receipts and income, will be sufficient to
17pay the expense of maintaining and operating said toll
18highways, including the administrative expenses of the
19Authority, and to discharge all obligations of the Authority as
20they become due and payable.
21    (d) To accept from any municipality or political
22subdivision any lands, easements or rights in land needed for
23the operation, construction, relocation or maintenance of any
24toll highways, with or without payment therefor, and in its
25discretion to reimburse any such municipality or political
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1in the acquisition of land, easements or rights in land, in
2connection with the construction and relocation of the said
3toll highways, widening, extending roads, streets or avenues in
4connection therewith, or for the construction of any roads or
5streets forming extension to and connections with or between
6any toll highways, or for the cost or expense of widening,
7grading, surfacing or improving any existing streets or roads
8or the construction of any streets and roads forming extensions
9of or connections with any toll highways constructed,
10relocated, operated, maintained or regulated hereunder by the
11Authority. Where property owned by a municipality or political
12subdivision is necessary to the construction of an approved
13toll highway, if the Authority cannot reach an agreement with
14such municipality or political subdivision and if the use to
15which the property is being put in the hands of the
16municipality or political subdivision is not essential to the
17existence or the administration of such municipality or
18political subdivision, the Authority may acquire the property
19by condemnation.
20(Source: P.A. 94-636, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
21    (605 ILCS 10/16)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-16)
22    Sec. 16. (a) All Authority contracts shall be let in
23accordance with the requirements for the construction of any
24work authorized to be done under the provisions of the Act,
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1amount, as defined in Section 20-20 of the Illinois Procurement
2Code , shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or
3bidders, on open, competitive bidding after public
4advertisement made at least 15 days prior to the opening of
5bids, in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin, in such manner and
6at such intervals, as may be prescribed by the Authority except
7for contracts for the completion of a terminated or defaulted
8contract. The successful bidders for such work shall enter into
9contracts furnished and prescribed by the Authority. Such
10contracts shall contain a provision that such successful bidder
11shall indemnify and save harmless the State of Illinois for any
12accidental injuries or damages arising out of his negligence in
13the performance of such contract, and shall, and in addition,
14execute and give bonds, payable to the Authority, with a
15corporate surety authorized to do business under the laws of
16the State of Illinois, equal to at least 50% of the contract
17price, one conditioned upon faithful performance of the
18contract and the other for the payment of all labor furnished
19and materials supplied in the prosecution of the contracted
20work.
21    (b) A director, employee, or agent of the Authority may not
22receive a financial benefit from a contract let by the
23Authority during his or her term of service with the Authority
24and for a period of one year following the termination of his
25or her term of service as a director of the Authority or as an
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1    (c) A member of the immediate family or household of a
2director, employee, or agent of the Authority may not receive a
3financial benefit from a contract let by the Authority during
4the immediate family or household member's term of service with
5the Authority and for a period of one year following the
6termination of the immediate family or household member's term
7of service as a director of the Authority or as an employee or
8agent of the Authority.
9    (d) A director, employee, or agent of the Authority may not
10use material non-public information for personal financial
11gain nor may he or she disclose that information to any other
12person for that person's personal financial gain when that
13information was obtained as a result of his or her
14directorship, employment, or agency with the Authority.
15    (e) A member of the immediate family or household of a
16director, employee, or agent of the Authority may not use
17material non-public information for personal financial gain
18nor may he or she disclose that information to any other person
19for that person's personal financial gain when that information
20was obtained as a result of his or her immediate family or
21household member's directorship, employment, or agency with
22the Authority.
23    (f) For purposes of this Section, "immediate family or
24household member" means the spouse, child, parent, brother,
25sister, grandparent, or grandchild, whether of the whole blood
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1dwelling with a director of the Authority or with an employee
2or agent of the Authority.
3    (g) Consistent with general law, the Authority shall:
4        (1) set goals for the award of contracts to
5    disadvantaged businesses and attempt to meet the goals;
6        (2) attempt to identify disadvantaged businesses that
7    provide or have the potential to provide supplies,
8    materials, equipment, or services to the Authority;
9        (3) give disadvantaged businesses full access to the
10    Authority's contact bidding process, inform the businesses
11    about the process, offer the businesses assistance
12    concerning the process, and identify and take all
13    reasonable steps to remove barriers to the businesses'
14    participation in the process.
15(Source: P.A. 96-592, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
16    (605 ILCS 10/17)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-17)
17    Sec. 17. (a) The Authority may from time to time issue
18bonds for any lawful purpose including, without limitation, the
19costs of issuance thereof and all such bonds or other
20obligations of the Authority issued pursuant to this Act shall
21be and are hereby declared to be negotiable for all purposes
22notwithstanding their payment from a limited source and without
23regard to any other law or laws.
24    (b) The bonds of every issue shall be payable solely out of
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1funds, bond proceeds, proceeds of refunding bonds, or
2investment earnings as the Authority shall specify in a bond
3resolution.
4    (c) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term
5bonds, or the Authority, in its discretion, may issue bonds of
6both types. The bonds shall be authorized by a bond resolution
7of the Authority, may be issued in one or more series and shall
8bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not
9exceeding 25 years from their respective date or dates of
10issue, bear interest at such rate or rates, fixed or variable,
11without regard to any limit contained in any other statute or
12law of the State of Illinois, be payable as to principal and
13interest at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in
14such form, either coupon or fully registered, carry such
15registration and conversion privileges, be payable in lawful
16money of the United States of America at such places, be
17subject to such terms of redemption and may contain such other
18terms and provisions, as such bond resolution or resolutions
19may provide. The bonds shall be executed by the manual or
20facsimile signatures of the Chair Chairman and the Secretary.
21In case any of the officers whose signature appears on the
22bonds or coupons, if any, shall cease to be an officer before
23the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless
24be valid and sufficient for all purposes, as if he or she had
25remained in office until such delivery. The bonds shall be sold
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1from the sale of such bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer of
2the State of Illinois as ex officio custodian. Pending
3preparation of the definitive bonds, the Authority may issue
4interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for
5such definitive bonds.
6    (d) Any bond resolution, or trust indenture entered into
7pursuant to a bond resolution, may contain provisions, which
8shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds
9to be authorized, as to: (i) pledging or creating a lien upon
10all or part of the revenues of the Authority or any reserves,
11sinking funds, bond proceeds or investment earnings; (ii) the
12setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation,
13investment and disposition thereof; (iii) the use and
14maintenance requirements for the toll highways; (iv) the
15purposes to which or the investments in which the proceeds of
16sale of any series or issue of bonds then or thereafter to be
17issued may be applied; (v) the issuance of additional bonds,
18the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and
19secured, the purposes for such additional bonds, and the terms
20upon which additional bonds may rank on a parity with, or be
21subordinate or superior to other bonds; (vi) the refunding of
22outstanding bonds; (vii) the procedure, if any, by which the
23terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or
24abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must
25consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be
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1constitute a default in the duties of the Authority to holders
2of its obligations and providing the rights and remedies of
3such holders in the event of a default; (ix) any other matters
4relating to the bonds which the Authority deems desirable.
5    (e) Neither the directors of the Authority nor any person
6executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or
7be subject to any personal liability or accountability by
8reason of the issuance thereof.
9    (f) The Authority shall have power out of any funds
10available therefor to purchase its bonds. The Authority may
11hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds subject to and in
12accordance with agreements with bondholders.
13    (g) In the discretion of the Authority any bonds issued
14under the provisions of this Act may be secured by a trust
15indenture by and between the Authority and a trustee or
16trustees, which may be any trust company or bank in the State
17of Illinois having the powers of a trust company and possessing
18capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000. The bond
19resolution or trust indenture providing for the issuance of
20bonds so secured shall pledge such revenues of the Authority,
21sinking funds, bond proceeds, or investment earnings as may be
22specified therein, may contain such provisions for protecting
23and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may
24be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including
25particularly such provisions as have hereinabove been
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1or trust indenture of the Authority, and may restrict the
2individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the
3foregoing, any bond resolution or trust indenture may contain
4such other provisions as the Authority may deem reasonable and
5proper for the security of the bondholders, including, but not
6limited to, the purchase of bond insurance and the arrangement
7of letters of credit, lines of credit or other credit or
8liquidity enhancement facilities; provided there shall be no
9pledge of the toll highway or any part thereof. All expenses
10incurred in carrying out the provisions of any bond resolution
11or trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of the
12operation of the toll highways.
13    (h) Bonds issued under the authority of this Act do not,
14and shall state upon the face of each bond that they do not,
15represent or constitute a debt of the Authority or of the State
16of Illinois within the meaning of any constitutional or
17statutory limitation or a pledge of the faith and credit of the
18Authority or the State of Illinois, or grant to the owners or
19holders thereof any right to have the Authority or the General
20Assembly levy any taxes or appropriate any funds for the
21payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. Such
22bonds shall be payable and shall state that they are payable
23solely from the revenues and the sources authorized under this
24Act and pledged for their payment in accordance with the bond
25resolution or trust indenture.
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1Authority or any department, board, commission or other agency
2to create an obligation of the State of Illinois within the
3meaning of the Constitution or Statutes of Illinois.
4    (i) Any resolution or trust indenture authorizing the
5issuance of the bonds may include provision for the issuance of
6additional bonds. All resolutions of the Authority to carry
7such adopted bond resolutions into effect, to provide for the
8sale and delivery of the bonds, for letting of contracts for
9the construction of toll highways and the acquisition of real
10and personal property deemed by the Authority necessary or
11convenient for the construction thereof, shall not require the
12approval of the Governor or of any other department, division,
13commission, bureau, board or other agency of the State.
14(Source: P.A. 83-1258.)
 
15    (605 ILCS 10/19)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
16    Sec. 19. The Authority shall fix and revise from time to
17time, tolls or charges or rates for the privilege of using each
18of the toll highways constructed pursuant to this Act. Such
19tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted at rates calculated to
20provide the lowest reasonable toll rates that will provide
21funds sufficient with other revenues of the Authority to pay,
22(a) the cost of the construction of a new toll highway
23authorized by joint resolution of the General Assembly pursuant
24to Section 14.1 and the reconstruction, major repairs or
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1maintaining, repairing, regulating and operating the toll
2highways including only the necessary expenses of the
3Authority, and (c) the principal of all bonds, interest thereon
4and all sinking fund requirements and other requirements
5provided by resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds
6as they shall become due. In fixing the toll rates pursuant to
7this Section 19 and Section 10(c) of this Act, the Authority
8shall take into account the effect of the provisions of this
9Section 19 permitting the use of the toll highway system
10without payment of the covenants of the Authority contained in
11the resolutions and trust indentures authorizing the issuance
12of bonds of the Authority. No such provision permitting the use
13of the toll highway system without payment of tolls after the
14date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall
15be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of bondholders
16pursuant to any resolution or trust indentures authorizing the
17issuance of bonds of the Authority. The use and disposition of
18any sinking or reserve fund shall be subject to such regulation
19as may be provided in the resolution or trust indenture
20authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Subject to the
21provisions of any resolution or trust indenture authorizing the
22issuance of bonds any moneys in any such sinking fund in excess
23of an amount equal to one year's interest on the bonds then
24outstanding secured by such sinking fund may be applied to the
25purchase or redemption of bonds. All such bonds so redeemed or
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1issued. No person shall be permitted to use any toll highway
2without paying the toll established under this Section except
3when on official Toll Highway Authority business which includes
4police and other emergency vehicles. However, any law
5enforcement agency vehicle, fire department vehicle, or other
6emergency vehicle that is plainly marked shall not be required
7to pay a toll to use a toll highway. A law enforcement, fire
8protection, or emergency services officer driving a law
9enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency
10vehicle that is not plainly marked must present an Official
11Permit Card which the law enforcement, fire protection, or
12emergency services officer receives from his or her law
13enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency in
14order to use a toll highway without paying the toll. A law
15enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency
16must apply to the Authority to receive a permit, and the
17Authority shall adopt rules for the issuance of a permit, that
18allows all law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency
19services agency vehicles of the law enforcement, fire
20protection, or emergency services agency that are not plainly
21marked to use any toll highway without paying the toll
22established under this Section. The Authority shall maintain in
23its office a list of all persons that are authorized to use any
24toll highway without charge when on official business of the
25Authority and such list shall be open to the public for
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1Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority in
2providing effective transportation in the Authority's service
3region and to give effect to the exemption set forth in
4subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the Regional Transportation
5Authority Act, a vehicle owned or operated by the Suburban Bus
6Division of the Regional Transportation Authority that is being
7used to transport passengers for hire may use any toll highway
8without paying the toll.
9    Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is
10intended to clarify and confirm the prior intent of the General
11Assembly to allow toll revenues from the toll highway system to
12be used to pay a portion of the cost of the construction of the
13North-South Toll Highway authorized by Senate Joint Resolution
14122 of the 83rd General Assembly in 1984.
15(Source: P.A. 95-327, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
16    (605 ILCS 10/21)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-21)
17    Sec. 21. When all bonds including refunding bonds and all
18interest thereon have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the
19payment of all bonds and interest due or accrued thereon has
20been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders and
21shall continue to be held for that purpose, and when all money
22appropriated by the General Assembly has been repaid as
23provided by Section 18 of this Act, the toll highways and any
24connecting tunnels, bridges, approaches or other appurtenances
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1State highways of the State of Illinois, and be maintained and
2operated free of tolls.
3    When all the obligations and all bonds including refunding
4bonds of the Authority have been paid, or the payment therefor
5has been provided as is required herein, the Authority shall be
6dissolved and all funds of the Authority not required for the
7payment of bonds, interest, machinery, equipment, property or
8other obligations of the Authority shall be paid to the State
9Treasurer.
10(Source: P.A. 83-1258.)
 
11    (605 ILCS 10/24)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-24)
12    Sec. 24. Except as otherwise provided in any bond
13resolution, the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds, and
14all receipts and income derived from tolls, licenses, gifts,
15donations, concessions, fees, rentals, and all other revenues
16from whatever source derived, shall, within three days after
17receipt thereof, be paid to the Treasurer of the State of
18Illinois, and held by the Treasurer him as a special fund known
19as the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Fund, except that
20the Authority may retain portions of the Illinois State Toll
21Highway Authority Fund as a locally maintained construction
22fund revolving account and as a revenue fund revolving account,
23where authorized by a bond resolution, and as locally
24maintained change funds, where necessary for the operations of
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1custodian of such special fund, which fund shall be held,
2invested and disbursed for the purposes provided herein upon
3the order of the Authority and in accordance with provisions
4and covenants of any bond resolution authorizing the issuance
5of bonds which have not been paid or deemed paid.
6Notwithstanding any limitation or restriction contained in any
7other law of the State of Illinois, moneys in the fund may be
8invested in interest bearing bonds of any county, township,
9city, village, incorporated town, municipal corporation, or
10school district of the State of Illinois, of any other state,
11or of any political subdivision or agency of the State of
12Illinois or of any other state, whether the interest earned
13thereon is taxable or tax exempt under federal law, provided
14such bonds shall be rated at the time of purchase within the 4
15highest general classifications established by a rating
16service of nationally recognized expertise in rating bonds of
17states and their political subdivisions. The interest accruing
18on said special fund shall be computed and added to the
19principal thereof every six months. In addition to the special
20audits prescribed by this Act, the said fund shall also be
21subject to audit in the same manner as is now, or may
22hereinafter be, provided for the audit of State funds and
23accounts. The said special fund shall be protected by a
24corporate surety bond, executed by the Treasurer, with a surety
25authorized to do business under the laws of the State of
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1of the Authority, approved by the Governor, and may be
2increased or diminished at any time. The premiums on said bond
3shall be payable from the funds of the Authority. The bond
4shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and Attorney
5General of the State of Illinois, and, when so approved, shall
6be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Said special
7fund shall be considered always appropriated for the purposes
8of disbursements, as provided in this Act, and shall be paid
9out and disbursed only as provided herein, and shall not, at
10any time be appropriated or diverted to any other use or
11purpose.
12(Source: P.A. 83-1258.)
 
13    (605 ILCS 10/26)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-26)
14    Sec. 26.
15    Any person who violates any resolution, rule or regulation,
16adopted or promulgated by the Authority, pursuant to subsection
17(b) of Section 10, paragraph (b) of this Act, shall be guilty
18of a petty offense.
19(Source: P.A. 77-2239.)
 
20    (605 ILCS 10/29)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-29)
21    Sec. 29. Every Chair chairman, director, or officer of the
22Authority who is guilty of a palpable omission of duty, or who
23is guilty of willful and corrupt oppression, malconduct, or
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1office shall be liable to indictment in any court of competent
2jurisdiction and shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Any
3conviction hereunder shall constitute grounds for removal as
4provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 77-2239.)
 
6    (605 ILCS 10/34)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-34)
7    Sec. 34. The This Act becomes effective April 1, 1968 and
8the provisions of this Act are severable and if any of its
9provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional by any court of
10competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not
11affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
12(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2748.)
 
13    (605 ILCS 10/9.60 rep.)
14    (605 ILCS 10/16.1 rep.)
15    (605 ILCS 10/16.2 rep.)
16    (605 ILCS 10/16.3 rep.)
17    (605 ILCS 10/18 rep.)
18    (605 ILCS 10/33 rep.)
19    (605 ILCS 10/35 rep.)
20    Section 15. The Toll Highway Act is amended by repealing
21Sections 9.60, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 18, 33, and 35.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    30 ILCS 500/1-15.107
4    30 ILCS 500/1-15.108
5    30 ILCS 500/20-120
6    30 ILCS 500/50-2
7    30 ILCS 500/50-35
8    605 ILCS 10/2from Ch. 121, par. 100-2
9    605 ILCS 10/3from Ch. 121, par. 100-3
10    605 ILCS 10/4from Ch. 121, par. 100-4
11    605 ILCS 10/5from Ch. 121, par. 100-5
12    605 ILCS 10/6from Ch. 121, par. 100-6
13    605 ILCS 10/7from Ch. 121, par. 100-7
14    605 ILCS 10/8from Ch. 121, par. 100-8
15    605 ILCS 10/9from Ch. 121, par. 100-9
16    605 ILCS 10/9.5
17    605 ILCS 10/10from Ch. 121, par. 100-10
18    605 ILCS 10/16from Ch. 121, par. 100-16
19    605 ILCS 10/17from Ch. 121, par. 100-17
20    605 ILCS 10/19from Ch. 121, par. 100-19
21    605 ILCS 10/21from Ch. 121, par. 100-21
22    605 ILCS 10/24from Ch. 121, par. 100-24
23    605 ILCS 10/26from Ch. 121, par. 100-26
24    605 ILCS 10/29from Ch. 121, par. 100-29
25    605 ILCS 10/34from Ch. 121, par. 100-34

 

 

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1    605 ILCS 10/9.60 rep.
2    605 ILCS 10/16.1 rep.
3    605 ILCS 10/16.2 rep.
4    605 ILCS 10/16.3 rep.
5    605 ILCS 10/18 rep.
6    605 ILCS 10/33 rep.
7    605 ILCS 10/35 rep.