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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 25-75 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (30 ILCS 500/25-75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the |
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1 | manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel. | ||||||
2 | (b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 25% of vehicles | ||||||
3 | purchased with State funds shall be vehicles fueled by | ||||||
4 | electricity, compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or | ||||||
5 | liquid natural gas. | ||||||
6 | (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that | ||||||
7 | certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based | ||||||
8 | on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as | ||||||
9 | health and safety of Illinois citizens.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 94-1079, eff. 6-1-07 .) | ||||||
11 | Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | ||||||
12 | Section 223 as follows: | ||||||
13 | (605 ILCS 5/223 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 223. Electric vehicle charging stations. By January 1, | ||||||
15 | 2016, the Department shall construct and
maintain at least one | ||||||
16 | electric vehicle charging station at each rest area on State | ||||||
17 | highways. | ||||||
18 | The Department shall adopt and publish specifications | ||||||
19 | detailing the kind
and type of electric vehicle charging | ||||||
20 | station to be constructed and maintained and shall
adopt rules | ||||||
21 | governing the place of erection and maintenance of electric | ||||||
22 | vehicle charging stations.
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23 | Section 15. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing |
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1 | Section 11 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (605 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
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3 | Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
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4 | (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State | ||||||
5 | for the
purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and | ||||||
6 | examinations as may be
necessary, expedient or convenient for | ||||||
7 | the purposes of this Act, and such
entry shall not be deemed to | ||||||
8 | be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such
purpose be deemed an | ||||||
9 | entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be
then | ||||||
10 | pending; provided, however, that the Authority shall make
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11 | reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands, | ||||||
12 | waters and
premises as the result of such activities.
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13 | (b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the | ||||||
14 | collection of
tolls or charges upon and along any toll | ||||||
15 | highways.
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16 | (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for | ||||||
17 | the privilege
of using the said toll highways.
Before it adopts | ||||||
18 | an increase in the
rates for toll, the Authority shall hold a | ||||||
19 | public
hearing at which any person may appear, express | ||||||
20 | opinions, suggestions, or
objections, or direct inquiries | ||||||
21 | relating to the proposed increase.
Any person may submit a | ||||||
22 | written statement to the Authority at
the hearing, whether | ||||||
23 | appearing in person or not. The hearing shall be held in
the | ||||||
24 | county in which the proposed
increase of the rates is to take | ||||||
25 | place. The
Authority shall give notice of the hearing by |
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1 | advertisement on
3 successive days at least 15 days prior to | ||||||
2 | the date of the hearing in a daily
newspaper of general | ||||||
3 | circulation within the county within which the
hearing is held.
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4 | The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the | ||||||
5 | hearing, shall contain
a description of the proposed increase, | ||||||
6 | and shall
specify how interested persons may obtain copies of | ||||||
7 | any reports, resolutions,
or certificates describing the basis | ||||||
8 | on which the proposed change, alteration,
or modification was | ||||||
9 | calculated. After consideration of any statements filed or
oral | ||||||
10 | opinions, suggestions, objections, or inquiries made at the | ||||||
11 | hearing, the
Authority may proceed to adopt the proposed | ||||||
12 | increase
of the rates for toll. No change or alteration in or | ||||||
13 | modification
of the rates for toll shall be effective unless at | ||||||
14 | least 30 days
prior to the effective date of such rates notice | ||||||
15 | thereof
shall be given to
the public by publication in a | ||||||
16 | newspaper of general circulation, and such
notice, or notices, | ||||||
17 | thereof shall be posted and publicly displayed at each
and | ||||||
18 | every toll station upon or along said toll highways.
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19 | (d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade | ||||||
20 | separations
at intersections with any railroads, waterways, | ||||||
21 | street railways, streets,
thoroughfares, public roads or | ||||||
22 | highways intersected by the said toll
highways, and to change | ||||||
23 | and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to
accommodate | ||||||
24 | the same to the design of such grade separation and to
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25 | construct interchange improvements. The Authority is | ||||||
26 | authorized to provide
such grade separations or interchange |
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1 | improvements at its own cost or to
enter into contracts or | ||||||
2 | agreements with reference to division of cost
therefor with any | ||||||
3 | municipality or political subdivision of the State of
Illinois, | ||||||
4 | or with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, or with
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5 | any corporation, individual, firm, person or association. | ||||||
6 | Where such
structures have been built by the Authority and a | ||||||
7 | local highway agency did
not enter into an agreement to the | ||||||
8 | contrary, the Authority shall maintain
the entire structure, | ||||||
9 | including the road surface, at the Authority's expense.
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10 | (e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease or | ||||||
11 | license to any
person, partnership, firm, association or | ||||||
12 | corporation so desiring the use
of any part of any toll | ||||||
13 | highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but
including | ||||||
14 | the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion | ||||||
15 | for
the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power lines | ||||||
16 | and other
utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, and to | ||||||
17 | enter into operating
agreements with or to contract with and | ||||||
18 | grant concessions to or to lease to
any person, partnership, | ||||||
19 | firm, association or corporation so desiring the
use of any | ||||||
20 | part of the toll highways, excluding the paved portion thereof,
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21 | but including the right of way adjoining, or over said paved | ||||||
22 | portion for
motor fuel service stations and facilities, | ||||||
23 | garages, stores and
restaurants, or for any other lawful | ||||||
24 | purpose, and to fix the terms,
conditions, rents, rates and | ||||||
25 | charges for such use.
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26 | By January 1, 2016, the Authority shall construct and
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1 | maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at any | ||||||
2 | location where the Authority has entered into an agreement with | ||||||
3 | any entity pursuant to this subsection (e) for the purposes of | ||||||
4 | providing motor fuel service stations and facilities, garages, | ||||||
5 | stores, or
restaurants. The Authority shall
adopt rules to | ||||||
6 | implement the erection and maintenance of electric vehicle | ||||||
7 | charging stations pursuant to this subsection (e). | ||||||
8 | The Authority shall also have power to establish reasonable | ||||||
9 | regulations
for the installation, construction, maintenance, | ||||||
10 | repair, renewal,
relocation and removal of pipes, mains, | ||||||
11 | conduits, cables, wires, towers,
poles and other equipment and | ||||||
12 | appliances (herein called public utilities)
of any public | ||||||
13 | utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act along,
over or | ||||||
14 | under any toll road project. Whenever the Authority shall | ||||||
15 | determine
that it is necessary that any such public utility | ||||||
16 | facilities which now are
located in, on, along, over or under | ||||||
17 | any project or projects be relocated
or removed entirely from | ||||||
18 | any such project or projects, the public utility
owning or | ||||||
19 | operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
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20 | accordance with the order of the Authority. All costs and | ||||||
21 | expenses of such
relocation or removal, including the cost of | ||||||
22 | installing such facilities in
a new location or locations, and | ||||||
23 | the cost of any land or lands, or interest
in land, or any | ||||||
24 | other rights required to accomplish such relocation or
removal | ||||||
25 | shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the
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26 | cost of any such project or projects, and further, there shall |
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1 | be no rent,
fee or other charge of any kind imposed upon the | ||||||
2 | public utility owning or
operating any facilities ordered | ||||||
3 | relocated on the properties of the said
Authority and the said | ||||||
4 | Authority shall grant to the said public utility
owning or | ||||||
5 | operating said facilities and its successors and assigns the
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6 | right to operate the same in the new location or locations for | ||||||
7 | as long a
period and upon the same terms and conditions as it | ||||||
8 | had the right to
maintain and operate such facilities in their | ||||||
9 | former location or locations.
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10 | (f) To enter into an intergovernmental agreement or | ||||||
11 | contract with a unit of local government or other
public or | ||||||
12 | private entity for the collection, enforcement, and | ||||||
13 | administration
of tolls,
fees, revenue, and violations.
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14 | The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection | ||||||
15 | systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, | ||||||
16 | efficiency, and traveler convenience. The Authority shall | ||||||
17 | cooperate with other public and private entities to further the | ||||||
18 | goal of standardized toll collection in Illinois and is | ||||||
19 | authorized to provide toll collection and toll violation | ||||||
20 | enforcement services to such entities when doing so is in the | ||||||
21 | best interest of the Authority and consistent with its | ||||||
22 | obligations under Section 23 of this Act.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)
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