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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4786 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that if there is a conflict between state and federal law or regulations regarding the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's ability to pay relocation costs to persons displaced by the Authority's exercise of eminent domain powers, the Authority shall use whichever law or regulation provides the highest payment limit. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4786 | | LRB098 15929 MLW 50976 b |
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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 Toll Highway Act is amended by changing |
5 | | Section 9.5 as follows:
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6 | | (605 ILCS 10/9.5)
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7 | | Sec. 9.5. Acquisition by purchase or by condemnation. The
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8 | | Authority is authorized to acquire by purchase or by |
9 | | condemnation, in
the manner provided for the exercise of the |
10 | | power of eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act, any and |
11 | | all lands,
buildings, and grounds necessary or convenient for |
12 | | its authorized
purpose. The Authority shall comply with the |
13 | | federal Uniform
Relocation Assistance and Real Property |
14 | | Acquisition Policies Act,
Public Law 91-646, as amended, and |
15 | | the implementing regulations in 49
CFR Part 24
and is |
16 | | authorized to
operate a relocation program and to pay |
17 | | relocation costs.
If there is a conflict between the provisions |
18 | | of this amendatory Act of
1998
and the provisions of the |
19 | | federal law or regulations, however, the provisions
of this |
20 | | amendatory Act of 1998 shall control with the exception that |
21 | | the Authority shall use whichever law or regulation provides |
22 | | the highest payment limit .
The
Authority is authorized to |
23 | | exceed the maximum payment limits of the
federal Uniform |