Illinois Compiled Statutes - Full Text

  1. Home
  2. Legislation
  3. Illinois Compiled Statutes

Illinois Compiled Statutes - Full Text

Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)

Updating the database of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) is an ongoing process. Recent laws may not yet be included in the ILCS database, but they are found on this site as Public Acts soon after they become law. For information concerning the relationship between statutes and Public Acts, refer to the Guide.

Because the statute database is maintained primarily for legislative drafting purposes, statutory changes are sometimes included in the statute database before they take effect. If the source note at the end of a Section of the statutes includes a Public Act that has not yet taken effect, the version of the law that is currently in effect may have already been removed from the database and you should refer to that Public Act to see the changes made to the current law.


45 ILCS 77/15

    (45 ILCS 77/15) (from Ch. 114, par. 915)
    Sec. 15. Impact study.
    (a) The states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida, referred to in this Act as "participating states" agree, upon adoption of this compact by the respective states, to jointly conduct and participate in a rail passenger network financial and economic impact study. The study must do the following:
        (1) Continue research previously performed by the
    
national railroad passenger corporation (Amtrak) and the Evansville Amtrak task force that evaluated the "western route" which includes Chicago, Evansville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Macon, Waycross, and Jacksonville for purposes of evaluating a representative service schedule, train running times, and associated costs.
        (2) Include consideration of the following:
            (A) The purchase of railroad equipment by a
        
participating state and the lease of the railroad equipment to Amtrak.
            (B) (Blank.)
            (C) The periodic review of projected passenger
        
traffic estimates on the western route.
            (D) Any other matter related to the financial and
        
economic impact of a rail passenger network along the western route.
    (b) Information and data collected during the study under subsection (a) that is requested by a participating state or a consulting firm representing a participating state or the compact may be made available to the state or firm. However, the information may not include matters not of public record or of a nature considered to be privileged and confidential unless the state providing the information agrees to waive the confidentiality.
(Source: P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)