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90_SB0641 605 ILCS 10/11 from Ch. 121, par. 100-11 Amends the Toll Highway Act to provide that all moneys collected at a toll highway station must be used for the upkeep and maintenance of that toll highway and may not be used for the expansion of any other toll highway. LRB9002436NTsb LRB9002436NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the Toll Highway Act by changing Section 2 11. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing 6 Section 11 as follows: 7 (605 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11) 8 Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power: 9 (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the 10 State for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings 11 and examinations as may be necessary, expedient or convenient 12 for the purposes of this Act, and such entry shall not be 13 deemed to be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purpose 14 be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which 15 may be then pending; provided, however, that the Authority 16 shall make reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to 17 such lands, waters and premises as the result of such 18 activities. 19 (b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the 20 collection of tolls or charges upon and along any toll 21 highways. 22 (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges 23 for the privilege of using the said toll highways. All moneys 24 collected at a toll highway station must be used for the 25 upkeep and maintenance of that toll highway and may not be 26 used for the expansion of any other toll highway. Any change, 27 alteration in or modification of the rates for toll shall not 28 be effective unless at least 30 days prior to the 29 establishment of such rates notice thereof shall be given to 30 the public by publication in a newspaper of general 31 circulation, and such notice, or notices, thereof shall be -2- LRB9002436NTsb 1 posted and publicly displayed at each and every toll station 2 upon or along said toll highways. 3 (d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade 4 separations at intersections with any railroads, waterways, 5 street railways, streets, thoroughfares, public roads or 6 highways intersected by the said toll highways, and to change 7 and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to accommodate 8 the same to the design of such grade separation and to 9 construct interchange improvements. The Authority is 10 authorized to provide such grade separations or interchange 11 improvements at its own cost or to enter into contracts or 12 agreements with reference to division of cost therefor with 13 any municipality or political subdivision of the State of 14 Illinois, or with the Federal Government, or any agency 15 thereof, or with any corporation, individual, firm, person or 16 association. Where such structures have been built by the 17 Authority and a local highway agency did not enter into an 18 agreement to the contrary, the Authority shall maintain the 19 entire structure, including the road surface, at the 20 Authority's expense. 21 (e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease 22 or license to any person, partnership, firm, association or 23 corporation so desiring the use of any part of any toll 24 highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but including 25 the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion 26 for the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power 27 lines and other utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, 28 and to enter into operating agreements with or to contract 29 with and grant concessions to or to lease to any person, 30 partnership, firm, association or corporation so desiring the 31 use of any part of the toll highways, excluding the paved 32 portion thereof, but including the right of way adjoining, or 33 over said paved portion for motor fuel service stations and 34 facilities, garages, stores and restaurants, or for any other -3- LRB9002436NTsb 1 lawful purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, 2 rates and charges for such use. 3 The Authority shall also have power to establish 4 reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, 5 maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of 6 pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and 7 other equipment and appliances (herein called public 8 utilities) of any public utility as defined in the Public 9 Utilities Act along, over or under any toll road project. 10 Whenever the Authority shall determine that it is necessary 11 that any such public utility facilities which now are located 12 in, on, along, over or under any project or projects be 13 relocated or removed entirely from any such project or 14 projects, the public utility owning or operating such 15 facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance 16 with the order of the Authority. All costs and expenses of 17 such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing 18 such facilities in a new location or locations, and the cost 19 of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any other 20 rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal 21 shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of 22 the cost of any such project or projects, and further, there 23 shall be no rent, fee or other charge of any kind imposed 24 upon the public utility owning or operating any facilities 25 ordered relocated on the properties of the said Authority and 26 the said Authority shall grant to the said public utility 27 owning or operating said facilities and its successors and 28 assigns the right to operate the same in the new location or 29 locations for as long a period and upon the same terms and 30 conditions as it had the right to maintain and operate such 31 facilities in their former location or locations. 32 (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)