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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2241 Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that businesses located in an enterprise zone shall be granted access to build facilities to cross a railroad right-of-way owned by a land management company for the purpose of conveyance of grain, aggregate, construction materials, and other commodities over, under, or across that right-of-way, subject to payment of certain fees and costs. Provides that the crossing fee shall be in lieu of any license, permit, application, or any other fee or charges to reimburse the land management company for the direct expense incurred by the land management company as a result of the crossing. Effective immediately.
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| | SB2241 | | LRB099 15993 HLH 40310 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Enterprise Zone Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 9.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 655/9.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9.3. Railroad right-of-way. Any business entity |
| 8 | | located in an enterprise zone shall be granted access to build |
| 9 | | facilities to cross a railroad right-of-way owned by a land |
| 10 | | management company and not a registered rail carrier for the |
| 11 | | purpose of conveyance of grain, aggregate, construction |
| 12 | | materials, and other commodities over, under, or across that |
| 13 | | right-of-way. A business entity whose facilities cross a |
| 14 | | right-of-way shall pay the land management company operating |
| 15 | | the right-of-way a one time standard crossing fee of $1,500 for |
| 16 | | each crossing plus the cost associated with modifications to |
| 17 | | existing insurance contracts of the land management company. |
| 18 | | The standard crossing fee shall be in lieu of any license, |
| 19 | | permit, application, or any other fee or charges to reimburse |
| 20 | | the land management company for the direct expense incurred by |
| 21 | | the land management company as a result of the crossing. The |
| 22 | | company shall also reimburse the land management company for |
| 23 | | any actual flagging expenses associated with the crossing in |