Full Text of SB0977 095th General Assembly
SB0977 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0977
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Antonio Munoz - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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605 ILCS 10/8 |
from Ch. 121, par. 100-8 |
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Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning powers of the Toll Highway Authority.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 8 as follows:
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| (605 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8)
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| Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power:
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| (a) To acquire, own, use, hire, lease, operate and
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| dispose of
personal property, real property (except with | 10 |
| respect to the headquarters
building and surrounding land of | 11 |
| the Authority located at 2700 Ogden Avenue,
Downers Grove, | 12 |
| Illinois, which may be sold or mortgaged only as provided in
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| Section 7.5
of the State Property Control Act
to the extent | 14 |
| that such property is subject to the State Property Control
Act | 15 |
| at the time
of the proposed sale), any interest therein, | 16 |
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rights-of-way, franchises and easements. | 17 |
| (b) To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or
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| incidental to the performance of its powers under this Act. All
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| employment contracts let under this Act shall be in conformity | 20 |
| with the
applicable provisions of "An Act regulating wages of | 21 |
| laborers, mechanics
and other workers employed under contracts | 22 |
| for public works," approved
June 26, 1941, as amended.
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| (c) To employ and discharge, without regard to the |
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| requirements of
any civil service or personnel act, such | 2 |
| administrative, engineering,
traffic, architectural, | 3 |
| construction, and financial experts, and
inspectors, and such | 4 |
| other employees, as are necessary in the
Authority's judgment | 5 |
| to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to
establish and | 6 |
| administer standards of classification of all of such
persons | 7 |
| with respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and
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| tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment with such | 9 |
| persons for
such periods and on such terms as the Authority | 10 |
| deems desirable.
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| (d) To appoint by and with the consent of the Attorney | 12 |
| General,
assistant attorneys for such Authority, which said | 13 |
| assistant attorneys
shall be under the control, direction and | 14 |
| supervision of the Attorney
General and shall serve at his | 15 |
| pleasure.
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| (e) To retain special counsel, subject to the approval of | 17 |
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Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix | 18 |
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compensation, provided however, such special counsel | 19 |
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subject
to
the control, direction and supervision of | 20 |
| the Attorney General and shall
serve at his pleasure.
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| (f) To acquire, construct, relocate, operate, regulate and | 22 |
| maintain
a system of toll highways through and within the State | 23 |
| of Illinois.
However, the Authority does not have the power to | 24 |
| acquire, operate,
regulate or maintain any system of toll | 25 |
| highways or toll bridges or
portions of them (including but not | 26 |
| limited to any system organized
pursuant to Division 108 of |
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| Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code)
in the event either | 2 |
| of the following conditions exists at the time the
proposed | 3 |
| acquisition, operation, regulation or maintenance of such
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| system is to become effective:
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| (1) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments
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| evidencing indebtedness of the system are in default; or
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| (2) the principal or interest on bonds or other instruments
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| evidencing indebtedness of the system have been in default at | 9 |
| any time
during the 5 year period prior to the proposed | 10 |
| acquisition.
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| To facilitate such construction, operation
and maintenance | 12 |
| and subject to the approval of the Division of Highways
of the | 13 |
| Department of Transportation, the Authority shall have the full
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| use and advantage of the engineering staff and facilities of | 15 |
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Department.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-19, eff. 6-20-03.)
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