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92_HB5234
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1 AN ACT with regard to highways.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3.1 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 10/3.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3.1)
7 Sec. 3.1. There is created an advisory committee
8 composed of 7 members of the House of Representatives
9 appointed by the Speaker thereof, 7 members of the Senate
10 appointed by the President, and 15 members appointed by the
11 Governor. It is the intention of this section that the
12 Governor's appointments shall be made with due consideration
13 to the location of proposed toll highway routes so that
14 maximum geographic representation from the areas served by
15 said toll highway routes may be accomplished insofar as
16 practicable. The members shall be appointed during the month
17 of June and shall serve from the first day in July in
18 odd-numbered years for a two-year period and until their
19 successors are appointed and qualified, except that General
20 Assembly members shall serve such term or until termination
21 of their legislative service, whichever first occurs.
22 Appointments shall be in writing and filed with the Secretary
23 of State as a public record. Vacancies shall be filled in the
24 same manner as original appointments. The committee shall
25 choose from among its members a chairman and secretary. It
26 may meet on call of the chairman or any 6 members. The
27 members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed
28 for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their
29 duties.
30 The committee shall meet with the Illinois State Toll
31 Highway Authority and shall advise it on all matters relating
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1 to policy and the administration of the toll highway system.
2 (Source: P.A. 85-1424.)