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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
5Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 10/11)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
7    Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
8    (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State
9for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and
10examinations as may be necessary, expedient or convenient for
11the purposes of this Act, and such entry shall not be deemed to
12be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purpose be deemed an
13entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then
14pending; provided, however, that the Authority shall make
15reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands,
16waters and premises as the result of such activities.
17    (b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the
18collection of tolls or charges upon and along any toll
19highways.
20    (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for
21the privilege of using the said toll highways. Before it adopts
22an increase in the rates for toll, the Authority shall hold a
23public hearing at which any person may appear, express

 

 

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1opinions, suggestions, or objections, or direct inquiries
2relating to the proposed increase. Any person may submit a
3written statement to the Authority at the hearing, whether
4appearing in person or not. The hearing shall be held in the
5county in which the proposed increase of the rates is to take
6place. The Authority shall give notice of the hearing by
7advertisement on 3 successive days at least 15 days prior to
8the date of the hearing in a daily newspaper of general
9circulation within the county within which the hearing is held.
10The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the
11hearing, shall contain a description of the proposed increase,
12and shall specify how interested persons may obtain copies of
13any reports, resolutions, or certificates describing the basis
14on which the proposed change, alteration, or modification was
15calculated. After consideration of any statements filed or oral
16opinions, suggestions, objections, or inquiries made at the
17hearing, the Authority may proceed to adopt the proposed
18increase of the rates for toll if 8 of the directors of the
19Authority vote in favor of adopting the proposed increase of
20the rates for toll. No change or alteration in or modification
21of the rates for toll shall be effective unless at least 90 30
22days prior to the effective date of such rates notice thereof
23shall be given to the public by publication in a newspaper of
24general circulation, and such notice, or notices, thereof shall
25be posted and publicly displayed at each and every toll station
26upon or along said toll highways.

 

 

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1    (d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade
2separations at intersections with any railroads, waterways,
3street railways, streets, thoroughfares, public roads or
4highways intersected by the said toll highways, and to change
5and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to accommodate
6the same to the design of such grade separation and to
7construct interchange improvements. The Authority is
8authorized to provide such grade separations or interchange
9improvements at its own cost or to enter into contracts or
10agreements with reference to division of cost therefor with any
11municipality or political subdivision of the State of Illinois,
12or with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, or with
13any corporation, individual, firm, person or association.
14Where such structures have been built by the Authority and a
15local highway agency did not enter into an agreement to the
16contrary, the Authority shall maintain the entire structure,
17including the road surface, at the Authority's expense.
18    (e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease or
19license to any person, partnership, firm, association or
20corporation so desiring the use of any part of any toll
21highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but including
22the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion
23for the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power lines
24and other utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, and to
25enter into operating agreements with or to contract with and
26grant concessions to or to lease to any person, partnership,

 

 

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1firm, association or corporation so desiring the use of any
2part of the toll highways, excluding the paved portion thereof,
3but including the right of way adjoining, or over said paved
4portion for motor fuel service stations and facilities,
5garages, stores and restaurants, or for any other lawful
6purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, rates and
7charges for such use.
8    The Authority shall also have power to establish reasonable
9regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance,
10repair, renewal, relocation and removal of pipes, mains,
11conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and
12appliances (herein called public utilities) of any public
13utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act along, over or
14under any toll road project. Whenever the Authority shall
15determine that it is necessary that any such public utility
16facilities which now are located in, on, along, over or under
17any project or projects be relocated or removed entirely from
18any such project or projects, the public utility owning or
19operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
20accordance with the order of the Authority. All costs and
21expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of
22installing such facilities in a new location or locations, and
23the cost of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any
24other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal
25shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the
26cost of any such project or projects, and further, there shall

 

 

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1be no rent, fee or other charge of any kind imposed upon the
2public utility owning or operating any facilities ordered
3relocated on the properties of the said Authority and the said
4Authority shall grant to the said public utility owning or
5operating said facilities and its successors and assigns the
6right to operate the same in the new location or locations for
7as long a period and upon the same terms and conditions as it
8had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their
9former location or locations.
10    (f) To enter into an intergovernmental agreement or
11contract with a unit of local government or other public or
12private entity for the collection, enforcement, and
13administration of tolls, fees, revenue, and violations.
14    The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection
15systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety,
16efficiency, and traveler convenience. The Authority shall
17cooperate with other public and private entities to further the
18goal of standardized toll collection in Illinois and is
19authorized to provide toll collection and toll violation
20enforcement services to such entities when doing so is in the
21best interest of the Authority and consistent with its
22obligations under Section 23 of this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)