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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 25-75 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/25-75)
7    Sec. 25-75. Purchase of motor vehicles.
8    (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline-powered vehicles
10purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles.
11Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline-powered vehicles
12purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel
13efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section,
14"flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that
15operate on either gasoline or E-85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline)
16fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or
17light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an
18electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20%
19increase in combined US-EPA city-highway fuel economy over the
20equivalent or most-similar conventionally-powered model.
21    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State
23funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the

 

 

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1manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel.
2    (b-5) On and after January 1, 2016, 25% of vehicles, other
3than Department of State Police patrol vehicles, purchased with
4State funds shall be vehicles fueled by electricity, compressed
5natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or liquid natural gas.
6    (c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that
7certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based
8on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as
9health and safety of Illinois citizens.
10(Source: P.A. 94-1079, eff. 6-1-07.)
 
11    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
12Section 223 as follows:
 
13    (605 ILCS 5/223 new)
14    Sec. 223. Electric vehicle charging stations. By January 1,
152016, the Department shall construct and maintain at least one
16electric vehicle charging station at each rest area on State
17highways. The Department shall charge a fee for the use of
18these charging stations to offset the costs of constructing and
19maintaining these charging stations.
20    The Department shall adopt and publish specifications
21detailing the kind and type of electric vehicle charging
22station to be constructed and maintained and shall adopt rules
23governing the place of erection, user fees, and maintenance of
24electric vehicle charging stations.
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
2Section 11 as follows:
 
3    (605 ILCS 10/11)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
4    Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
5    (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State
6for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and
7examinations as may be necessary, expedient or convenient for
8the purposes of this Act, and such entry shall not be deemed to
9be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purpose be deemed an
10entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then
11pending; provided, however, that the Authority shall make
12reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands,
13waters and premises as the result of such activities.
14    (b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the
15collection of tolls or charges upon and along any toll
16highways.
17    (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for
18the privilege of using the said toll highways. Before it adopts
19an increase in the rates for toll, the Authority shall hold a
20public hearing at which any person may appear, express
21opinions, suggestions, or objections, or direct inquiries
22relating to the proposed increase. Any person may submit a
23written statement to the Authority at the hearing, whether
24appearing in person or not. The hearing shall be held in the

 

 

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1county in which the proposed increase of the rates is to take
2place. The Authority shall give notice of the hearing by
3advertisement on 3 successive days at least 15 days prior to
4the date of the hearing in a daily newspaper of general
5circulation within the county within which the hearing is held.
6The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the
7hearing, shall contain a description of the proposed increase,
8and shall specify how interested persons may obtain copies of
9any reports, resolutions, or certificates describing the basis
10on which the proposed change, alteration, or modification was
11calculated. After consideration of any statements filed or oral
12opinions, suggestions, objections, or inquiries made at the
13hearing, the Authority may proceed to adopt the proposed
14increase of the rates for toll. No change or alteration in or
15modification of the rates for toll shall be effective unless at
16least 30 days prior to the effective date of such rates notice
17thereof shall be given to the public by publication in a
18newspaper of general circulation, and such notice, or notices,
19thereof shall be posted and publicly displayed at each and
20every toll station upon or along said toll highways.
21    (d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade
22separations at intersections with any railroads, waterways,
23street railways, streets, thoroughfares, public roads or
24highways intersected by the said toll highways, and to change
25and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to accommodate
26the same to the design of such grade separation and to

 

 

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1construct interchange improvements. The Authority is
2authorized to provide such grade separations or interchange
3improvements at its own cost or to enter into contracts or
4agreements with reference to division of cost therefor with any
5municipality or political subdivision of the State of Illinois,
6or with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, or with
7any corporation, individual, firm, person or association.
8Where such structures have been built by the Authority and a
9local highway agency did not enter into an agreement to the
10contrary, the Authority shall maintain the entire structure,
11including the road surface, at the Authority's expense.
12    (e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease or
13license to any person, partnership, firm, association or
14corporation so desiring the use of any part of any toll
15highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but including
16the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion
17for the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power lines
18and other utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, and to
19enter into operating agreements with or to contract with and
20grant concessions to or to lease to any person, partnership,
21firm, association or corporation so desiring the use of any
22part of the toll highways, excluding the paved portion thereof,
23but including the right of way adjoining, or over said paved
24portion for motor fuel service stations and facilities,
25garages, stores and restaurants, or for any other lawful
26purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, rates and

 

 

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1charges for such use.
2    By January 1, 2016, the Authority shall construct and
3maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at any
4location where the Authority has entered into an agreement with
5any entity pursuant to this subsection (e) for the purposes of
6providing motor fuel service stations and facilities, garages,
7stores, or restaurants. The Authority shall charge a fee for
8the use of these charging stations to offset the costs of
9constructing and maintaining these charging stations. The
10Authority shall adopt rules to implement the erection, user
11fees, and maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations
12pursuant to this subsection (e).
13    The Authority shall also have power to establish reasonable
14regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance,
15repair, renewal, relocation and removal of pipes, mains,
16conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and
17appliances (herein called public utilities) of any public
18utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act along, over or
19under any toll road project. Whenever the Authority shall
20determine that it is necessary that any such public utility
21facilities which now are located in, on, along, over or under
22any project or projects be relocated or removed entirely from
23any such project or projects, the public utility owning or
24operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
25accordance with the order of the Authority. All costs and
26expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of

 

 

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1installing such facilities in a new location or locations, and
2the cost of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any
3other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal
4shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the
5cost of any such project or projects, and further, there shall
6be no rent, fee or other charge of any kind imposed upon the
7public utility owning or operating any facilities ordered
8relocated on the properties of the said Authority and the said
9Authority shall grant to the said public utility owning or
10operating said facilities and its successors and assigns the
11right to operate the same in the new location or locations for
12as long a period and upon the same terms and conditions as it
13had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their
14former location or locations.
15    (f) To enter into an intergovernmental agreement or
16contract with a unit of local government or other public or
17private entity for the collection, enforcement, and
18administration of tolls, fees, revenue, and violations.
19    The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection
20systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety,
21efficiency, and traveler convenience. The Authority shall
22cooperate with other public and private entities to further the
23goal of standardized toll collection in Illinois and is
24authorized to provide toll collection and toll violation
25enforcement services to such entities when doing so is in the
26best interest of the Authority and consistent with its

 

 

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1obligations under Section 23 of this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)