093_HB3837
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1 AN ACT in relation ot 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 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3)
7 Sec. 3. There is hereby created an Authority to be known
8 as The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which is hereby
9 constituted an instrumentality and an administrative agency
10 of the State of Illinois. The said Authority shall consist of
11 11 directors; the Governor and the Secretary of the
12 Department of Transportation, ex officio, and 9 directors
13 appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
14 Senate, of whom one shall be from Will County and 8 from the
15 State at large, which said directors and their successors are
16 hereby authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act,
17 and to exercise the powers herein conferred. Of the 9
18 directors appointed by the Governor, no more than 5 shall be
19 members of the same political party. Vacancies shall be
20 filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original
21 appointments. All appointments shall be in writing and filed
22 with the Secretary of State as a public record. It is the
23 intention of this section that the Governor's appointments
24 shall be made with due consideration to the location of
25 proposed toll highway routes so that maximum geographic
26 representation from the areas served by said toll highway
27 routes may be accomplished insofar as practicable. The said
28 Authority shall have the power to contract and be contracted
29 with, to acquire, hold and convey personal and real property
30 or any interest therein including rights of way, franchises
31 and easements; to have and use a common seal, and to alter
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1 the same at will; to make and establish resolutions, by-laws,
2 rules, rates and regulations, and to alter or repeal the same
3 as the Authority shall deem necessary and expedient for the
4 construction, operation, relocation, regulation and
5 maintenance of a system of toll highways within and through
6 the State of Illinois.
7 Appointment of the additional directors provided for by
8 this amendatory Act of 1980 shall be made within 30 days
9 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)