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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. Every toll collection station shall post signs
20notifying toll highway users of the tolls or charges collected
21at that station, including the amount charged by any electronic
22toll collection system.
23    (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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