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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 418

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 418, AS AMENDED, as
 3    follows:

 4    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 5    following:

 6        "Section  5.  The  Toll  Highway Act is amended by adding
 7    Section 9.12 as follows:

 8        (605 ILCS 10/9.12 new)
 9        Sec. 9.12.  Land disclosure requirements.
10        (a)  Disclosure required. The  Authority  may  not  enter
11    into   any   agreement   or  understanding  for  the  use  or
12    acquisition of land that is intended to be used  or  acquired
13    for  toll  highway  purposes  unless  full  disclosure of all
14    beneficial interests in the land is made under this Section.
15        (b)  Condemnation   proceedings.    If   the    Authority
16    commences  condemnation  proceedings  to acquire land that is
17    intended to be used or acquired for  toll  highway  purposes,
18    the holders of all beneficial interests in the land must make
19    full   disclosure   under   this  Section  unless  the  court
20    determines that the disclosure would cause  irreparable  harm
21    to one or more holders of a beneficial interest.
 
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 1        (c)  Beneficial interests.  Each holder of any beneficial
 2    interest in the land, including without limitation beneficial
 3    interests  in a land trust, must be disclosed, including both
 4    individuals and other entities.  If any  beneficial  interest
 5    is  held  by an entity, other than an entity whose shares are
 6    publicly traded, and not  by  an  individual,  then  all  the
 7    holders  of  any  beneficial  interest in that entity must be
 8    disclosed.  This  requirement  continues  at  each  level  of
 9    holders   of   beneficial   interests  until  all  beneficial
10    interests of all individuals  in  all  entities,  other  than
11    entities   whose   shares  are  publicly  traded,  have  been
12    disclosed.
13        (d)  Written statement.  Disclosure must  be  made  by  a
14    written    statement    filed    (i)   with   the   Authority
15    contemporaneously with the  execution  of  the  agreement  or
16    understanding   or   (ii)  in  the  case  of  a  condemnation
17    proceeding, with the Authority and the court  within  a  time
18    period ordered by the court.  Each individual and entity must
19    be  disclosed by name and address and by a description of the
20    interest held, including the percentage interest in the  land
21    held  by  the  individual  or  entity.  The statement must be
22    verified, subject to penalty of perjury,  by  the  individual
23    who  holds  the greatest percentage of beneficial interest in
24    the land.
25        (e)  Recordation.  The Authority must file the  statement
26    of  record with the recorder of each county in which any part
27    of the land is located  within  3  business  days  after  the
28    statement is filed with the Authority.
29        (f)  Agreements  and  understandings void.  Any agreement
30    or understanding in violation of this Act is void.
31        (g)  Penalty.   A  person  who  knowingly  violates  this
32    Section is guilty of a business offense and  shall  be  fined
33    $10,000.
34        (h)  Other   disclosure   requirements.   The  disclosure
 
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 1    required under this Act is in addition to, and  not  in  lieu
 2    of, any other disclosure required by law.

 3        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.".

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