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90_SB0639
605 ILCS 10/3 from Ch. 121, par. 100-3
Amends the Toll Highway Act to provide that none of the 9
directors of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
appointed by the Governor shall be a State or local elected
official. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Toll Highway Act by changing Section
2 3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
6 Section 3 as follows:
7 (605 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3)
8 Sec. 3. There is hereby created an Authority to be known
9 as The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which is hereby
10 constituted an instrumentality and an administrative agency
11 of the State of Illinois. The said Authority shall consist of
12 11 directors; the Governor and the Secretary of the
13 Department of Transportation, ex officio, and 9 directors
14 appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
15 Senate, from the State at large, which said directors and
16 their successors are hereby authorized to carry out the
17 provisions of this Act, and to exercise the powers herein
18 conferred. Of the 9 directors appointed by the Governor, no
19 more than 5 shall be members of the same political party and
20 none shall be a State or local elected official. Vacancies
21 shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
22 original appointments. All appointments shall be in writing
23 and filed with the Secretary of State as a public record. It
24 is the intention of this section that the Governor's
25 appointments shall be made with due consideration to the
26 location of proposed toll highway routes so that maximum
27 geographic representation from the areas served by said toll
28 highway routes may be accomplished insofar as practicable.
29 The said Authority shall have the power to contract and be
30 contracted with, to acquire, hold and convey personal and
31 real property or any interest therein including rights of
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1 way, franchises and easements; to have and use a common seal,
2 and to alter the same at will; to make and establish
3 resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations, and to
4 alter or repeal the same as the Authority shall deem
5 necessary and expedient for the construction, operation,
6 relocation, regulation and maintenance of a system of toll
7 highways within and through the State of Illinois.
8 Appointment of the additional directors provided for by
9 this amendatory Act of 1980 shall be made within 30 days
10 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.
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