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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
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 8 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8)
7 Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power:
8 (a) To acquire, own, use, hire, lease, operate and dispose
9 of personal property, real property (except with respect to
10 the headquarters building and surrounding land of the
11 Authority located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove,
12 Illinois, which may be sold or mortgaged only as provided in
13 Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act to the extent
14 that such property is subject to the State Property Control
15 Act at the time of the proposed sale), any interest therein,
16 including rights-of-way, franchises and easements.
17 (b) To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
18 or incidental to the performance of its powers under this Act.
19 All employment contracts let under this Act shall be in
20 conformity with the applicable provisions of "An Act
21 regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers
22 employed under contracts for public works," approved June 26,
23 1941, as amended.
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1 (c) To employ and discharge, without regard to the
2 requirements of any civil service or personnel act, such
3 administrative, engineering, traffic, architectural,
4 construction, and financial experts, and inspectors, and such
5 other employees, as are necessary in the Authority's judgment
6 to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to establish and
7 administer standards of classification of all of such persons
8 with respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and
9 tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment with such
10 persons for such periods and on such terms as the Authority
11 deems desirable.
12 (d) To appoint by and with the consent of the Attorney
13 General, assistant attorneys for such Authority, which said
14 assistant attorneys shall be under the control, direction and
15 supervision of the Authority Attorney General and shall serve
16 at the Authority's his pleasure.
17 (e) To retain special counsel, subject to the approval of
18 the Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix
19 their compensation, and provided however, such special counsel
20 shall be subject to the control, direction and supervision of
21 the Authority Attorney General and shall serve at the
22 Authority's his pleasure.
23 (f) To acquire, construct, relocate, operate, regulate and
24 maintain a system of toll highways through and within the
25 State of Illinois. However, the Authority does not have the
26 power to acquire, operate, regulate or maintain any system of
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1 toll highways or toll bridges or portions of them (including
2 but not limited to any system organized pursuant to Division
3 108 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code) in the event
4 either of the following conditions exists at the time the
5 proposed acquisition, operation, regulation or maintenance of
6 such system is to become effective:
7 (1) the principal or interest on bonds or other
8 instruments evidencing indebtedness of the system are in
9 default; or
10 (2) the principal or interest on bonds or other
11 instruments evidencing indebtedness of the system have been in
12 default at any time during the 5 year period prior to the
13 proposed acquisition.
14 To facilitate such construction, operation and maintenance
15 and subject to the approval of the Division of Highways of the
16 Department of Transportation, the Authority shall have the
17 full use and advantage of the engineering staff and facilities
18 of the Department.
19 (Source: P.A. 93-19, eff. 6-20-03.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
21 1, 2027.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.