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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2471 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 605 ILCS 10/2 | from Ch. 121, par. 100-2 |
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Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a definitions
Section.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (605 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.
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The following words and terms as used in this |
| 8 | | Act shall have the
following meanings: |
| 9 | | (a) The word "Authority" shall mean The Illinois State |
| 10 | | Toll Highway
Authority.
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| 11 | | (b) The word "person," shall mean any individual, firm, |
| 12 | | association,
partnership, corporation, trustee or legal |
| 13 | | representative.
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| 14 | | (c) The word "owner," shall include all individuals, |
| 15 | | copartnerships,
firms, associations, corporations, trustees or |
| 16 | | legal representatives, and
others having any title or interest |
| 17 | | in any property, rights or easements
authorized to be acquired |
| 18 | | by this Act.
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| 19 | | (d) The words "toll highway" or "toll highways," shall |
| 20 | | mean such
highways as are so designed and constructed, in the |
| 21 | | best professional
judgment of the engineering staff |
| 22 | | responsible, as to accomplish the
purposes of this Act.
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| 23 | | (e) The word "toll" or "tolls" shall mean the compensation |
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| 1 | | to be paid to
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for the |
| 2 | | privilege of using any
toll highway, or portions or parts |
| 3 | | thereof, by vehicular or other traffic.
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| 4 | | (f) The word "cost" as applied to a toll highway shall |
| 5 | | embrace the cost
of construction, including bridges over or |
| 6 | | under existing highways and
railroads, the cost of acquisition |
| 7 | | of all land, rights of way, property,
rights, easements and |
| 8 | | interests acquired by the Authority for such
construction, the |
| 9 | | cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or
structures on |
| 10 | | land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands
to |
| 11 | | which such buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of |
| 12 | | diverting
highways, interchange of highways, access to roads |
| 13 | | to private property,
including the cost of lands or easements |
| 14 | | therefor, the cost of all
machinery and equipment, financing |
| 15 | | charges, interest prior to and during
construction, and for |
| 16 | | one or more years after completion of construction,
cost of |
| 17 | | traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, |
| 18 | | plans,
specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and |
| 19 | | revenues, other expenses
necessary or incident to determining |
| 20 | | the feasibility or practicability of
constructing any such |
| 21 | | toll highway, administrative expenses and such other
expense |
| 22 | | as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the toll
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| 23 | | highway, the financing of such construction and the placing of |
| 24 | | the highway
in operation.
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| 25 | | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2748.)
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