Public Act 098-0736
 
HB4786 EnrolledLRB098 15929 MLW 50976 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended  by changing 
Section 9.5 as follows:
 



    (605 ILCS 10/9.5)



    Sec. 9.5. Acquisition by purchase or by condemnation. The

Authority is authorized to acquire by purchase or by 
condemnation, in
the manner provided for the exercise of the 
power of eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act, any and 
all lands,
buildings, and grounds necessary or convenient for 
its authorized
purpose.  The Authority shall comply with the 
federal Uniform
Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
Acquisition Policies Act,
Public Law 91-646, as amended, and 
the implementing regulations in 49
CFR Part 24
and is 
authorized to
operate a relocation program and to pay 
relocation costs.
If there is a conflict between the provisions 
of this amendatory Act of
1998
and the provisions of the 
federal law or regulations, however, the provisions
of this 
amendatory Act of 1998 shall control with the exception that 
the Authority shall use whichever law or regulation provides 
the highest payment limit.
The
Authority is authorized to 
exceed the maximum payment limits of the
federal Uniform 
Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition
Policies 
Act when necessary to ensure the provision of decent, safe, or

sanitary housing, or to secure a suitable relocation site.
The 
Authority may not adopt rules to implement the federal law or

regulations referenced in this Section unless those rules have 
received the
prior approval of the Joint Committee on 
Administrative Rules.

(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

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