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92_HB5235
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1 AN ACT concerning highways.
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 3 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3)
7 Sec. 3. There is hereby created an Authority to be known
8 as The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which is hereby
9 constituted an instrumentality and an administrative agency
10 of the State of Illinois. The said Authority shall consist of
11 11 directors; the Governor and the Secretary of the
12 Department of Transportation, ex officio, and 9 directors
13 appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
14 Senate, from the State at large, which said directors and
15 their successors are hereby authorized to carry out the
16 provisions of this Act, and to exercise the powers herein
17 conferred. Of the 9 directors appointed by the Governor, no
18 more than 5 shall be members of the same political party.
19 Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
20 manner as original appointments. All appointments shall be in
21 writing and filed with the Secretary of State as a public
22 record. It is the intention of this section that the
23 Governor's appointments shall be made with due consideration
24 to the location of proposed toll highway routes so that
25 maximum geographic representation from the areas served by
26 said toll highway routes may be accomplished insofar as
27 practicable. The said Authority shall have the power to
28 contract and be contracted with, to acquire, hold and convey
29 personal and real property or any interest therein including
30 rights of way, franchises and easements; to have and use a
31 common seal, and to alter the same at will; to make and
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1 establish resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations,
2 and to alter or repeal the same as the Authority shall deem
3 necessary and expedient for the construction, operation,
4 relocation, regulation and maintenance of a system of toll
5 highways within and through the State of Illinois.
6 Appointment of the additional directors provided for by
7 this amendatory Act of 1980 shall be made within 30 days
8 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)