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2017 Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 45 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS
45 ILCS 70/ - Interstate Rail Compact Act.
(45 ILCS 70/0.01) (from Ch. 114, par. 600)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interstate Rail Compact Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(45 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 601)
Sec. 1. (A) The Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows:
(B) In addition to the interstate feasibility studies, wherein Chicago will be considered a hub, special studies of all existing and potential rail passenger service shall be conducted in Illinois. Such studies shall include recommendations for the maintenance and improvement of service and shall consider, but not be limited to, the speed, scheduling, frequency, and reliability of such service. The feasibility and cost of high-speed electric-powered trains in the Chicago-St. Louis and Chicago-Milwaukee corridors using Illinois coal for power generation shall be specifically considered as one such special study. All such special studies shall be conducted by the Illinois Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Illinois Transportation Study Commission, with an initial report thereon to be submitted to the Governor and each member of the General Assembly not later than January 1, 1982.
The participating states further agree to:
(A) Make available to each other and to any consulting firm representing the member states or the compact such assistance as may be legal, proper and available, including but not limited to personnel, equipment, office space, machinery, computers, engineering and technical advice and services: and
(B) Provide such financial assistance for the implementation of the feasibility study as may be legal, proper and available.
The Advisory Council shall coordinate all aspects of the high speed intercity rail passenger feasibility study relative to interstate connections and shall do all other things necessary and proper for the completion of the feasibility study.
This compact shall continue in force with respect to a participating state and remain binding upon such state until six months after such state has given notice to each other participating state of the repeal thereof. Such withdrawal shall not be construed to relieve any participating state from any obligation incurred prior to the end of the state's participation in the compact as provided herein.
(Source: P.A. 84-674.)
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