Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 245 — HWY CD-VACATED HIGHWAYS

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0321

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the highway commissioner of a road district has authority to build alleys and bike paths in unincorporated communities, using any funds belonging to the road district in which that community is located. Provides that a highway commissioner has the same authority regarding all curbs and sidewalks in those communities (rather than only those curbs and sidewalks constructed as an integral part of a highway improvement project). Provides that a highway authority may convey a vacated highway or portion of a highway under its jurisdiction to a township road district which has petitioned for vacation of the highway and intends to use it as an alley or a designated bike path. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

2 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes made to Bill SB 245 involve removing the term "Engrossed" and replacing it with "Enrolled." This shift reflects a step in the legislative process where the bill is finalized and ready for approval. This change matters because it indicates that the bill has passed through the necessary stages and is on its way to being enacted into law.

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SB245 Engrossed LRB093 02567 DRH 02577 b AN ACT in relation to highways.
SB245 Enrolled LRB093 02567 DRH 02577 b AN ACT in relation to highways.
(a) Except as provided in ___________ -----c----- (b) _______ and in cases where the deed, or other instrument, dedicating a highway or part thereof, has expressly provided for a specific devolution of the title thereto upon the abandonment or vacation thereof, whenever any highway or any part thereof is vacated under or by virtue of any Act of this State or by the highway authority authorized to vacate the highway, the title to the land included within the highway or part thereof so vacated, vests in the then owners of the land abutting thereon, in the same proportions and to the same extent, as though the highway had been dedicated by a common law plat (as distinguished from a statutory plat) and as though the fee of the highway had been acquired by the owners as a part of the land abutting on the highway except, however, such vacation shall reserve to any public utility with facilities located in, under, over or SB245 Engrossed -2- LRB093 02567 DRH 02577 b upon the land an easement for the continued use, if any, by such public utility.
(a) Except as provided in ___________ -----c----- (b) _______ and in cases where the deed, or other instrument, dedicating a highway or part thereof, has expressly provided for a specific devolution of the title thereto upon the abandonment or vacation thereof, whenever any highway or any part thereof is vacated under or by virtue of any Act of this State or by the highway authority authorized to vacate the highway, the title to the land included within the highway or part thereof so vacated, vests in the then owners of the land abutting thereon, in the same proportions and to the same extent, as though the highway had been dedicated by a common law plat (as distinguished from a statutory plat) and as though the fee of the highway had been acquired by the owners as a part of the land abutting on the highway except, however, such vacation shall reserve to any public utility with facilities located in, under, over or SB245 Enrolled -2- LRB093 02567 DRH 02577 b upon the land an easement for the continued use, if any, by such public utility.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0321

  2. Effective Date July 23, 2003

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-028-004

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  8. Second Reading - Short Debate

  9. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  10. Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 020-000-000

  11. Assigned to Local Government Committee

  12. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.

  13. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

  14. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May

  15. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich

  16. Referred to Rules Committee

  17. First Reading

  18. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

  19. Arrived in House

  20. Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000

  21. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003

  22. Second Reading

  23. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003

  24. Do Pass Transportation; 007-002-000

  25. Assigned to Transportation

  26. Referred to Rules

  27. First Reading

  28. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  29. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

Sponsors

  • Susan Garrett · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Susan Garrett

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Third Reading

Passed 82 Yea · 28 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 722607
Democrat 9000
Republican 1200
Total 822807
% of votes cast 70%24%0%6%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Nay
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Nay
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Nay
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Nay
Brosnahan — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
Millner — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Nay
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Parke — Not Voting
Lindner — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Flider — Yea
Krause — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Nay
McGuire — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Burke — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Novak — Yea
Howard — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Jones — Yea
Scully — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Washington — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Dunn — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Brady — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Nay
Moffitt — Nay
Myers — Not Voting
Watson — Nay
Pihos — Not Voting
Tenhouse — Not Voting
Wait — Nay
Winters — Nay
Wirsing — Nay
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Dunkin — Not Voting
Franks — Nay
Fritchey — Not Voting
Giles — Not Voting
Hultgren — Nay
Kosel — Nay
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Nay
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Nay
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 52 Yea · 1 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46104
Democrat 6001
Republican 0001
Total 52106
% of votes cast 88%2%0%10%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Link — Not Voting
Meeks — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Obama — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Philip — Not Voting
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Jones, J. — Nay
Trotter — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Not Voting
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

transportation
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 245 do?
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the highway commissioner of a road district has authority to build alleys and bike paths in unincorporated communities, using any funds belonging to the road district in which that community is located. Provides that a highway commissioner has the same authority regarding all curbs and sidewalks in those communities (rather than only those curbs and sidewalks constructed as an integral part of a highway improvement project). Provides that a highway authority may convey a vacated highway or portion of a highway under its jurisdiction to a township road district which has petitioned for vacation of the highway and intends to use it as an alley or a designated bike path. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 245?
SB 245 is sponsored by Susan Garrett.
What is the current status of SB 245?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2003. Enacted.
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