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HB 3764

Relating to funding for substance use services.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Farrah Chaichi

HB 3764 strengthens IDOT's duty to hold periodic public hearings on protected highway corridors and abolishes a corridor if hearings aren’t held.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3764

HB 3764 — Summary (2025)

Important note: the bill header lists a title about funding for substance use services, but the text of HB 3764 amends the Illinois Highway Code (605 ILCS 5/4‑510). This summary describes the highway‑code provisions contained in the introduced bill.

Purpose / intent

HB 3764 revises Section 4‑510 of the Illinois Highway Code to change how the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) may establish protected rights‑of‑way (“protected corridors”) for future highway additions, to clarify the Department’s public‑hearing obligations, and to define consequences when required hearings are not held.

Key provisions and changes

  • Amends 605 ILCS 5/4‑510 (map, notice, hearings for future rights‑of‑way):
    • Affirms IDOT’s duty to publish maps showing approximate locations/widths of future rights‑of‑way and to hold a public hearing in/near affected counties; notice must be published in local newspapers and served on record owners.
    • Retains procedure requiring 60 days’ registered‑mail notice to IDOT before incurring development costs or making improvements on land shown on a filed right‑of‑way map; preserves IDOT’s 45‑day window to notify owners of intent to acquire and an additional 120 days to purchase or initiate eminent domain.
    • Adds/clarifies that the prohibition on incurring development costs or placing improvements does NOT apply if IDOT has not held the mandated public hearing under this Section.
    • Requires periodic review: not more than 10 years after a protected corridor is established (and every succeeding 10‑year period), IDOT must hold public hearings on the corridor’s viability and feasibility.
    • Provides that if IDOT does not hold the required public hearing regarding a protected corridor’s viability/feasibility, the protected corridor shall be abolished. The bill also allows IDOT discretion to abolish a corridor if it finds construction is no longer feasible.
    • Retains existing rules on valuation and compensation for acquisitions, and the rule that no damages are payable for construction made in violation of the Section unless IDOT failed to acquire or abandoned condemnation.

Who is affected

  • Property owners and developers whose land is shown on (or might be included in) proposed state highway rights‑of‑way — changes reduce restrictions on development where IDOT fails to hold required hearings.
  • Illinois Department of Transportation — increases procedural obligation to hold periodic hearings and creates a sanction (abolition) for failing to do so.
  • Counties/municipalities and local planners engaged in land‑use and transportation planning.
  • Potentially impacts eminent domain timing and litigation in corridors under review.

Procedural/status information

  • Introduced by Rep. Ann M. Williams 02/18/2025; filed 03/04/2025.
  • Legislative actions include referrals to Rules, Executive, Addiction & Community Safety Response, Public Education committees. Read first time 03/26/2025.
  • Current status (as of 06/28/2025): In committee upon adjournment.

Notes / potential impacts

  • The bill would reduce long‑term uncertainty for property owners in corridors where IDOT fails to hold required hearings, by allowing development and by abolishing corridors left unreviewed.
  • Could limit IDOT’s ability to reserve land long‑term for future highways, possibly complicating future right‑of‑way acquisition and highway planning.
  • The bill references prior amendatory‑Act timing language (97th General Assembly) that may be archaic or duplicative; that language could create interpretive questions about deadlines for existing corridors.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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