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FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Illinois Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, speaks on the House floor at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration has proposed a 47-mile tollway in the area called the Illiana Expressway between Indiana and Illinois that would be placed at the top of the funding list under draft legislation backed by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Franks and other critics of the proposal are questioning the legislation’s timing. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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FILE - In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Illinois Rep. Jack Franks, D-Woodstock, speaks on the House floor at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Franks says that a meeting in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, on how Illinois provides tax breaks will be the first of several that may lead to a change in the way the state does business. Tax breaks and other perks have drawn fire from Franks and others in recent years. Franks hopes to complete the hearings by May and start working on legislation. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)