ROAD AND TRANSP. BUILDERS v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-22-1582.

217 N.E.3d 1042 (2022)

2022 IL App (1st) 221582

ILLINOIS ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, Federation of Women Contractors, Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers, Associated General Contractors of Illinois, Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association, Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Great Lakes Construction Association, American Council of Engineering Companies (Illinois Chapter), Chicagoland Associated General Contractors, Underground Contractors Association of Illinois, and Illinois Concrete Pipe Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF COOK, a Body Politic and Corporate, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SECOND DIVISION.

Filed November 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Fitzgerald , Michael J. Grant , Amanda N. Catalano , Tae Y. Kim , of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, of Chicago, for appellants.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Amy Crawford , Jonathon D. Byrer , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel); Kenneth S. Ulrich , David E. Morrison , Rachel C. Steiner , W. Kyle Walther , Stacey E. Petrek , of Goldberg Kohn Ltd., of Chicago, Special Assistant State's Attorneys, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 In 2016, Illinois voters approved the "Safe Roads Amendment" to the Illinois Constitution, codified in article IX, section 11. See Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX, § 11. Broadly speaking, the amendment mandates that, when the government collects revenue from...

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