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Public Act 095-0327
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing |
Section 19 as follows:
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(605 ILCS 10/19) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
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Sec. 19. The Authority shall fix and revise from time to |
time, tolls or
charges or rates for the privilege of using each |
of the toll highways
constructed pursuant to this Act. Such |
tolls shall be so fixed and
adjusted at rates calculated to |
provide the lowest reasonable toll rates
that will provide |
funds sufficient with other revenues of the Authority to
pay, |
(a) the cost of the construction of a toll highway authorized |
by joint
resolution of the General Assembly pursuant to Section |
14.1 and the
reconstruction, major repairs or improvements of |
toll highways, (b) the
cost of maintaining, repairing, |
regulating and operating the toll highways
including only the |
necessary expenses of the Authority, and (c) the
principal of |
all bonds, interest thereon and all sinking fund requirements
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and other requirements provided by resolutions authorizing the |
issuance of
the bonds as they shall become due. In fixing the |
toll rates pursuant to this Section 19 and Section 10(c) of |
this Act, the Authority shall take into account the effect of |
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the provisions of this Section 19 permitting the use of the |
toll highway system without payment of the covenants of the |
Authority contained in the resolutions and trust indentures |
authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Authority. No such |
provision permitting the use of the toll highway system without |
payment of tolls after the date of this amendatory Act of the |
95th General Assembly shall be applied in a manner that impairs |
the rights of bondholders pursuant to any resolution or trust |
indentures authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Authority.
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The use and disposition of any sinking
or reserve fund shall be |
subject to such regulation as may be provided in
the resolution |
or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
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Subject to the provisions of any resolution or trust indenture |
authorizing
the issuance of bonds any moneys in any such |
sinking fund in excess of an
amount equal to one year's |
interest on the bonds then outstanding secured
by such sinking |
fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds.
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such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be |
cancelled and
shall not again be issued. No person shall be |
permitted to use any toll
highway without paying the toll |
established under this Section except when
on official Toll |
Highway Authority business which includes police and other
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emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement agency |
vehicle, fire
department vehicle, or other emergency vehicle |
that is plainly marked shall not
be
required to pay a toll to |
use a toll highway.
A law enforcement, fire protection, or |
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emergency services
officer driving a law enforcement, fire |
protection, or emergency services
agency
vehicle that is not |
plainly marked must present an Official Permit Card which
the |
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services |
officer receives
from his or her law enforcement, fire |
protection, or emergency services agency
in
order to use a toll |
highway without paying the toll. A
law enforcement, fire |
protection, or emergency services agency must apply to
the |
Authority to receive a permit, and the
Authority shall adopt |
rules for the issuance of a permit, that allows all
law |
enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency |
vehicles of the
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency |
services agency that are not
plainly
marked to use any toll |
highway
without paying the toll established under this Section.
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The Authority shall maintain in
its office a list of
all |
persons that are authorized to use any toll highway without |
charge when
on official business of the Authority and such list |
shall be open to the
public for inspection. In recognition of |
the unique role of the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional |
Transportation Authority in providing effective transportation |
in the Authority's service region and to give effect to the |
exemption set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the |
Regional Transportation Authority Act, a vehicle owned or |
operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional |
Transportation Authority that is being used to transport |
passengers for hire may use any toll highway without paying the |