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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 531
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 531 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Toll Bridge Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 7 as follows:
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| 6 | (605 ILCS 115/7) (from Ch. 137, par. 7)
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| 7 | Sec. 7. The county board shall fix the rates of toll, and | ||||||
| 8 | may from time to
time, alter and change the same, including by | ||||||
| 9 | establishing a toll rate schedule, setting a maximum toll rate | ||||||
| 10 | that may be adjusted from time to time, or by establishing | ||||||
| 11 | another toll rate structure, or by entering into an agreement | ||||||
| 12 | establishing a toll rate schedule for a period not to exceed 99 | ||||||
| 13 | years as determined by the county board, and in case of the | ||||||
| 14 | neglect of the owner of
the bridge to keep the same in proper | ||||||
| 15 | repair and safe for the crossing of
persons and property, may | ||||||
| 16 | prohibit the taking of toll. Except as regarding toll bridges | ||||||
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| 1 | or as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this amendatory Act | ||||||
| 2 | of the 101st General Assembly shall be construed to authorize a | ||||||
| 3 | county, municipality, local government, or private operator to | ||||||
| 4 | impose a toll upon any public road, street, or highway; nor | ||||||
| 5 | shall any provision of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
| 6 | Assembly be construed to authorize, pursuant to an | ||||||
| 7 | intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, the imposition of | ||||||
| 8 | any toll upon any public road, street, or highway. | ||||||
| 9 | The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection | ||||||
| 10 | systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, | ||||||
| 11 | efficiency, and traveler convenience. If electronic toll | ||||||
| 12 | collection is used on such bridge, the county shall cause the | ||||||
| 13 | configuration of the electronic toll collection system to be | ||||||
| 14 | compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by | ||||||
| 15 | the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The municipality or | ||||||
| 16 | private operator may enter into an agreement with the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | State Toll Highway Authority to provide for such compatibility | ||||||
| 18 | or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or | ||||||
| 19 | toll violation enforcement services. Any toll bridges in | ||||||
| 20 | Winnebago County that are in operation and collecting tolls on | ||||||
| 21 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
| 22 | Assembly are exempt from the provisions of the Act.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 101-398, eff. 8-16-19.)".
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