100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0275

 

Introduced , by Rep. Chad Hays

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 10/11  from Ch. 121, par. 100-11

    Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall provide at each toll station the opportunity for a motorist to use currency or change to pay the prescribed toll amount by allowing the motorist to give currency or change to a toll collector or to deposit the correct change amount into an automatic coin machine.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
5Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 10/11)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
7    Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
8    (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State
9for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and
10examinations as may be necessary, expedient or convenient for
11the purposes of this Act, and such entry shall not be deemed to
12be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purpose be deemed an
13entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then
14pending; provided, however, that the Authority shall make
15reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands,
16waters and premises as the result of such activities.
17    (b) To construct, maintain and operate stations for the
18collection of tolls or charges upon and along any toll
19highways. The Authority shall provide at each toll station the
20opportunity for a motorist to use currency or change to pay the
21prescribed toll amount by allowing the motorist to give the
22currency or change to a toll collector or to deposit the
23correct change amount into an automatic coin machine.

 

 

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1    (c) To provide for the collection of tolls and charges for
2the privilege of using the said toll highways. Before it adopts
3an increase in the rates for toll, the Authority shall hold a
4public hearing at which any person may appear, express
5opinions, suggestions, or objections, or direct inquiries
6relating to the proposed increase. Any person may submit a
7written statement to the Authority at the hearing, whether
8appearing in person or not. The hearing shall be held in the
9county in which the proposed increase of the rates is to take
10place. The Authority shall give notice of the hearing by
11advertisement on 3 successive days at least 15 days prior to
12the date of the hearing in a daily newspaper of general
13circulation within the county within which the hearing is held.
14The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the
15hearing, shall contain a description of the proposed increase,
16and shall specify how interested persons may obtain copies of
17any reports, resolutions, or certificates describing the basis
18on which the proposed change, alteration, or modification was
19calculated. After consideration of any statements filed or oral
20opinions, suggestions, objections, or inquiries made at the
21hearing, the Authority may proceed to adopt the proposed
22increase of the rates for toll. No change or alteration in or
23modification of the rates for toll shall be effective unless at
24least 30 days prior to the effective date of such rates notice
25thereof shall be given to the public by publication in a
26newspaper of general circulation, and such notice, or notices,

 

 

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1thereof shall be posted and publicly displayed at each and
2every toll station upon or along said toll highways.
3    (d) To construct, at the Authority's discretion, grade
4separations at intersections with any railroads, waterways,
5street railways, streets, thoroughfares, public roads or
6highways intersected by the said toll highways, and to change
7and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to accommodate
8the same to the design of such grade separation and to
9construct interchange improvements. The Authority is
10authorized to provide such grade separations or interchange
11improvements at its own cost or to enter into contracts or
12agreements with reference to division of cost therefor with any
13municipality or political subdivision of the State of Illinois,
14or with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, or with
15any corporation, individual, firm, person or association.
16Where such structures have been built by the Authority and a
17local highway agency did not enter into an agreement to the
18contrary, the Authority shall maintain the entire structure,
19including the road surface, at the Authority's expense.
20    (e) To contract with and grant concessions to or lease or
21license to any person, partnership, firm, association or
22corporation so desiring the use of any part of any toll
23highways, excluding the paved portion thereof, but including
24the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion
25for the placing of telephone, telegraph, electric, power lines
26and other utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines, and to

 

 

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1enter into operating agreements with or to contract with and
2grant concessions to or to lease to any person, partnership,
3firm, association or corporation so desiring the use of any
4part of the toll highways, excluding the paved portion thereof,
5but including the right of way adjoining, or over said paved
6portion for motor fuel service stations and facilities,
7garages, stores and restaurants, or for any other lawful
8purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, rates and
9charges for such use.
10    By January 1, 2016, the Authority shall construct and
11maintain at least one electric vehicle charging station at any
12location where the Authority has entered into an agreement with
13any entity pursuant to this subsection (e) for the purposes of
14providing motor fuel service stations and facilities, garages,
15stores, or restaurants. The Authority shall charge a fee for
16the use of these charging stations to offset the costs of
17constructing and maintaining these charging stations. The
18Authority shall adopt rules to implement the erection, user
19fees, and maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations
20pursuant to this subsection (e).
21    The Authority shall also have power to establish reasonable
22regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance,
23repair, renewal, relocation and removal of pipes, mains,
24conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and
25appliances (herein called public utilities) of any public
26utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act along, over or

 

 

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1under any toll road project. Whenever the Authority shall
2determine that it is necessary that any such public utility
3facilities which now are located in, on, along, over or under
4any project or projects be relocated or removed entirely from
5any such project or projects, the public utility owning or
6operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in
7accordance with the order of the Authority. All costs and
8expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of
9installing such facilities in a new location or locations, and
10the cost of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any
11other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal
12shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the
13cost of any such project or projects, and further, there shall
14be no rent, fee or other charge of any kind imposed upon the
15public utility owning or operating any facilities ordered
16relocated on the properties of the said Authority and the said
17Authority shall grant to the said public utility owning or
18operating said facilities and its successors and assigns the
19right to operate the same in the new location or locations for
20as long a period and upon the same terms and conditions as it
21had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their
22former location or locations.
23    (f) To enter into an intergovernmental agreement or
24contract with a unit of local government or other public or
25private entity for the collection, enforcement, and
26administration of tolls, fees, revenue, and violations.

 

 

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1    The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection
2systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety,
3efficiency, and traveler convenience. The Authority shall
4cooperate with other public and private entities to further the
5goal of standardized toll collection in Illinois and is
6authorized to provide toll collection and toll violation
7enforcement services to such entities when doing so is in the
8best interest of the Authority and consistent with its
9obligations under Section 23 of this Act.
10(Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11; 98-442, eff. 1-1-14.)