100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4919

 

Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 10/19  from Ch. 121, par. 100-19

    Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that a person is permitted to use a toll highway without paying the toll on August 7 of each year, the designated Purple Heart Day, if the person is displaying a Purple Heart license plate on his or her vehicle. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 19 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 10/19)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
7    Sec. 19. The Authority shall fix and revise from time to
8time, tolls or charges or rates for the privilege of using each
9of the toll highways constructed pursuant to this Act. Such
10tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted at rates calculated to
11provide the lowest reasonable toll rates that will provide
12funds sufficient with other revenues of the Authority to pay,
13(a) the cost of the construction of a toll highway authorized
14by joint resolution of the General Assembly pursuant to Section
1514.1 and the reconstruction, major repairs or improvements of
16toll highways, (b) the cost of maintaining, repairing,
17regulating and operating the toll highways including only the
18necessary expenses of the Authority, and (c) the principal of
19all bonds, interest thereon and all sinking fund requirements
20and other requirements provided by resolutions authorizing the
21issuance of the bonds as they shall become due. In fixing the
22toll rates pursuant to this Section 19 and Section 10(c) of
23this Act, the Authority shall take into account the effect of

 

 

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1the provisions of this Section 19 permitting the use of the
2toll highway system without payment of the covenants of the
3Authority contained in the resolutions and trust indentures
4authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Authority. No such
5provision permitting the use of the toll highway system without
6payment of tolls after the date of this amendatory Act of the
795th General Assembly shall be applied in a manner that impairs
8the rights of bondholders pursuant to any resolution or trust
9indentures authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Authority.
10The use and disposition of any sinking or reserve fund shall be
11subject to such regulation as may be provided in the resolution
12or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
13Subject to the provisions of any resolution or trust indenture
14authorizing the issuance of bonds any moneys in any such
15sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one year's
16interest on the bonds then outstanding secured by such sinking
17fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds. All
18such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be
19cancelled and shall not again be issued. No person shall be
20permitted to use any toll highway without paying the toll
21established under this Section except: (i) when on official
22Toll Highway Authority business which includes police and other
23emergency vehicles; or (ii) for a vehicle displaying a Purple
24Heart special registration license plate issued under Section
253-623 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, on August 7 of each year,
26the designated Purple Heart Day. However, any law enforcement

 

 

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1agency vehicle, fire department vehicle, public or private
2ambulance service vehicle engaged in the performance of an
3emergency service or duty that necessitates the use of the toll
4highway system, or other emergency vehicle that is plainly
5marked shall not be required to pay a toll to use a toll
6highway. A law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency
7services officer driving a law enforcement, fire protection,
8emergency services agency vehicle, or public or private
9ambulance service vehicle engaging in the performance of
10emergency services or duties that is not plainly marked must
11present an Official Permit Card which the law enforcement, fire
12protection, or emergency services officer receives from his or
13her law enforcement, fire protection, emergency services
14agency, or public or private ambulance service in order to use
15a toll highway without paying the toll. A law enforcement, fire
16protection, emergency services agency, or public or private
17ambulance service engaging in the performance of emergency
18services or duties must apply to the Authority to receive a
19permit, and the Authority shall adopt rules for the issuance of
20a permit, that allows public or private ambulance service
21vehicles engaged in the performance of emergency services or
22duties that necessitate the use of the toll highway system and
23all law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services
24agency vehicles of the law enforcement, fire protection, or
25emergency services agency to use any toll highway without
26paying the toll established under this Section. The Authority

 

 

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1shall maintain in its office a list of all persons that are
2authorized to use any toll highway without charge when on
3official business of the Authority and such list shall be open
4to the public for inspection. In recognition of the unique role
5of the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation
6Authority in providing effective transportation in the
7Authority's service region and to give effect to the exemption
8set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the Regional
9Transportation Authority Act, a vehicle owned or operated by
10the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation
11Authority that is being used to transport passengers for hire
12may use any toll highway without paying the toll.
13    Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is
14intended to clarify and confirm the prior intent of the General
15Assembly to allow toll revenues from the toll highway system to
16be used to pay a portion of the cost of the construction of the
17North-South Toll Highway authorized by Senate Joint Resolution
18122 of the 83rd General Assembly in 1984.
19(Source: P.A. 97-784, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.