SB3621 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3621

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Steve McClure

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 10/19.2 new

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Requires the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to establish an option to pay with tangible legal United States currency at every toll plaza and toll location point.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by adding Section 19.2 as follows:

(605 ILCS 10/19.2 new)

Sec. 19.2. Option to pay with tangible legal United States currency. By no later than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Authority shall establish an option to pay with tangible legal United States currency at every toll plaza and toll location point. In this Section, "tangible legal United States currency" means coins minted or federal reserve notes printed by or under the authority of the United States Department of the Treasury that are legal tender in the United States of America.