HB1212 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1212

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 10/27.1

from Ch. 121, par. 100-27.1

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning usage of the tollway without payment.

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 changing Section 27.1 as follows:

(605 ILCS 10/27.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-27.1)

Sec. 27.1. Any person who shall use any spurious or counterfeit tickets, coupons or tokens in payment of any toll required to be paid by the the Authority under the provisions of this Act, or who shall attempt to use the highway without payment of the tolls prescribed by the Authority, shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100 for each such offense. The fine range set forth in this Section for prosecution of toll evasion as a petty offense shall not apply to toll evasion offenses that are adjudicated in the Authority's administration system.

The provisions in this Section may be extended to other public toll facilities in this State through a duly executed intergovernmental agreement between the Authority and another public body.

(Source: P.A. 94-636, eff. 8-22-05.)