Full Text of HB3118 97th General Assembly
HB3118 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3118 Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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605 ILCS 10/19 | from Ch. 121, par. 100-19 |
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Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that a vehicle is not required to pay a toll to use a toll highway if it bears Congressional Medal of Honor plates, Purple Heart plates, Bronze Star plates, Silver Star plates, Distinguished Service Cross Plates, or Distinguished Flying Cross plates. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall adopt rules setting forth the procedures for granting those vehicles toll-free use of the toll highways, and the Secretary of State shall provide the Authority any information that the Authority may require in the implementation of those procedures. Effective January 1, 2012.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 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 | 8 | | time, tolls or
charges or rates for the privilege of using each | 9 | | of the toll highways
constructed pursuant to this Act. Such | 10 | | tolls shall be so fixed and
adjusted at rates calculated to | 11 | | provide the lowest reasonable toll rates
that will provide | 12 | | funds sufficient with other revenues of the Authority to
pay, | 13 | | (a) the cost of the construction of a toll highway authorized | 14 | | by joint
resolution of the General Assembly pursuant to Section | 15 | | 14.1 and the
reconstruction, major repairs or improvements of | 16 | | toll highways, (b) the
cost of maintaining, repairing, | 17 | | regulating and operating the toll highways
including only the | 18 | | necessary expenses of the Authority, and (c) the
principal of | 19 | | all bonds, interest thereon and all sinking fund requirements
| 20 | | and other requirements provided by resolutions authorizing the | 21 | | issuance of
the bonds as they shall become due. In fixing the | 22 | | toll rates pursuant to this Section 19 and Section 10(c) of | 23 | | this Act, the Authority shall take into account the effect of |
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| 1 | | the provisions of this Section 19 permitting the use of the | 2 | | toll highway system without payment of the covenants of the | 3 | | Authority contained in the resolutions and trust indentures | 4 | | authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Authority. No such | 5 | | provision permitting the use of the toll highway system without | 6 | | payment of tolls after the date of this amendatory Act of the | 7 | | 95th General Assembly shall be applied in a manner that impairs | 8 | | the rights of bondholders pursuant to any resolution or trust | 9 | | indentures authorizing the issuance of bonds of the Authority.
| 10 | | The use and disposition of any sinking
or reserve fund shall be | 11 | | subject to such regulation as may be provided in
the resolution | 12 | | or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
| 13 | | Subject to the provisions of any resolution or trust indenture | 14 | | authorizing
the issuance of bonds any moneys in any such | 15 | | sinking fund in excess of an
amount equal to one year's | 16 | | interest on the bonds then outstanding secured
by such sinking | 17 | | fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds.
All | 18 | | such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be | 19 | | cancelled and
shall not again be issued. | 20 | | Except as otherwise specified in this Section, no No person | 21 | | shall be permitted to use any toll
highway without paying the | 22 | | toll established under this Section except when
on official | 23 | | Toll Highway Authority business which includes police and other
| 24 | | emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement agency | 25 | | vehicle, fire
department vehicle, or other emergency vehicle | 26 | | that is plainly marked shall not
be
required to pay a toll to |
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| 1 | | use a toll highway.
A law enforcement, fire protection, or | 2 | | emergency services
officer driving a law enforcement, fire | 3 | | protection, or emergency services
agency
vehicle that is not | 4 | | plainly marked must present an Official Permit Card which
the | 5 | | law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services | 6 | | officer receives
from his or her law enforcement, fire | 7 | | protection, or emergency services agency
in
order to use a toll | 8 | | highway without paying the toll. A
law enforcement, fire | 9 | | protection, or emergency services agency must apply to
the | 10 | | Authority to receive a permit, and the
Authority shall adopt | 11 | | rules for the issuance of a permit, that allows all
law | 12 | | enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency | 13 | | vehicles of the
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency | 14 | | services agency that are not
plainly
marked to use any toll | 15 | | highway
without paying the toll established under this Section.
| 16 | | The Authority shall maintain in
its office a list of
all | 17 | | persons that are authorized to use any toll highway without | 18 | | charge when
on official business of the Authority and such list | 19 | | shall be open to the
public for inspection. In recognition of | 20 | | the unique role of the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | 21 | | Transportation Authority in providing effective transportation | 22 | | in the Authority's service region and to give effect to the | 23 | | exemption set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the | 24 | | Regional Transportation Authority Act, a vehicle owned or | 25 | | operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | 26 | | Transportation Authority that is being used to transport |
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| 1 | | passengers for hire may use any toll highway without paying the | 2 | | toll.
| 3 | | A vehicle is not required to pay a toll to use a toll | 4 | | highway if it bears Congressional Medal of Honor plates issued | 5 | | under Section 3-609.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Purple | 6 | | Heart plates issued under Section 3-623 of the Illinois Vehicle | 7 | | Code, Bronze Star plates issued under Section 3-628 of the | 8 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, Silver Star plates issued under Section | 9 | | 3-642 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Distinguished Service Cross | 10 | | plates issued under Section 3-683 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, | 11 | | or Distinguished Flying Cross plates issued under Section 3-686 | 12 | | of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Authority shall adopt rules | 13 | | setting forth the procedures for granting those vehicles | 14 | | toll-free use of the toll highways, and the Secretary of State | 15 | | shall provide the Authority any information that the Authority | 16 | | may require in the implementation of those procedures. | 17 | | Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is | 18 | | intended to clarify
and confirm the prior intent of the General | 19 | | Assembly to allow toll revenues
from the toll highway system to | 20 | | be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
construction of the | 21 | | North-South Toll Highway authorized by Senate Joint
Resolution | 22 | | 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in 1984.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-327, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 25 | | 1, 2012.
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