Full Text of HB2877 101st General Assembly
HB2877 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2877 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 605 ILCS 10/19 | from Ch. 121, par. 100-19 |
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Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall not charge a toll for a vehicle of the first division pulling a trailer with no more than 2 axles at a rate higher than an amount calculated by multiplying the toll charged to passenger vehicles using an I-Pass device by the total number of axles on the trailer. Provides that the toll rate applies to drivers who use an I-Pass device or use cash to pay a toll.
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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. Toll rates. The Authority shall fix and revise | 8 | | from time to time, tolls or
charges or rates for the privilege | 9 | | of using each of the toll highways
constructed pursuant to this | 10 | | Act. Such tolls shall be so fixed and
adjusted at rates | 11 | | calculated to provide the lowest reasonable toll rates
that | 12 | | will provide funds sufficient with other revenues of the | 13 | | Authority to
pay, (a) the cost of the construction of a toll | 14 | | highway authorized by joint
resolution of the General Assembly | 15 | | pursuant to Section 14.1 and the
reconstruction, major repairs | 16 | | or improvements of toll highways, (b) the
cost of maintaining, | 17 | | repairing, regulating and operating the toll highways
| 18 | | including only the necessary expenses of the Authority, and (c) | 19 | | the
principal of all bonds, interest thereon and all sinking | 20 | | fund requirements
and other requirements provided by | 21 | | resolutions authorizing the issuance of
the bonds as they shall | 22 | | become due. In fixing the toll rates pursuant to this Section | 23 | | 19 and Section 10(c) of this Act, the Authority shall take into |
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| 1 | | account the effect of the provisions of this Section 19 | 2 | | permitting the use of the toll highway system without payment | 3 | | of the covenants of the Authority contained in the resolutions | 4 | | and trust indentures authorizing the issuance of bonds of the | 5 | | Authority. No such provision permitting the use of the toll | 6 | | highway system without payment of tolls after the date of this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be applied in | 8 | | a manner that impairs the rights of bondholders pursuant to any | 9 | | resolution or trust indentures authorizing the issuance of | 10 | | bonds of the Authority.
The use and disposition of any sinking
| 11 | | or reserve fund shall be subject to such regulation as may be | 12 | | provided in
the resolution or trust indenture authorizing the | 13 | | issuance of the bonds.
Subject to the provisions of any | 14 | | resolution or trust indenture authorizing
the issuance of bonds | 15 | | any moneys in any such sinking fund in excess of an
amount | 16 | | equal to one year's interest on the bonds then outstanding | 17 | | secured
by such sinking fund may be applied to the purchase or | 18 | | redemption of bonds.
All such bonds so redeemed or purchased | 19 | | shall forthwith be cancelled and
shall not again be issued. The | 20 | | Authority shall not charge a toll for a motor vehicle of the | 21 | | first division, as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, | 22 | | pulling a trailer, as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, | 23 | | with no more than 2 axles at a rate higher than an amount | 24 | | calculated by multiplying the toll charged to passenger | 25 | | vehicles using an I-Pass device by the total number of axles on | 26 | | the trailer. This toll rate shall apply to both a driver who |
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| 1 | | uses an I-Pass device and a driver who uses cash to pay toll. | 2 | | No person shall be permitted to use any toll
highway without | 3 | | paying the toll established under this Section except when
on | 4 | | official Toll Highway Authority business which includes police | 5 | | and other
emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement | 6 | | agency vehicle, fire
department vehicle, public or private | 7 | | ambulance service vehicle engaged in the performance of an | 8 | | emergency service or duty that necessitates the use of the toll | 9 | | highway system, or other emergency vehicle that is plainly | 10 | | marked shall not
be
required to pay a toll to use a toll | 11 | | highway.
A law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency | 12 | | services
officer driving a law enforcement, fire protection, | 13 | | emergency services
agency
vehicle, or public or private | 14 | | ambulance service vehicle engaging in the performance of | 15 | | emergency services or duties that is not plainly marked must | 16 | | present an Official Permit Card which
the law enforcement, fire | 17 | | protection, or emergency services officer receives
from his or | 18 | | her law enforcement, fire protection, emergency services | 19 | | agency, or public or private ambulance service
in
order to use | 20 | | a toll highway without paying the toll. A
law enforcement, fire | 21 | | protection, emergency services agency, or public or private | 22 | | ambulance service engaging in the performance of emergency | 23 | | services or duties must apply to
the Authority to receive a | 24 | | permit, and the
Authority shall adopt rules for the issuance of | 25 | | a permit, that allows public or private ambulance service | 26 | | vehicles engaged in the performance of emergency services or |
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| 1 | | duties that necessitate the use of the toll highway system and | 2 | | all
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services | 3 | | agency vehicles of the
law enforcement, fire protection, or | 4 | | emergency services agency to use any toll highway
without | 5 | | paying the toll established under this Section.
The Authority | 6 | | shall maintain in
its office a list of
all persons that are | 7 | | authorized to use any toll highway without charge when
on | 8 | | official business of the Authority and such list shall be open | 9 | | to the
public for inspection. In recognition of the unique role | 10 | | of public transportation in providing effective transportation | 11 | | in the Authority's service region, and to give effect to the | 12 | | exemption set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the | 13 | | Regional Transportation Authority Act, the following vehicles | 14 | | may use any toll highway without paying the toll: (1) a vehicle | 15 | | owned or operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | 16 | | Transportation Authority that is being used to transport | 17 | | passengers for hire; and (2) any revenue vehicle that is owned | 18 | | or operated by a Mass Transit District created under Section 3 | 19 | | of the Local Mass Transit District Act and running regular | 20 | | scheduled service.
| 21 | | Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is | 22 | | intended to clarify
and confirm the prior intent of the General | 23 | | Assembly to allow toll revenues
from the toll highway system to | 24 | | be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
construction of the | 25 | | North-South Toll Highway authorized by Senate Joint
Resolution | 26 | | 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in 1984.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-739, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law. |
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