Full Text of SB3493 96th General Assembly
SB3493 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3493
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Tim Bivins 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 an Illinois
resident who has been awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States may apply to
the Illinois Toll Authority to receive a permit, and the
Illinois Toll Authority shall adopt rules for the issuance of a permit, that allows the Purple Heart recipient to use any toll highway
without paying the toll established under the Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 19 as follows:
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| (605 ILCS 10/19) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
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| 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
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| 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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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. No person shall be | 20 |
| permitted to use any toll
highway without paying the toll | 21 |
| established under this Section except when
on official Toll | 22 |
| Highway Authority business which includes police and other
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| emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement agency | 24 |
| vehicle, fire
department vehicle, or other emergency vehicle | 25 |
| that is plainly marked shall not
be
required to pay a toll to | 26 |
| use a toll highway.
A law enforcement, fire protection, or |
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| emergency services
officer driving a law enforcement, fire | 2 |
| protection, or emergency services
agency
vehicle that is not | 3 |
| plainly marked must present an Official Permit Card which
the | 4 |
| law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services | 5 |
| officer receives
from his or her law enforcement, fire | 6 |
| protection, or emergency services agency
in
order to use a toll | 7 |
| highway without paying the toll. A
law enforcement, fire | 8 |
| protection, or emergency services agency must apply to
the | 9 |
| Authority to receive a permit, and the
Authority shall adopt | 10 |
| rules for the issuance of a permit, that allows all
law | 11 |
| enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency | 12 |
| vehicles of the
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency | 13 |
| services agency that are not
plainly
marked to use any toll | 14 |
| highway
without paying the toll established under this Section.
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| A
recipient awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed | 16 |
| forces of the United States who resides in Illinois may apply | 17 |
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the Authority to receive a permit, and the
Authority shall | 18 |
| adopt rules for the issuance of a permit, that allows the | 19 |
| Purple Heart recipient to use any toll highway
without paying | 20 |
| the toll established under this Section. The Authority shall | 21 |
| maintain in
its office a list of
all persons that are | 22 |
| authorized to use any toll highway without charge when
on | 23 |
| official business of the Authority and such list shall be open | 24 |
| to the
public for inspection. In recognition of the unique role | 25 |
| of the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation | 26 |
| Authority in providing effective transportation in the |
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| Authority's service region and to give effect to the exemption | 2 |
| set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the Regional | 3 |
| Transportation Authority Act, a vehicle owned or operated by | 4 |
| the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation | 5 |
| Authority that is being used to transport passengers for hire | 6 |
| may use any toll highway without paying the toll.
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| Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is | 8 |
| intended to clarify
and confirm the prior intent of the General | 9 |
| Assembly to allow toll revenues
from the toll highway system to | 10 |
| be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
construction of the | 11 |
| North-South Toll Highway authorized by Senate Joint
Resolution | 12 |
| 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in 1984.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-327, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.
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