Bill Text: IL HB1238 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning tolls and charges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1238 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1238-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 19 as follows:
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6 | (605 ILCS 10/19) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
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7 | Sec. 19. The
The Authority shall fix and revise from time | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | to time, tolls or
charges or rates for the privilege of using | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | each of the toll highways
constructed pursuant to this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Such tolls shall be so fixed and
adjusted at rates calculated | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | to 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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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.
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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.
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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. 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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23 | 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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1 | 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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15 | The Authority shall maintain in
its office a list of
all | ||||||
16 | persons that are authorized to use any toll highway without | ||||||
17 | charge when
on official business of the Authority and such list | ||||||
18 | shall be open to the
public for inspection. In recognition of | ||||||
19 | the unique role of the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | ||||||
20 | Transportation Authority in providing effective transportation | ||||||
21 | in the Authority's service region and to give effect to the | ||||||
22 | exemption set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the | ||||||
23 | Regional Transportation Authority Act, a vehicle owned or | ||||||
24 | operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | ||||||
25 | Transportation Authority that is being used to transport | ||||||
26 | passengers for hire may use any toll highway without paying the |
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1 | toll.
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2 | Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is | ||||||
3 | intended to clarify
and confirm the prior intent of the General | ||||||
4 | Assembly to allow toll revenues
from the toll highway system to | ||||||
5 | be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
construction of the | ||||||
6 | North-South Toll Highway authorized by Senate Joint
Resolution | ||||||
7 | 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in 1984.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 95-327, eff. 1-1-08.)
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