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1 | AN ACT concerning toll highways.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 10 as follows:
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6 | (605 ILCS 10/10) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-10)
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7 | Sec. 10. The Authority shall have power:
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8 | (a) To pass resolutions, make by-laws, rules and | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | regulations for the
management, regulation and control of its | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | affairs, and to fix tolls, and to
make, enact and enforce all | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | needful rules and regulations in connection
with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | construction, operation, management, care, regulation or
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13 | protection of its property or any toll highways, constructed or
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14 | reconstructed hereunder.
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15 | (a-5) To fix, assess, and collect civil fines for a | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | vehicle's operation on
a toll highway without the required toll | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | having been paid. The Authority may
establish by rule a system | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate
only | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | alleged
instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll highway | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | without the required toll
having been paid, as detected by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Authority's video surveillance system.
Rules establishing a | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | system of civil administrative
adjudication must
provide for | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | written notice of the
alleged violation and an opportunity to | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | be heard on the question of the
violation and must provide for | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | the establishment of a toll-free telephone
number to receive | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | inquiries concerning alleged violations. Only civil fines
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27 | be imposed by
administrative adjudication. A fine may be | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | imposed under this paragraph only
if a violation is established | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | by a preponderance of the evidence. Judicial
review of all | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | final orders of the Authority under this paragraph shall be
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31 | conducted in accordance with the Administrative Review Law. No | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | lien may be imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or |
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1 | both, of the party adjudicated liable in the amount of any debt | ||||||
2 | due and owing the Authority for any toll or for any fine for | ||||||
3 | failure to pay any toll.
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4 | (b) To prescribe rules and regulations applicable to | ||||||
5 | traffic on highways
under the jurisdiction of the Authority, | ||||||
6 | concerning:
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7 | (1) Types of vehicles permitted to use such highways or | ||||||
8 | parts thereof,
and classification of such vehicles;
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9 | (2) Designation of the lanes of traffic to be used by | ||||||
10 | the different
types of vehicles permitted upon said | ||||||
11 | highways;
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12 | (3) Stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles;
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13 | (4) Control of traffic by means of police officers or | ||||||
14 | traffic control
signals;
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15 | (5) Control or prohibition of processions, convoys, | ||||||
16 | and assemblages of
vehicles and persons;
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17 | (6) Movement of traffic in one direction only on | ||||||
18 | designated portions of
said highways;
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19 | (7) Control of the access, entrance, and exit of | ||||||
20 | vehicles and persons to
and from said highways; and
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21 | (8) Preparation, location and installation of all | ||||||
22 | traffic signs;
and to prescribe further rules and | ||||||
23 | regulations applicable to such traffic,
concerning matters | ||||||
24 | not provided for either in the foregoing enumeration or
in | ||||||
25 | the Illinois Vehicle Code. Notice of such rules and | ||||||
26 | regulations
shall be posted conspicuously and displayed at | ||||||
27 | appropriate points and at
reasonable intervals along said | ||||||
28 | highways, by clearly legible markers or
signs, to provide | ||||||
29 | notice of the existence of such rules and regulations to
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30 | persons traveling on said highways. At each toll station, | ||||||
31 | the Authority
shall make available, free of charge, | ||||||
32 | pamphlets containing all of such
rules and regulations.
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33 | (c) The Authority, in fixing the rate for tolls for the | ||||||
34 | privilege of
using the said toll highways, is authorized and | ||||||
35 | directed, in fixing such
rates, to base the same upon annual | ||||||
36 | estimates to be made, recorded and
filed with the Authority. |
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1 | Said estimates shall include the following: The
estimated total | ||||||
2 | amount of the use of the toll highways; the estimated
amount of | ||||||
3 | the revenue to be derived therefrom, which said revenue, when
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4 | added to all other receipts and income, will be sufficient to | ||||||
5 | pay the
expense of maintaining and operating said toll | ||||||
6 | highways, including the
administrative expenses of the | ||||||
7 | Authority, and to discharge all obligations
of the Authority as | ||||||
8 | they become due and payable.
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9 | (d) To accept from any municipality or political | ||||||
10 | subdivision any lands,
easements or rights in land needed for | ||||||
11 | the operation, construction,
relocation or maintenance of any | ||||||
12 | toll highways, with or without payment
therefor, and in its | ||||||
13 | discretion to reimburse any such municipality or
political | ||||||
14 | subdivision out of its funds for any cost or expense incurred | ||||||
15 | in
the acquisition of land, easements or rights in land, in | ||||||
16 | connection with
the construction and relocation of the said | ||||||
17 | toll highways, widening,
extending roads, streets or avenues in | ||||||
18 | connection therewith, or for the
construction of any roads or | ||||||
19 | streets forming extension to and connections
with or between | ||||||
20 | any toll highways, or for the cost or expense of widening,
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21 | grading, surfacing or improving any existing streets or roads | ||||||
22 | or the
construction of any streets and roads forming extensions | ||||||
23 | of or connections
with any toll highways constructed, | ||||||
24 | relocated, operated, maintained or
regulated hereunder by the | ||||||
25 | Authority. Where property owned by a
municipality or political | ||||||
26 | subdivision is necessary to the construction of
an approved | ||||||
27 | toll highway, if the Authority cannot reach an agreement with
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28 | such municipality or political subdivision and if the use to | ||||||
29 | which the
property is being put in the hands of the | ||||||
30 | municipality or political
subdivision is not essential to the | ||||||
31 | existence or the administration of such
municipality or | ||||||
32 | political subdivision, the Authority may acquire the
property | ||||||
33 | by condemnation.
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34 | (Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95.)
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35 | Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
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1 | adding Section 12-101.5 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (735 ILCS 5/12-101.5 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 12-101.5. Liens for amounts due and owing to Illinois | ||||||
4 | State Toll Highway Authority prohibited. No lien of judgment | ||||||
5 | shall be imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or | ||||||
6 | both, of any party adjudicated liable in the amount of any debt | ||||||
7 | due and owing to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for | ||||||
8 | any toll or fine or for failure to pay any toll.
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