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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,
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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
may | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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32 | (b) To prescribe rules and regulations applicable to |
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1 | traffic on highways
under the jurisdiction of the Authority, | ||||||
2 | concerning:
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3 | (1) Types of vehicles permitted to use such highways or | ||||||
4 | parts thereof,
and classification of such vehicles;
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5 | (2) Designation of the lanes of traffic to be used by | ||||||
6 | the different
types of vehicles permitted upon said | ||||||
7 | highways;
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8 | (3) Stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles;
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9 | (4) Control of traffic by means of police officers or | ||||||
10 | traffic control
signals;
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11 | (5) Control or prohibition of processions, convoys, | ||||||
12 | and assemblages of
vehicles and persons;
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13 | (6) Movement of traffic in one direction only on | ||||||
14 | designated portions of
said highways;
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15 | (7) Control of the access, entrance, and exit of | ||||||
16 | vehicles and persons to
and from said highways; and
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17 | (8) Preparation, location and installation of all | ||||||
18 | traffic signs;
and to prescribe further rules and | ||||||
19 | regulations applicable to such traffic,
concerning matters | ||||||
20 | not provided for either in the foregoing enumeration or
in | ||||||
21 | the Illinois Vehicle Code. Notice of such rules and | ||||||
22 | regulations
shall be posted conspicuously and displayed at | ||||||
23 | appropriate points and at
reasonable intervals along said | ||||||
24 | highways, by clearly legible markers or
signs, to provide | ||||||
25 | notice of the existence of such rules and regulations to
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26 | persons traveling on said highways. At each toll station, | ||||||
27 | the Authority
shall make available, free of charge, | ||||||
28 | pamphlets containing all of such
rules and regulations.
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29 | (c) The Authority, in fixing the rate for tolls for the | ||||||
30 | privilege of
using the said toll highways, is authorized and | ||||||
31 | directed, in fixing such
rates, to base the same upon annual | ||||||
32 | estimates to be made, recorded and
filed with the Authority. | ||||||
33 | Said estimates shall include the following: The
estimated total | ||||||
34 | amount of the use of the toll highways; the estimated
amount of | ||||||
35 | the revenue to be derived therefrom, which said revenue, when
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36 | added to all other receipts and income, will be sufficient to |
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1 | pay the
expense of maintaining and operating said toll | ||||||
2 | highways, including the
administrative expenses of the | ||||||
3 | Authority, and to discharge all obligations
of the Authority as | ||||||
4 | they become due and payable.
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5 | (c-1) If the Authority determines that an increase in tolls | ||||||
6 | is justified: | ||||||
7 | (1) The Authority must submit a report, to be filed | ||||||
8 | with both houses of General Assembly, the Comptroller, and | ||||||
9 | the Secretary of State, explaining the necessity for the | ||||||
10 | increase. | ||||||
11 | (2) Each house of the General Assembly must, within 30 | ||||||
12 | session days after that house next convenes after the date | ||||||
13 | on which the report was filed, conduct a record vote on the | ||||||
14 | proposed increase. | ||||||
15 | (3) If a majority of the members of both houses vote | ||||||
16 | against the proposed increase, the General Assembly may | ||||||
17 | adopt a resolution rejecting or reducing the proposed | ||||||
18 | increase. | ||||||
19 | A resolution adopted under this subsection (c-1) shall be | ||||||
20 | binding upon the Authority. | ||||||
21 | (c-2) If any increase in tolls has taken effect within the | ||||||
22 | 6 months preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
23 | the 93rd General Assembly: | ||||||
24 | (1) The Authority must submit a report, to be filed | ||||||
25 | with both houses of the General Assembly, the Comptroller, | ||||||
26 | and the Secretary of State, indicating the amount of the | ||||||
27 | increase. | ||||||
28 | (2) Each house of the General Assembly must, no later | ||||||
29 | than April 30, 2005, conduct a record vote with regard to | ||||||
30 | the increase in tolls. | ||||||
31 | (3) If a majority of the members of both houses vote | ||||||
32 | against the increase in tolls, the General Assembly may, no | ||||||
33 | later than May 31, 2005, adopt a resolution rejecting or | ||||||
34 | reducing the increase and providing that: | ||||||
35 | (A) the amount of toll to be collected in the | ||||||
36 | future shall be reduced to the amount that was |
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1 | collected before the increase went into effect; or | ||||||
2 | (B) the amount of toll to be collected in the | ||||||
3 | future shall be reduced according to the terms of the | ||||||
4 | adopted resolution. | ||||||
5 | A resolution adopted under this subsection (c-2) shall be | ||||||
6 | binding upon the Authority.
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7 | (d) To accept from any municipality or political | ||||||
8 | subdivision any lands,
easements or rights in land needed for | ||||||
9 | the operation, construction,
relocation or maintenance of any | ||||||
10 | toll highways, with or without payment
therefor, and in its | ||||||
11 | discretion to reimburse any such municipality or
political | ||||||
12 | subdivision out of its funds for any cost or expense incurred | ||||||
13 | in
the acquisition of land, easements or rights in land, in | ||||||
14 | connection with
the construction and relocation of the said | ||||||
15 | toll highways, widening,
extending roads, streets or avenues in | ||||||
16 | connection therewith, or for the
construction of any roads or | ||||||
17 | streets forming extension to and connections
with or between | ||||||
18 | any toll highways, or for the cost or expense of widening,
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19 | grading, surfacing or improving any existing streets or roads | ||||||
20 | or the
construction of any streets and roads forming extensions | ||||||
21 | of or connections
with any toll highways constructed, | ||||||
22 | relocated, operated, maintained or
regulated hereunder by the | ||||||
23 | Authority. Where property owned by a
municipality or political | ||||||
24 | subdivision is necessary to the construction of
an approved | ||||||
25 | toll highway, if the Authority cannot reach an agreement with
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26 | such municipality or political subdivision and if the use to | ||||||
27 | which the
property is being put in the hands of the | ||||||
28 | municipality or political
subdivision is not essential to the | ||||||
29 | existence or the administration of such
municipality or | ||||||
30 | political subdivision, the Authority may acquire the
property | ||||||
31 | by condemnation.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95.)
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33 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
34 | becoming law.
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