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 1        AN ACT in relation to highways.

 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    Sections  10,  11,  14.1,  18,  23,  24, and 27.1  and adding
 6    Sections 8.1, 16.2, and 20.2 as follows:

 7        (605 ILCS 10/8.1 new)
 8        Sec. 8.1.  Inspector General.
 9        (a)  The Governor, with the advice  and  consent  of  the
10    Senate, shall on January 1, 2004 appoint an Inspector General
11    who  shall  have the authority to conduct investigations into
12    allegations or  incidents  of  waste,  fraud,  and  financial
13    mismanagement  in Authority operations involving an Authority
14    employee or contractor.  The  Inspector  General  shall  make
15    recommendations   to  the  Authority  regarding  his  or  her
16    investigations.  The Inspector General shall be appointed for
17    a  term  of  4  years.   The  Governor  shall  determine  the
18    compensation to be received by the  Inspector  General.   The
19    Inspector  General  shall be independent of the operations of
20    the Authority and perform other duties as  requested  by  the
21    Authority.
22        (b)  The  Inspector  General  shall  have  access  to all
23    information and personnel necessary to perform the duties  of
24    the  office.   If  the  Inspector  General  determines that a
25    possible criminal act has  been  committed  or  that  special
26    expertise  is  required in the investigation, he or she shall
27    immediately notify  the  State  Police.   All  investigations
28    conducted  by  the  Inspector General shall be conducted in a
29    manner that ensures the preservation of evidence for  use  in
30    criminal prosecutions.
31        (c)  At all times, the Inspector General shall be granted
 
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 1    access  to  any building or facility that is owned, operated,
 2    or leased by the Authority.
 3        (d)  The  Inspector  General  shall  have  the  power  to
 4    subpoena witnesses and compel the  production  of  books  and
 5    papers  pertinent  to  an  investigation  authorized  by this
 6    Section. A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if he or
 7    she:
 8             (1)  fails to appear in response to a subpoena;
 9             (2)  fails to answer any question;
10             (3)  fails to produce any books or papers  pertinent
11        to an investigation under this Section; or
12             (4)  knowingly   gives  false  testimony  during  an
13        investigation under this Section.
14        (e)  The  Inspector  General   shall   provide   to   the
15    Authority,  the  Governor, and the General Assembly a summary
16    of reports and investigations made under this Section for the
17    previous fiscal year no later than January 1  of  each  year.
18    The  summaries  shall  detail  the  final  disposition of the
19    Inspector General's recommendations.  The summaries  may  not
20    contain   any   confidential   or   identifying   information
21    concerning  the  subjects  of the reports and investigations.
22    The  summaries  shall  also  include  detailed,   recommended
23    administrative  actions  and matters for consideration by the
24    General Assembly.

25        (605 ILCS 10/10) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-10)
26        Sec. 10.  Authority powers.   The  Authority  shall  have
27    power:
28        (a)  To   pass   resolutions,  make  by-laws,  rules  and
29    regulations for the management, regulation and control of its
30    affairs, and to fix tolls, and to make, enact and enforce all
31    needful  rules  and  regulations  in  connection   with   the
32    construction,  operation,  management,  care,  regulation  or
33    protection  of its property or any toll highways, constructed
 
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 1    or reconstructed hereunder. After the effective date of  this
 2    amendatory  Act of the 93rd General Assembly and through June
 3    30, 2004, the Authority shall not charge or collect tolls  at
 4    a rate higher than the tolls in effect on March 21, 2002.
 5        (a-5)  To  fix,  assess,  and  collect  civil fines for a
 6    vehicle's operation on a toll highway  without  the  required
 7    toll having been paid.  The Authority may establish by rule a
 8    system  of  civil  administrative  adjudication to adjudicate
 9    only alleged instances of a vehicle's  operation  on  a  toll
10    highway  without  the  required  toll  having  been  paid, as
11    detected by the Authority's video surveillance system.  Rules
12    establishing a system of  civil  administrative  adjudication
13    must  provide for written notice of the alleged violation and
14    an opportunity to be heard on the question of  the  violation
15    and  must  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  toll-free
16    telephone  number  to  receive  inquiries  concerning alleged
17    violations.    Only   civil   fines   may   be   imposed   by
18    administrative adjudication.  A fine  may  be  imposed  under
19    this  paragraph  only  if  a  violation  is  established by a
20    preponderance of the evidence.  Judicial review of all  final
21    orders  of  the  Authority  under  this  paragraph  shall  be
22    conducted in accordance with the Administrative Review Law.
23        (b)  To  prescribe  rules  and  regulations applicable to
24    traffic on highways under the jurisdiction of the  Authority,
25    concerning:
26             (1)  Types   of   vehicles  permitted  to  use  such
27        highways or parts thereof,  and  classification  of  such
28        vehicles;
29             (2)  Designation  of the lanes of traffic to be used
30        by the different types of vehicles  permitted  upon  said
31        highways;
32             (3)  Stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles;
33             (4)  Control  of traffic by means of police officers
34        or traffic control signals;
 
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 1             (5)  Control or prohibition of processions, convoys,
 2        and assemblages of vehicles and persons;
 3             (6)  Movement of traffic in one  direction  only  on
 4        designated portions of said highways;
 5             (7)  Control  of  the  access, entrance, and exit of
 6        vehicles and persons to and from said highways; and
 7             (8)  Preparation, location and installation  of  all
 8        traffic   signs;  and  to  prescribe  further  rules  and
 9        regulations  applicable  to  such   traffic,   concerning
10        matters   not   provided  for  either  in  the  foregoing
11        enumeration or in the Illinois Vehicle  Code.  Notice  of
12        such  rules and regulations shall be posted conspicuously
13        and displayed at appropriate  points  and  at  reasonable
14        intervals along said highways, by clearly legible markers
15        or  signs,  to  provide  notice  of the existence of such
16        rules  and  regulations  to  persons  traveling  on  said
17        highways. At each toll station, the Authority shall  make
18        available,  free  of  charge, pamphlets containing all of
19        such rules and regulations.
20        (c)  The Authority, in fixing the rate for tolls for  the
21    privilege  of using the said toll highways, is authorized and
22    directed, in fixing such rates, to base the same upon  annual
23    estimates  to be made, recorded and filed with the Authority.
24    Said estimates shall include  the  following:  The  estimated
25    total  amount  of the use of the toll highways; the estimated
26    amount of the revenue to be  derived  therefrom,  which  said
27    revenue, when added to all other receipts and income, will be
28    sufficient  to  pay  the expense of maintaining and operating
29    said toll highways, including the administrative expenses  of
30    the  Authority,  and  to  discharge  all  obligations  of the
31    Authority as they become due and payable.
32        (d)  To  accept  from  any  municipality   or   political
33    subdivision any lands, easements or rights in land needed for
34    the operation, construction, relocation or maintenance of any
 
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 1    toll  highways,  with or without payment therefor, and in its
 2    discretion to reimburse any such  municipality  or  political
 3    subdivision out of its funds for any cost or expense incurred
 4    in  the  acquisition of land, easements or rights in land, in
 5    connection with the construction and relocation of  the  said
 6    toll  highways, widening, extending roads, streets or avenues
 7    in connection therewith, or for the construction of any roads
 8    or streets forming  extension  to  and  connections  with  or
 9    between  any  toll  highways,  or  for the cost or expense of
10    widening,  grading,  surfacing  or  improving  any   existing
11    streets or roads or the construction of any streets and roads
12    forming  extensions  of or connections with any toll highways
13    constructed, relocated,  operated,  maintained  or  regulated
14    hereunder  by  the  Authority.  Where  property  owned  by  a
15    municipality  or  political  subdivision  is necessary to the
16    construction of an approved toll highway,  if  the  Authority
17    cannot reach an agreement with such municipality or political
18    subdivision and if the use to which the property is being put
19    in  the hands of the municipality or political subdivision is
20    not essential to the existence or the administration of  such
21    municipality  or  political  subdivision,  the  Authority may
22    acquire the property by condemnation.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95.)

24        (605 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11)
25        Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power:
26        (a)  To enter upon lands,  waters  and  premises  in  the
27    State for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings
28    and examinations as may be necessary, expedient or convenient
29    for  the  purposes  of  this Act, and such entry shall not be
30    deemed to be a trespass, nor shall an entry for such  purpose
31    be  deemed  an entry under any condemnation proceedings which
32    may be then pending; provided, however,  that  the  Authority
33    shall  make  reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to
 
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 1    such lands,  waters  and  premises  as  the  result  of  such
 2    activities.
 3        (b)  To  construct, maintain and operate stations for the
 4    collection of tolls  or  charges  upon  and  along  any  toll
 5    highways.
 6        (c)  To  provide  for the collection of tolls and charges
 7    for the privilege of using the said toll highways. Before  it
 8    adopts an increase in the rates for toll, the Authority shall
 9    hold a public hearing at which any person may appear, express
10    opinions,  suggestions,  or  objections,  or direct inquiries
11    relating to the proposed increase.   Any person may submit  a
12    written  statement  to  the Authority at the hearing, whether
13    appearing in person or not.  The hearing shall be held in the
14    county in which the proposed increase of the rates is to take
15    place.
16        The  Authority  shall  give  notice  of  the  hearing  by
17    advertisement on 3 successive days at least 15 days prior  to
18    the  date  of  the  hearing  in  a daily newspaper of general
19    circulation within the county within  which  the  hearing  is
20    held.    The  notice shall state the date, time, and place of
21    the hearing, shall contain  a  description  of  the  proposed
22    increase, and shall specify how interested persons may obtain
23    copies   of   any   reports,   resolutions,  or  certificates
24    describing  the  basis  on   which   the   proposed   change,
25    alteration, or modification was calculated.
26        The  Authority  may not hold more than one hearing on the
27    same day in connection with a proposed increase in the  rates
28    for toll under this subsection. The Authority must schedule a
29    minimum  of 4 hours for each hearing. At least 3 directors of
30    the Authority must be  present  at  each  hearing,  and  each
31    director  must  be  present  for  the  entire duration of the
32    hearing.
33        After consideration  of  any  statements  filed  or  oral
34    opinions,  suggestions,  objections, or inquiries made at the
 
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 1    hearing, the Authority may  proceed  to  adopt  the  proposed
 2    increase  of  the rates for toll.  No change or alteration in
 3    or modification of the rates  for  toll  shall  be  effective
 4    unless  at  least 30 days prior to the effective date of such
 5    rates  notice  thereof  shall  be  given  to  the  public  by
 6    publication in a newspaper of general circulation,  and  such
 7    notice,  or  notices,  thereof  shall  be posted and publicly
 8    displayed at each and every toll station upon or  along  said
 9    toll highways.
10        (d)  To  construct,  at the Authority's discretion, grade
11    separations at intersections with any  railroads,  waterways,
12    street  railways,  streets,  thoroughfares,  public  roads or
13    highways intersected by the said toll highways, and to change
14    and adjust the lines and grades thereof so as to  accommodate
15    the  same  to  the  design  of  such  grade separation and to
16    construct  interchange   improvements.   The   Authority   is
17    authorized  to  provide such grade separations or interchange
18    improvements at its own cost or to enter  into  contracts  or
19    agreements  with  reference to division of cost therefor with
20    any municipality or political subdivision  of  the  State  of
21    Illinois,  or  with  the  Federal  Government,  or any agency
22    thereof, or with any corporation, individual, firm, person or
23    association. Where such structures have  been  built  by  the
24    Authority  and  a  local highway agency did not enter into an
25    agreement to the contrary, the Authority shall  maintain  the
26    entire   structure,   including  the  road  surface,  at  the
27    Authority's expense.
28        (e)  To contract with and grant concessions to  or  lease
29    or  license  to any person, partnership, firm, association or
30    corporation so desiring the use  of  any  part  of  any  toll
31    highways,  excluding the paved portion thereof, but including
32    the right of way adjoining, under, or over said paved portion
33    for the placing  of  telephone,  telegraph,  electric,  power
34    lines and other utilities, and for the placing of pipe lines,
 
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 1    and  to  enter  into operating agreements with or to contract
 2    with and grant concessions to or  to  lease  to  any  person,
 3    partnership, firm, association or corporation so desiring the
 4    use  of  any  part  of the toll highways, excluding the paved
 5    portion thereof, but including the right of way adjoining, or
 6    over said paved portion for motor fuel service  stations  and
 7    facilities, garages, stores and restaurants, or for any other
 8    lawful  purpose,  and  to  fix  the terms, conditions, rents,
 9    rates and charges for such use.
10        The  Authority  shall  also  have  power   to   establish
11    reasonable  regulations  for  the installation, construction,
12    maintenance,  repair,  renewal,  relocation  and  removal  of
13    pipes, mains, conduits,  cables,  wires,  towers,  poles  and
14    other   equipment   and   appliances  (herein  called  public
15    utilities) of any public utility as  defined  in  the  Public
16    Utilities  Act  along,  over  or under any toll road project.
17    Whenever the Authority shall determine that it  is  necessary
18    that any such public utility facilities which now are located
19    in,  on,  along,  over  or  under  any project or projects be
20    relocated or  removed  entirely  from  any  such  project  or
21    projects,   the  public  utility  owning  or  operating  such
22    facilities shall relocate or remove the  same  in  accordance
23    with  the  order  of the Authority. All costs and expenses of
24    such relocation or removal, including the cost of  installing
25    such  facilities in a new location or locations, and the cost
26    of any land or lands, or  interest  in  land,  or  any  other
27    rights  required  to  accomplish  such  relocation or removal
28    shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a  part  of
29    the  cost of any such project or projects, and further, there
30    shall be no rent, fee or other charge  of  any  kind  imposed
31    upon  the  public  utility owning or operating any facilities
32    ordered relocated on the properties of the said Authority and
33    the said Authority shall grant to  the  said  public  utility
34    owning  or  operating  said facilities and its successors and
 
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 1    assigns the right to operate the same in the new location  or
 2    locations  for  as  long a period and upon the same terms and
 3    conditions as it had the right to maintain and  operate  such
 4    facilities in their former location or locations.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-681, eff. 7-31-98.)

 6        (605 ILCS 10/14.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-14.1)
 7        Sec. 14.1.  The Authority shall, prior to the issuance of
 8    any bonds under this Act, except refunding bonds, prepare and
 9    submit  to  the  Governor  for his approval preliminary plans
10    showing the proposed location of the route or routes  of  the
11    particular toll highway for which the bonds are to be issued,
12    which  plans  shall  designate  the  approximate point of the
13    commencement and the termination of said route or routes  and
14    shall  also  designate  the  municipalities  to  be  afforded
15    reasonable  connections  therewith, and to be served thereby.
16    The Authority shall at the same time submit to  the  Governor
17    for  his  approval  preliminary  estimates of the cost of the
18    construction of the  toll highway, shown on said  preliminary
19    plans.    If the Governor shall approve the preliminary plans
20    and the estimate of  the  cost  thereof,  the  Authority  may
21    thereupon  proceed  with the issuance of bonds as hereinafter
22    provided.  Prior  to  the  issuance  of  bonds  for  or   the
23    commencement of construction of any new toll highway segment,
24    however,  the  issuance  of  bonds for or the commencement of
25    construction of that particular segment toll highway shall be
26    approved by law as provided in Section 23 authorized by joint
27    resolution of the General Assembly.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)

29        (605 ILCS 10/16.2 new)
30        Sec. 16.2.  Financial benefit prohibited.
31        (a)  A director, employee, or agent of the Authority  may
32    not  receive  a  direct  or indirect financial benefit from a
 
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 1    contract let by the Authority  during  his  or  her  term  of
 2    service  with  the  Authority  and  for  a period of one year
 3    following the termination of his or her term of service as  a
 4    director  of  the Authority or as an employee or agent of the
 5    Authority.
 6        (b)  A member of the immediate family or household  of  a
 7    director, employee, or agent of the Authority may not receive
 8    a direct or indirect financial benefit from a contract let by
 9    the  Authority  during  the  immediate  family  or  household
10    member's  term of service with the Authority and for a period
11    of one year following the termination of the immediate family
12    or household member's term of service as a  director  of  the
13    Authority or as an employee or agent of the Authority.
14        (c)  A  director, employee, or agent of the Authority may
15    not  use  material  non-public  information  for  direct   or
16    indirect  personal  financial gain nor may he or she disclose
17    that information to any other person for that person's direct
18    or indirect personal financial gain when that information was
19    obtained as a result of his or her directorship,  employment,
20    or agency with the Authority.
21        (d)  A  member  of the immediate family or household of a
22    director, employee, or agent of the  Authority  may  not  use
23    material   non-public  information  for  direct  or  indirect
24    personal financial gain nor  may  he  or  she  disclose  that
25    information  to  any other person for that person's direct or
26    indirect personal financial gain when  that  information  was
27    obtained  as  a  result  of  his  or  her immediate family or
28    household member's directorship, employment, or  agency  with
29    the Authority.
30        (e)  For  purposes  of this Section, "immediate family or
31    household member" means the spouse, child,  parent,  brother,
32    sister,   grandparent,   or   grandchild   whether   of   the
33    whole-blood,  half-blood, or adoption, or a person who shares
34    a common dwelling with a director of the Authority or with an
 
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 1    employee or agent of the Authority.

 2        (605 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-18)
 3        Sec. 18. The sums of money appropriated  by  the  General
 4    Assembly  (other  than  sums  appropriated  from the Illinois
 5    State  Toll  Highway  Authority  Fund)  for  the  payment  of
 6    ordinary and contingent expenses  of  the  Authority  or  the
 7    payment  of  compensation  of  the  members  of the Authority
 8    expended as a part of the cost of a toll highway financed  by
 9    revenue bonds issued and sold by the Authority under this Act
10    shall  be repaid to the State Treasury out of the proceeds of
11    the sale of such bonds, for deposit in the  fund  from  which
12    such  sums  were appropriated. Any such sums remaining unpaid
13    because  expended  for  preliminary  investigation  of   toll
14    highway  routes  not  constructed  shall  be  repaid  by  the
15    Authority  out  of  the  proceeds  of the sale of any of such
16    bonds  issued  to  finance  additional   toll   highways   or
17    extensions  of  existing  toll highways. If no such new bonds
18    are  issued,  and  the  money  appropriated  by  the  General
19    Assembly has not otherwise been  repaid  in  full,  then  the
20    Authority  shall,  after  payment  of  all existing bonds and
21    interest thereon, continue to collect tolls for the privilege
22    of using  the  toll  highways  constructed  pursuant  to  the
23    authority  of  "An  Act  in  relation  to  the  construction,
24    operation,  regulation  and  maintenance  of a system of toll
25    highways and  to  create  The  Illinois  State  Toll  Highway
26    Commission, and to define its powers and duties and to repeal
27    an  Act  therein  named", approved July 13, 1953, as amended,
28    until such time as the  tolls  collected  are  sufficient  to
29    repay  any such unpaid money. The tolls so collected shall be
30    paid by the Authority to the State treasury  for  deposit  in
31    the fund from which such sums were appropriated.
32    (Source: Laws 1968, p. 199.)
 
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 1        (605 ILCS 10/20.2 new)
 2        Sec. 20.2. Comprehensive Strategic Financial Plan.
 3        (a)  The  Authority  must submit to the General Assembly,
 4    not later  than  March  31,  2004,  a  20-year  comprehensive
 5    strategic  financial  plan.  The  plan  must include detailed
 6    information regarding the Authority's  income,  expenditures,
 7    debt, capital needs, and the cost of any planned toll highway
 8    extensions.  The Authority must provide detailed and specific
 9    information regarding how it will  fund  its  debt,  unfunded
10    capital needs, and the planned toll highway extensions.  This
11    information must include the possibility of obtaining federal
12    funds,  both  loans  and  grants,  under  the  Transportation
13    Infrastructure Innovation Act or other federal programs.
14        (b)  Before submitting the plan under subsection (a), the
15    Authority  must  hold at least 2 public hearings at which any
16    person  may  appear,  express   opinions,   suggestions,   or
17    objections,  or  direct  inquiries  relating  to the proposed
18    plan. The Authority may not hold more than one hearing on the
19    same day in connection with the proposed plan. The  Authority
20    must schedule a minimum of 4 hours for each hearing. At least
21    3 directors of the Authority must be present at each hearing,
22    and  each director must be present for the entire duration of
23    the hearing.

24        (605 ILCS 10/23) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-23)
25        Sec. 23. The Authority shall file with the Governor,  the
26    Clerk  of  the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the
27    Senate, and the Illinois Economic and Fiscal  Commission,  on
28    or  prior to March 15th of each year, a written statement and
29    report covering its activities  for  the  preceding  calendar
30    year.   The Authority shall present, to the committees of the
31    House of Representatives designated by  the  Speaker  of  the
32    House  and  to the committees of the Senate designated by the
33    President of the  Senate,  an  annual  report  outlining  its
 
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 1    planned  revenues  and  expenditures,  including  any plan to
 2    institute a general increase in toll  rates.   The  Authority
 3    shall prepare an annual capital plan which identifies capital
 4    projects by location and details the project costs in correct
 5    dollar  amounts.   The Authority may issue bonds to implement
 6    its capital plan only in amounts and for purposes  that  have
 7    been  approved  by  law. The Authority shall also prepare and
 8    file a ten-year capital plan that includes a listing  of  all
 9    capital  improvement projects contemplated during the ensuing
10    ten-year period.  The first ten-year capital  plan  shall  be
11    filed  in  1991  and  thereafter  on  the anniversary of each
12    ten-year period.
13        It shall also be the duty of the Auditor General  of  the
14    State  of  Illinois, annually to audit or cause to be audited
15    the books  and  records  of  the  Authority  and  to  file  a
16    certified  copy of the report of such audit with the Governor
17    and  with  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission,  which  audit
18    reports, when so filed, shall  be  open  to  the  public  for
19    inspection.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-256, eff. 1-1-00.)

21        (605 ILCS 10/24) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-24)
22        Sec.  24.   Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  any bond
23    resolution, the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds,  and
24    all  receipts and income derived from tolls, licenses, gifts,
25    donations, concessions, fees, rentals, and all other revenues
26    from whatever source derived,  shall,  within  3  three  days
27    after  receipt thereof, be paid to the Treasurer of the State
28    of Illinois, and held by him as a special fund known  as  the
29    Illinois  State  Toll Highway Authority Fund, except that the
30    Authority may retain  portions of  the  Illinois  State  Toll
31    Highway  Authority  Fund as a locally maintained construction
32    fund revolving  account  and  as  a  revenue  fund  revolving
33    account,  where  authorized  by  a  bond  resolution,  and as
 
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 1    locally maintained change  funds,  where  necessary  for  the
 2    operations  of the Authority. The State Treasurer shall be ex
 3    officio custodian of such special fund, which fund  shall  be
 4    held, invested and disbursed for the purposes provided herein
 5    upon  the  order  of  the  Authority  and  in accordance with
 6    provisions and covenants of any bond  resolution  authorizing
 7    the  issuance  of  bonds  which  have not been paid or deemed
 8    paid.  The interest accruing on said special  fund  shall  be
 9    computed and added to the principal thereof every six months.
10    In addition to the special audits prescribed by this Act, the
11    said  fund  shall also be subject to audit in the same manner
12    as is now, or may hereinafter be, provided for the  audit  of
13    State  funds  and  accounts.  The  said special fund shall be
14    protected  by  a  corporate  surety  bond,  executed  by  the
15    Treasurer, with a surety authorized to do business under  the
16    laws  of the State of Illinois. The amount of said bond shall
17    be fixed by resolution of  the  Authority,  approved  by  the
18    Governor, and may be increased or diminished at any time. The
19    premiums  on said bond shall be payable from the funds of the
20    Authority. The bond shall be subject to the approval  of  the
21    Governor  and Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and,
22    when so approved,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the
23    Secretary  of State. This Act shall constitute an irrevocable
24    and  continuing  appropriation  from  the  special  fund  for
25    amounts to pay principal, interest, and other  bond  expenses
26    and  obligations as provided in this Act.  All other expenses
27    of the  Authority,  including  the  ordinary  and  contingent
28    expenses  for  the Authority's annual operations, are subject
29    to annual appropriation by  the  General  Assembly  from  the
30    special  fund (or from other funds as provided in Section 18)
31    for each fiscal year. Said special fund shall  be  considered
32    always  appropriated  for  the  purposes of disbursements, as
33    provided in this Act, and shall be  paid  out  and  disbursed
34    only  as  provided  herein,  and  shall  not,  at any time be
 
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 1    appropriated or diverted to any other use  or  purpose.   For
 2    all  outstanding  bonds  issued  by  the Authority before the
 3    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
 4    Assembly,  the  State  guarantees  the  timely payment of any
 5    principal or interest that is not paid by the Authority  when
 6    due,  with  recourse  to  the Court of Claims.  The Authority
 7    shall, with respect to all revenue bonds  outstanding  as  of
 8    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
 9    Assembly,  maintain in a debt service fund an amount equal to
10    140% of the amount needed to pay annual debt service pursuant
11    to the bonds.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-1258.)

13        (605 ILCS 10/27.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-27.1)
14        Sec. 27.1. Any person  who  shall  use  any  spurious  or
15    counterfeit tickets, coupons or tokens in payment of any toll
16    required  to be paid by the Authority under the provisions of
17    this Act, or who shall attempt to  use  the  highway  without
18    payment  of  the  tolls prescribed by the Authority, shall be
19    deemed guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not  less
20    than  $20  $5  nor more than $250 $100 for each such offense.
21    Each day any toll highway is used by any person in  violation
22    of this Act shall constitute a separate offense.
23    (Source: P.A. 77-2239.)

24        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
25    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    605 ILCS 10/8.1 new
 4    605 ILCS 10/10            from Ch. 121, par. 100-10
 5    605 ILCS 10/11            from Ch. 121, par. 100-11
 6    605 ILCS 10/14.1          from Ch. 121, par. 100-14.1
 7    605 ILCS 10/16.2 new
 8    605 ILCS 10/18            from Ch. 121, par. 100-18
 9    605 ILCS 10/20.2 new
10    605 ILCS 10/23            from Ch. 121, par. 100-23
11    605 ILCS 10/24            from Ch. 121, par. 100-24
12    605 ILCS 10/27.1          from Ch. 121, par. 100-27.1