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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 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 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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20 | and other requirements provided by resolutions authorizing the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | issuance of
the bonds as they shall become due. In fixing toll
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22 | rates pursuant to this Section and subsection (c) of Section 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | of
this Act, the Authority shall take into account the
effect |
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1 | of the provisions of this Section permitting
the use of the | ||||||
2 | toll highway system without payment of
tolls on the ability of | ||||||
3 | the Authority to comply with
the covenants of the Authority | ||||||
4 | contained in the
resolutions and trust indentures authorizing | ||||||
5 | the
issuance of Bonds of the Authority. No provision
permitting | ||||||
6 | the use of the toll highway system without
payment of tolls | ||||||
7 | after the date of this amendatory act of the 95th General | ||||||
8 | Assembly
shall be applied in a manner that impairs the rights
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9 | of bondholders pursuant to any resolution or trust
indentures | ||||||
10 | authorizing the issuance of bonds of the
Authority. The use and | ||||||
11 | disposition of any sinking
or reserve fund shall be subject to | ||||||
12 | such regulation as may be provided in
the resolution or trust | ||||||
13 | indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Subject to the | ||||||
14 | provisions of any resolution or trust indenture authorizing
the | ||||||
15 | issuance of bonds any moneys in any such sinking fund in excess | ||||||
16 | of an
amount equal to one year's interest on the bonds then | ||||||
17 | outstanding secured
by such sinking fund may be applied to the | ||||||
18 | purchase or redemption of bonds.
All such bonds so redeemed or | ||||||
19 | purchased shall forthwith be cancelled and
shall not again be | ||||||
20 | issued. No person shall be permitted to use any toll
highway | ||||||
21 | without paying the toll established under this Section except | ||||||
22 | when
on official Toll Highway Authority business which includes | ||||||
23 | police and other
emergency vehicles. However, any law | ||||||
24 | enforcement agency vehicle, fire
department vehicle, or other | ||||||
25 | emergency vehicle that is plainly marked shall not
be
required | ||||||
26 | to pay a toll to use a toll highway.
A law enforcement, fire |
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1 | protection, or emergency services
officer driving a law | ||||||
2 | enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services
agency
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3 | vehicle that is not plainly marked must present an Official | ||||||
4 | Permit Card which
the law enforcement, fire protection, or | ||||||
5 | emergency services officer receives
from his or her law | ||||||
6 | enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency
in
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7 | order to use a toll highway without paying the toll. A
law | ||||||
8 | enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency | ||||||
9 | must apply to
the Authority to receive a permit, and the
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10 | Authority shall adopt rules for the issuance of a permit, that | ||||||
11 | allows all
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency | ||||||
12 | services agency vehicles of the
law enforcement, fire | ||||||
13 | protection, or emergency services agency that are not
plainly
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14 | marked to use any toll highway
without paying the toll | ||||||
15 | established under this Section.
The Authority shall maintain in
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16 | its office a list of
all persons that are authorized to use any | ||||||
17 | toll highway without charge when
on official business of the | ||||||
18 | Authority and such list shall be open to the
public for | ||||||
19 | inspection. In recognition of the unique role of the Suburban | ||||||
20 | Bus
Division of the Regional Transportation Authority in
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21 | providing effective transportation in the Authority's
service | ||||||
22 | region and to give effect to the exemption set
forth in | ||||||
23 | subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the Regional
Transportation | ||||||
24 | Authority Act, a vehicle owned or
operated by the Suburban Bus | ||||||
25 | Division of the Regional
Transportation Authority that is being | ||||||
26 | used to
transport passengers for hire may use any toll highway
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1 | without paying the 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. 90-152, eff. 7-23-97.)
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