101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3002

 

Introduced 2/5/2020___________, by

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 115/7  from Ch. 137, par. 7

    Amends the Toll Bridge Act. Provides that the county board may enter into an agreement establishing a toll rate schedule for a period not to exceed 99 years, as determined by the county board.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Toll Bridge Act is amended by changing
5Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 115/7)  (from Ch. 137, par. 7)
7    Sec. 7. The county board shall fix the rates of toll, and
8may from time to time, alter and change the same, including by
9establishing a toll rate schedule, setting a maximum toll rate
10that may be adjusted from time to time, or by establishing
11another toll rate structure, and in case of the neglect of the
12owner of the bridge to keep the same in proper repair and safe
13for the crossing of persons and property, may prohibit the
14taking of toll. The county board may enter into an agreement
15establishing a toll rate schedule for a period not to exceed 99
16years, as determined by the county board. Except as regarding
17toll bridges or as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this
18amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall be construed
19to authorize a county, municipality, local government, or
20private operator to impose a toll upon any public road, street,
21or highway; nor shall any provision of this amendatory Act of
22the 101st General Assembly be construed to authorize, pursuant
23to an intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, the imposition

 

 

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1of any toll upon any public road, street, or highway.
2    The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection
3systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety,
4efficiency, and traveler convenience. If electronic toll
5collection is used on such bridge, the county shall cause the
6configuration of the electronic toll collection system to be
7compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by
8the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The municipality or
9private operator may enter into an agreement with the Illinois
10State Toll Highway Authority to provide for such compatibility
11or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or
12toll violation enforcement services. Any toll bridges in
13Winnebago County that are in operation and collecting tolls on
14the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
15Assembly are exempt from the provisions of the Act.
16(Source: P.A. 101-398, eff. 8-16-19.)