GASH-HOEFT-SCULLY-SKINNER-HANNIG, LINDNER, O'BRIEN AND SCHOENBERG. 605 ILCS 10/8.1 new 605 ILCS 10/16.2 new 605 ILCS 10/17 from Ch. 121, par. 100-17 605 ILCS 10/21.1 new Amends the Toll Highway Act. Requires the Toll Highway Authority to appoint an Inspector General to investigate waste, fraud, or financial mismanagement in Authority operations involving Authority employees or contractors. Provides for the Inspector General's powers and duties. Makes failure to cooperate in specified ways with the investigation a Class A misdemeanor. Requires competitive bidding of Authority bond issuance service contracts over $25,000. Requires the Authority to use all surplus revenues to fund construction or repairs before issuing bonds to finance those activities. Requires the Authority to structure financing of new tollways and refinancing of debt to facilitate conversion of tollways into free State highways. Requires the Authority to report a schedule of that conversion to the Governor and General Assembly every 2 years. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (DOT) Annual operations costs would be $35 million, excluding toll booth operations. Capital improvements, such as resurfacing & bridge rehabilitation, would be an additional $150 million to $200 million per year. 97-01-29 H FILED WITH CLERK 97-01-29 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOEFT 97-01-29 H FIRST READING 97-01-29 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-02-05 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N 97-02-18 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-02-18 H COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N 97-02-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY 97-02-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SKINNER 97-02-21 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HANNIG 97-03-05 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINDNER 97-03-14 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN 97-03-21 H MOTION DO PASS-LOST 008-013-000 HTRN 97-03-21 H COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N 97-03-21 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL 97-04-04 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary