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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1492
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1492, AS AMENDED,
3 in Section 20, by replacing all of Sec. 19 with the
4 following:
5 "(605 ILCS 10/19) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
6 Sec. 19. Toll rates; reserve funds; use of tollways.
7 (a) It is the intention of this amendatory Act of the
8 92nd General Assembly to enable the Authority to implement a
9 program of gradual elimination of tolls and toll plazas, with
10 the ultimate goal of fully incorporating the toll highway
11 system into the system of free State highways on or before
12 January 1, 2022.
13 (b) The Authority shall fix and revise, from time to
14 time, tolls or charges or rates for the privilege of using
15 each of the toll highways constructed pursuant to this Act.
16 The Authority shall eliminate tolls and toll plazas as
17 provided in subsection (c), and shall endeavor to do so as
18 quickly as may be consistent with (1) the efficient and safe
19 operation, maintenance, and repair of the system of toll
20 highways, (2) the construction of any new toll highways or
21 facilities proposed by the Authority and authorized by law,
22 and (3) the plan prescribed by the Governor for the
23 retirement of the financial obligations of the Authority.
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1 Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted at rates calculated
2 to provide the lowest reasonable toll rates that will provide
3 funds sufficient with other revenues of the Authority to pay,
4 (a) the cost of the construction of a toll highway authorized
5 by joint resolution of the General Assembly pursuant to
6 Section 14.1 and the reconstruction, major repairs or
7 improvements of toll highways, (b) the cost of maintaining,
8 repairing, regulating and operating the toll highways
9 including only the necessary expenses of the Authority, and
10 (c) the principal of all bonds, interest thereon and all
11 sinking fund requirements and other requirements provided by
12 resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds as they
13 shall become due.
14 (c) Toll plazas shall be dismantled, and the
15 corresponding tolls eliminated, beginning no later than in
16 the years specified:
17 (1) On the East-West Tollway:
18 Dixon Mainline Plaza (2002)
19 Dixon Ramp Plazas (2003)
20 DeKalb Mainline Plaza (2004)
21 Orchard Road Ramp Plaza (2005)
22 Route 31 Ramp Plaza (2005)
23 Annie Glidden Road-DeKalb Ramp Plaza (2005)
24 Peace Road Ramp Plaza (2005)
25 Farnsworth Avenue Ramp Plaza (2006)
26 Winfield Road Ramp Plaza (2006)
27 Naperville Road Ramp Plaza (2006)
28 Spring Road Ramp Plaza (2010)
29 Midwest Road Ramp Plaza (2010)
30 Highland Avenue Ramp Plaza (2010)
31 Aurora Mainline Plaza (2015)
32 York Road Mainline Plaza (2019)
33 (2) On the Northwest Tollway:
34 South Beloit Mainline Plaza (2002)
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1 Belvidere Mainline Plaza (2003)
2 East Riverside-Rockford Ramp Plaza (2003)
3 Cherry Valley-Rockford Ramp Plaza (2003)
4 Marengo/Hampshire Mainline Plaza (2004)
5 Randall Road Ramp Plaza (2005)
6 Route 31 Ramp Plaza (2007)
7 Route 25 Ramp Plaza (2007)
8 Route 59 Ramp Plaza (2007)
9 Route 53 Ramp Plaza (2008)
10 Arlington Heights Ramp Plaza (2008)
11 Barrington Road Ramp Plaza (2008)
12 Roselle Road Ramp Plaza (2008)
13 Elgin Mainline Plaza (2015)
14 Devon Avenue Mainline Plaza (2018)
15 (3) On the Tri-State Tollway:
16 Buckley Road Ramp Plaza (2008)
17 Route 60 Ramp Plaza (2008)
18 Lake-Cook Ramp Plaza (2009)
19 Half-Day Ramp Plaza (2009)
20 Willow Road Ramp Plaza (2010)
21 95th Road Ramp Plaza (2010)
22 75th Street Ramp Plaza (2011)
23 O'Hare West Plaza (2011)
24 O'Hare East Plaza (2011)
25 Golf Road Ramp Plaza (2011)
26 I-55/Joliet Road Plaza (2013)
27 Waukegan Mainline Plaza (2014)
28 Halsted Avenue Ramp Plaza (2014)
29 163rd Mainline Plaza (2016)
30 159th Ramp Plaza (2016)
31 I-80 WB Plaza (2016)
32 I-80 EB Plaza (2016)
33 Edens Spur Plaza (2016)
34 Touhy Avenue Mainline Plaza (2017)
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1 82nd Street Mainline Plaza (2017)
2 83rd Street Mainline Plaza (2017)
3 Irving Park Mainline Plaza (2018)
4 River Road Ramp Plaza (2018)
5 Cermak Mainline Plaza (2019)
6 (4) On the North-South Tollway:
7 North Avenue Ramp Plaza (2012)
8 Roosevelt Road Ramp Plaza (2012)
9 Butterfield Road Ramp Plaza (2012)
10 Ogden Avenue Ramp Plaza (2012)
11 Maple Avenue Ramp Plaza (2013)
12 63rd Street Ramp Plaza (2013)
13 75th Street Ramp Plaza (2013)
14 Army Trail Mainline Plaza (2020)
15 Boughton Road Ramp Plaza (2020)
16 127th Street Ramp Plaza (2020)
17 139th Street Ramp Plaza (2020)
18 159th Street Ramp Plaza (2020)
19 Route 6 Ramp Plaza (2020)
20 Boughton Road Mainline Plaza (2021)
21 167th Street Mainline Plaza (2021)
22 (d) The use and disposition of any sinking or reserve
23 fund shall be subject to such regulation as may be provided
24 in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance
25 of the bonds. Subject to the provisions of any resolution or
26 trust indenture authorizing the issuance of bonds any moneys
27 in any such sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one
28 year's interest on the bonds then outstanding secured by such
29 sinking fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of
30 bonds. All such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall
31 forthwith be cancelled and shall not again be issued.
32 (e) No person shall be permitted to use any toll highway
33 without paying the toll, if any, established under this
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1 Section, except when on official Toll Highway Authority
2 business, which includes police and other emergency vehicles.
3 However, any law enforcement agency vehicle, fire department
4 vehicle, or other emergency vehicle that is plainly marked
5 shall not be required to pay a toll to use a toll highway. A
6 law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services
7 officer driving a law enforcement, fire protection, or
8 emergency services agency vehicle that is not plainly marked
9 must present an Official Permit Card which the law
10 enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services officer
11 receives from his or her law enforcement, fire protection, or
12 emergency services agency in order to use a toll highway
13 without paying the toll. A law enforcement, fire protection,
14 or emergency services agency must apply to the Authority to
15 receive a permit, and the Authority shall adopt rules for the
16 issuance of a permit, that allows all law enforcement, fire
17 protection, or emergency services agency vehicles of the law
18 enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services agency
19 that are not plainly marked to use any toll highway without
20 paying the toll established under this Section. The
21 Authority shall maintain in its office a list of all persons
22 that are authorized to use any toll highway without charge
23 when on official business of the Authority and such list
24 shall be open to the public for inspection.
25 (f) Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is
26 intended to clarify and confirm the prior intent of the
27 General Assembly to allow toll revenues from the toll highway
28 system to be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
29 construction of the North-South Toll Highway authorized by
30 Senate Joint Resolution 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in
31 1984.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-152, eff. 7-23-97.)".