Bill Text: IL HB5163 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Toll Bridge Act. Provides that a county board may alter and change the rates of toll by entering into an agreement establishing a toll rate schedule for a period not to exceed 99 years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5163 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5163-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5163 Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 115/7 from Ch. 137, par. 7
Amends the Toll Bridge Act. Provides that a county board may alter and change the rates of toll by entering into an agreement establishing a toll rate schedule for a period not to exceed 99 years.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Toll Bridge Act is amended by changing
Section 7 as follows:
(605 ILCS 115/7) (from Ch. 137, par. 7)
Sec. 7. The county board shall fix the rates of toll, and
may from time to time, alter and change the same, including by
establishing a toll rate schedule, setting a maximum toll rate
that may be adjusted from time to time, or by establishing
another toll rate structure, or by entering into an agreement
establishing a toll rate schedule for a period not to exceed 99
years as determined by the county board, and in case of the
neglect of the owner of the bridge to keep the same in proper
repair and safe for the crossing of persons and property, may
prohibit the taking of toll. Except as regarding toll bridges
or as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly shall be construed to authorize a
county, municipality, local government, or private operator to
impose a toll upon any public road, street, or highway; nor
shall any provision of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly be construed to authorize, pursuant to an
intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, the imposition of

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