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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4502

Introduced 1/26/2026, by Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 10/19

from Ch. 121, par. 100-19

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Allows a veteran who is traveling to or
from a medical appointment to use a toll highway without paying the toll if
the veteran has applied for and received from the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority an Official Permit Card. Requires the Authority to adopt
rules for the issuance of a permit that allows a veteran to use any toll
highway without paying the established toll.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning transportation.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
5
Section 19 as follows:

6

(605 ILCS 10/19)

(from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
7

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457
)
8

Sec. 19.
Toll rates.
The Authority shall fix and revise
9
from time to time, tolls or charges or rates for the privilege
10
of using each of the toll highways constructed pursuant to
11
this Act. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted at rates
12
calculated to provide the lowest reasonable toll rates that
13
will provide funds sufficient with other revenues of the
14
Authority to pay, (a) the cost of the construction of a toll
15
highway authorized by joint resolution of the General Assembly
16
pursuant to Section 14.1 and the reconstruction, major repairs
17
or improvements of toll highways, (b) the cost of maintaining,
18
repairing, regulating and operating the toll highways
19
including only the necessary expenses of the Authority, and
20
(c) the principal of all bonds, interest thereon and all
21
sinking fund requirements and other requirements provided by
22
resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds as they
23
shall become due. In fixing the toll rates pursuant to this

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Section 19 and Section 10(c) of this Act, the Authority shall
2
take into account the effect of the provisions of this Section
3
19 permitting the use of the toll highway system without
4
payment of the covenants of the Authority contained in the
5
resolutions and trust indentures authorizing the issuance of
6
bonds of the Authority. No such provision permitting the use
7
of the toll highway system without payment of tolls after the
8
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall
9
be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of bondholders
10
pursuant to any resolution or trust indentures authorizing the
11
issuance of bonds of the Authority. The use and disposition of
12
any sinking or reserve fund shall be subject to such
13
regulation as may be provided in the resolution or trust
14
indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Subject to
15
the provisions of any resolution or trust indenture
16
authorizing the issuance of bonds any moneys in any such
17
sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one year's
18
interest on the bonds then outstanding secured by such sinking
19
fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds. All
20
such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be
21
cancelled and shall not again be issued. No person shall be
22
permitted to use any toll highway without paying the toll
23
established under this Section except when on official Toll
24
Highway Authority business which includes police and other
25
emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement agency
26
vehicle, fire department vehicle, public or private ambulance

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service vehicle engaged in the performance of an emergency
2
service or duty that necessitates the use of the toll highway
3
system, or other emergency vehicle that is plainly marked
4
shall not be required to pay a toll to use a toll highway. A
5
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services
6
officer driving a law enforcement, fire protection, emergency
7
services agency vehicle, or public or private ambulance
8
service vehicle engaging in the performance of emergency
9
services or duties that is not plainly marked must present an
10
Official Permit Card which the law enforcement, fire
11
protection, or emergency services officer receives from his or
12
her law enforcement, fire protection, emergency services
13
agency, or public or private ambulance service in order to use
14
a toll highway without paying the toll. A law enforcement,
15
fire protection, emergency services agency, or public or
16
private ambulance service engaging in the performance of
17
emergency services or duties must apply to the Authority to
18
receive a permit, and the Authority shall adopt rules for the
19
issuance of a permit, that allows public or private ambulance
20
service vehicles engaged in the performance of emergency
21
services or duties that necessitate the use of the toll
22
highway system and all law enforcement, fire protection, or
23
emergency services agency vehicles of the law enforcement,
24
fire protection, or emergency services agency to use any toll
25
highway without paying the toll established under this
26
Section. The Authority shall maintain in its office a list of

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all persons that are authorized to use any toll highway
2
without charge when on official business of the Authority and
3
such list shall be open to the public for inspection. In
4
recognition of the unique role of public transportation in
5
providing effective transportation in the Authority's service
6
region, and to give effect to the exemption set forth in
7
subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the Regional Transportation
8
Authority Act, the following vehicles may use any toll highway
9
without paying the toll: (1) a vehicle owned or operated by the
10
Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority
11
that is being used to transport passengers for hire; and (2)
12
any revenue vehicle that is owned or operated by a Mass Transit
13
District created under Section 3 of the Local Mass Transit
14
District Act and running regular scheduled service.
15

Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is
16
intended to clarify and confirm the prior intent of the
17
General Assembly to allow toll revenues from the toll highway
18
system to be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
19
construction of the North-South Toll Highway authorized by
20
Senate Joint Resolution 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in
21
1984.
22
(Source: P.A. 100-739, eff. 1-1-19
.)

23

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457
)
24

Sec. 19.
Toll rates.
The Authority shall fix and revise
25
from time to time, tolls or charges or rates for the privilege

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1
of using each of the toll highways constructed pursuant to
2
this Act. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted at rates
3
calculated to provide the lowest reasonable toll rates that
4
will provide funds sufficient with other revenues of the
5
Authority to pay, (a) the cost of the construction of a toll
6
highway authorized by joint resolution of the General Assembly
7
pursuant to Section 14.1 and the reconstruction, major repairs
8
or improvements of toll highways, (b) the cost of maintaining,
9
repairing, regulating and operating the toll highways
10
including only the necessary expenses of the Authority, and
11
(c) the principal of all bonds, interest thereon and all
12
sinking fund requirements and other requirements provided by
13
resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds as they
14
shall become due. In fixing the toll rates pursuant to this
15
Section 19 and Section 10(c) of this Act, the Authority shall
16
take into account the effect of the provisions of this Section
17
19 permitting the use of the toll highway system without
18
payment of the covenants of the Authority contained in the
19
resolutions and trust indentures authorizing the issuance of
20
bonds of the Authority. No such provision permitting the use
21
of the toll highway system without payment of tolls after the
22
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall
23
be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of bondholders
24
pursuant to any resolution or trust indentures authorizing the
25
issuance of bonds of the Authority. The use and disposition of
26
any sinking or reserve fund shall be subject to such

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1
regulation as may be provided in the resolution or trust
2
indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Subject to
3
the provisions of any resolution or trust indenture
4
authorizing the issuance of bonds any moneys in any such
5
sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one year's
6
interest on the bonds then outstanding secured by such sinking
7
fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds. All
8
such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be
9
cancelled and shall not again be issued. No person shall be
10
permitted to use any toll highway without paying the toll
11
established under this Section except when on official Toll
12
Highway Authority business which includes police and other
13
emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement agency
14
vehicle, fire department vehicle, public or private ambulance
15
service vehicle engaged in the performance of an emergency
16
service or duty that necessitates the use of the toll highway
17
system, or other emergency vehicle that is plainly marked
18
shall not be required to pay a toll to use a toll highway. A
19
law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services
20
officer driving a law enforcement, fire protection, emergency
21
services agency vehicle, or public or private ambulance
22
service vehicle engaging in the performance of emergency
23
services or duties that is not plainly marked must present an
24
Official Permit Card which the law enforcement, fire
25
protection, or emergency services officer receives from his or
26
her law enforcement, fire protection, emergency services

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1
agency, or public or private ambulance service in order to use
2
a toll highway without paying the toll. A law enforcement,
3
fire protection, emergency services agency, or public or
4
private ambulance service engaging in the performance of
5
emergency services or duties must apply to the Authority to
6
receive a permit, and the Authority shall adopt rules for the
7
issuance of a permit, that allows public or private ambulance
8
service vehicles engaged in the performance of emergency
9
services or duties that necessitate the use of the toll
10
highway system and all law enforcement, fire protection, or
11
emergency services agency vehicles of the law enforcement,
12
fire protection, or emergency services agency to use any toll
13
highway without paying the toll established under this
14
Section.
A veteran who is traveling to or from a medical
15
appointment may use a toll highway without paying the toll if
16
the veteran has applied for and received from the Authority an
17
Official Permit Card. The Authority shall adopt rules for the
18
issuance of a permit that allows a veteran to use any toll
19
highway without paying the toll established under this Section
20
while traveling to a medical appointment.
The Authority shall
21
maintain in its office a list of all persons that are
22
authorized to use any toll highway without charge when on
23
official business of the Authority and such list shall be open
24
to the public for inspection. In recognition of the unique
25
role of public transportation in providing effective
26
transportation in the Authority's service region, and to give

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effect to the exemption set forth in subsection (b) of Section
2
2.06 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, the
3
following vehicles may use any toll highway without paying the
4
toll: (1) a vehicle owned or operated by the Suburban Bus
5
Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority that is
6
being used to transport passengers for hire; and (2) any
7
revenue vehicle that is owned or operated by a Mass Transit
8
District created under Section 3 of the Local Mass Transit
9
District Act and running regular scheduled service.
10

Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is
11
intended to clarify and confirm the prior intent of the
12
General Assembly to allow toll revenues from the toll highway
13
system to be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
14
construction of the North-South Toll Highway authorized by
15
Senate Joint Resolution 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in
16
1984.
17

As used in this Section, "veteran" means an individual who
18
served in the Armed Forces of the United States, the National
19
Guard, or the reserves of the Armed Forces of the United
20
States.

21
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

22

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
23
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
24
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
25
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does

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not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
2
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
3
Public Act.

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