HB2642 Summary

• Requires every toll collection station to post signs notifying toll highway users of tolls or charges collected at that station, including amounts charged by electronic toll collection systems.

• Maintains existing requirements for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to hold public hearings before adopting toll rate increases, with notice given 15 days in advance in newspapers of general circulation.

• Requires notice of toll rate changes to be published in newspapers and posted at each toll station at least 30 days before the effective date.

• Authorizes the Authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements with local governments and other entities for collection, enforcement, and administration of tolls and violations.

• Establishes as legislative policy that electronic toll collection systems in Illinois should be standardized and authorizes the Authority to cooperate with other entities to achieve standardized toll collection.