Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 2520 - STATE TOLL HIGHWAY RULES › Subpart A - AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS › Section 2520.130 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following words and phrases, when used in this Part,
				  shall have the following meanings:
"Authority" means the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority,
				  an instrumentality and administrative agency of the State of Illinois, formerly
				  known as the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission.
"Authorized Emergency Vehicles" means vehicles of fire
				  departments and police departments, ambulances, emergency vehicles of public
				  service companies, and other vehicles performing emergency services approved
				  and authorized by the Authority.
"Barrier Toll Plaza" means all toll collection facilities
				  located on the Tollway's traffic lanes, but does not include ramp or open road
				  toll collection facilities.
"Certified Report" means the documents the Authority sends
				  the Illinois Secretary of State pursuant to
				  625
				  ILCS 5/3-704.2 and 6-306.7.
"Department of Transportation" or "IDOT" means the Illinois
				  Department of Transportation.
"Hazardous Materials" means explosives, radioactive
				  materials, etiologic agents, flammable liquids and other dangerous
				  materials.
"Hearing" means a hearing conducted by the Authority or
				  appointed hearing officer to determine whether a violation of the Toll Highway
				  Act and/or any of this Part has occurred.
"Hearing Officer" means a hearing officer appointed pursuant
				  to Section
				  2520.705.
"I-PASS" means the Authority's electronic toll collection
				  system.
"I-PASS Only Lanes" means those lanes restricted to vehicles,
				  other than Open Road Toll Lanes, that have I-PASS transponders.
"I-PASS Transponder" means the Authority-issued electronic
				  toll collection device, E-Z Pass or other Authority-authorized electronic toll
				  collection device.
"Motor Driven Cycles" means a motorcycle or motor scooter
				  with less than 150 cubic centimeter piston displacement, including motorized
				  pedalcycles.
"Notice of Violation " means the information sent by the
				  Authority to the respondent notifying the respondent of an alleged violation of
				  Tollway rules.
"Oases" means property along the Tollway occupied by
				  restaurants, buildings and service stations, and adjacent parking and
				  landscaped areas.
"Open Road Toll" means those lanes that are restricted to
				  vehicles with I-PASS transponders traveling at highway speed.
"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation,
				  cooperative, association, trust, partnership, joint venture or other legally
				  recognized entity.
"Respondent" means any person charged with violating the
				  Tollway Highway Act or this Part.
"Right-of-Way" means the entire area of the Tollway within
				  the fence lines (or the barrier walls, where no fence exists), including, but
				  not limited to, the roadways, shoulders, plazas, and landscaped areas. The
				  right-of-way does not include the Tollway's oases, maintenance buildings,
				  central administration building or other Tollway buildings and their parking
				  lots.
"Shoulder" means the portion of the roadway contiguous with
				  the traveled way that accommodates stopped vehicles, is intended for emergency
				  use, and, with proper signage, may provide limited duration use as a traffic
				  lane.
"State Police" means the Illinois State Police.
"Toll" means the compensation to be paid to the Authority for
				  the privilege of using the Tollway.
"Toll Highway Act" means 605 ILCS 10.
"Toll Plaza" means any toll collection facility located on
				  the Tollway.
"Tollway" means any and all toll highways operated and
				  maintained by the Authority pursuant to State and federal laws.
"Traffic Control Devices" means all directional devices,
				  controls and markings installed by the Authority, its agents, or governmental
				  partners for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
"Traffic Lanes" are the lanes designated for vehicular travel
				  on the Tollway that are designated numerically, with the extreme left lane of
				  each directional roadway being numbered "Lane No. 1" and each lane to the right
				  of Lane No. 1 carrying traffic in the same direction being numbered
				  consecutively higher.
"Vehicle Code" means the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5
				  ].
"Violation" means one or more acts prohibited by the Toll
				  Highway Act and/or this Part.
"V-Tolled" means the Tollway service that debits an unpaid
				  toll from an I-PASS customer's valid account when a transaction is not read by
				  the I-PASS electronic toll collection equipment and license plate information
				  is captured by the Authority's video or photo surveillance system.
Any and all terms that are not specifically defined in this
				  Section shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code and the
				  Toll Highway Act.