Sen. Ram Villivalam
Filed: 3/3/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2403 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2403 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Survivor Transportation Assistance Act.
 
6    Section 5. Illinois Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and 
7Human Trafficking Transportation Assistance Program. 
8    (a) No later than 180 days after the effective date of this 
9Act, the Department of Human Services and the Department of 
10Transportation shall establish the Domestic Violence, Sexual 
11Assault, and Human Trafficking Transportation Assistance 
12Program.
13    (b) The Department of Transportation and the Department of 
14Human Services shall coordinate with regional transit 
15authorities across the State to create a universal mass 
16transit card. The transportation card shall be accepted in all 
 
 
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1regional and local transit authorities across the State for 
2the purposes of transportation for survivors of domestic 
3violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
The transit 
4card shall be plastic or laminated and wallet sized, contain 
5no information that would reference the transportation 
6assistance program, and have an expiration date. The card 
7shall also be available electronically and shall be given to 
8domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking 
9direct service providers to distribute to survivors.
10    (c) The Program shall fund the transportation of survivors 
11when employees or volunteers of direct service providers incur 
12expenses for the transportation of a survivor of domestic 
13violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking or the victim's 
14survivor's family or household members. The Program shall 
15provide gas cards to survivors. The Program may provide for 
16the lease of motor vehicles by direct service providers of 
17domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
18    (d) The Program shall establish or provide funding for 
19ridesharing arrangements across the State for the 
20transportation of survivors of domestic violence, sexual 
21assault, and human trafficking.
22    (e) In coordination with the Illinois Coalition Against 
23Domestic Violence, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual 
24Assault, and the operator of the Illinois Domestic Violence 
25Hotline, the Department of Human Services shall create a grant 
26process to administer Program funds for uses related to 
 
 
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1transportation under subsections (b), (c), and (d).

 
2    Section 10. Program funding. 
3    (a) All funds appropriated for purposes of the Program 
4must be deposited into the Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, 
5and Human Trafficking Transportation Assistance Fund, a 
6special fund that is created in the State treasury, and funds 
7within the Fund may be expended for Program purposes described 
8in Section 5. Amounts appropriated into the Fund for 
9designated purposes may only be used for the designated 
10purposes.
11    (b) The Fund is not subject to sweeps, charge-backs, or 
12any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would in any way 
13transfer any moneys from the Fund into any other fund.
 
14    Section 20. Rules. The Department of Human Services and 
15the Department of Transportation may adopt rules or joint 
16rules to implement this Act.
 
17    Section 100. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
18Section 5.990 as follows:
 
19    (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
20    Sec. 5.990. The Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and 
21Human Trafficking Transportation Assistance Fund.".