Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 10/29/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 2705-305 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2705-305. Grants for mass transportation. | ||||||
9 | (a) For the purpose of mass
transportation grants and | ||||||
10 | contracts, the following definitions apply: | ||||||
11 | "Carrier" means any corporation, authority, partnership,
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12 | association, person, or district authorized to provide mass
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13 | transportation within the State. | ||||||
14 | "District" means all of the following: | ||||||
15 | (i) Any district created pursuant to the Local Mass | ||||||
16 | Transit
District Act. |
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1 | (ii) The Authority created pursuant to the | ||||||
2 | Metropolitan Transit
Authority Act. | ||||||
3 | (iii) Any authority, commission, or other entity that | ||||||
4 | by
virtue of an
interstate compact approved by Congress is | ||||||
5 | authorized to provide mass
transportation. | ||||||
6 | (iv) The Authority created pursuant to the Regional
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7 | Transportation Authority Act. | ||||||
8 | "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used | ||||||
9 | in or appurtenant
to a mass transportation system, including | ||||||
10 | parking lots. | ||||||
11 | "Mass transportation" means transportation provided within | ||||||
12 | the State of
Illinois by rail, bus, or other conveyance and | ||||||
13 | available to the general public
on a regular and continuing | ||||||
14 | basis, including the transportation of handicapped
or elderly | ||||||
15 | persons as provided more specifically in Section 2705-310. | ||||||
16 | "Unit of local government" means any city, village, | ||||||
17 | incorporated town, or
county. | ||||||
18 | (b) Grants may be made to units of local government,
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19 | districts, and carriers for
the acquisition, construction, | ||||||
20 | extension, reconstruction, and improvement
of mass | ||||||
21 | transportation facilities. Grants shall be made upon the
terms
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22 | and conditions that in the judgment of the Secretary are | ||||||
23 | necessary
to
ensure their proper and effective utilization. | ||||||
24 | (c) The Department shall make grants under this Law
in a | ||||||
25 | manner
designed, so far as is consistent with the maintenance | ||||||
26 | and development
of a sound mass transportation system within |
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1 | the State, to: (i)
maximize
federal funds for the assistance of | ||||||
2 | mass transportation in Illinois
under the Federal Transit Act | ||||||
3 | and other
federal Acts; (ii) facilitate the movement of persons | ||||||
4 | who because
of age,
economic circumstance, or physical | ||||||
5 | infirmity are unable to drive; (iii)
contribute to an improved | ||||||
6 | environment through the reduction of air,
water, and noise | ||||||
7 | pollution; and (iv) reduce traffic congestion. | ||||||
8 | (d) The Secretary shall establish procedures for making
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9 | application
for mass transportation grants. The procedures | ||||||
10 | shall provide for
public
notice of all applications and give | ||||||
11 | reasonable opportunity for the
submission of comments and | ||||||
12 | objections by interested parties. The
procedures shall be | ||||||
13 | designed with a view to facilitating simultaneous
application | ||||||
14 | for a grant to the Department and to the federal government. | ||||||
15 | (e) Grants may be made for mass transportation projects as
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16 | follows: | ||||||
17 | (1) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the nonfederal | ||||||
18 | share of
projects
for which a federal grant is made. | ||||||
19 | (2) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the net project | ||||||
20 | cost
for projects
for which a federal grant is not made. | ||||||
21 | (3) In an amount not to exceed five-sixths of the net | ||||||
22 | project
cost for
projects essential for the maintenance of | ||||||
23 | a sound transportation system and
eligible for federal | ||||||
24 | assistance for which a federal grant application has
been | ||||||
25 | made but a federal grant has been delayed. If and when a | ||||||
26 | federal
grant is made, the amount in excess of the |
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1 | nonfederal share shall be
promptly returned to the | ||||||
2 | Department. | ||||||
3 | In no event shall the Department make a grant that, | ||||||
4 | together
with any
federal funds or funds from any other source, | ||||||
5 | is in excess of 100% of the
net project cost. | ||||||
6 | (f) Regardless of whether any funds are available under a
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7 | federal grant,
the Department shall not make a mass | ||||||
8 | transportation grant unless the Secretary
finds that the | ||||||
9 | recipient has entered into an agreement with the Department
in | ||||||
10 | which the recipient agrees not to engage in school bus | ||||||
11 | operations
exclusively for the transportation of students and | ||||||
12 | school personnel in
competition with private school bus | ||||||
13 | operators where those private
school bus
operators are able to | ||||||
14 | provide adequate transportation, at reasonable rates,
in | ||||||
15 | conformance with applicable safety standards, provided that | ||||||
16 | this
requirement shall not apply to a recipient that operates a | ||||||
17 | school
system
in the area to be served and operates a separate | ||||||
18 | and exclusive school bus
program for the school system. | ||||||
19 | (g) Grants may be made for mass transportation purposes | ||||||
20 | with
funds
appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund | ||||||
21 | consistent with the
specific purposes for which those funds are | ||||||
22 | appropriated by the
General
Assembly. Grants under this | ||||||
23 | subsection (g) are not subject to any
limitations or conditions | ||||||
24 | imposed upon grants by any other provision of
this Section, | ||||||
25 | except that the Secretary may impose the terms and
conditions | ||||||
26 | that in his or her judgment are necessary to ensure
the proper |
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1 | and
effective utilization of the grants under this subsection. | ||||||
2 | (h) The Department may let contracts for mass | ||||||
3 | transportation
purposes
and facilities for the purpose of | ||||||
4 | reducing urban congestion funded in whole
or in part with bonds | ||||||
5 | described in subdivision (b)(1) of
Section 4 of the
General | ||||||
6 | Obligation Bond Act, not to exceed $75,000,000 in bonds. | ||||||
7 | (i) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts, | ||||||
8 | and
units of local government for the purpose of reimbursing
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9 | them for providing reduced
fares for mass transportation | ||||||
10 | services for students, handicapped persons
and the elderly. | ||||||
11 | Grants shall be made upon the terms and
conditions that in
the | ||||||
12 | judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure their proper | ||||||
13 | and
effective utilization. | ||||||
14 | (j) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts, | ||||||
15 | and units of local government for costs of providing ADA | ||||||
16 | paratransit service. Subject to appropriation, the Department | ||||||
17 | shall make grants to the Regional Transportation Authority in | ||||||
18 | the amount of $8,500,000 in State fiscal year 2010 and in State | ||||||
19 | fiscal year 2011 in the amount determined by the Regional | ||||||
20 | Transportation Authority as the shortfall in the ADA | ||||||
21 | Paratransit Fund for calendar year 2011, provided that the | ||||||
22 | amount of the grant in 2011 shall not exceed $10,000,000. These | ||||||
23 | amounts granted to the Regional Transportation Authority shall | ||||||
24 | be deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund and used for payment | ||||||
25 | to the Suburban Bus Board for the provision of ADA paratransit | ||||||
26 | service.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.) | ||||||
2 | Section 10. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is | ||||||
3 | amended by changing Section 2-15.2 as follows: | ||||||
4 | (30 ILCS 740/2-15.2) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 2-15.2. Free services; eligibility. | ||||||
6 | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | ||||||
7 | 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
8 | the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | ||||||
9 | implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
10 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
11 | of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), | ||||||
12 | shall be provided without charge to all senior citizen | ||||||
13 | residents of the participant aged 65 and older, under such | ||||||
14 | conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant. | ||||||
15 | (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | ||||||
16 | March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
17 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
18 | of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), | ||||||
19 | shall be provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and | ||||||
20 | older who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in | ||||||
21 | subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | ||||||
22 | Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | ||||||
23 | Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | ||||||
24 | the participant. The Department on Aging shall furnish all |
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1 | information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | ||||||
2 | including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | ||||||
3 | services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this | ||||||
4 | Section shall relieve the participant from providing reduced | ||||||
5 | fares as may be required by federal law.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | ||||||
7 | Section 15. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | ||||||
8 | amended by changing Sections 30 and 51 as follows:
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9 | (70 ILCS 3605/30) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330)
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10 | Sec. 30. Powers of the Board. | ||||||
11 | (a) The Board shall make all rules and regulations | ||||||
12 | governing
the operation of the transportation system, shall | ||||||
13 | determine all routings
and change the same whenever it is | ||||||
14 | deemed advisable by the Board,
subject to the provisions of any | ||||||
15 | ordinance granting rights to the
Authority. Except as provided | ||||||
16 | in Section 4.11(b)(5) of the "Regional Transportation
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17 | Authority Act", and subject to the provisions of subsection (c) | ||||||
18 | of this Section, the Board shall fix rates, fares and charges | ||||||
19 | for
transportation, provided that they shall be at all times | ||||||
20 | sufficient in
the aggregate to provide revenues (a) for the | ||||||
21 | payment of the interest on
and principal of all bonds, | ||||||
22 | certificates and other obligations payable
from said revenues | ||||||
23 | and to meet all other charges upon such revenues as
provided by | ||||||
24 | any trust agreement executed by the Authority in connection
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1 | with the issuance of bonds or certificates under this Act, (b) | ||||||
2 | for the
payment of all operating costs including all charges | ||||||
3 | which may be
incurred pursuant to Sections 29 and 39 of this | ||||||
4 | Act and all other costs
and charges incidental to the operation | ||||||
5 | of the transportation system,
(c) for the payment of all costs | ||||||
6 | and charges incurred pursuant to
Sections 37 and 38 of this Act | ||||||
7 | and any other costs and charges for
acquisition, installation, | ||||||
8 | construction or for replacement or
reconstruction of | ||||||
9 | equipment, structures or rights of way not financed
through | ||||||
10 | issuance of bonds or certificates under Section 12 of this Act,
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11 | and (d) for any compensation required to be paid to any | ||||||
12 | municipality for
the use of streets, subways and other public | ||||||
13 | ways. The Board may
provide free transportation within any | ||||||
14 | municipality in and by which they
are employed for firemen and | ||||||
15 | public health nurses, when in uniform, and
policemen when in | ||||||
16 | uniform or, when not in uniform, upon presentation of
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17 | identification as policemen, and shall provide free | ||||||
18 | transportation to
sworn law enforcement personnel of the Cook | ||||||
19 | County Sheriff's Department
when in uniform or, when not in | ||||||
20 | uniform, upon presentation of
identification as sworn law | ||||||
21 | enforcement personnel of the Cook County
Sheriff's Department, | ||||||
22 | and may provide free transportation for employees
of the | ||||||
23 | Authority when in uniform or upon presentation of | ||||||
24 | identification
as such employees, and may enter into agreements | ||||||
25 | with the United States
Post Office Department for the | ||||||
26 | transportation of mail, and the payment
of compensation to the |
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1 | Authority in lieu of fares for the transportation
of letter | ||||||
2 | carriers, when in uniform at all times.
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3 | (b) The Board may also provide free transportation, or | ||||||
4 | transportation at
reduced fares, to all or designated classes | ||||||
5 | of pupils in attendance at
public schools of school districts | ||||||
6 | within or partly within the
territorial limits of the | ||||||
7 | Authority, or in attendance at private schools
offering grades | ||||||
8 | of instruction comparable to those offered in public
schools, | ||||||
9 | under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board, and,
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10 | if otherwise authorized by law, the Board may contract with | ||||||
11 | public
school boards and representatives of private schools, | ||||||
12 | for reimbursement
of pupil transportation costs from public | ||||||
13 | funds.
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14 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning | ||||||
15 | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
16 | General Assembly and for a period of 2 years after the | ||||||
17 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
18 | Assembly, for any ticket, pass, or other charge for services, | ||||||
19 | other than paratransit services, the Board shall not adopt, | ||||||
20 | approve, or collect a fare that is more than the price of that | ||||||
21 | fare on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
22 | General Assembly. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
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24 | (70 ILCS 3605/51) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 51. Free services; eligibility. |
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1 | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | ||||||
2 | 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
3 | the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | ||||||
4 | implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
5 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
6 | of, the Board shall be provided without charge to all senior | ||||||
7 | citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as such term is defined in | ||||||
8 | 70 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older, under such conditions as | ||||||
9 | shall be prescribed by the Board.
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10 | (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | ||||||
11 | March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
12 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
13 | of, the Board shall be provided without charge to senior | ||||||
14 | citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income eligibility | ||||||
15 | limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the | ||||||
16 | Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | ||||||
17 | Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall | ||||||
18 | be prescribed by the Board. The Department on Aging shall | ||||||
19 | furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine | ||||||
20 | eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are | ||||||
21 | eligible for services without charge under this Section. | ||||||
22 | Nothing in this Section shall relieve the Board from providing | ||||||
23 | reduced fares as may be required by federal law. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | ||||||
25 | Section 20. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended |
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1 | by changing Section 8.6 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (70 ILCS 3610/8.6) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 8.6. Free services; eligibility. | ||||||
4 | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | ||||||
5 | 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
6 | the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | ||||||
7 | implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
8 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
9 | of, every District shall be provided without charge to all | ||||||
10 | senior citizens of the District aged 65 and older, under such | ||||||
11 | conditions as shall be prescribed by the District.
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12 | (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | ||||||
13 | March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
14 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
15 | of, every District shall be provided without charge to senior | ||||||
16 | citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income eligibility | ||||||
17 | limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the | ||||||
18 | Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | ||||||
19 | Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall | ||||||
20 | be prescribed by the District. The Department on Aging shall | ||||||
21 | furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine | ||||||
22 | eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are | ||||||
23 | eligible for services without charge under this Section. | ||||||
24 | Nothing in this Section shall relieve the District from | ||||||
25 | providing reduced fares as may be required by federal law. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | ||||||
2 | Section 25. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | ||||||
3 | amended by changing Sections 2.01d, 3A.10, 3A.15, 3B.10, and | ||||||
4 | 3B.14 and by adding Sections 3A.10-5 and 3B.10-5 as follows: | ||||||
5 | (70 ILCS 3615/2.01d) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 2.01d. ADA Paratransit Fund. The Authority shall | ||||||
7 | establish an ADA Paratransit Fund and, each year, deposit into | ||||||
8 | that Fund the amounts directed by Section 4.03.3 of this Act | ||||||
9 | and any funds received from the State pursuant to | ||||||
10 | appropriations for the purpose of funding ADA paratransit | ||||||
11 | services. The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and | ||||||
12 | other earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority | ||||||
13 | to make grants to the Suburban Bus Board for ADA paratransit | ||||||
14 | services provided pursuant to plans approved by the Authority | ||||||
15 | under Section 2.30 of this Act. Funds received by the Suburban | ||||||
16 | Bus Board from the Authority's ADA Paratransit Fund shall be | ||||||
17 | used only to provide ADA paratransit services to individuals | ||||||
18 | who are determined to be eligible for such services by the | ||||||
19 | Authority under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and | ||||||
20 | its implementing regulations. Revenues from and costs of | ||||||
21 | services provided by the Suburban Bus Board with grants made | ||||||
22 | under this Section shall be included in the Annual Budget and | ||||||
23 | Two-Year Financial Program of the Suburban Bus Board and shall | ||||||
24 | be subject to all budgetary and financial requirements under |
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1 | this Act that apply to ADA paratransit services. Beginning in | ||||||
2 | 2008, the Executive Director shall, no later than August 15 of | ||||||
3 | each year, provide to the Board a written determination of the | ||||||
4 | projected annual costs of ADA paratransit services that are | ||||||
5 | required to be provided pursuant to the Americans with | ||||||
6 | Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations. The | ||||||
7 | Board shall advise the Service Boards of the estimated | ||||||
8 | operating deficit of the Suburban Bus Board in the provision of | ||||||
9 | ADA paratransit service in 2011, the amount estimated to be | ||||||
10 | deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund during that year under | ||||||
11 | Section 4.03.3, and any projected shortfall in funding for ADA | ||||||
12 | paratransit services for that year. The Authority shall advise | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Department of Transportation of the projected | ||||||
14 | shortfall and request a grant of $8,500,000 in 2010 and the | ||||||
15 | shortfall amount in 2011, however, that request shall not | ||||||
16 | exceed $10,000,000. If the Board, at any time after reviewing | ||||||
17 | the financial condition and results of operations of ADA | ||||||
18 | paratransit services under Section 4.11, determines that the | ||||||
19 | shortfall in the ADA Paratransit Fund will exceed $8,500,000 in | ||||||
20 | 2010 or $10,000,000 in 2011, and other actions authorized under | ||||||
21 | Section 4.11 are inadequate to eliminate that revised | ||||||
22 | shortfall, then the Board shall authorize the issuance of | ||||||
23 | Working Cash Notes, subject to the provisions of Section 4.04 | ||||||
24 | of this Act, to fund such shortfall to the extent that it | ||||||
25 | exceeds these enumerated amounts. The Authority shall conduct | ||||||
26 | triennial financial, compliance, and performance audits of ADA |
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1 | paratransit services to assist in this determination. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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3 | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.10)
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4 | Sec. 3A.10. Budget and Program. The Suburban Bus Board, | ||||||
5 | subject to
the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall | ||||||
6 | control the finances
of the Division. It shall by ordinance | ||||||
7 | appropriate money to perform the
Division's purposes and | ||||||
8 | provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
Division. Each | ||||||
9 | year the Suburban Bus Board shall prepare and publish a | ||||||
10 | comprehensive
annual budget and proposed five-year capital
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11 | program document, and a financial plan for the 2 years
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12 | thereafter describing the state of the Division and presenting | ||||||
13 | for the forthcoming
fiscal year and the 2 following years the | ||||||
14 | Suburban Bus Board's plans for
such operations and capital | ||||||
15 | expenditures as it intends to undertake and
the means by which | ||||||
16 | it intends to finance them. The proposed budget,
financial | ||||||
17 | plan, and five-year capital program shall be based on the | ||||||
18 | Authority's estimate of funds to be
made available to the | ||||||
19 | Suburban Bus Board by or through the Authority and
shall | ||||||
20 | conform in all respects to the requirements established by the | ||||||
21 | Authority.
The proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year | ||||||
22 | capital program shall contain a statement of the funds | ||||||
23 | estimated
to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, | ||||||
24 | the funds estimated to
be received from all sources for such | ||||||
25 | year and the funds estimated to be
on hand at the end of such |
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1 | year. The fiscal year of the
Division shall be the same as the | ||||||
2 | fiscal year of the Authority. Before
the proposed budget,
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3 | financial plan, and five-year capital program
are submitted to | ||||||
4 | the
Authority, the Suburban Bus Board shall hold at least one | ||||||
5 | public hearing
thereon in each of the counties in the | ||||||
6 | metropolitan region in which the
Division provides service. The | ||||||
7 | Suburban Bus Board shall hold at least
one meeting for | ||||||
8 | consideration of the proposed
budget, financial plan, and | ||||||
9 | five-year capital program with the
county board of each of the | ||||||
10 | several counties in the metropolitan region
in which the | ||||||
11 | Division provides service. After conducting such hearings
and | ||||||
12 | holding such meetings and after making such changes in the | ||||||
13 | proposed
budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program | ||||||
14 | as the Suburban Bus Board deems appropriate, it shall
adopt an | ||||||
15 | annual budget ordinance at least by November 15 next preceding
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16 | the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget,
financial
plan, | ||||||
17 | and five-year capital program shall then be submitted to the | ||||||
18 | Authority as provided in Section 4.11. In the event
that the | ||||||
19 | Board of the Authority determines that the budget
and financial | ||||||
20 | plan do not meet the standards of Section 4.11, the Suburban
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21 | Bus Board shall make such changes as are necessary to meet such | ||||||
22 | requirements
and adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended | ||||||
23 | budget ordinance shall
be resubmitted to the Authority pursuant | ||||||
24 | to Section 4.11. The ordinance
shall appropriate such sums of | ||||||
25 | money as are deemed necessary to defray
all necessary expenses | ||||||
26 | and obligations of the Division, specifying purposes
and the |
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1 | objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the | ||||||
2 | amount
appropriated for each object or program. Additional | ||||||
3 | appropriations, transfers
between items and other changes in | ||||||
4 | such ordinance which do not alter the
basis upon which the | ||||||
5 | balanced budget determination was made by the Board
of the | ||||||
6 | Authority may be made from time to
time by the Suburban Bus | ||||||
7 | Board.
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8 | The budget shall:
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9 | (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues | ||||||
10 | from all sources including
operating subsidies and (B) the | ||||||
11 | costs of providing the services specified
and of funding | ||||||
12 | any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
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13 | periods, including provision for payment when due of | ||||||
14 | principal and interest
on outstanding indebtedness;
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15 | (ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any | ||||||
16 | anticipated cash
flow borrowing sufficient to pay with | ||||||
17 | reasonable promptness all costs and
expenses as incurred;
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18 | (iii) subject to the provisions of Section 3A.10-5 of | ||||||
19 | this Act, provide for a level of fares or charges and | ||||||
20 | operating or administrative
costs for the public | ||||||
21 | transportation provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
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22 | of the Suburban Bus Board sufficient
to allow the Suburban | ||||||
23 | Bus Board to meet its required system generated revenues
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24 | recovery ratio and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, | ||||||
25 | its system generated ADA paratransit services revenue | ||||||
26 | recovery ratio;
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1 | (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and | ||||||
2 | projections which are reasonable
and prudent;
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3 | (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound | ||||||
4 | financial practices as
determined by the Board of the | ||||||
5 | Authority;
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6 | (vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or | ||||||
7 | fiscal requirements
that the Board of the Authority may by | ||||||
8 | rule or regulation establish; and
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9 | (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives | ||||||
10 | adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the | ||||||
11 | Strategic Plan.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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13 | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.10-5 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 3A.10-5. Prohibition on fare increases. | ||||||
15 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the | ||||||
16 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
17 | Assembly and for a period of 2 years after the effective date | ||||||
18 | of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, for any | ||||||
19 | ticket, pass, or other charge for services, other than | ||||||
20 | paratransit services, the Suburban Bus Board shall not adopt, | ||||||
21 | approve, or collect a fare that is more than the price of that | ||||||
22 | fare on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
23 | General Assembly. | ||||||
24 | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15) |
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1 | Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility. | ||||||
2 | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | ||||||
3 | 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
4 | the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | ||||||
5 | implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
6 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
7 | of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without charge to | ||||||
8 | all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and | ||||||
9 | older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the | ||||||
10 | Suburban Bus Board. | ||||||
11 | (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | ||||||
12 | March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
13 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
14 | of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without charge to | ||||||
15 | senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income | ||||||
16 | eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | ||||||
17 | 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | ||||||
18 | Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | ||||||
19 | conditions as shall be prescribed by the Suburban Bus Board. | ||||||
20 | The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | ||||||
21 | reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | ||||||
22 | updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | ||||||
23 | without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section | ||||||
24 | shall relieve the Suburban Bus Board from providing reduced | ||||||
25 | fares as may be required by federal law.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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1 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.10)
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2 | Sec. 3B.10. Budget and Program. The Commuter Rail Board, | ||||||
3 | subject to
the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall | ||||||
4 | control the finances
of the Division. It shall by ordinance | ||||||
5 | appropriate money to perform the
Division's purposes and | ||||||
6 | provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
Division. Each | ||||||
7 | year the Commuter Rail Board shall prepare and publish a
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8 | comprehensive annual budget and proposed five-year capital
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9 | program document, and a financial plan for
the two years | ||||||
10 | thereafter describing the state of the Division and presenting
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11 | for the forthcoming fiscal year and the two following years the | ||||||
12 | Commuter
Rail Board's plans for such operations and capital | ||||||
13 | expenditures as the Commuter
Rail Board intends to undertake | ||||||
14 | and the means by which it intends to finance
them. The proposed | ||||||
15 | budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program shall be | ||||||
16 | based on the Authority's
estimate of funds to be made available | ||||||
17 | to the Commuter Rail Board by or through
the Authority and | ||||||
18 | shall conform in all respects to the requirements established
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19 | by the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and | ||||||
20 | five-year capital program shall contain a statement
of the | ||||||
21 | funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal | ||||||
22 | year,
the funds estimated to be received from all sources for | ||||||
23 | such year and the
funds estimated to be on hand at the end of | ||||||
24 | such year.
The fiscal year of the Division shall be the same as | ||||||
25 | the fiscal
year of the Authority. Before the proposed budget,
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1 | financial
plan, and five-year capital program are submitted to | ||||||
2 | the Authority, the Commuter Rail Board shall hold
at least one | ||||||
3 | public hearing thereon in each of the counties in the | ||||||
4 | metropolitan
region in which the Division provides service. The | ||||||
5 | Commuter Rail Board
shall hold at least one meeting for | ||||||
6 | consideration of the proposed budget, financial plan, and | ||||||
7 | five-year capital plan with the county board of each of the | ||||||
8 | several counties in the
metropolitan region in which the | ||||||
9 | Division provides service. After conducting
such hearings and | ||||||
10 | holding such meetings and after making such changes in
the | ||||||
11 | proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year capital plan
as | ||||||
12 | the Commuter Rail Board deems appropriate,
the board shall | ||||||
13 | adopt its annual budget ordinance at least by November 15 next
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14 | preceding
the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget,
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15 | financial
plan, and five-year capital program
shall then be | ||||||
16 | submitted to the Authority as provided in Section 4.11.
In the | ||||||
17 | event that the Board of the Authority determines that the | ||||||
18 | budget
and program, and financial plan do not meet the | ||||||
19 | standards of Section 4.11,
the Commuter Rail Board shall make | ||||||
20 | such changes as are necessary to meet
such requirements and | ||||||
21 | adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended budget
ordinance | ||||||
22 | shall be resubmitted to the Authority pursuant to Section 4.11. | ||||||
23 | The ordinance
shall appropriate such sums of money as are | ||||||
24 | deemed necessary to defray all
necessary expenses and | ||||||
25 | obligations of the Division, specifying purposes
and the | ||||||
26 | objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the |
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1 | amount
appropriated for each object or program. Additional | ||||||
2 | appropriations, transfers
between items and other changes in | ||||||
3 | such ordinance which do not alter the
basis upon which the | ||||||
4 | balanced budget determination was made by the Board
of the | ||||||
5 | Authority may be made from time to time by the Commuter Rail | ||||||
6 | Board.
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7 | The budget shall:
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8 | (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues | ||||||
9 | from all sources including
operating subsidies and (B) the | ||||||
10 | costs of providing the services specified
and of funding | ||||||
11 | any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
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12 | periods, including provision for payment when due of | ||||||
13 | principal and interest
on outstanding indebtedness;
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14 | (ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any | ||||||
15 | anticipated cash
flow borrowing sufficient to pay with | ||||||
16 | reasonable promptness all costs
and expenses as incurred;
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17 | (iii) subject to the provisions of Section 3B.10-5 of | ||||||
18 | this Act, provide for a level of fares or charges for the | ||||||
19 | public transportation
provided by or subject to the | ||||||
20 | jurisdiction of such Commuter Rail Board sufficient
to | ||||||
21 | allow the Commuter Rail Board to meet its required system | ||||||
22 | generated
revenue recovery ratio;
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23 | (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and | ||||||
24 | projections which the Board
of the Authority finds to be | ||||||
25 | reasonable and prudent;
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26 | (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound |
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1 | financial practices as
determined by the Board of the | ||||||
2 | Authority;
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3 | (vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or | ||||||
4 | fiscal requirements
that the Board of the Authority may by | ||||||
5 | rule or regulation establish; and
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6 | (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives | ||||||
7 | adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the | ||||||
8 | Strategic Plan.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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10 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10-5 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 3B.10-5. Prohibition on fare increases. | ||||||
12 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the | ||||||
13 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
14 | Assembly and for a period of 2 years after the effective date | ||||||
15 | of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, for any | ||||||
16 | ticket, pass, or other charge for services, other than | ||||||
17 | paratransit services, the Commuter Rail Board shall not adopt, | ||||||
18 | approve, or collect a fare that is more than the price of that | ||||||
19 | fare on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
20 | General Assembly. | ||||||
21 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility. | ||||||
23 | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | ||||||
24 | 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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1 | the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | ||||||
2 | implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
3 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
4 | of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without charge to | ||||||
5 | all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and | ||||||
6 | older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the | ||||||
7 | Commuter Rail Board. | ||||||
8 | (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | ||||||
9 | March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | ||||||
10 | provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | ||||||
11 | of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without charge to | ||||||
12 | senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income | ||||||
13 | eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | ||||||
14 | 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | ||||||
15 | Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | ||||||
16 | conditions as shall be prescribed by the Commuter Rail Board. | ||||||
17 | The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | ||||||
18 | reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | ||||||
19 | updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | ||||||
20 | without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section | ||||||
21 | shall relieve the Commuter Rail Board from providing reduced | ||||||
22 | fares as may be required by federal law.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.".
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