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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 10/29/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597, AS AMENDED, |
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| with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. |
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| 2, by replacing everything from line 8 on page 7 through line |
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| 23 on page 9 with the following:
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| "amended by changing Section 51 as follows:"; and
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| on page 12, by replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following: |
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| "amended by changing Sections 2.01d, 2.04, 3A.15, and 3B.14 as |
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| follows:"; and
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| by replacing everything from line 3 on page 14 through line 23 |
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| on page 17 with the following:
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| "(70 ILCS 3615/2.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.04)
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| Sec. 2.04. Fares and Nature of Service. |
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| (a) Whenever a Service Board provides any public |
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| transportation by
operating public transportation facilities, |
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| the Service Board
shall provide for the level and nature of |
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| fares or charges to be made for
such services, and the nature |
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| and standards of public transportation to
be so provided that |
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| meet the goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the |
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| Strategic Plan. Provided, however that if the Board adopts a |
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| budget and
financial plan for a Service Board in accordance |
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| with the provisions in
Section 4.11(b)(5), the Board may |
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| consistent with the terms of any purchase
of service contract |
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| provide for the level and nature of fares
to be made for such |
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| services under the jurisdiction of that Service Board,
and the |
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| nature and standards of public transportation to be so |
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| provided.
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| (b) Whenever a Service Board provides any public |
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| transportation
pursuant to grants made after June 30, 1975, to |
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| transportation agencies
for operating expenses (other than |
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| with regard to experimental programs)
or pursuant to any |
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| purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service
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| agreement or grant contract shall provide for the level and |
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| nature of fares
or charges to be made for such services, and |
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| the nature and standards of
public transportation to be so |
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| provided. A Service Board
shall require all transportation |
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| agencies with which it contracts, or from
which it purchases |
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| transportation services or to which it makes grants to
provide |
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| half fare transportation for their student riders if any of |
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| such
agencies provide for half fare transportation to their |
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| student riders.
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| (c) In so providing for the fares or charges and the nature |
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| and standards of
public transportation, any purchase of service |
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| agreements or grant contracts
shall provide, among other |
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| matters, for the terms or cost of transfers
or interconnections |
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| between different modes of transportation and
different public |
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| transportation agencies, schedules or routes of such
service, |
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| changes which may be made in such service, the nature and
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| condition of the facilities used in providing service, the |
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| manner of
collection and disposition of fares or charges, the |
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| records and reports
to be kept and made concerning such |
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| service, for interchangeable
tickets or other coordinated or |
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| uniform methods of collection of
charges, and shall further |
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| require that the transportation agency comply with any |
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| determination made by the Board of the Authority under and |
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| subject to the provisions of Section 2.12b of this Act. In |
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| regard to any such service, the Authority and the Service
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| Boards shall give
attention to and may undertake programs to |
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| promote use of public
transportation and to provide coordinated |
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| ticket sales and passenger
information. In the case of a grant |
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| to a transportation agency which
remains subject to Illinois |
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| Commerce Commission supervision and
regulation, the Service |
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| Boards shall exercise the powers
set forth in this
Section in a |
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| manner consistent with such supervision and regulation by
the |
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| Illinois Commerce Commission.
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| (d) Except as otherwise provided in this amendatory act of |
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| the 96th General Assembly, no Service Board shall increase |