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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 2.01d, 2.30, 3A.08, and 3A.09 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (70 ILCS 3615/2.01d)
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8 | Sec. 2.01d. ADA Paratransit Fund. The Authority shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | establish an ADA Paratransit Fund and, each year, deposit into | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | that Fund the amounts directed by Section 4.03.3 of this Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | and any funds received from the State pursuant to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | appropriations for the purpose of funding ADA paratransit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | services. The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | other earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | to make grants , based on the percentage of ADA paratransit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | trips provided by the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Transit Authority, to the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Transit Authority for ADA paratransit services provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | pursuant to plans approved by the Authority under Section 2.30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | of this Act. The Authority shall promulgate rules to determine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the percentage of ADA paratransit trips provided by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago Transit Authority. Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | received by the Suburban Bus Board or the Chicago Transit |
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1 | Authority from the Authority's ADA Paratransit Fund shall be | ||||||
2 | used only to provide ADA paratransit services to individuals | ||||||
3 | who are determined to be eligible for such services by the | ||||||
4 | Authority under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and | ||||||
5 | its implementing regulations. Revenues from and costs of | ||||||
6 | services provided by the Suburban Bus Board or the Chicago | ||||||
7 | Transit Authority with grants made under this Section shall be | ||||||
8 | included in the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Program of | ||||||
9 | the Suburban Bus Board or the Chicago Transit Authority and | ||||||
10 | shall be subject to all budgetary and financial requirements | ||||||
11 | under this Act that apply to ADA paratransit services. | ||||||
12 | Beginning in 2008, the Executive Director shall, no later than | ||||||
13 | August 15 of each year, provide to the Board a written | ||||||
14 | determination of the projected annual costs of ADA paratransit | ||||||
15 | services that are required to be provided pursuant to the | ||||||
16 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing | ||||||
17 | regulations. The Authority shall conduct triennial financial, | ||||||
18 | compliance, and performance audits of ADA paratransit services | ||||||
19 | to assist in this determination.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | ||||||
21 | (70 ILCS 3615/2.30) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 2.30. Paratransit services. | ||||||
23 | (a) For purposes of this Act, "ADA paratransit services" | ||||||
24 | shall mean those comparable or specialized transportation | ||||||
25 | services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service |
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1 | contracts of, the Service Boards to individuals with | ||||||
2 | disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation | ||||||
3 | systems and who are determined to be eligible, for some or all | ||||||
4 | of their trips, for such services under the Americans with | ||||||
5 | Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations. | ||||||
6 | (b) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Authority is responsible | ||||||
7 | for the funding, from amounts on deposit in the ADA Paratransit | ||||||
8 | Fund established under Section 2.01d of this Act, financial | ||||||
9 | review and oversight of all ADA paratransit services that are | ||||||
10 | provided by the Authority or by any of the Service Boards. The | ||||||
11 | Suburban Bus Board shall operate or provide for the operation | ||||||
12 | of all ADA paratransit services until January 1, 2010 by no | ||||||
13 | later than July 1, 2006, except that this date may be extended | ||||||
14 | to the extent necessary to obtain approval from the Federal | ||||||
15 | Transit Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to | ||||||
16 | subsection (c) . Beginning January 1, 2010, the Chicago Transit | ||||||
17 | Authority shall operate or provide for the operation of ADA | ||||||
18 | paratransit services within the Chicago Transit Authority's | ||||||
19 | service area. | ||||||
20 | (c) No later than January 1, 2006, the Authority, in | ||||||
21 | collaboration with the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago | ||||||
22 | Transit Authority, shall develop a plan for the provision of | ||||||
23 | ADA paratransit services and submit such plan to the Federal | ||||||
24 | Transit Administration for approval. Approval of such plan by | ||||||
25 | the Authority shall require the affirmative votes of 12
of the | ||||||
26 | then Directors. The Suburban Bus Board, the Chicago Transit |
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1 | Authority and the Authority shall comply with the requirements | ||||||
2 | of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its | ||||||
3 | implementing regulations in developing and approving such plan | ||||||
4 | including, without limitation, consulting with individuals | ||||||
5 | with disabilities and groups representing them in the | ||||||
6 | community, and providing adequate opportunity for public | ||||||
7 | comment and public hearings. The plan shall include the | ||||||
8 | contents required for a paratransit plan pursuant to the | ||||||
9 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing | ||||||
10 | regulations. The plan shall also include, without limitation, | ||||||
11 | provisions to: | ||||||
12 | (1) maintain, at a minimum, the levels of ADA | ||||||
13 | paratransit service that are required to be provided by the | ||||||
14 | Service Boards pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities | ||||||
15 | Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations; | ||||||
16 | (2) (blank) transfer the appropriate ADA paratransit | ||||||
17 | services, management, personnel, service contracts and | ||||||
18 | assets from the Chicago Transit Authority to the Authority | ||||||
19 | or the Suburban Bus Board, as necessary, by no later than | ||||||
20 | July 1, 2006, except that this date may be extended to the | ||||||
21 | extent necessary to obtain approval from the Federal | ||||||
22 | Transit Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to | ||||||
23 | this subsection (c) ; | ||||||
24 | (3) provide for consistent policies throughout the | ||||||
25 | metropolitan region for scheduling of ADA paratransit | ||||||
26 | service trips to and from destinations, with consideration |
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1 | of scheduling of return trips on a "will-call" open-ended | ||||||
2 | basis upon request of the rider, if practicable, and with | ||||||
3 | consideration of an increased number of trips available by | ||||||
4 | subscription service than are available as of the effective | ||||||
5 | date of this amendatory Act; | ||||||
6 | (4) provide that service contracts and rates, entered | ||||||
7 | into or set after the approval by the Federal Transit | ||||||
8 | Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection | ||||||
9 | (c) of this Section, with private carriers and taxicabs for | ||||||
10 | ADA paratransit service are procured by means of an open | ||||||
11 | procurement process; | ||||||
12 | (5) provide for fares, fare collection and billing | ||||||
13 | procedures for ADA paratransit services throughout the | ||||||
14 | metropolitan region; | ||||||
15 | (6) provide for performance standards for all ADA | ||||||
16 | paratransit service transportation carriers, with | ||||||
17 | consideration of door-to-door service; | ||||||
18 | (7) provide, in cooperation with the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
20 | Public Aid and other appropriate public agencies and | ||||||
21 | private entities, for the application and receipt of | ||||||
22 | grants, including, without limitation, reimbursement from | ||||||
23 | Medicaid or other programs for ADA paratransit services; | ||||||
24 | (8) provide for a system of dispatch of ADA paratransit | ||||||
25 | services transportation carriers throughout the | ||||||
26 | metropolitan region, with consideration of county-based |
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1 | dispatch systems already in place as of the effective date | ||||||
2 | of this amendatory Act; | ||||||
3 | (9) provide for a process of determining eligibility | ||||||
4 | for ADA paratransit services that complies with the | ||||||
5 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its | ||||||
6 | implementing regulations; | ||||||
7 | (10) provide for consideration of innovative methods | ||||||
8 | to provide and fund ADA paratransit services; and | ||||||
9 | (11) provide for the creation of one or more ADA | ||||||
10 | advisory boards, or the reconstitution of the existing ADA | ||||||
11 | advisory boards for the Service Boards, to represent the | ||||||
12 | diversity of individuals with disabilities in the | ||||||
13 | metropolitan region and to provide appropriate ongoing | ||||||
14 | input from individuals with disabilities into the | ||||||
15 | operation of ADA paratransit services.
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16 | (c-5) Effective January 1, 2010, the Suburban Bus Board | ||||||
17 | must transfer the appropriate ADA paratransit services, | ||||||
18 | management, personnel, service contracts, and assets to the | ||||||
19 | Chicago Transit Authority for the provision of ADA paratransit | ||||||
20 | services within the Chicago Transit Authority's service area. | ||||||
21 | (d) All revisions and annual updates to the ADA paratransit | ||||||
22 | services plan developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this | ||||||
23 | Section, or certifications of continued compliance in lieu of | ||||||
24 | plan updates, that are required to be provided to the Federal | ||||||
25 | Transit Administration shall be developed by the Authority, in | ||||||
26 | collaboration with the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago |
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1 | Transit Authority, and the Authority shall submit such | ||||||
2 | revision, update or certification to the Federal Transit | ||||||
3 | Administration for approval. Approval of such revisions, | ||||||
4 | updates or certifications by the Authority shall require the | ||||||
5 | affirmative votes of 12
of the then Directors. | ||||||
6 | (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation, the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Authority, the Suburban | ||||||
8 | Bus Board and the Chicago Transit Authority shall enter into | ||||||
9 | intergovernmental agreements as may be necessary to provide | ||||||
10 | funding and accountability for, and implementation of, the | ||||||
11 | requirements of this Section. | ||||||
12 | (f) By no later than April 1, 2007, the Authority shall | ||||||
13 | develop and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a | ||||||
14 | funding plan for ADA paratransit services. Approval of such | ||||||
15 | plan by the Authority shall require the affirmative votes of 12
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16 | of the then Directors. The funding plan shall, at a minimum, | ||||||
17 | contain an analysis of the current costs of providing ADA | ||||||
18 | paratransit services, projections of the long-term costs of | ||||||
19 | providing ADA paratransit services, identification of and | ||||||
20 | recommendations for possible cost efficiencies in providing | ||||||
21 | ADA paratransit services, and identification of and | ||||||
22 | recommendations for possible funding sources for providing ADA | ||||||
23 | paratransit services. The Illinois Department of | ||||||
24 | Transportation, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the | ||||||
25 | Suburban Bus Board, the Chicago Transit Authority and other | ||||||
26 | State and local public agencies as appropriate shall cooperate |
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1 | with the Authority in the preparation of such funding plan. | ||||||
2 | (g) Any funds derived from the federal Medicaid program for | ||||||
3 | reimbursement of the costs of providing ADA paratransit | ||||||
4 | services within the metropolitan region shall be directed to | ||||||
5 | the Authority and shall be used to pay for or reimburse the | ||||||
6 | costs of providing such services. | ||||||
7 | (h) Nothing in this amendatory Act shall be construed to | ||||||
8 | conflict with the requirements of the Americans with | ||||||
9 | Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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11 | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.08) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.08)
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12 | Sec. 3A.08. Jurisdiction. Any public transportation by bus | ||||||
13 | within the
metropolitan region, other than public | ||||||
14 | transportation by commuter rail or
public transportation | ||||||
15 | provided by the Chicago Transit Authority pursuant
to | ||||||
16 | agreements in effect on the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
17 | Act of 1983
or in the City of Chicago and any ADA paratransit | ||||||
18 | services provided pursuant to Section 2.30 of the Regional | ||||||
19 | Transportation Authority Act, shall be subject to the | ||||||
20 | jurisdiction of the Suburban
Bus Board. Beginning on January 1, | ||||||
21 | 2010, ADA paratransit services provided pursuant to Section | ||||||
22 | 2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act within the | ||||||
23 | Chicago Transit Authority's service area shall be subject to | ||||||
24 | the jurisdiction of the Chicago Transit Authority.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05.)
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1 | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.09) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09)
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2 | Sec. 3A.09. General Powers. In addition to any powers | ||||||
3 | elsewhere provided
to the Suburban Bus Board, it shall have all | ||||||
4 | of the powers specified in
Section 2.20 of this Act except for | ||||||
5 | the powers specified in Section 2.20(a)(v). The Board shall | ||||||
6 | also have the power:
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7 | (a) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation | ||||||
8 | Authority in the
exercise by the Regional Transportation | ||||||
9 | Authority of all the powers granted
it by such Act;
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10 | (b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation | ||||||
11 | Authority pursuant
to Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and | ||||||
12 | 4.10 of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act, all as | ||||||
13 | provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
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14 | (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional | ||||||
15 | Transportation
Authority or a Service Board, as defined in | ||||||
16 | the Regional Transportation
Authority Act, upon such terms | ||||||
17 | and conditions as shall be set forth in a
grant contract | ||||||
18 | between either the Division and the Regional | ||||||
19 | Transportation
Authority or the Division and another | ||||||
20 | Service Board, which contract or
agreement may be for such | ||||||
21 | number of years or duration as the parties agree,
all as | ||||||
22 | provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act; and | ||||||
23 | (d) to perform all functions necessary for the | ||||||
24 | provision of paratransit services outside of the Chicago | ||||||
25 | Transit Authority's service area under Section 2.30 of this |
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1 | Act.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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