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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2-5.1 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 740/2-5.1) |
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| Sec. 2-5.1. Additional requirements. |
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| (a) Any unit of local government that becomes a participant |
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| on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 94th General Assembly shall, in addition to any other |
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| requirements under this Article, meet all of the following |
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| requirements when applying for grants under this Article:
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| (1) The grant application must demonstrate the |
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| participant's plan to provide general public |
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| transportation with an emphasis on elderly, disabled, and |
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| economically disadvantaged populations. |
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| (2) The grant application must demonstrate the |
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| participant's plan for interagency coordination that, at a |
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| minimum, allows the participation of all State-funded and |
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| federally-funded agencies and programs with transportation |
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| needs in the proposed service area in the development of |
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| the applicant's public transportation program. |
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| (3) Any participant serving a nonurbanized area that is |
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| not receiving Federal Section 5311 funding must meet the |
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| operating and safety compliance requirements as set forth |
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| in that federal program. |
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| (4) The participant is required to hold public hearings |
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| to allow comment on the proposed service plan in all |
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| municipalities with populations of 1,500 inhabitants or |
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| more within the proposed service area. |
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| (b) Service extensions by any participant after July 1, |
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| 2005 by either annexation or intergovernmental agreement must |
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| meet the 4 requirements of subsection (a). |
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| (c) In order to receive funding, the Department shall |
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| certify that the participant has met the requirements of this |
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| Section. Funding priority shall be given to service extension, |
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| multi-county, and multi-jurisdictional projects. |
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| (d) The Department shall develop an annual application |
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| process for existing or potential participants to request an |
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| initial appropriation or an appropriation exceeding the |
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| formula amount found in subsection (b-10) of Section 2-7 for |
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| funding service in new areas in the next fiscal year. The |
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| application shall include, but not be limited to, a description |
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| of the new service area, proposed service in the new area, and |
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| a budget for providing existing and new service. The Department |
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| shall review the application for reasonableness and compliance |
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| with the requirements of this Section, and, if it approves the |
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| application, shall recommend to the Governor an appropriation |
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| for the next fiscal year in an amount sufficient to provide 65% |
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| of projected eligible operating expenses associated with a new |
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| participant's service area or the portion of an existing |
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| participant's service area that has been expanded by annexation |
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| or intergovernmental agreement. The recommended appropriation |
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| for the next fiscal year may exceed the formula amount found in |
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| subsection (b-10) of Section 2-7. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-70, eff. 6-22-05.)
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