SB2527sam002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Filed: 2/22/2012

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2527

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2527, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Airport Authorities Act is amended by adding Section 8.16 as follows:

(70 ILCS 5/8.16 new)

Sec. 8.16. Intermodal transportation. An Authority shall have the power to invest in, plan, market, and otherwise support intermodal transportation within the area served by the Authority. This includes, but is not limited to, the power:

(1) to provide financial capital support for the construction or rehabilitation of a bus, rail, or intermodal station either at the airport or at a different location within the authority's jurisdiction;

(2) to provide shuttle services from existing bus or rail stations within the authority's jurisdiction to and from the airport;

(3) to provide financial operating support to intercity bus or train services; and

(4) to create marketing materials, including a website, of the schedules of existing intercity bus and train services.

For the purposes of this Section, "intermodal transportation" means intercity bus service and intercity passenger train service.

Any airport authority that wishes to apply for a federal grant for bus or rail services must first submit the grant to the Department of Transportation. If the Department has an objection to the grant because it is inconsistent with the Department's published plans for rail or bus services, the Department may within 30 days require the authority to amend the grant application as the Department directs to comport with the Department's published plans for rail or bus services.

The airport authority must submit any plans for rail or bus projects or services to the board of the local mass transit district for their input at least 90 days before the services or projects are to commence.".