Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Filed: 3/14/2014
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2610
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2610 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:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305)
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8 | Sec. 2705-305. Grants for mass transportation.
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9 | (a) For the purpose of mass
transportation grants and | ||||||
10 | contracts, the following definitions apply:
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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.
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14 | "District" means all of the following:
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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.
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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.
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6 | (iv) The Authority created pursuant to the Regional
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7 | Transportation Authority Act.
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8 | "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used | ||||||
9 | in or appurtenant
to a mass transportation system, including | ||||||
10 | parking lots.
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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.
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16 | "Unit of local government" means any city, village, | ||||||
17 | incorporated town, or
county.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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15 | (e) Grants may be made for mass transportation projects as
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16 | follows:
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17 | (1) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the nonfederal | ||||||
18 | share of
projects
for which a federal grant is made.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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14 | (j) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts, | ||||||
15 | and units of local government for costs of providing ADA | ||||||
16 | paratransit service.
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17 | (k) Any funding the Department may provide to the Regional | ||||||
18 | Transportation Authority or any of its Service Boards shall be | ||||||
19 | distributed in the same manner as provided under Section 4.03.3 | ||||||
20 | of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.".
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