99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3806

 

Introduced , by Rep. Al Riley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 3610/2  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 352

    Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended
5by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3610/2)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 352)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. For the the purposes of this Act:
8    (a) "Mass transit facility" means any local public
9transportation facility, whether buses, trolley-buses, or
10railway systems, utilized by a substantial number of persons
11for their daily transportation, and includes not only the local
12public transportation facility itself but ancillary and
13supporting facilities such as, for example, motor vehicle
14parking facilities, as well.
15    (b) "Participating municipality and county" means the
16municipality or municipalities, county or counties creating
17the local Mass Transit District pursuant to Section 3 of this
18Act.
19    (c) "Municipality" means a city, village, township, or
20incorporated town.
21    (d) "Corporate authorities" means (1) the city council or
22similar body of a city, (2) the board of trustees or similar
23body of a village or incorporated town, (3) the council of a

 

 

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1municipality under the commission form of municipal
2government, and (4) the board of trustees in a township.
3    (e) "County board" means the governing board of a county.
4    (f) "District" means a local Mass Transit District created
5pursuant to Section 3 of this Act.
6    (g) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of a local Mass
7Transit District created pursuant to Section 3 of this Act.
8    (h) "Interstate transportation authority" shall mean any
9political subdivision created by compact between this State and
10another state, which is a body corporate and politic and a
11political subdivision of both contracting states, and which
12operates a public mass transportation system.
13    (i) "Metro East Mass Transit District" means one or more
14local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act,
15composed only of Madison, St. Clair or Monroe Counties, or any
16combination thereof or any territory annexed to such district.
17    (j) "Public mass transportation system" shall mean a
18transportation system or systems owned and operated by an
19interstate transportation authority, a municipality, District,
20or other public or private authority, employing motor busses,
21rails or any other means of conveyance, by whatsoever type or
22power, operated for public use in the conveyance of persons,
23mainly providing local transportation service within an
24interstate transportation district, municipality, or county.
25    (k) "Southeast Commuter Rail Transit District" means one or
26more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act,

 

 

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1composed only of municipalities located within Cook County or
2Will County, or both, or any territory annexed to such
3district.
4    (l) "Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District" means one or
5more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act,
6composed only of municipalities located within McHenry County,
7or any territory annexed to such district.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1542, eff. 3-8-11; 97-1116, eff. 1-1-13.)