Rep. Julie Hamos

Filed: 5/6/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1663

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1663 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 3A.08, 3A.09, and 4.01 and by
6 adding Section 2.30 as follows:
 
7     (70 ILCS 3615/2.30 new)
8     Sec. 2.30. Paratransit services.
9     (a)For purposes of this Act, "paratransit services" means
10 transportation services required under the federal Americans
11 With Disabilities Act of 1990 for any individual who, by reason
12 of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other
13 permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, has been
14 certified as unable, without special mass transportation
15 facilities or special planning or design, to use ordinary mass
16 transportation facilities and services as effectively as
17 persons who are not so affected.
18     (b) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Authority is responsible
19 for the funding, financial oversight, and coordination of all
20 paratransit services that are required to be provided by the
21 Authority or by any of the Service Boards. Beginning July 1,
22 2006, all paratransit services for all Service Boards shall be
23 provided by the Suburban Bus Board. The Suburban Bus Board may
24 begin the transition of providing paratransit services prior to

 

 

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1 this date.
2     (c) No later than January 1, 2006, the Authority, in
3 consultation with the Suburban Bus Board, must adopt a plan for
4 the provision of paratransit services. The plan must set forth,
5 without limitation, provisions to:
6         (1)maintain or enhance existing levels of paratransit
7     service provided by the Service Boards, with no
8     interruption in service;
9         (2) provide a balanced budget for paratransit
10     services, with responsibility for funding and financial
11     oversight by the Authority;
12         (3) reconstitute the paratransit management structure,
13     and provide for the transfer of any necessary personnel, as
14     determined by an audit of the administrative expenses
15     related to the provision of paratransit services;
16         (4) transfer the appropriate paratransit service
17     contracts to the Authority or the Suburban Bus Board, as
18     necessary;
19         (5) provide for consistent policies throughout the
20     Authority service region for scheduling of paratransit
21     trips to and from destinations, with consideration of the
22     scheduling of return trips on a "will-call" open-ended
23     basis upon request of the rider, if practicable, and with
24     consideration of an increased number of trips available by
25     subscription service than are available as of the effective
26     date of this Act;
27         (6) provide for service contracts and rates with
28     private carriers and taxicabs for paratransit service by
29     means of an open procurement process;
30         (7) provide for fares, fare collection, and billing
31     procedures for paratransit services throughout the
32     Authority service region;
33         (8) provide for performance standards for all
34     paratransit transportation carriers, including

 

 

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1     door-to-door service;
2         (9) provide, in cooperation with the Department of
3     Public Aid and other appropriate agencies and private
4     entities, for the application and receipt of grants,
5     including, without limitation, reimbursement from Medicaid
6     or other programs for paratransit services; and
7         (10) provide for the system of dispatch of paratransit
8     transportation carriers throughout the Authority service
9     region, with consideration of county-based dispatch
10     systems already in place as of the effective date of this
11     Act.
12     The plan under this subsection must be filed with the
13 Federal Transit Administration.
14     (d)By no later than September 1, 2006, the ADA Advisory
15 Board of the Suburban Bus Board and all of the members of the
16 ADA Advisory Board of the Chicago Transit Authority shall be
17 combined to create the ADA Advisory Board of the RTA. This
18 newly reconstituted board is responsible initially with
19 assisting the Authority and the Suburban Bus Board in
20 organizing at least 2 public hearings to receive public input
21 on the paratransit service plan developed under subsection (c)
22 of this Section.
 
23     (70 ILCS 3615/3A.08)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.08)
24     Sec. 3A.08. Jurisdiction.
25     (a) Any public transportation by bus within the
26 metropolitan region, other than public transportation by
27 commuter rail or public transportation provided by the Chicago
28 Transit Authority pursuant to agreements in effect on the
29 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983 or in the City of
30 Chicago, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Suburban
31 Bus Board.
32     (b) Beginning July 1, 2006, the jurisdiction of the
33 Suburban Bus Board includes all the territory of the Regional

 

 

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1 Transportation Authority for the purposes of providing
2 paratransit services under Section 2.30 of this Act.
3 (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
4     (70 ILCS 3615/3A.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09)
5     Sec. 3A.09. General Powers. In addition to any powers
6 elsewhere provided to the Suburban Bus Board, it shall have all
7 of the powers specified in Section 2.20 of this Act except for
8 the powers specified in Section 2.20 (a) (v). The Board shall
9 also have the power:
10     (a) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
11 Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
12 Authority of all the powers granted it by such Act;
13     (b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation
14 Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and 4.10
15 of the "Regional Transportation Authority Act", all as provided
16 in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act";
17     (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
18 Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the
19 "Regional Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and
20 conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between
21 either the Division and the Regional Transportation Authority
22 or the Division and another Service Board, which contract or
23 agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the
24 parties agree, all as provided in the "Regional Transportation
25 Authority Act; ."
26     (d) to perform all functions necessary for the provision of
27 paratransit services under Section 2.30 of this Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
29     (70 ILCS 3615/4.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
30     Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
31     (a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
32 It shall by ordinance appropriate money to perform the

 

 

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1 Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and
2 expenses of the Authority. Each year the Authority shall
3 prepare and publish a comprehensive annual budget and program
4 document describing the state of the Authority and presenting
5 for the forthcoming fiscal year the Authority's plans for such
6 operations and capital expenditures as the Authority intends to
7 undertake and the means by which it intends to finance them.
8 The proposed program and budget shall contain a statement of
9 the funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the
10 fiscal year, the funds estimated to be received from all
11 sources for such year and the funds estimated to be on hand at
12 the end of such year. After adoption of the Authority's first
13 Five-Year Program, as provided in Section 2.01 of this Act, the
14 proposed program and budget shall specifically identify any
15 respect in which the recommended program deviates from the
16 Authority's then existing Five-Year Program, giving the
17 reasons for such deviation. The fiscal year of the Authority
18 shall begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding December
19 31st except that the fiscal year that began October 1, 1982,
20 shall end December 31, 1983. By July 1st 1981 and July 1st of
21 each year thereafter the Director of the Illinois Governor's
22 Office of Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of the Budget)
23 shall submit to the Authority an estimate of revenues for the
24 next fiscal year to be collected from the taxes imposed by the
25 Authority and the amounts to be available in the Public
26 Transportation Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority
27 Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund. For the fiscal year
28 ending on December 31, 1983, the Board shall report its results
29 from operations and financial condition to the General Assembly
30 and the Governor by January 31. For the fiscal year beginning
31 January 1, 1984, and thereafter, the budget and program shall
32 be presented to the General Assembly and the Governor not later
33 than the preceding December 31st. Before the proposed budget
34 and program is adopted, the Authority shall hold at least one

 

 

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1 public hearing thereon in the metropolitan region. The Board
2 shall hold at least one meeting for consideration of the
3 proposed program and budget with the county board of each of
4 the several counties in the metropolitan region. After
5 conducting such hearings and holding such meetings and after
6 making such changes in the proposed program and budget as the
7 Board deems appropriate, the Board shall adopt its annual
8 budget ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted only upon the
9 affirmative votes of 9 of its then Directors. The ordinance
10 shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed necessary to
11 defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the Authority,
12 specifying purposes and the objects or programs for which
13 appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each
14 object or program. Additional appropriations, transfers
15 between items and other changes in such ordinance may be made
16 from time to time by the Board upon the affirmative votes of 9
17 of its then Directors.
18     (b) The budget shall show a balance between anticipated
19 revenues from all sources and anticipated expenses including
20 funding of operating deficits or the discharge of encumbrances
21 incurred in prior periods and payment of principal and interest
22 when due, and shall show cash balances sufficient to pay with
23 reasonable promptness all obligations and expenses as
24 incurred.
25     The annual budget and financial plan must show:
26          (i) that the level of fares and charges for mass
27     transportation, other than fares and charges for
28     paratransit services, provided by, or under grant or
29     purchase of service contracts of, the Service Boards is
30     sufficient to cause the aggregate of all projected fare
31     revenues from such fares and charges received in each
32     fiscal year to equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of
33     providing such public transportation, other than fares and
34     charges for paratransit services, in such fiscal year; and

 

 

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1         (ii) that the level of fares and charges for
2     paratransit services provided by, or under grant or
3     purchase of service contracts of, the Authority is
4     sufficient to cause the aggregate of all projected fare
5     revenues from such fares and charges received in each
6     fiscal year to equal at least 10% of the aggregate costs of
7     providing such paratransit services in fiscal years 2007
8     through 2008 and at least 12% of the aggregate costs of
9     providing such paratransit services in fiscal years 2009
10     and thereafter.
11     "Fare revenues" include the proceeds of all fares and
12 charges for services provided, contributions received in
13 connection with public transportation from units of local
14 government other than the Authority and from the State pursuant
15 to subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
16 Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other
17 operating revenues properly included consistent with generally
18 accepted accounting principles but do not include the proceeds
19 of any borrowings. "Costs" include all items properly included
20 as operating costs consistent with generally accepted
21 accounting principles, including administrative costs, but do
22 not include: depreciation; payment of principal and interest on
23 bonds, notes or other evidences of obligation for borrowed
24 money issued by the Authority; payments with respect to public
25 transportation facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of
26 Section 2.20 of this Act; any payments with respect to rate
27 protection contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity
28 agreements made under Section 4.14; any other cost to which it
29 is reasonably expected that a cash expenditure will not be
30 made; costs up to $5,000,000 annually for passenger security
31 including grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and
32 administrative expenses, except in the case of the Chicago
33 Transit Authority, in which case the term does not include
34 costs spent annually by that entity for protection against

 

 

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1 crime as required by Section 27a of the Metropolitan Transit
2 Authority Act; or costs as exempted by the Board for projects
3 pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act.
4     (c) The actual administrative expenses of the Authority for
5 the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1985 may not exceed
6 $5,000,000. The actual administrative expenses of the
7 Authority for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1986, and
8 for each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed the maximum
9 administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus 5%.
10 "Administrative expenses" are defined for purposes of this
11 Section as all expenses except: (1) capital expenses and
12 purchases of the Authority on behalf of the Service Boards; (2)
13 payments to Service Boards; and (3) payment of principal and
14 interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of obligation for
15 borrowed money issued by the Authority; (4) costs for passenger
16 security including grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and
17 administrative expenses; (5) payments with respect to public
18 transportation facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of
19 Section 2.20 of this Act; and (6) any payments with respect to
20 rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity
21 agreements made pursuant to Section 4.14.
22     (d) After withholding 15% of the proceeds of any tax
23 imposed by the Authority and 15% of money received by the
24 Authority from the Regional Transportation Authority
25 Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, the Board shall
26 allocate the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards
27 as follows: (1) an amount equal to 85% of the proceeds of those
28 taxes collected within the City of Chicago and 85% of the money
29 received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
30 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
31 Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
32 attributable to retail sales within the City of Chicago shall
33 be allocated to the Chicago Transit Authority; (2) an amount
34 equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes collected within

 

 

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1 Cook County outside the City of Chicago and 85% of the money
2 received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
3 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
4 Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
5 attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of the
6 city of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago Transit
7 Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board and 15% to the
8 Suburban Bus Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85% of the
9 proceeds of the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
10 Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
11 Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.
12     (e) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
13 transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
14 and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax
15 Reform Fund shall be allocated among the Authority and the
16 Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys shall be retained
17 by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall be transferred to
18 the Service Boards as soon as may be practicable after the
19 Authority receives payment. Moneys which are distributable to
20 the Service Boards pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
21 allocated among the Service Boards on the basis of each Service
22 Board's distribution ratio. The term "distribution ratio"
23 means, for purposes of this subsection (e) of this Section
24 4.01, the ratio of the total amount distributed to a Service
25 Board pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for the
26 immediately preceding calendar year to the total amount
27 distributed to all of the Service Boards pursuant to subsection
28 (d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding calendar
29 year.
30     To further and accomplish the preparation of the annual
31 budget and program as well as the Five-Year Program provided
32 for in Section 2.01 of this Act and to make such interim
33 management decisions as may be necessary, the Board shall
34 employ staff which shall: (1) evaluate for the Board public

 

 

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1 transportation programs operated or proposed by transportation
2 agencies in terms of goals, costs and relative priorities; (2)
3 keep the Board informed of the public transportation programs
4 and accomplishments of such transportation agencies; and (3)
5 coordinate the development and implementation of public
6 transportation programs to the end that the monies available to
7 the Authority may be expended in the most economical manner
8 possible with the least possible duplication. Under such
9 regulations as the Board may prescribe, all Service Boards,
10 transportation agencies, comprehensive planning agencies or
11 transportation planning agencies in the metropolitan region
12 shall furnish to the Board such information pertaining to
13 public transportation or relevant for plans therefor as it may
14 from time to time require, upon payment to any such agency or
15 Service Board of the reasonable additional cost of its so
16 providing such information except as may otherwise be provided
17 by agreement with the Authority, and the Board or any duly
18 authorized employee of the Board shall, for the purpose of
19 securing such information, have access to, and the right to
20 examine, all books, documents, papers or records of any such
21 agency or Service Board pertaining to public transportation or
22 relevant for plans therefor.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; revised
24 8-23-03.)
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.".