Full Text of SB2536 95th General Assembly
SB2536eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 5.01 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3615/5.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.01)
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| Sec. 5.01. Hearings and Citizen Participation.
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| (a) The Authority shall provide for and encourage | 9 |
| participation by the
public in the development and review of | 10 |
| public transportation policy, and
in the process by which major | 11 |
| decisions significantly affecting the
provision of public | 12 |
| transportation are made. The Authority shall coordinate such | 13 |
| public participation processes with the Chicago Metropolitan | 14 |
| Agency for Planning to the extent practicable.
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| (b) The Authority shall hold such public hearings as may be | 16 |
| required by
this Act or as the Authority may deem appropriate | 17 |
| to the performance of any
of its functions. The Authority shall | 18 |
| coordinate such public hearings with the Chicago Metropolitan | 19 |
| Agency for Planning to the extent practicable.
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| (c) Unless such items are specifically provided for either | 21 |
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Five-Year Capital Program or in the annual budget | 22 |
| program which has been the
subject of public hearings as | 23 |
| provided in Sections 2.01 or 4.01 of this
Act, the Board shall |
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| hold public hearings at which citizens may be heard
prior to:
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| (i) the construction or acquisition of any public | 3 |
| transportation
facility, the aggregate cost of which | 4 |
| exceeds $5 million; and
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| (ii) the extension of, or major addition to services | 6 |
| provided by the
Authority or by any transportation agency | 7 |
| pursuant to a purchase of service
agreement with the | 8 |
| Authority.
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| (d) Unless such items are specifically provided for in the | 10 |
| annual budget
and program which has been the subject of public | 11 |
| hearing, as provided in
Section 4.01 of this Act, the Board | 12 |
| shall hold public hearings at which
citizens may be heard prior | 13 |
| to the providing for or allowing, by means of
any purchase of | 14 |
| service agreement or any grant pursuant to Section 2.02 of
this | 15 |
| Act, any general increase or series of increases in fares or | 16 |
| charges
for public transportation, whether by the Authority or | 17 |
| by any
transportation agency, which increase or series of | 18 |
| increases within any
twelve months affects more than 25% of the | 19 |
| consumers of service of the
Authority or of the transportation | 20 |
| agency; or so providing for or allowing
any discontinuance of | 21 |
| any public transportation route, or major portion
thereof, | 22 |
| which has been in service for more than a year.
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| (e) At least twenty days prior notice of any public | 24 |
| hearing, as required
in this Section, shall be given by public | 25 |
| advertisement in a newspaper of
general circulation in the | 26 |
| metropolitan region.
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| (e-5) With respect to any increase in fares or charges
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| public transportation, whether by the Authority or by any
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| Service Board or transportation agency, a public hearing must | 4 |
| be held in each county in which the fare increase takes effect. | 5 |
| Notice of the public hearing shall be given at least 20 days | 6 |
| prior to the hearing and at least 30 days prior to the | 7 |
| effective date of any fare increase. Notice shall be given by | 8 |
| public advertisement in a newspaper of
general circulation in | 9 |
| the metropolitan region and must also be sent to the Governor | 10 |
| and to each member of the General Assembly whose district | 11 |
| overlaps in whole or in part with the area in which the | 12 |
| increase takes effect. The notice must state the date, time, | 13 |
| and place of the hearing and must contain a description of the | 14 |
| proposed increase. The notice must also specify how interested | 15 |
| persons may obtain copies of any reports, resolutions, or | 16 |
| certificates describing the basis upon which the increase was | 17 |
| calculated. | 18 |
| (f) The Authority may designate one or more Directors or | 19 |
| may appoint one
or more hearing officers to preside over any | 20 |
| hearing pursuant to this Act.
The Authority shall have the | 21 |
| power in connection with any such hearing to
issue subpoenas to | 22 |
| require the attendance of witnesses and the production
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| documents, and the Authority may apply to any circuit court in | 24 |
| the State
to require compliance with such subpoenas.
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| (g) The Authority may require any Service Board to hold one | 26 |
| or more public hearings with respect to any item described in |
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| paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 5.01, notwithstanding | 2 |
| whether such item has been the subject of a public hearing | 3 |
| under this Section 5.01 or Section 2.01 or 4.01 of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law.
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