Full Text of HB2657 96th General Assembly
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Mass Transit Committee
Filed: 3/5/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2657
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2657 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 2-15.2 as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 740/2-15.2) | 7 |
| Sec. 2-15.2. Free services; eligibility. | 8 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 9 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 10 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 11 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 12 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 13 |
| of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), | 14 |
| shall be provided without charge to all senior citizen | 15 |
| residents of the participant aged 65 and older, under such | 16 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant. |
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 2 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 3 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 4 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 5 |
| of service contracts of, every participant, as defined in | 6 |
| Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), shall be provided without charge only to | 7 |
| senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income | 8 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | 9 |
| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 10 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 11 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant. The | 12 |
| Department on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably | 13 |
| necessary to determine eligibility, including updated lists of | 14 |
| individuals who are eligible for services without charge under | 15 |
| this Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the | 16 |
| participant from providing reduced fares as may be required by | 17 |
| federal law.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 19 |
| Section 10. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 20 |
| amended by changing Section 51 as follows: | 21 |
| (70 ILCS 3605/51) | 22 |
| Sec. 51. Free services; eligibility. | 23 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 24 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 2 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 3 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 4 |
| of, the Board shall be provided without charge to all senior | 5 |
| citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as such term is defined in | 6 |
| 70 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older, under such conditions as | 7 |
| shall be prescribed by the Board.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 9 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 10 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 11 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 12 |
| of service contracts of, the Board shall be provided without | 13 |
| charge only to senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the | 14 |
| income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of | 15 |
| Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property | 16 |
| Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 17 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board. The Department | 18 |
| on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably necessary to | 19 |
| determine eligibility, including updated lists of individuals | 20 |
| who are eligible for services without charge under this | 21 |
| Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the Board from | 22 |
| providing reduced fares as may be required by federal law. | 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 24 |
| Section 15. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | 25 |
| by changing Section 8.6 as follows: |
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| (70 ILCS 3610/8.6) | 2 |
| Sec. 8.6. Free services; eligibility. | 3 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 4 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 5 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 6 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 7 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 8 |
| of, every District shall be provided without charge to all | 9 |
| senior citizens of the District aged 65 and older, under such | 10 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the District.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 12 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 13 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 14 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 15 |
| of service contracts of, every District shall be provided | 16 |
| without charge only to senior citizens aged 65 and older who | 17 |
| meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection | 18 |
| (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons | 19 |
| Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under | 20 |
| such conditions as shall be prescribed by the District. The | 21 |
| Department on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably | 22 |
| necessary to determine eligibility, including updated lists of | 23 |
| individuals who are eligible for services without charge under | 24 |
| this Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the | 25 |
| District from providing reduced fares as may be required by |
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| federal law. | 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 3 |
| Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 4 |
| amended by changing Sections 3A.15 and 3B.14 as follows: | 5 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15) | 6 |
| Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility. | 7 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 8 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 9 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 10 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 11 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 12 |
| of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without charge to | 13 |
| all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and | 14 |
| older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the | 15 |
| Suburban Bus Board. | 16 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 17 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 18 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 19 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 20 |
| of service contracts of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be | 21 |
| provided without charge only to senior citizens aged 65 and | 22 |
| older who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in | 23 |
| subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | 24 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical |
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| Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 2 |
| the Suburban Bus Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish | 3 |
| all information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 4 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 5 |
| services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this | 6 |
| Section shall relieve the Suburban Bus Board from providing | 7 |
| reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 9 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14) | 10 |
| Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility. | 11 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 12 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 13 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 14 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 15 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 16 |
| of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without charge to | 17 |
| all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and | 18 |
| older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the | 19 |
| Commuter Rail Board. | 20 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 21 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 22 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 23 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 24 |
| of service contracts of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be | 25 |
| provided without charge only to senior citizens aged 65 and |
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| older who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in | 2 |
| subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | 3 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 4 |
| Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 5 |
| the Commuter Rail Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish | 6 |
| all information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 7 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 8 |
| services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this | 9 |
| Section shall relieve the Commuter Rail Board from providing | 10 |
| reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
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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 | 13 |
| becoming law.".
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