Full Text of SB3056 98th General Assembly
SB3056ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Al Riley Filed: 5/13/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3056
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3056 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Open meetings.
| 8 | | (a) Openness required. All meetings of public
bodies shall | 9 | | be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c)
and | 10 | | closed in accordance with Section 2a.
| 11 | | (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained | 12 | | in subsection
(c) are in derogation of the requirement that | 13 | | public bodies
meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions | 14 | | are to be strictly
construed, extending only to subjects | 15 | | clearly within their scope.
The exceptions authorize but do not | 16 | | require the holding of
a closed meeting to discuss a subject |
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| 1 | | included within an enumerated exception.
| 2 | | (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to | 3 | | consider the
following subjects:
| 4 | | (1) The appointment, employment, compensation, | 5 | | discipline, performance,
or dismissal of specific | 6 | | employees of the public body or legal counsel for
the | 7 | | public body, including hearing
testimony on a complaint | 8 | | lodged against an employee of the public body or
against | 9 | | legal counsel for the public body to determine its | 10 | | validity.
| 11 | | (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public | 12 | | body and its
employees or their representatives, or | 13 | | deliberations concerning salary
schedules for one or more | 14 | | classes of employees.
| 15 | | (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
| 16 | | as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public | 17 | | office, when the public
body is given power to appoint | 18 | | under law or ordinance, or the discipline,
performance or | 19 | | removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public | 20 | | body
is given power to remove the occupant under law or | 21 | | ordinance.
| 22 | | (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or | 23 | | in closed
hearing where specifically authorized by law, to
| 24 | | a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided | 25 | | that the body
prepares and makes available for public | 26 | | inspection a written decision
setting forth its |
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| 1 | | determinative reasoning.
| 2 | | (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use | 3 | | of
the public body, including meetings held for the purpose | 4 | | of discussing
whether a particular parcel should be | 5 | | acquired.
| 6 | | (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of | 7 | | property owned
by the public body.
| 8 | | (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments, or | 9 | | investment
contracts. This exception shall not apply to the | 10 | | investment of assets or income of funds deposited into the | 11 | | Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
| 12 | | (8) Security procedures and the use of personnel and
| 13 | | equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a | 14 | | reasonably
potential danger to the safety of employees, | 15 | | students, staff, the public, or
public
property.
| 16 | | (9) Student disciplinary cases.
| 17 | | (10) The placement of individual students in special | 18 | | education
programs and other matters relating to | 19 | | individual students.
| 20 | | (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or | 21 | | on behalf of the
particular public body has been filed and | 22 | | is pending before a court or
administrative tribunal, or | 23 | | when the public body finds that an action is
probable or | 24 | | imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
| 25 | | recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed | 26 | | meeting.
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| 1 | | (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of | 2 | | claims as provided
in the Local Governmental and | 3 | | Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if
otherwise the | 4 | | disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
| 5 | | prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or | 6 | | risk management
information, records, data, advice or | 7 | | communications from or with respect
to any insurer of the | 8 | | public body or any intergovernmental risk management
| 9 | | association or self insurance pool of which the public body | 10 | | is a member.
| 11 | | (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in | 12 | | the sale or rental
of housing, when closed meetings are | 13 | | authorized by the law or ordinance
prescribing fair housing | 14 | | practices and creating a commission or
administrative | 15 | | agency for their enforcement.
| 16 | | (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of | 17 | | undercover personnel
or equipment, or ongoing, prior or | 18 | | future criminal investigations, when
discussed by a public | 19 | | body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
| 20 | | (15) Professional ethics or performance when | 21 | | considered by an advisory
body appointed to advise a | 22 | | licensing or regulatory agency on matters
germane to the | 23 | | advisory body's field of competence.
| 24 | | (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or | 25 | | professional ethics,
when meeting with a representative of | 26 | | a statewide association of which the
public body is a |
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| 1 | | member.
| 2 | | (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or | 3 | | formal peer review
of physicians or other
health care | 4 | | professionals for a hospital, or
other institution | 5 | | providing medical care, that is operated by the public | 6 | | body.
| 7 | | (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner | 8 | | Review Board.
| 9 | | (19) Review or discussion of applications received | 10 | | under the
Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures | 11 | | Act.
| 12 | | (20) The classification and discussion of matters | 13 | | classified as
confidential or continued confidential by | 14 | | the State Government Suggestion Award
Board.
| 15 | | (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed | 16 | | under this Act,
whether for purposes of approval by the | 17 | | body of the minutes or semi-annual
review of the minutes as | 18 | | mandated by Section 2.06.
| 19 | | (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
| 20 | | Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary
Review Board.
| 21 | | (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal | 22 | | utility or the
operation of a
municipal power agency or | 23 | | municipal natural gas agency when the
discussion involves | 24 | | (i) contracts relating to the
purchase, sale, or delivery | 25 | | of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results
or | 26 | | conclusions of load forecast studies.
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| 1 | | (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility | 2 | | resident sexual
assault and death review
team or
the | 3 | | Executive
Council under the Abuse Prevention Review
Team | 4 | | Act.
| 5 | | (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under | 6 | | Brian's Law. | 7 | | (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed | 8 | | under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review | 9 | | Team Act. | 10 | | (27) (Blank). | 11 | | (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be | 12 | | disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Public Aid Code or (ii) | 13 | | that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of the Public | 14 | | Aid Code. | 15 | | (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors | 16 | | and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and | 17 | | their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal | 18 | | control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk | 19 | | areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews | 20 | | conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing | 21 | | standards of the United States of America. | 22 | | (30) Those meetings or portions of meetings of an | 23 | | at-risk adult fatality review team or the Illinois At-Risk | 24 | | Adult Fatality Review Team Advisory Council during which a | 25 | | review of the death of an eligible adult in which abuse or | 26 | | neglect is suspected, alleged, or substantiated is |
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| 1 | | conducted pursuant to Section 15 of the Adult Protective | 2 | | Services Act. | 3 | | (31) (30) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of | 4 | | the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the | 5 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act. | 6 | | (32) Meetings between the Regional Transportation | 7 | | Authority Board and its Service Boards when the discussion | 8 | | involves review by the Regional Transportation Authority | 9 | | Board of employment contracts under Section 28d of the | 10 | | Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and | 11 | | 3B.26 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. | 12 | | (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
| 13 | | "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose | 14 | | relationship
with the public body constitutes an | 15 | | employer-employee relationship under
the usual common law | 16 | | rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
| 17 | | "Public office" means a position created by or under the
| 18 | | Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is | 19 | | charged with
the exercise of some portion of the sovereign | 20 | | power of this State. The term
"public office" shall include | 21 | | members of the public body, but it shall not
include | 22 | | organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
| 23 | | established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to | 24 | | assist the
body in the conduct of its business.
| 25 | | "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body | 26 | | charged by law or
ordinance with the responsibility to conduct |
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| 1 | | hearings, receive evidence or
testimony and make | 2 | | determinations based
thereon, but does not include
local | 3 | | electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition | 4 | | challenges.
| 5 | | (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed | 6 | | meeting.
Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of | 7 | | the nature of the
matter being considered and other information | 8 | | that will inform the
public of the business being conducted.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-318, eff. 1-1-12; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; | 10 | | 97-452, eff. 8-19-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-876, eff. | 11 | | 8-1-12; 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; revised | 12 | | 7-23-13.)
| 13 | | Section 15. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 14 | | amended by changing Section 28 and adding Section 28d as | 15 | | follows:
| 16 | | (70 ILCS 3605/28) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
| 17 | | Sec. 28.
The Board shall classify all the offices, | 18 | | positions and grades of
regular and exempt employment required, | 19 | | excepting that of the Chairman of
the Board,
the Executive | 20 | | Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and Chief
| 21 | | Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job schedule | 22 | | number, and the
compensation fixed
therefor, and adopt rules | 23 | | governing appointments to any of such offices or
positions on | 24 | | the basis of merit and efficiency.
The job title shall be |
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| 1 | | generally descriptive of the duties performed in that
job, and | 2 | | the job schedule number shall be used to identify a job title | 3 | | and to
further classify positions within a job title.
No | 4 | | discrimination shall be
made in any appointment or promotion to | 5 | | any office, position, or grade of
regular employment because of | 6 | | race, creed, color, sex,
national origin, physical or mental | 7 | | handicap unrelated to ability, or
political or religious | 8 | | affiliations. No officer or employee in regular
employment | 9 | | shall be
discharged or demoted except for cause which is | 10 | | detrimental to the service.
Any officer or employee in regular | 11 | | employment who is discharged or demoted
may file a complaint
in | 12 | | writing with the Board within ten days after notice of his or | 13 | | her discharge
or demotion. If an employee is a member of a | 14 | | labor organization the complaint
may be filed by such | 15 | | organization for and in behalf of such employee. The
Board | 16 | | shall grant a hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days | 17 | | after
it is filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be | 18 | | fixed by the Board
and due notice thereof given to the | 19 | | complainant, the labor organization by
or through which the | 20 | | complaint was filed and the Executive Director. The
hearing | 21 | | shall be conducted by the Board, or any member thereof or any
| 22 | | officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the | 23 | | Board. The
complainant may be represented by counsel. If the | 24 | | Board finds, or approves
a finding of the member or committee | 25 | | appointed by the Board, that the
complainant has been unjustly | 26 | | discharged or demoted, he or she shall be
restored to his or |
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| 1 | | her office or position with back pay. The decision of
the Board | 2 | | shall be final and not subject to review.
The Board may | 3 | | designate such offices, positions, and grades of employment as
| 4 | | exempt as it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the | 5 | | business of
the Authority. The total number of employees | 6 | | occupying exempt offices,
positions, or grades of employment | 7 | | may not exceed 3% of the total employment of
the
Authority. All | 8 | | exempt offices, positions, and grades of employment shall be at
| 9 | | will. No discrimination shall be made in any appointment or | 10 | | promotion
to any office, position, or grade of exempt | 11 | | employment because of race, creed,
color, sex, national origin, | 12 | | physical or mental handicap unrelated to
ability, or religious | 13 | | or political affiliation.
The Board may abolish any vacant or | 14 | | occupied office or position.
Additionally, the Board may reduce | 15 | | the force of employees
for lack of work or lack of funds as | 16 | | determined by the Board.
When the number of positions or | 17 | | employees holding positions of regular
employment within a | 18 | | particular
job title and job schedule number are reduced, those | 19 | | employees with the least
company seniority in that job title | 20 | | and job schedule number shall be first
released from regular | 21 | | employment service. For a period of one year, an
employee | 22 | | released from
service shall be eligible for reinstatement to | 23 | | the job title and job schedule
number from which he or she was | 24 | | released, in order of company seniority, if
additional force of | 25 | | employees is required. "Company seniority" as used in this
| 26 | | Section means the overall employment service credited to an |
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| 1 | | employee by the
Authority since the employee's most recent date | 2 | | of hire irrespective of job
titles held. If 2 or more employees | 3 | | have the same company seniority date, time
in the affected job | 4 | | title and job schedule
number shall be used to break the | 5 | | company seniority tie. For purposes of this
Section, company | 6 | | seniority shall be considered a working condition. When
| 7 | | employees are represented by a labor organization that has a | 8 | | labor agreement
with the Authority, the wages, hours, and | 9 | | working conditions (including, but
not limited to, seniority | 10 | | rights) shall be governed by the terms of
the agreement.
Exempt | 11 | | employment shall not include any employees who are represented | 12 | | by a
labor organization that has a labor agreement with the | 13 | | Authority.
| 14 | | No employee, officer, or agent of the Chicago Transit Board | 15 | | may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual | 16 | | salary unless that bonus has been reviewed for a period of 14 | 17 | | days by the Regional Transportation Authority Board. After 14 | 18 | | days, the bonus shall be considered reviewed. This Section does | 19 | | not apply to usual and customary salary adjustments. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 90-183, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 21 | | (70 ILCS 3605/28d new) | 22 | | Sec. 28d. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise | 23 | | provided in Section 28a, before the Chicago Transit Board may | 24 | | enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of | 25 | | $100,000, the Chicago Transit Board must submit that contract |
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| 1 | | or amendment to the Regional Transportation Authority Board for | 2 | | review for a period of 14 days. After 14 days, the contract | 3 | | shall be considered reviewed. This Section applies only to | 4 | | contracts entered into or amended on or after the effective | 5 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. | 6 | | Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 7 | | amended by changing Sections 1.02, 2.01, 2.01a, 2.06.1, 2.14, | 8 | | 3A.05, 3B.05, 4.01 and by adding Sections 3A.18, 3B.26, 4.15, | 9 | | 4.16 and 5.06 as follows:
| 10 | | (70 ILCS 3615/1.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.02)
| 11 | | Sec. 1.02. Findings and Purpose. | 12 | | (a) The General Assembly finds;
| 13 | | (i) Public transportation is, as provided in Section 7 | 14 | | of Article
XIII of the Illinois Constitution, an essential | 15 | | public purpose for which
public funds may be expended and | 16 | | that Section authorizes the State to
provide financial | 17 | | assistance to units of local government for distribution
to | 18 | | providers of public transportation. There is an urgent need | 19 | | to reform
and continue a unit of local government to assure | 20 | | the proper management
of public transportation and to | 21 | | receive and distribute State or federal
operating | 22 | | assistance and to raise and distribute revenues for local | 23 | | operating
assistance. System generated revenues are not | 24 | | adequate for
such service and a public need exists to |
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| 1 | | provide for, aid and assist
public transportation in the | 2 | | northeastern area of the State, consisting
of Cook, DuPage, | 3 | | Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties.
| 4 | | (ii) Comprehensive and coordinated regional public | 5 | | transportation is
essential to the public health, safety | 6 | | and welfare. It is essential to
economic well-being, | 7 | | maintenance of full employment, conservation of
sources of | 8 | | energy and land for open space and reduction of traffic
| 9 | | congestion and for providing and maintaining a healthful | 10 | | environment for
the benefit of present and future | 11 | | generations in the metropolitan region.
Public | 12 | | transportation
improves the mobility of the public and | 13 | | improves access to jobs,
commercial facilities, schools | 14 | | and cultural attractions. Public
transportation decreases | 15 | | air pollution and other environmental hazards
resulting | 16 | | from excessive use of automobiles and allows for more
| 17 | | efficient land use and planning.
| 18 | | (iii) Because system generated receipts are not | 19 | | presently
adequate, public
transportation facilities and | 20 | | services in the northeastern area are in
grave financial | 21 | | condition. With existing methods of financing,
| 22 | | coordination and management, and relative convenience of | 23 | | automobiles,
such public transportation facilities are not | 24 | | providing adequate public
transportation to insure the | 25 | | public health, safety and welfare.
| 26 | | (iv) Additional commitments to the public |
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| 1 | | transportation
needs
of the disabled, the economically | 2 | | disadvantaged, and the
elderly are necessary.
| 3 | | (v) To solve these problems, it is necessary to provide | 4 | | for the
creation of a regional transportation authority | 5 | | with the powers
necessary to insure adequate public | 6 | | transportation.
| 7 | | (b) The General Assembly further finds, in connection with | 8 | | this amendatory
Act of 1983:
| 9 | | (i) Substantial, recurring deficits in the operations | 10 | | of public transportation
services subject to the | 11 | | jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation Authority
and | 12 | | periodic cash shortages have occurred either of which could | 13 | | bring about
a loss of public transportation services | 14 | | throughout the metropolitan region at any time;
| 15 | | (ii) A substantial or total loss of public | 16 | | transportation services or
any segment thereof would | 17 | | create an emergency threatening the safety and
well-being | 18 | | of the people in the northeastern area of the State; and
| 19 | | (iii) To meet the urgent needs of the people of the | 20 | | metropolitan region
that such an emergency be averted and | 21 | | to provide financially sound methods
of managing the | 22 | | provision of public transportation services in the | 23 | | northeastern
area of the State, it is necessary, while | 24 | | maintaining and continuing the
existing Authority, to | 25 | | modify the powers and responsibilities of the Authority,
to | 26 | | reallocate responsibility for operating decisions, to |
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| 1 | | change the composition
and appointment of the Board of | 2 | | Directors thereof, and to immediately establish
a new Board | 3 | | of Directors.
| 4 | | (c) The General Assembly further finds in connection with | 5 | | this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly:
| 6 | | (i) The economic vitality of northeastern Illinois | 7 | | requires regionwide and systemwide efforts to increase | 8 | | ridership on the transit systems, constrain road | 9 | | congestion within the metropolitan region, and allocate | 10 | | resources for transportation so as to assist in the | 11 | | development of an adequate, efficient, geographically | 12 | | equitable and coordinated regional transportation system | 13 | | that is in a state of good repair.
| 14 | | (ii) To achieve the purposes of this amendatory Act of | 15 | | the 95th General Assembly, the powers and duties of the | 16 | | Authority must be enhanced to improve overall planning and | 17 | | coordination, to achieve an integrated and efficient | 18 | | regional transit system, to advance the mobility of transit | 19 | | users, and to increase financial transparency of the | 20 | | Authority and the Service Boards.
| 21 | | (d)
It is the purpose of this Act to provide for, aid and
| 22 | | assist public transportation in the northeastern area of the | 23 | | State without
impairing the overall quality of existing public | 24 | | transportation by
providing for the creation of a single | 25 | | authority responsive to the
people and elected officials of the | 26 | | area and with the power and
competence to develop, implement, |
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| 1 | | and enforce plans that promote adequate, efficient, | 2 | | geographically equitable and coordinated public | 3 | | transportation, provide financial review of the providers of | 4 | | public
transportation
in the metropolitan region and | 5 | | facilitate public transportation provided
by Service Boards | 6 | | which is attractive and economical to users, comprehensive,
| 7 | | coordinated among its
various elements, economical, safe, | 8 | | efficient and coordinated with area
and State plans.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 10 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.01)
| 11 | | Sec. 2.01. General Allocation of Responsibility for Public | 12 | | Transportation.
| 13 | | (a) In order to accomplish the
purposes as set forth in | 14 | | this Act,
the responsibility for planning, operating, and | 15 | | funding public transportation in the metropolitan region shall | 16 | | be allocated as described in this Act. The Authority shall: | 17 | | (i) adopt plans that implement the public policy of the | 18 | | State to provide adequate, efficient, geographically | 19 | | equitable and coordinated public transportation throughout | 20 | | the metropolitan region;
| 21 | | (ii) set goals, objectives, and standards for the | 22 | | Authority, the Service Boards, and transportation | 23 | | agencies;
| 24 | | (iii) develop performance measures to inform the | 25 | | public about the extent to which the provision of public |
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| 1 | | transportation in the metropolitan region meets those | 2 | | goals, objectives, and standards;
| 3 | | (iv) allocate operating and capital funds made | 4 | | available to support public transportation in the | 5 | | metropolitan region;
| 6 | | (v) provide financial oversight of the Service Boards; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | (vi) coordinate the provision of public transportation | 9 | | and the investment in public transportation facilities to | 10 | | enhance the integration of public transportation | 11 | | throughout the metropolitan region, all as provided in this | 12 | | Act.
| 13 | | The
Service Boards shall, on a continuing basis determine
| 14 | | the level, nature
and kind of public transportation which | 15 | | should be provided for the
metropolitan region in order to meet | 16 | | the plans, goals, objectives, and standards adopted by the | 17 | | Authority. The Service Boards may provide public | 18 | | transportation
by purchasing
such service from transportation | 19 | | agencies through purchase of service
agreements, by grants to | 20 | | such agencies or by operating such service, all
pursuant to | 21 | | this Act and the "Metropolitan Transit Authority
Act", as now | 22 | | or hereafter amended. Certain of its actions to implement the | 23 | | responsibilities allocated to the Authority in this subsection | 24 | | (a) shall be taken in 3 public documents adopted by the | 25 | | affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors: A | 26 | | Strategic Plan; a Five-Year Capital Program; and an Annual |
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| 1 | | Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan.
| 2 | | (b) The Authority shall subject the operating and capital | 3 | | plans and
expenditures of the Service Boards in the
| 4 | | metropolitan region with
regard to public transportation to | 5 | | continuing review so that
the Authority may budget and expend | 6 | | its funds with maximum effectiveness
and efficiency. The | 7 | | Authority shall conduct audits of each of the Service Boards no | 8 | | less than every 5 years. Such audits may include management, | 9 | | performance, financial, and infrastructure condition audits. | 10 | | The Authority may conduct management, performance, financial, | 11 | | and infrastructure condition audits of transportation agencies | 12 | | that receive funds from the Authority. The Authority may direct | 13 | | a Service Board to conduct any such audit of a transportation | 14 | | agency that receives funds from such Service Board, and the | 15 | | Service Board shall comply with such request to the extent it | 16 | | has the right to do so. These audits of the Service Boards or | 17 | | transportation agencies may be project or service specific | 18 | | audits to evaluate their achievement of the goals and | 19 | | objectives of that project or service and their compliance with | 20 | | any applicable requirements.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 22 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.01a) | 23 | | Sec. 2.01a. Strategic Plan. | 24 | | (a) By the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then | 25 | | Directors, the Authority shall adopt a Strategic Plan, no less |
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| 1 | | than every 5 years, after consultation with the Service Boards | 2 | | and after holding a minimum of 3 public hearings in Cook County | 3 | | and one public hearing in each of the other counties in the | 4 | | region. The Executive Director of the Authority shall review | 5 | | the Strategic Plan on an ongoing basis and make recommendations | 6 | | to the Board of the Authority with respect to any update or | 7 | | amendment of the Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan shall | 8 | | describe the specific actions to be taken by the Authority and | 9 | | the Service Boards to provide adequate, efficient, and | 10 | | coordinated public transportation. | 11 | | (b) The Strategic Plan shall identify goals and objectives | 12 | | with respect to:
| 13 | | (i) increasing ridership and passenger miles on public | 14 | | transportation funded by the Authority;
| 15 | | (ii) coordination of public transportation services | 16 | | and the investment in public transportation facilities to | 17 | | enhance the integration of public transportation | 18 | | throughout the metropolitan region;
| 19 | | (iii) coordination of fare and transfer policies to | 20 | | promote transfers by riders among Service Boards, | 21 | | transportation agencies, and public transportation modes, | 22 | | which may include goals and objectives for development of a | 23 | | universal fare instrument that riders may use | 24 | | interchangeably on all public transportation funded by the | 25 | | Authority, and methods to be used to allocate revenues from | 26 | | transfers;
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| 1 | | (iv) improvements in public transportation facilities | 2 | | to bring those facilities into a state of good repair, | 3 | | enhancements that attract ridership and improve customer | 4 | | service, and expansions needed to serve areas with | 5 | | sufficient demand for public transportation;
| 6 | | (v) access for transit-dependent populations, | 7 | | including access by low-income communities to places of | 8 | | employment, utilizing analyses provided by the Chicago | 9 | | Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding employment and | 10 | | transportation availability, and giving consideration to | 11 | | the location of employment centers in each county and the | 12 | | availability of public transportation at off-peak hours | 13 | | and on weekends;
| 14 | | (vi) the financial viability of the public | 15 | | transportation system, including both operating and | 16 | | capital programs;
| 17 | | (vii) limiting road congestion within the metropolitan | 18 | | region and enhancing transit options to improve mobility; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | (viii) such other goals and objectives that advance the | 21 | | policy of the State to provide adequate, efficient, | 22 | | geographically equitable and coordinated public | 23 | | transportation in the metropolitan region.
| 24 | | (c) The Strategic Plan shall establish the process and | 25 | | criteria by which proposals for capital improvements by a | 26 | | Service Board or a transportation agency will be evaluated by |
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| 1 | | the Authority for inclusion in the Five-Year Capital Program, | 2 | | which may include criteria for:
| 3 | | (i) allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement, | 4 | | and expansion improvements;
| 5 | | (ii) projects to be funded from the Innovation, | 6 | | Coordination, and Enhancement Fund;
| 7 | | (iii) projects intended to improve or enhance | 8 | | ridership or customer service;
| 9 | | (iv) design and location of station or transit | 10 | | improvements intended to promote transfers, increase | 11 | | ridership, and support transit-oriented land development;
| 12 | | (v) assessing the impact of projects on the ability to | 13 | | operate and maintain the existing transit system; and
| 14 | | (vi) other criteria that advance the goals and | 15 | | objectives of the Strategic Plan.
| 16 | | (d) The Strategic Plan shall establish performance | 17 | | standards and measurements regarding the adequacy, efficiency, | 18 | | geographic equity and coordination of public transportation | 19 | | services in the region and the implementation of the goals and | 20 | | objectives in the Strategic Plan. At a minimum, such standards | 21 | | and measures shall include customer-related performance data | 22 | | measured by line, route, or sub-region, as determined by the | 23 | | Authority, on the following:
| 24 | | (i) travel times and on-time performance;
| 25 | | (ii) ridership data;
| 26 | | (iii) equipment failure rates;
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| 1 | | (iv) employee and customer safety; and
| 2 | | (v) customer satisfaction.
| 3 | | The Service Boards and transportation agencies that | 4 | | receive funding from the Authority or Service Boards shall | 5 | | prepare, publish, and submit to the Authority such reports with | 6 | | regard to these standards and measurements in the frequency and | 7 | | form required by the Authority; however, the frequency of such | 8 | | reporting shall be no less than annual. The Service Boards | 9 | | shall publish such reports on their respective websites. The | 10 | | Authority shall compile and publish such reports on its | 11 | | website. Such performance standards and measures shall not be | 12 | | used as the basis for disciplinary action against any employee | 13 | | of the Authority or Service Boards, except to the extent the | 14 | | employment and disciplinary practices of the Authority or | 15 | | Service Board provide for such action.
| 16 | | (e) The Strategic Plan shall identify innovations to | 17 | | improve the delivery of public transportation and the | 18 | | construction of public transportation facilities.
| 19 | | (f) The Strategic Plan shall describe the expected | 20 | | financial condition of public transportation in the | 21 | | metropolitan region prospectively over a 10-year period, which | 22 | | may include information about the cash position and all known | 23 | | obligations of the Authority and the Service Boards including | 24 | | operating expenditures, debt service, contributions for | 25 | | payment of pension and other post-employment benefits, the | 26 | | expected revenues from fares, tax receipts, grants from the |
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| 1 | | federal, State, and local governments for operating and capital | 2 | | purposes and issuance of debt, the availability of working | 3 | | capital, and the resources needed to achieve the goals and | 4 | | objectives described in the Strategic Plan.
| 5 | | (g) In developing the Strategic Plan, the Authority shall | 6 | | rely on such demographic and other data, forecasts, and | 7 | | assumptions developed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for | 8 | | Planning with respect to the patterns of population density and | 9 | | growth, projected commercial and residential development, and | 10 | | environmental factors, within the metropolitan region and in | 11 | | areas outside the metropolitan region that may impact public | 12 | | transportation utilization in the metropolitan region. The | 13 | | Authority shall also consult with the Illinois Department of | 14 | | Transportation's Office of Planning and Programming when | 15 | | developing the Strategic Plan. Before adopting or amending any | 16 | | Strategic Plan, the Authority shall consult with the Chicago | 17 | | Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding the consistency of | 18 | | the Strategic Plan with the Regional Comprehensive Plan adopted | 19 | | pursuant to the Regional Planning Act.
| 20 | | (h) The Authority may adopt, by the affirmative vote of at | 21 | | least 12 of its then Directors, sub-regional or corridor plans | 22 | | for specific geographic areas of the metropolitan region in | 23 | | order to improve the adequacy, efficiency, geographic equity | 24 | | and coordination of existing, or the delivery of new, public | 25 | | transportation. Such plans may also address areas outside the | 26 | | metropolitan region that may impact public transportation |
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| 1 | | utilization in the metropolitan region. In preparing a | 2 | | sub-regional or corridor plan, the Authority may identify | 3 | | changes in operating practices or capital investment in the | 4 | | sub-region or corridor that could increase ridership, reduce | 5 | | costs, improve coordination, or enhance transit-oriented | 6 | | development. The Authority shall consult with any affected | 7 | | Service Boards in the preparation of any sub-regional or | 8 | | corridor plans.
| 9 | | (i) If the Authority determines, by the affirmative vote of | 10 | | at least 12 of its then Directors, that, with respect to any | 11 | | proposed new public transportation service or facility, (i) | 12 | | multiple Service Boards or transportation agencies are | 13 | | potential service providers and (ii) the public transportation | 14 | | facilities to be constructed or purchased to provide that | 15 | | service have an expected construction cost of more than | 16 | | $25,000,000, the Authority shall have sole responsibility for | 17 | | conducting any alternatives analysis and preliminary | 18 | | environmental assessment required by federal or State law. | 19 | | Nothing in this subparagraph (i) shall prohibit a Service Board | 20 | | from undertaking alternatives analysis and preliminary | 21 | | environmental assessment for any public transportation service | 22 | | or facility identified in items (i) and (ii) above that is | 23 | | included in the Five-Year Capital Program as of the effective | 24 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly; | 25 | | however, any expenditure related to any such public | 26 | | transportation service or facility must be included in a |
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| 1 | | Five-Year Capital Program under the requirements of Sections | 2 | | 2.01b and 4.02 of this Act.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 4 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.06.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.06.1)
| 5 | | Sec. 2.06.1. Bikeways and trails. The Authority may use its
| 6 | | established funds, personnel, and other resources to acquire, | 7 | | construct,
operate, and maintain bikeways and trails. The | 8 | | Authority shall may cooperate
with other governmental and | 9 | | private agencies in bikeway and trail programs.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 87-985.)
| 11 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14)
| 12 | | Sec. 2.14. Appointment of Officers and Employees. The | 13 | | Authority may appoint,
retain and employ officers, attorneys, | 14 | | agents, engineers and employees.
The officers shall include an | 15 | | Executive Director, who shall be the chief
executive officer of | 16 | | the Authority, appointed by the Chairman with the concurrence
| 17 | | of 11
of the other then Directors of the Board. The Executive | 18 | | Director
shall organize the staff of the Authority, shall
| 19 | | allocate their functions and duties, shall transfer such staff | 20 | | to the
Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail
Division as | 21 | | is sufficient to meet their purposes, shall fix compensation
| 22 | | and conditions of employment of the staff of the Authority, and | 23 | | consistent
with the policies of and direction from the Board, | 24 | | take all actions
necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill
its |
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| 1 | | responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such | 2 | | other
powers and responsibilities as the Board shall determine. | 3 | | The Executive
Director must be an individual
of proven | 4 | | transportation and management skills and may not be a member of
| 5 | | the Board. The Authority may employ its own professional
| 6 | | management personnel to provide professional and technical | 7 | | expertise concerning
its purposes and powers and to assist it | 8 | | in assessing the performance of the
Service Boards in the | 9 | | metropolitan region.
| 10 | | No employee, officer, or agent of the Authority may receive | 11 | | a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual salary unless | 12 | | that bonus has been reviewed by the Board for a period of 14 | 13 | | days. After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. | 14 | | This Section does not apply to usual and customary salary | 15 | | adjustments. | 16 | | No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 17 | | the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 18 | | aspect of employment
nor shall there be discrimination based | 19 | | upon political reasons or
factors. The Authority shall | 20 | | establish regulations to insure that its
discharges shall not | 21 | | be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are
based on merit.
| 22 | | The Authority shall be subject to the "Illinois Human | 23 | | Rights
Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 24 | | procedure
established thereunder. The Authority shall file an | 25 | | affirmative action
program for employment by it with the | 26 | | Department of Human Rights to ensure
that applicants are
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| 1 | | employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 2 | | without
regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
| 3 | | action program shall include provisions relating to hiring, | 4 | | upgrading,
demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment | 5 | | advertising, selection for
training and rates of pay or other | 6 | | forms of compensation.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 8 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
| 9 | | Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The | 10 | | Suburban Bus
Board shall appoint an Executive Director who | 11 | | shall be the chief executive
officer of the Division, | 12 | | appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence
of 9 of | 13 | | the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. The Executive Director
| 14 | | shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys, agents, | 15 | | engineers,
employees and shall organize the staff, shall | 16 | | allocate their functions and
duties, fix compensation and | 17 | | conditions of employment, and consistent with
the policies of | 18 | | and direction
from the Suburban Bus Board take all actions | 19 | | necessary to achieve its purposes,
fulfill its | 20 | | responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
| 21 | | other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board | 22 | | shall determine.
The Executive Director shall be an individual | 23 | | of proven transportation and
management skills and may not be a | 24 | | member of the Suburban Bus Board. The
Division may employ its | 25 | | own professional management personnel to provide
professional |
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| 1 | | and technical expertise concerning its purposes
and powers and | 2 | | to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
| 3 | | agencies in the metropolitan region.
| 4 | | No employee, officer, or agent of the Suburban Bus Board | 5 | | may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual | 6 | | salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Regional | 7 | | Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14 days. After | 8 | | 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This | 9 | | Section does not apply to usual and customary salary | 10 | | adjustments. | 11 | | No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 12 | | the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 13 | | aspect of employment nor shall
there be discrimination based | 14 | | upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban
Bus Board shall | 15 | | establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall
not | 16 | | be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
| 17 | | The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights | 18 | | Act", as now
or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 19 | | procedure established thereunder.
The Suburban Bus Board shall | 20 | | file an affirmative action program for employment
by it with | 21 | | the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
| 22 | | employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 23 | | without regard
to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative | 24 | | action program shall include
provisions relating
to hiring, | 25 | | upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment | 26 | | advertising,
selection for training and rates of pay or other |
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| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
| 3 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.18 new) | 4 | | Sec. 3A.18. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise | 5 | | provided in Section 3A.14, before the Suburban Bus Board may | 6 | | enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of | 7 | | $100,000, the Suburban Bus Board must submit that contract or | 8 | | amendment to the Board for review for a period of 14 days. | 9 | | After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This | 10 | | Section applies only to contracts entered into or amended on or | 11 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 12 | | General Assembly.
| 13 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05)
| 14 | | Sec. 3B.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The | 15 | | Commuter Rail
Board shall appoint an Executive Director who | 16 | | shall
be the chief executive officer of the Division, | 17 | | appointed, retained or dismissed
with the concurrence of 8
of | 18 | | the directors of the Commuter Rail Board.
The Executive | 19 | | Director shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
| 20 | | agents, engineers, employees and shall organize the staff, | 21 | | shall allocate
their functions and duties, fix compensation and | 22 | | conditions of employment,
and consistent with the policies
of | 23 | | and direction from the Commuter Rail Board take all actions | 24 | | necessary
to achieve its purposes, fulfill its |
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| 1 | | responsibilities and carry out its
powers, and shall have
such | 2 | | other powers and responsibilities as the Commuter Rail Board | 3 | | shall
determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual | 4 | | of proven transportation
and management skills and may not be a | 5 | | member of the Commuter Rail Board.
The Division may employ its | 6 | | own professional management personnel to provide
professional | 7 | | and technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers
and | 8 | | to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation | 9 | | agencies
in the metropolitan region.
| 10 | | No employee, officer, or agent of the Commuter Rail Board | 11 | | may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual | 12 | | salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Regional | 13 | | Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14 days. After | 14 | | 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This | 15 | | Section does not apply to usual and customary salary | 16 | | adjustments. | 17 | | No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 18 | | the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 19 | | aspect of employment nor shall
there be discrimination based | 20 | | upon political reasons or factors. The Commuter
Rail Board | 21 | | shall establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall
| 22 | | not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on | 23 | | merit.
| 24 | | The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights | 25 | | Act", as now
or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 26 | | procedure established thereunder.
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| 1 | | shall file an affirmative action program for employment
by it | 2 | | with the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants | 3 | | are
employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 4 | | without regard
to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative | 5 | | action program shall include
provisions relating to hiring, | 6 | | upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment,
recruitment | 7 | | advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
| 8 | | forms of compensation.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 10 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.26 new) | 11 | | Sec. 3B.26. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise | 12 | | provided in Section 3B.13, before the Commuter Rail Board may | 13 | | enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of | 14 | | $100,000, the Commuter Rail Board must submit that contract or | 15 | | amendment to the Board for review for a period of 14 days. | 16 | | After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This | 17 | | Section applies only to contracts entered into or amended on or | 18 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 19 | | General Assembly. | 20 | | Before the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority | 21 | | may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of | 22 | | $100,000, the Board must submit that contract to the Chairman | 23 | | and Minority Spokesman of the Mass Transit Committee, or its | 24 | | successor committee, of the House of Representatives, and to | 25 | | the Chairman and Minority Spokesman of the Transportation |
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| 1 | | Committee, or its successor committee, of the Senate.
| 2 | | (70 ILCS 3615/4.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
| 3 | | Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
| 4 | | (a) The Board shall control the finances
of the Authority. | 5 | | It shall by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of at | 6 | | least 12 of its then Directors (i) appropriate money to perform | 7 | | the
Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and | 8 | | expenses of
the Authority, (ii) take action with respect to the | 9 | | budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board, as | 10 | | provided in Section 4.11, and (iii) adopt an Annual Budget and | 11 | | Two-Year Financial Plan for the Authority that includes the | 12 | | annual budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board | 13 | | that has been approved by the Authority. The Annual Budget and | 14 | | Two-Year Financial Plan
shall contain a statement
of the funds | 15 | | estimated to be on hand for the Authority and each Service | 16 | | Board at the beginning of the fiscal
year, the funds estimated | 17 | | to be received from all sources for such year, the estimated | 18 | | expenses and obligations of the Authority and each Service | 19 | | Board for all purposes, including expenses for contributions to | 20 | | be made with respect to pension and other employee benefits,
| 21 | | and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of such year. | 22 | | The fiscal year of the Authority and each Service Board shall
| 23 | | begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding December 31st.
| 24 | | By July 1st of each year the Director of the
Illinois
| 25 | | Governor's Office of Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of |
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Budget) shall submit
to the Authority an estimate of | 2 | | revenues for the next fiscal year of the Authority to be
| 3 | | collected from the taxes imposed by the Authority and the | 4 | | amounts to be
available in the Public Transportation Fund and | 5 | | the Regional Transportation
Authority Occupation and Use Tax | 6 | | Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be appropriated | 7 | | by the State to the Authority for its purposes. The Authority | 8 | | shall file a copy of its Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial | 9 | | Plan with
the
General Assembly and the Governor after its | 10 | | adoption. Before the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year | 11 | | Financial Plan
is adopted, the Authority
shall hold at least | 12 | | one public hearing thereon
in the metropolitan region, and | 13 | | shall meet
with the county board or its designee of
each of the | 14 | | several counties in the metropolitan region. After conducting
| 15 | | such hearings and holding such meetings and after making such | 16 | | changes
in the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial | 17 | | Plan
as the Board deems appropriate, the
Board shall adopt its | 18 | | annual appropriation and Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial | 19 | | Plan
ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted
only upon the | 20 | | affirmative votes of 12
of its then Directors. The
ordinance | 21 | | shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed necessary
to | 22 | | defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the Authority,
| 23 | | specifying purposes and the objects or programs for which | 24 | | appropriations
are made and the amount appropriated for each | 25 | | object or program.
Additional appropriations, transfers | 26 | | between items and other changes in
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| 1 | | from time to time by the Board upon the
affirmative votes of 12
| 2 | | of its then Directors.
| 3 | | (b) The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan
shall | 4 | | show a balance between anticipated revenues from
all sources | 5 | | and anticipated expenses including funding of operating | 6 | | deficits
or the discharge of encumbrances incurred in prior | 7 | | periods and payment of
principal and interest when due, and | 8 | | shall show cash balances sufficient
to pay with reasonable | 9 | | promptness all obligations and expenses as incurred.
| 10 | | The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan
must show: | 11 | |
(i) that the level of fares
and charges for mass | 12 | | transportation provided by, or under grant or purchase
of | 13 | | service contracts of, the Service Boards is sufficient to | 14 | | cause the
aggregate of all projected fare revenues from | 15 | | such fares and charges received
in each fiscal year to | 16 | | equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing
such | 17 | | public transportation in such fiscal year. "Fare revenues" | 18 | | include
the proceeds of all fares and charges for services | 19 | | provided, contributions
received in connection with public | 20 | | transportation from units of local
government other than | 21 | | the Authority, except for contributions received by the | 22 | | Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax | 23 | | imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the | 24 | | Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to | 25 | | subsection
(i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of | 26 | | Transportation Law (20 ILCS
2705/2705-305), and all other |
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| 1 | | operating revenues properly included consistent
with | 2 | | generally accepted accounting principles but do not | 3 | | include: the proceeds
of any borrowings, and, beginning | 4 | | with the 2007 fiscal year, all revenues and receipts, | 5 | | including but not limited to fares and grants received from | 6 | | the federal, State or any unit of local government or other | 7 | | entity, derived from providing ADA paratransit service | 8 | | pursuant to Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation | 9 | | Authority Act. "Costs" include all items properly included | 10 | | as operating
costs consistent with generally accepted | 11 | | accounting principles, including
administrative costs, but | 12 | | do not include: depreciation; payment of principal
and | 13 | | interest on bonds, notes or
other evidences of obligation | 14 | | for borrowed money issued by the Authority;
payments with | 15 | | respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant
| 16 | | to subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of this Act; any payments | 17 | | with respect
to rate protection contracts, credit | 18 | | enhancements or liquidity agreements
made under Section | 19 | | 4.14; any other cost to which it
is reasonably expected | 20 | | that a cash expenditure
will not be made; costs for | 21 | | passenger
security including grants, contracts, personnel, | 22 | | equipment and
administrative expenses, except in the case | 23 | | of the Chicago Transit
Authority, in which case the term | 24 | | does not include costs spent annually by
that entity for | 25 | | protection against crime as required by Section 27a of the
| 26 | | Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; the payment by the |
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| 1 | | Chicago Transit Authority of Debt Service, as defined in | 2 | | Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, on | 3 | | bonds or notes issued pursuant to that Section; the payment | 4 | | by the Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds | 5 | | issued pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the | 6 | | Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public | 7 | | transportation services funded from grants pursuant to | 8 | | Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 9 | | Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of | 10 | | initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the | 11 | | Board for
projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act; | 12 | | or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related | 13 | | to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section | 14 | | 2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; and in | 15 | | fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the | 16 | | amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by | 17 | | $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this | 18 | | exemption is eliminated; and | 19 | | (ii) that the level of fares charged for ADA | 20 | | paratransit services is sufficient to cause the aggregate | 21 | | of all projected revenues from such fares charged and | 22 | | received in each fiscal year to equal at least 10% of the | 23 | | aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit | 24 | | services. For purposes of this Act, the percentages in this | 25 | | subsection (b)(ii) shall be referred to as the "system | 26 | | generated ADA paratransit services revenue recovery |
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| 1 | | ratio". For purposes of the system generated ADA | 2 | | paratransit services revenue recovery ratio, "costs" shall | 3 | | include all items properly included as operating costs | 4 | | consistent with generally accepted accounting principles. | 5 | | However, the Board may exclude from costs an amount that | 6 | | does not exceed the allowable "capital costs of | 7 | | contracting" for ADA paratransit services pursuant to the | 8 | | Federal Transit Administration guidelines for the | 9 | | Urbanized Area Formula Program.
| 10 | | (c) The actual administrative expenses of the Authority for | 11 | | the fiscal
year commencing January 1, 1985 may not exceed | 12 | | $5,000,000.
The actual administrative expenses of the | 13 | | Authority for the fiscal year
commencing January 1, 1986, and | 14 | | for each fiscal year thereafter shall not
exceed the maximum | 15 | | administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus
5%. | 16 | | "Administrative
expenses" are defined for purposes of this | 17 | | Section as all expenses except:
(1) capital expenses and | 18 | | purchases of the Authority on behalf of the Service
Boards; (2) | 19 | | payments to Service Boards; and (3) payment of principal
and | 20 | | interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of obligation for | 21 | | borrowed
money issued by the Authority; (4) costs for passenger | 22 | | security including
grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and | 23 | | administrative expenses; (5)
payments with respect to public | 24 | | transportation facilities made pursuant to
subsection (b) of | 25 | | Section 2.20 of this Act; and (6) any payments with
respect to | 26 | | rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity
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| 1 | | agreements made pursuant to Section 4.14.
| 2 | | (d) This subsection applies only until the Department | 3 | | begins administering and enforcing an increased tax under | 4 | | Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the | 5 | | 95th General Assembly. After withholding 15% of the proceeds of | 6 | | any tax imposed by the
Authority and 15% of money received by | 7 | | the Authority from the Regional
Transportation Authority | 8 | | Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund,
the Board shall | 9 | | allocate the proceeds and money remaining to the Service
Boards | 10 | | as follows: (1) an amount equal to 85% of the proceeds of those
| 11 | | taxes collected within the City of Chicago and 85% of the money | 12 | | received by
the Authority on account of transfers to the | 13 | | Regional Transportation
Authority Occupation and Use Tax | 14 | | Replacement Fund from the County and Mass
Transit District Fund | 15 | | attributable to retail sales within the City of
Chicago shall | 16 | | be allocated to the Chicago Transit
Authority; (2) an amount | 17 | | equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes
collected within | 18 | | Cook County outside the City of Chicago and 85% of the
money | 19 | | received by the Authority on account of transfers to the | 20 | | Regional
Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax | 21 | | Replacement Fund from the
County and Mass Transit District Fund | 22 | | attributable to retail sales within
Cook County outside of the | 23 | | city of Chicago shall be allocated
30% to the Chicago Transit | 24 | | Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board and
15% to the | 25 | | Suburban Bus Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85% of the
| 26 | | proceeds of the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage, |
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| 1 | | Kane, Lake,
McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to the | 2 | | Commuter Rail Board and 30%
to the Suburban Bus Board.
| 3 | | (e) This subsection applies only until the Department | 4 | | begins administering and enforcing an increased tax under | 5 | | Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the | 6 | | 95th General Assembly. Moneys received by the Authority on | 7 | | account of transfers to the
Regional Transportation Authority | 8 | | Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund
from the State and | 9 | | Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be
allocated among the | 10 | | Authority and the Service Boards as follows: 15% of
such moneys | 11 | | shall be retained by the Authority and the remaining 85%
shall | 12 | | be transferred to the Service Boards as soon as may be
| 13 | | practicable after the Authority receives payment. Moneys which | 14 | | are
distributable to the Service Boards pursuant to the | 15 | | preceding sentence
shall be allocated among the Service Boards | 16 | | on the basis of each Service
Board's distribution ratio. The | 17 | | term "distribution ratio" means,
for purposes of this | 18 | | subsection (e) of this Section 4.01, the ratio of
the total | 19 | | amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to subsection | 20 | | (d)
of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding calendar year | 21 | | to the total
amount distributed to all of the Service Boards | 22 | | pursuant to subsection (d)
of Section 4.01 for the immediately | 23 | | preceding calendar year.
| 24 | | (f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under this | 25 | | Act,
the Board shall employ staff which shall: (1) propose for | 26 | | adoption by the Board of the Authority rules for the Service |
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| 1 | | Boards that establish (i) forms and schedules to be used and | 2 | | information required to be provided with respect to a five-year | 3 | | capital program, annual budgets, and two-year financial plans | 4 | | and regular reporting of actual results against adopted budgets | 5 | | and financial plans, (ii) financial practices to be followed in | 6 | | the budgeting and expenditure of public funds, (iii) | 7 | | assumptions and projections that must be followed in preparing | 8 | | and submitting its annual budget and two-year financial plan or | 9 | | a five-year capital program; (2) evaluate for
the Board public | 10 | | transportation programs operated or proposed by
the Service | 11 | | Boards and
transportation agencies in terms of the goals and | 12 | | objectives set out in the Strategic Plan; (3)
keep the Board | 13 | | and the public informed of the extent to which the Service | 14 | | Boards and transportation agencies are meeting the goals and | 15 | | objectives adopted by the Authority in the Strategic Plan; and | 16 | | (4) assess the efficiency or adequacy of public transportation | 17 | | services provided by a Service Board and make recommendations | 18 | | for change in that service
to the end that the moneys
available | 19 | | to the Authority may be
expended in the most economical manner | 20 | | possible with the least possible
duplication. | 21 | | (g) All
Service Boards, transportation agencies, | 22 | | comprehensive planning agencies, including the Chicago | 23 | | Metropolitan Agency for Planning, or
transportation planning | 24 | | agencies in the metropolitan region shall
furnish to the | 25 | | Authority
such information pertaining to public
transportation | 26 | | or relevant for plans therefor as it may from time to time
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| 1 | | require. The Executive Director, or his or her designee, shall, | 2 | | for the purpose of
securing any such information necessary or | 3 | | appropriate to carry out any of the powers and responsibilities | 4 | | of the Authority under this Act, have access to, and the right | 5 | | to examine, all
books, documents, papers or records of a | 6 | | Service Board or any transportation
agency receiving funds from | 7 | | the Authority
or Service Board, and such Service Board or | 8 | | transportation agency shall comply with any request by the | 9 | | Executive Director, or his or her designee, within 30 days or | 10 | | an extended time provided by the Executive Director.
| 11 | | (h) No Service Board shall undertake any capital | 12 | | improvement which is not identified in the Five-Year Capital | 13 | | Program.
| 14 | | (i) Each Service Board shall furnish to the Board access to | 15 | | its financial information including, but not limited to, audits | 16 | | and reports. The Board shall have real-time access to the | 17 | | financial information of the Service Boards; however, the Board | 18 | | shall be granted read-only access to the Service Board's | 19 | | financial information. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08; | 21 | | 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
| 22 | | (70 ILCS 3615/4.15 new) | 23 | | Sec. 4.15. Revolving door prohibition. No Director, | 24 | | Service Board director or member, former Director, or former | 25 | | Service Board director or member shall, during his or her term |
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| 1 | | and for a period of one year immediately after the end of his | 2 | | or her term, engage in business dealings with, knowingly accept | 3 | | employment from, or receive compensation or fees for services | 4 | | from the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus | 5 | | Board, the Commuter Rail Board or the Chicago Transit Board. | 6 | | This prohibition shall not apply to any business dealings | 7 | | engaged in by the Director or Service Board director or member | 8 | | in the course of his or her official duties or responsibilities | 9 | | as a Director or Service Board director or member. | 10 | | (70 ILCS 3615/4.16 new) | 11 | | Sec. 4.16. Severance and employment-related settlement | 12 | | agreements. If any of the Service Boards seek to enter into a | 13 | | severance agreement in excess of $50,000 or an | 14 | | employment-related settlement agreement in excess of $200,000, | 15 | | that agreement shall be reviewed by the Board prior to | 16 | | execution for a period of 14 days. After 14 days, the agreement | 17 | | shall be considered reviewed. The Board shall review the | 18 | | agreement to determine whether the terms are reasonable and in | 19 | | the region's best interest. The Service Boards may only enter | 20 | | into severance agreements or employment-related settlement | 21 | | agreements that have been reviewed by the Board. | 22 | | (70 ILCS 3615/5.06 new) | 23 | | Sec. 5.06. Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and | 24 | | Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP). |
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| 1 | | (a) The Authority, within 12 months after the effective | 2 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall | 3 | | establish and maintain a website, known as the Greater Chicago | 4 | | Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP), | 5 | | and shall be tasked with compiling and updating the CHI-TAP | 6 | | database with information received from the Authority and all | 7 | | of its Service Boards. | 8 | | (b) For purposes of this Section: | 9 | | "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on | 10 | | file to purchase goods and services exceeding $10,000 in | 11 | | value. | 12 | | "Recipients" means the Authority or any of its Service | 13 | | Boards. | 14 | | (c) The CHI-TAP shall provide direct access to each of the | 15 | | following: | 16 | | (1) A database of all current employees of the | 17 | | Authority and its Service Boards, sorted separately by: | 18 | | (i) Name. | 19 | | (ii) Employing entity. | 20 | | (iii) Employing division or department. | 21 | | (iv) Employment position title. | 22 | | (v) Current base salary or hourly rate and | 23 | | year-to-date gross pay. | 24 | | (2) A database of all current Authority expenditures, | 25 | | sorted separately by Service Board and category. | 26 | | (3) A database of all Authority and Service Board |
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| 1 | | contracts entered into after the effective date of this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted | 3 | | separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency, | 4 | | contract value, and goods or services provided. | 5 | | (4) A database of all employees of the Authority and | 6 | | its Service Boards hired on or after the effective date of | 7 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, sorted | 8 | | searchably by each of the following at the time of | 9 | | employment: | 10 | | (i) Name. | 11 | | (ii) Employing entity. | 12 | | (iii) Employing division. | 13 | | (iv) Employment position title. | 14 | | (v) Current base salary or hourly rate and | 15 | | year-to-date gross pay. | 16 | | (vi) County of employment location. | 17 | | (vii) Status of position including, but not | 18 | | limited to, bargained-for positions, at-will | 19 | | positions, or not bargained for positions. | 20 | | (viii) Employment status including, but not | 21 | | limited to, full-time permanent, full-time temporary, | 22 | | part-time permanent and part-time temporary. | 23 | | (ix) Status as a military veteran. | 24 | | (5) A database of publicly available accident-related | 25 | | and safety-related information currently required to be | 26 | | reported to the federal Secretary of Transportation under |
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| 1 | | 49 U.S.C. 5335. | 2 | | (d) The CHI-TAP shall include all information required to | 3 | | be published by subsection (c) of this Section that is | 4 | | available to the Authority in a format the Authority can | 5 | | compile and publish on the CHI-TAP. The Authority shall update | 6 | | the CHI-TAP within 30 days as additional information becomes | 7 | | available in a format that can be compiled and published on the | 8 | | CHI-TAP by the Authority. | 9 | | (e) Each Service Board shall cooperate with the Authority | 10 | | in furnishing the information necessary for the implementation | 11 | | of this Section within a timeframe specified by the Authority. | 12 | | (f) The Authority and its Service Boards are independently | 13 | | responsible for the accuracy of the specific information | 14 | | provided by each agency to be displayed on CHI-TAP.
| 15 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 16 | | Section 8.38 as follows: | 17 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.38 new) | 18 | | Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 19 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 20 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 21 | | the 98th General Assembly. ".
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