Full Text of HB3110 99th General Assembly
HB3110ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Lou Lang Filed: 3/10/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3110
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3110 immediately | 3 | | above the enacting clause, by inserting the following:
| 4 | | "WHEREAS, Illinois law provides low-income disabled | 5 | | individuals and senior citizens access to public transit at no | 6 | | cost; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Use of these services has increased dramatically | 8 | | in recent years, with over 29,600,000 rides provided in 2013; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois provides funding to the Regional | 11 | | Transportation Authority to cover a portion of the cost of | 12 | | those rides; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The budget of the Regional Transportation | 14 | | Authority called for a State reimbursement for those rides of |
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| 1 | | $34,070,000 annually in each fiscal year from 2015 through | 2 | | 2018; however, the State only budgeted $17,570,000 in | 3 | | reimbursements for fiscal year 2015; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, A budget gap of this size could threaten vital | 5 | | transportation services; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Airlines have engaged in controversial fuel | 7 | | purchasing practices that cost the Regional Transportation | 8 | | Authority an estimated $18,500,000 in revenue in 2013, in | 9 | | addition to costing Cook County and the City of Chicago | 10 | | combined $34,200,000 in 2013; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly to | 12 | | specify that, with respect to the imposition of any tax on fuel | 13 | | or petroleum products used by aircraft, regardless of whether | 14 | | the tax is imposed on the sale, the business of selling, the | 15 | | purchase, or the use of those products, the location of the | 16 | | sale, business of selling, purchase, or use shall be deemed to | 17 | | be the place where the fuel or petroleum products are delivered | 18 | | to the aircraft; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The State of California enacted legislation to | 20 | | prevent airlines from using a similar practice in that state; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Regional Transportation Authority is | 2 | | encouraged to use any additional revenue from this amendatory | 3 | | Act of the 99th General Assembly to fund no-cost transit | 4 | | services for low-income disabled individuals and senior | 5 | | citizens; therefore;".
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