Full Text of HB0328 101st General Assembly
HB0328 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB0328 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 3605/27 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327 |
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Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Chicago Transit Board shall appoint and pay for a minimum of one police officer or other safety personnel on each bus and train operated by the Chicago Transit Authority.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3605/27) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327)
| 7 | | Sec. 27.
The Board may appoint an Executive Director who | 8 | | shall be a person
of recognized ability and experience in the | 9 | | operation of transportation
systems to hold office during the | 10 | | pleasure of the Board. The Executive
Director shall have | 11 | | management of the properties and business of the
Authority and | 12 | | the employees thereof, subject to the general control of the
| 13 | | Board, shall direct the enforcement of all ordinances, | 14 | | resolutions, rules
and regulations of the Board, and shall | 15 | | perform such other duties as may be
prescribed from time to | 16 | | time by the Board. The Board may appoint a General
Counsel and | 17 | | a Chief Engineer, and shall provide for the appointment of
| 18 | | other officers, attorneys, engineers, consultants, agents and | 19 | | employees as
may be necessary for the construction, extension, | 20 | | operation, maintenance,
and policing of its properties. It | 21 | | shall define their duties and require
bonds of such of them as | 22 | | the Board may designate. The Executive Director,
General | 23 | | Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other officers provided for
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| 1 | | pursuant to this section shall be exempt from taking and | 2 | | subscribing any
oath of office. The compensation of the | 3 | | Executive Director, General
Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all | 4 | | other officers, attorneys, consultants,
agents and employees | 5 | | shall be fixed by the Board.
| 6 | | In the policing of its properties the Board may provide for | 7 | | the
appointment and maintenance, from time to time, of such | 8 | | police force as it
may find necessary and practicable to aid | 9 | | and supplement the police forces
of any municipality in the | 10 | | protection of its property and the protection of
the persons | 11 | | and property of its passengers and employees, or otherwise in
| 12 | | furtherance of the purposes for which such Authority was | 13 | | organized. At a minimum, the Board shall appoint and pay for | 14 | | one police officer or other safety personnel on each bus and | 15 | | train operated by the Authority. The
members of such police | 16 | | force shall have and exercise like police powers to
those | 17 | | conferred upon the police of cities. Neither the Authority, the
| 18 | | members of its Board nor its officers or employees shall be | 19 | | held liable for
failure to provide a security or police force | 20 | | or, if a security or police
force is provided, for failure to | 21 | | provide adequate police protection or
security, failure to | 22 | | prevent the commission of crimes by fellow passengers
or other | 23 | | third persons or for the failure to apprehend criminals.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 84-939; 87-597.)
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