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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 670
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 670 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6 Section 2705-320 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2705/2705-320 new)
8 Sec. 2705-320. Build Illinois Transit Program; new
9 facilities and service.
10 (a) The Department of Transportation must establish the
11 Build Illinois Transit Program to develop and maintain a
12 safe, affordable, comprehensive, attractive, and reliable
13 public transit system in Illinois. The Build Illinois
14 Transit Program shall provide for the repair, construction,
15 and acquisition of property and equipment for mass
16 transportation facilities and new or expanded mass
17 transportation service and facilities, including rapid
18 transit, rail, bus, and other equipment used in connection
19 with mass transit, by the State, a public entity, or 2 or
20 more of these entities authorized to provide and promote
21 public transportation within the State in order to expand
22 public transit service in the City of Chicago and the entire
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1 State of Illinois and to ensure that the physical
2 infrastructure for public transit, including tracks, signals,
3 crossings, buses, and trains, are all safe and up-to-date.
4 Build Illinois Transit Program expenditures for mass
5 transportation service and facilities within the State must:
6 (1) Maximize federal funds for the assistance of
7 mass transportation facilities in Illinois.
8 (2) Facilitate the movement of all persons,
9 including those persons who, because of age, economic
10 circumstance, or physical infirmity, are unable to drive.
11 (3) Contribute to an improved environment through
12 the reduction of air, water, and noise pollution.
13 (4) Reduce traffic congestion and suburban highway
14 and road sprawl.
15 (5) Facilitate the transportation of Illinois
16 residents to places of employment and to commercial,
17 medical, and shopping districts.
18 (6) Increase the frequency and reliability of
19 public transit service.
20 (b) For the purpose of this Section:
21 "Carrier" means any public or private entity authorized
22 to provide mass transportation within the State.
23 "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used
24 in or appurtenant to a mass transportation system.
25 "Mass transportation" means transportation provided
26 within the State by rapid transit, rail, bus, or other
27 conveyance available to the public on a regular and
28 continuing basis.
29 "Unit of local government" has the meaning provided in
30 Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
31 (c) Under the Build Illinois Transit Program, the
32 Department may (i) enter into contracts for new mass
33 transportation facilities and (ii) make grants, funded by the
34 bonds authorized in subsection (b-5) of Section 4 of the
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1 General Obligation Bond Act. Nothing shall preclude the use
2 of bonds authorized in subsection (b-5)(3)(i) of Section 4 of
3 the General Obligation Bond Act as matching funds for
4 projects receiving federal funding. For the payment of the
5 principal and interest on the bonds, the Comptroller must
6 order transferred and the Treasurer must transfer
7 $354,800,000 annually from the General Revenue Fund to the
8 Build Illinois Transit Program Fund, a special fund created
9 in the State Treasury, until the bonds are retired.
10 (d) The Department must make Build Illinois Transit
11 grants for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, unless otherwise
12 specified, to units of local government and carriers for
13 repair, construction, and acquisition of property and
14 equipment for mass transportation facilities and new or
15 expanded mass transportation service and facilities. The
16 grants must be made upon the terms and conditions as in the
17 judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure their
18 proper and effective use. The Department must make grants
19 for the repair, construction, and acquisition of property and
20 equipment for mass transportation facilities and new or
21 expanded public transit and mass transportation service and
22 facilities to:
23 (1) the Chicago Transit Authority to:
24 (A) Complete the capital construction needs
25 listed as unfunded in the approved 2000-2004 capital
26 budget plan for the Chicago Transit Authority.
27 (B) Purchase up to 585 new buses and 537 new
28 rail cars, including hiring sufficient maintenance
29 personnel to keep the equipment safe and operating.
30 The new buses and rail cars shall be used to expand
31 service levels (specifically service miles and
32 service frequency) in the system.
33 (C) Initiate planning, design, and
34 implementation of (i) the 3 major expansion projects
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1 identified in the Chicago Area Transportation Study
2 2020 Regional Plan, (ii) the Northwest Corridor
3 Transit Project, and (iii) a 3-year plan beginning
4 in 2003 to increase transit ridership by reducing
5 fares to a level comparable to the level of
6 inflation since 1980.
7 (2) Metra and Pace to implement the recommendations
8 and needs identified in their report, Future Agenda for
9 Suburban Transportation (prepared in 1993) to:
10 (A) Accelerate the repair and upgrade of Metra
11 tracks, signals, bridges, and stations and the
12 purchase of new rolling stock to expand service
13 levels; and initiate planning to construct
14 interchanges between CTA and Metra where their
15 tracks are in close proximity.
16 (B) Expand the level of service offered by
17 Pace to meet the fiscal year 2010 goal stated in the
18 Pace capital plan for 2000-2010 by purchasing 2,200
19 new fixed route and paratransit buses for Pace;
20 construct garages and maintenance facilities to
21 maintain them; and complete construction of the
22 proposed 96 Park-N-Ride facilities.
23 (3) Other transit systems in Illinois to implement
24 the recommendations and needs identified in the Capital
25 Vision Project prepared by the Illinois Public Transit
26 Association to replace 900 existing buses, paratransit
27 vehicles, and maintenance vehicles and purchase 800 new
28 buses, paratransit vehicles, and maintenance vehicles
29 along with necessary computer and administrative centers
30 and garages to keep the system operating safely.
31 (4) Transit systems and government agencies in
32 Illinois to provide full funding for non-motorized
33 transportation projects funded through the Department of
34 Natural Resources Park and Conservation Parkways Fund
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1 that are eligible for funding under the FHWA 1999
2 Guidance - Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions of Federal
3 Transportation Legislation.
4 (e) Under the Build Illinois Transit Program, the
5 Department shall fund up to 5 innovative demonstration
6 projects involving expanding public transit service in
7 Illinois. At least 2 of those projects shall involve
8 counties or transit districts outside the Chicago urbanized
9 area. Total funding for these projects shall not exceed
10 $10,000,000. The Department shall report to the General
11 Assembly by March 1, 2003 regarding the status of these
12 projects, the success in increasing riders, service to
13 constituents including local businesses, seniors, and people
14 with disabilities, costs, and other appropriate measures of
15 impact.
16 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
17 Sections 5.570, 5.571, and 6z-60 as follows:
18 (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
19 Sec. 5.570. The Build Illinois Transit Program Fund.
20 (30 ILCS 105/5.571 new)
21 Sec. 5.571. The Build Illinois Transit Operations
22 Program Fund.
23 (30 ILCS 105/6z-60 new)
24 Sec. 6z-60. Build Illinois Transit Operations Program
25 Fund.
26 (a) The Build Illinois Transit Operations Program Fund
27 is created as a special fund in the State Treasury to provide
28 supplemental operating funds, in addition to any operating
29 funds provided through the Regional Transportation Authority
30 Act or the Downstate Public Transportation Act, to entities
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1 authorized to provide and promote public transportation
2 within the State for new or expanded mass transportation
3 service and facilities, including rapid transit, rail, bus,
4 and other equipment used in connection with mass transit,
5 created under the Build Illinois Transit Program.
6 (b) In each of the following fiscal years the
7 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
8 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Build Illinois
9 Transit Operations Fund the following amounts:
10 (1) In fiscal year 2004, $59,000,000.
11 (2) In fiscal year 2005, $120,000,000.
12 (3) In fiscal year 2006, $170,000,000.
13 (4) In fiscal year 2007, $250,000,000.
14 (5) In fiscal year 2008, $301,000,000.
15 (c) The Department of Transportation must make the
16 operating funds available to units of local government or
17 carriers for supplemental operating costs associated with new
18 or expanded mass transportation service and facilities
19 created under the Build Illinois Transit Program. The grants
20 must be made upon the terms and conditions as in the judgment
21 of the Secretary are necessary to ensure their proper and
22 effective use. Subject to appropriation, the Department must
23 make the following grants for the operation of new or
24 expanded mass transportation service and facilities to:
25 (1) The Chicago Transit Authority for operating up
26 to an additional 585 buses and 537 rail cars as follows:
27 (A) In fiscal year 2004, $37,000,000.
28 (B) In fiscal year 2005, $76,000,000.
29 (C) In fiscal year 2006, $114,000,000.
30 (D) In fiscal year 2007, $152,000,000.
31 (E) In fiscal year 2008, $191,000,000.
32 (2) Pace for operating up to 1,160 buses and 1,040
33 paratransit service vehicles as follows:
34 (A) In fiscal year 2004, $12,000,000.
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1 (B) In fiscal year 2005, $25,000,000.
2 (C) In fiscal year 2006, $37,000,000.
3 (D) In fiscal year 2007, $49,000,000.
4 (E) In fiscal year 2008, $62,000,000.
5 (3) Transit systems outside the Chicago urbanized
6 area to operate 900 replacement buses and 800 new buses
7 in addition to administrative and maintenance facilities
8 as follows:
9 (A) In fiscal year 2004, $10,000,000.
10 (B) In fiscal year 2005, $19,000,000.
11 (C) In fiscal year 2006, $29,000,000.
12 (D) In fiscal year 2007, $39,000,000.
13 (E) In fiscal year 2008, $48,000,000.
14 Section 15. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended
15 by changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
16 (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
17 Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds. The State of Illinois
18 is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement
19 of General Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois for the
20 categories and specific purposes expressed in Sections 2
21 through 8 of this Act, in the total amount of $21,065,007,500
22 $15,265,007,500.
23 The bonds authorized in this Section 2 and in Section 16
24 of this Act are herein called "Bonds".
25 Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up
26 to $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may
27 be issued and sold in accordance with the Baccalaureate
28 Savings Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings
29 Bonds.
30 Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up
31 to $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
32 issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
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1 in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
2 The issuance and sale of Bonds pursuant to the General
3 Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method of
4 financing the capital needs of the State. This Act will
5 permit the issuance of a multi-purpose General Obligation
6 Bond with uniform terms and features. This will not only
7 lower the cost of registration but also reduce the overall
8 cost of issuing debt by improving the marketability of
9 Illinois General Obligation Bonds.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-53, eff 6-30-99;
11 91-710, eff. 5-17-00; 92-13, eff. 6-22-01.)
12 (30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)
13 Sec. 4. Transportation. The amount of $11,113,399,000
14 $5,313,399,000 is authorized for use by the Department of
15 Transportation for the specific purpose of promoting and
16 assuring rapid, efficient, and safe highway, air and mass
17 transportation for the inhabitants of the State by providing
18 monies, including the making of grants and loans, for the
19 acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension and
20 improvement of the following transportation facilities and
21 equipment, and for the acquisition of real property and
22 interests in real property required or expected to be
23 required in connection therewith as follows:
24 (a) $3,432,129,000 for State highways, arterial
25 highways, freeways, roads, bridges, structures separating
26 highways and railroads and roads, and bridges on roads
27 maintained by counties, municipalities, townships or road
28 districts for the following specific purposes:
29 (1) $3,330,000,000 for use statewide,
30 (2) $3,677,000 for use outside the Chicago
31 urbanized area,
32 (3) $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized
33 area,
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1 (4) $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,
2 (5) $58,987,500 for use within the counties of
3 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and
4 (6) $18,860,900 for use outside the counties of
5 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
6 (b) $1,529,670,000 for rail facilities and for mass
7 transit facilities, as defined in Section 2705-305 of the
8 Department of Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305),
9 including rapid transit, rail, bus and other equipment used
10 in connection therewith by the State or any unit of local
11 government, special transportation district, municipal
12 corporation or other corporation or public authority
13 authorized to provide and promote public transportation
14 within the State or two or more of the foregoing jointly, for
15 the following specific purposes:
16 (1) $1,433,870,000 statewide,
17 (2) $83,350,000 for use within the counties of
18 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
19 (3) $12,450,000 for use outside the counties of
20 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
21 (b-5) $5,800,000,000 for public and mass transit
22 facilities, as defined in Section 2705-305 of the Department
23 of Transportation Law in the Civil Administrative Code of
24 Illinois, including rapid transit, rail, bus, and other
25 equipment used in connection therewith by the State, any unit
26 of local government, special transportation district,
27 municipal corporation, or other public authority authorized
28 to provide and promote public transportation within the
29 State, or 2 or more of the foregoing jointly, as the State
30 share of the cost, for the following specific purposes:
31 (1) $1,400,000,000 for use within the City of
32 Chicago and Cook County by the Chicago Transit Authority
33 to complete the capital construction needs listed as
34 unfunded in the approved 2000-2004 capital budget plan
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1 for the Chicago Transit Authority.
2 (2) $600,000,000 for use within the City of Chicago
3 and Cook County by the Chicago Transit Authority to
4 purchase up to 585 new buses and 537 new rail cars,
5 including hiring sufficient maintenance personnel to keep
6 the equipment safe and operating.
7 (3) $1,450,000,000 for use within the City of
8 Chicago and Cook County by the Chicago Transit Authority
9 to initiate planning, design, and implementation of (i)
10 the 3 major expansion projects identified in the Chicago
11 Area Transportation Study 2020 Regional Plan, (ii) the
12 Northwest Corridor Transit Project, and (iii) a 3-year
13 plan beginning in 2003 to increase transit ridership by
14 reducing fares to a level comparable to the level of
15 inflation since 1980.
16 (4) $400,000,000 for use within the counties of
17 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will by Metra to
18 accelerate the repair and upgrade of Metra tracks,
19 signals, bridges, and stations and the purchase of new
20 rolling stock to expand service levels; and initiate
21 planning to construct interchanges between CTA and Metra
22 where their tracks are in close proximity.
23 (5) $800,000,000 for use within the counties of
24 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will by Pace to
25 expand the level of service offered by Pace to meet the
26 fiscal year 2010 goal stated in the Pace capital plan for
27 2000-2010 by purchasing 2,200 new fixed route and
28 paratransit buses for Pace; construct garages and
29 maintenance facilities to maintain them; and complete
30 construction of the proposed 96 Park-N-Ride facilities.
31 (6) $400,000,000 for use outside the Chicago
32 urbanized area to replace 900 existing buses, paratransit
33 vehicles, and maintenance vehicles and purchase 800 new
34 buses, paratransit vehicles, and maintenance vehicles
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1 along with necessary computer and administrative centers
2 and garages to keep the system operating safely.
3 (7) $500,000,000 for use outside the Chicago
4 urbanized area and $250,000,000 for use within the
5 Chicago urbanized area to provide full funding for
6 non-motorized transportation projects funded through the
7 Department of Natural Resources Park and Conservation
8 Parkways Fund that are eligible for funding under the
9 FHWA 1999 Guidance - Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions of
10 Federal Transportation Legislation.
11 (c) $351,600,000 for airport or aviation facilities and
12 any equipment used in connection therewith, including
13 engineering and land acquisition costs, by the State or any
14 unit of local government, special transportation district,
15 municipal corporation or other corporation or public
16 authority authorized to provide public transportation within
17 the State, or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly,
18 and for the making of deposits into the Airport Land Loan
19 Revolving Fund for loans to public airport owners pursuant to
20 the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00;
22 91-712, eff. 7-1-00; 92-13, eff. 6-22-01.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
24 1, 2002.".