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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4941
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4941 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation Act.
6 Section 5. Findings; purpose. The General Assembly finds
7 that safe, reliable, and convenient transportation to and
8 from work and related destinations such as child care and
9 education is an extremely important factor in the ability to
10 find and retain employment, particularly in the lower income
11 sectors of the economy. For many people, these transportation
12 needs are not met by existing mass transit. This creates a
13 need for innovative transportation to work strategies that
14 fit within local circumstances. Many localities around
15 Illinois do not have the resources or the expertise to
16 develop and support innovative transportation options.
17 Localities need access to technical assistance both in
18 designing programs and in accessing various sources of State
19 and federal funds. Illinois also leaves substantial federal
20 transportation funds unclaimed because of the failure to put
21 forward projects to use the funds. Thus, Illinois would
22 benefit from an Interagency Coordinating Committee to set
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1 priorities and define a vision for improving access to
2 transportation for the transportation disadvantaged.
3 Illinois would also benefit from a unified State process to
4 apply for federal transportation assistance for innovative
5 transportation to work projects and strategies and for
6 supplying the matching funds necessary to access that federal
7 assistance. The purpose of this Act is to establish the
8 Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation.
9 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10 (1) "Agency" means an official, commission,
11 authority, council, department, committee, division,
12 bureau, board, or any other unit or entity of the State,
13 a municipality, a county, or other local governing body
14 or a private not-for-profit transportation service
15 providing agency.
16 (2) "Committee" means the Illinois Coordinating
17 Committee on Transportation.
18 (3) "Coordination" means the arrangement for the
19 provision of transportation services to the
20 transportation disadvantaged in a manner that is
21 cost-effective, efficient, and reduces fragmentation and
22 duplication of services.
23 (4) "Transportation disadvantaged" means those
24 persons who, because of physical or mental disability,
25 income status, age, location of residence, or other
26 reasons are unable to transport themselves or to purchase
27 affordable transportation and are, therefore, dependent
28 upon others to obtain access to health care, employment,
29 education, shopping, social activities, or other
30 life-sustaining activities.
31 Section 15. Committee. The Illinois Coordinating
32 Committee on Transportation is created and shall consist of
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1 the following members:
2 (1) The Governor or his or her designee.
3 (2) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her
4 designee.
5 (3) The Secretary of Human Services (or his or her
6 designee) and one additional representative of the
7 Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary.
8 (4) The Director of Aging or his or her designee.
9 (5) The Director of Public Aid or his or her
10 designee.
11 (6) The Director of Commerce and Community Affairs
12 or his or her designee.
13 (7) A representative of the Illinois Rural Transit
14 Assistance Center.
15 (8) A person who is a member of a recognized
16 statewide organization representing older residents of
17 Illinois.
18 (9) A representative of centers for independent
19 living.
20 (10) A representative of the Illinois Public
21 Transportation Association.
22 (11) A representative of an existing transportation
23 system that coordinates and provides transit services in
24 a multi-county area for the Department of Transportation,
25 Department of Human Services, Department of Commerce and
26 Community Affairs, or Department on Aging.
27 (12) A representative of a statewide organization
28 of rehabilitation facilities or other providers of
29 services for persons with one or more disabilities.
30 (13) A representative of the Illinois Council on
31 Developmental Disabilities.
32 (14) A representative of a community based
33 organization.
34 (15) A representative of the Department of Public
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1 Health.
2 (16) A representative of the Rural Partners.
3 The Governor shall appoint the members of the Committee
4 other than those named in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this
5 Section. The Governor or his or her designee shall serve as
6 chairperson of the Committee and shall convene the meetings
7 of the Committee. The Secretary of Transportation and a
8 representative of a community based organization involved in
9 transportation or their designees, shall serve as
10 co-vice-chairpersons and shall be responsible for staff
11 support for the committee.
12 Section 20. Duties of Committee. The Committee shall
13 encourage the coordination of public and private
14 transportation services, with priority given to services
15 directed toward those populations who are currently not
16 served or who are underserved by existing public transit.
17 The Committee shall aim to reduce duplicative services in
18 order to achieve a transportation system that serves the most
19 citizens possible in the most cost-effective and efficient
20 manner possible. The Committee shall seek innovative
21 approaches to providing and funding local transportation
22 services and offer their expertise to communities statewide.
23 Specifically, the Committee shall:
24 (1) Coordinate State efforts within federal
25 guidelines to facilitate coordination of human service
26 transportation programs.
27 (2) Establish statewide priorities and draft a
28 strategic plan. These priorities should include:
29 developing objectives for providing essential
30 transportation services to the transportation
31 disadvantaged; developing a process for requesting
32 federal funds such as the Job Access and Reverse Commute
33 (JARC) Grant program that is based on input from
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1 communities statewide; assisting communities in
2 identifying funds from other available sources for
3 projects that are not an eligible use of JARC funds; and
4 developing a long-range plan to identify and recruit
5 potential stakeholders in future community transportation
6 initiatives.
7 (3) Develop goals and objectives to reduce
8 duplication of services and achieve coverage that is as
9 complete as possible.
10 (4) Address any and all transportation barriers
11 and propose solutions to eliminate these barriers.
12 (5) Serve as a clearinghouse for information about
13 funding sources and innovations in serving the
14 transportation disadvantaged.
15 (6) Submit a report, not later than February 1,
16 2004, to the Governor and the General Assembly that
17 outlines the progress made by the Committee in performing
18 its duties set forth in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
19 this Section and makes recommendations for statutory and
20 regulatory changes to promote coordination.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.".