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92_SR0271
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, This General Assembly has heretofore
3 appropriated $40 million in the State's Fiscal Year 2002
4 Budget to the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) for the
5 purpose of making grants to its Service Boards to subsidize
6 the provision of reduced fare transit for the elderly,
7 students, and the disabled (P.A. 92-8, Art. 52, Section
8 19b1); and
9 WHEREAS, It is the understanding of this House of
10 Representatives that a commitment to fund the RTA at $40
11 million per year for these purposes was an integral component
12 of the 2001 Illinois First program; and
13 WHEREAS, Proposed budgets of the RTA and its Service
14 Boards the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and PACE for their
15 fiscal years commencing January 1, 2002 have been prepared in
16 full reliance on the existing Fiscal Year 2002 appropriation;
17 and
18 WHEREAS, These appropriated funds are necessary for the
19 maintenance of service by PACE and CTA; and
20 WHEREAS, On November 27, 2001, Governor George Ryan
21 announced that it was his intent not to expend $4 million of
22 the Fiscal Year 2002 appropriation for these purposes;
23 therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
25 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Governor
26 George Ryan to fully honor the aforesaid duly enacted
27 statutory appropriation and provide $40 million to the RTA
28 for these purposes in Fiscal Year 2002; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That the Senate urges that the Governor's
30 Fiscal Year 2003 Budget be prepared requesting an
31 appropriation of no less than $40 million for the RTA for
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1 these purposes; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
3 the Governor of the State of Illinois.